Wow, thank you everyone for taking the time to reply to my post – I really appreciate it.
I shall definitely look into Rendergarden and articles on Puget Systems
I bought the PC from a company called overclockers, so I’ll go back to them and ask about overclocking (I seem to remember they were going to do that)
Once I’ve tried those I shall look at upgrading the RAM
Thanks again – you guys are the best! I shall post results from the suggestions as and when I try them 🙂