text: Ill start with cheap/easy methods:\n-Defragment your hard drive every month or so\n-Uninstall any programs you do not use\n-Get rid of any irrelevant programs that start up with your pc\n-Turn off any screen savers/effects or other unneeded visual gimmicks or reduce the resolution of your monitor\n-Make sure your pc is clean of spyware/adware and viruses\n\nAnd now the more difficult/expensive ways:\n-More RAM makes everything faster\n-A faster CPU also makes everything faster\n-A faster hard disk can improve certain tasks noticably\n-overclocking the hardware you have with either the stock coolers or with new coolers (only overclock if you know exactly what you're doing, cos you could fry everything)