Dam PC... Any support tips???

My PC is a lil old, but I guess still functional...
AMD ATHLON XP 1.8, 256RAM, 20GB, GForce 440 MX, Windows XP...

Recently this shit PC, starting to freeze, when I ask for him do some easy things, he need a lot of time to execute...
For example when I try search an image on PC to put in 4Chan board...

Others things I can do quickly, like, open browser, open iTunes, etc...

I have 6GB Free in HD...

I just use PC for work (Word basically), some Photoshop things, play some games like RO and AOE 3...

I'm thinking about, buy more 512RAM and 80GB hard disk... You guys think it can resolve my problems???

Any sugestion please?
Thank you very much...
See ya...

>>1
Your processor and graphics card are fine if you use them to work. You should definitely get more RAM; add 512 MB to the 256 MB you have if you can. A newer HD won't do much outside moving the swap file, but you should get it anyways for the space.

Exactly what do you mean by "search an image on PC"? What do you do to search it? Describe everything you do and I may know why it's taking long and how to fix it.

BTW, be sure you're clean of malware (Spybot, Ad-aware), viruses (AVG) and Internet Explorer (always use Firefox and ditch MSIE).