memory timing settings requested

Please K.I.S. - I'm new at this... Just put together the following rig(below) and am a bit perplexed. My previous rig was an Athlon 1600XP with Epox 8HKA+ and Asus GF3 ti200. Haven't ran any games yet, just apps - Maybe it's me, but the new system almost seems slower than the old one. I would be eternally grateful if anybody could take the time and give me some advice re. BIOS setup(especially memory timings) or anything else that might improve the performance of this system. Right now I'm running it at 5-2-2-2 / 11x166 setting(is this OK?). Thanks, Pavlov AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz, 512k, 333FSB, s462, Barton Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2 Rev 2 heatsink & fan 2 x CMX256A-2700C2 Corsair DDR DIMM 333MHz Asus A7N8X(Rev 2) Nvidia nForce2-S Chipset, AMD Motherboard, 200/266/333FSB Support, DualChannel DDR400 (Effective 800 MHz DDR), 3xDIMM (3GB Max), AGP8X/PRO, 5xPCI, ATA133, Realtec ALC650 6-channel Audio, Realtek 8201BL 10/100 BaseT Network, 6xUSB 2.0 Asus Radeon 9600 XT/TVD, 500 MHz Core, 128bit 128MB DDR (600 MHz), AGP8X, DVI & D-SUB (VGA), Dual Monitor Support, ViVo (Video-In & Video-Out/TV-Out), DirectX 9 & OpenGL 2.0 Support, Powered by ATI + Hauppauge Win TV 2000 tuner Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB Hard Drive , ATA133, 2 MB Cache 7200 RPM (2 yrs old) Antec SX 1030B Mid Tower Case Antec True380, 380 ATX Watt Power Supply, AMD + Intel Certified, TWO Thermal Controlled Variable Speed Fans 2 X Antec 80mm Smartcool, Ball Bearing, 21 to 34 dBA, 24 to 41 CFM, 1650 to 2850 RPM, Temperature Sensor, Variable speed LG Flatron FT 915 LG CD/DVD

Did you benchmark your old system against the new one? Do you have the Dimms in the correct slots for dual channel? It would'nt hurt to by a newer HDD, one with a 8mb cache. The only thing I see is that your RAM timings are the LL's spec not the C2's of 2-3-3-6, but that should'nt matter since you're claiming no problems.