My Server is SO Slow... Cannot figure out why.

[JoeBOBBillyTed]

My forum gets only 3000 posts a day, only about 400 members signed in. The peaks are like 150 people. However my server has huge load times for pages. I don't understand what I can do. This is causing me to lose members. Can someone please help. Here is a server log for me. It doesn't run this way all the time, just at certain times.

top - 03:10:10 up 2 days, 9:16, 1 user, load average: 10.50, 9.43, 6.71
Tasks: 125 total, 1 running, 124 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 53.8%us, 16.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 1.2%id, 27.2%wa, 0.3%hi, 1.2%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1035348k total, 1003052k used, 32296k free, 9016k buffers
Swap: 2096472k total, 67236k used, 2029236k free, 304920k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2090 mysql 15 0 545m 59m 3616 S 47 5.9 293:37.91 mysqld
17180 apache 16 0 42088 21m 4752 S 18 2.2 0:09.80 httpd
20159 apache 16 0 42832 22m 4760 S 13 2.2 0:04.68 httpd
21304 apache 15 0 38456 18m 4412 S 8 1.8 0:01.67 httpd
14735 apache 15 0 40080 19m 4640 S 6 2.0 0:16.01 httpd
14203 apache 16 0 40872 20m 4596 S 5 2.1 0:19.24 httpd
21814 apache 16 0 36860 16m 4500 S 4 1.6 0:00.25 httpd
13206 apache 15 0 42200 21m 4720 S 4 2.2 0:48.79 httpd
17618 apache 15 0 40652 20m 4488 S 3 2.0 0:09.98 httpd
20689 apache 15 0 40864 20m 4508 S 3 2.1 0:02.74 httpd
19534 apache 15 0 40448 20m 4440 S 3 2.0 0:06.33 httpd
20222 apache 15 0 38784 18m 4424 S 3 1.8 0:02.93 httpd
21409 apache 15 0 39136 19m 4440 S 3 1.9 0:01.57 httpd
15769 apache 15 0 41260 21m 4800 S 2 2.1 0:15.95 httpd
19397 apache 15 0 39572 19m 4520 S 2 1.9 0:06.91 httpd
19408 apache 15 0 40328 20m 4500 S 2 2.0 0:06.12 httpd
20704 apache 15 0 38704 18m 4492 S 2 1.8 0:03.62 httpd
20851 apache 15 0 31056 10m 3360 S 2 1.0 0:01.72 httpd
21753 apache 15 0 38960 18m 4360 S 2 1.8 0:00.47 httpd
17288 apache 16 0 39196 19m 4452 S 1 1.9 0:09.63 httpd
18253 apache 16 0 40812 20m 4504 S 1 2.0 0:09.92 httpd
19409 apache 15 0 38892 18m 4432 S 1 1.9 0:06.14 httpd
21352 apache 16 0 38504 18m 4428 S 1 1.8 0:01.15 httpd
21815 apache 15 0 30700 9892 3288 S 1 1.0 0:00.14 httpd
20290 apache 15 0 40472 20m 4432 S 1 2.0 0:03.58 httpd
21104 apache 15 0 39944 19m 4440 S 1 2.0 0:02.63 httpd
21670 apache 15 0 30896 9.9m 3300 S 1 1.0 0:00.36 httpd
21699 apache 15 0 32892 12m 4268 S 1 1.2 0:00.50 httpd
20971 apache 15 0 33360 13m 4284 S 1 1.3 0:01.47 httpd
21811 apache 15 0 30732 9968 3328 S 1 1.0 0:00.17 httpd

Here is my server information.

Dual Core Processor. Ideal uses include intensive, small to large scale applications such as hosting and hardcore gaming.

* AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+
* 1 GB RAM
* 1 x 160 GB SATA II HD
* 2000 GB monthly transfer
* RAID Capable
* $49.00 setup fee

This is purchased from server beach.

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