What are the best disc doctor tools

Okay, my G5 is running like a Commodore 64! It is SLOW and freezing all the time! it freezes on iPhoto, Mail, ..... just about anything actually to the point where it won't force quit and we are having to hold down the old international reset button.
What are the steps to go down. I've run the standard TechTool tests which seemed to pass okay. Can somebody give me the process to go through here...
I haven't Loaded any new software recently, nothing dramatic has changed on our Mac... it started to slow down so the only changes I have made is to move alot of gear off our HD and onto a external drive.
We have 191 GB free, 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM. Please... I am about to throw this out for a new computer but feel a computer with this much grunt should be able to be salvaged.
Please help!!

The most important thing to do is backup your data as my FAQ explains:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Next check that the problem isn't occuring in a second user in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Accounts.
If it is, then you have a system wide issue. If you have a system wide issue, the first utility I'd try is Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility to repair permissions.
Next if that doesn't work, verify disk. If verify disk reveals errors, boot off the 10.4 installer disk to repair disk as my directory FAQ explains:
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html
If the directory is good, try running Macjanitor:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
If you still don't have the problem solved, go over this FAQ on the fonts:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607630
If you still haven't solved the problem, then I'd ask if you have ever seen a kernel panic with no third party peripherals attached. Here's my FAQ on kernel panics:
http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html
If you have, I suggest replacing the RAM.

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