I upgraded my CPU to core 2 quad Q9550 and it works slower than expected, please help?

[yard477]

I expected it to have a super speed as described by sellers on amazon. Now the thing is, my Hard Disk is failing, sometimes making weird knock sounds.

Could my computer lag be caused by hard drive failing and not necessarily a bad CPU chip?

it takes 6 seconds for google chrome to open up, is it actually normal for Core 2 quad processor??

[Bob]

how much ram? did you reinstall your os?

[Bobby]

Depends on how much Ram you Devote to it , depending on what OS your on, Go look up on google look up Devoting CPU RAM on (OS your on). clean your Fan on your computer (it can help make the noise stop and speed up your pc)

[Boss]

Your computer might need more Ram in it.

[Frostfire]

If you programs are not optimized for more than 1 core, you would get that result.

[Adrian]

If the drive is failing, it pauses to re-try reading the faulty sectors. That can make a boot very slow, and all program loading slow as well.

Most programs run in a single core, so depending on clock speeds of the two CPUs you had, there may not be all that much difference in overall performance. You do not mention what you had before...

A bad CPU chip would not even boot, so 99% odds are it is your HDD that is causing all your problems, especially if it is doing those "clicking" sounds (internal disk reset to try re-seek of a sector)

[Keudn]

Depending on what RAM you have and how fast your HDD is, it can be a lot of factors. If you have less than 4GB of RAM I would definently upgrade to atleast 6GB, 4 is pretty low at this point. Also the Core 2 Quad Q9550 isn't all that fast of a CPU to begin with, I wouldn't expect it to run things like a i7 would