windows and games running really poorly after fresh install of windows 7

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hi I am just put together a new gaming pc with some old and new parts but having problems with it running really choppy and slow. I am running a p5qpro motherboard, intel core 2 quad q6600 processor, corsair dominator ddr2 1066mhz 2x1024mb ram, corsair 650w power supply, sapphire hd5870 graphics card and a Seagate barracuda 500gb 7500rpm hdd. I know the hard drive will hold the system back but when was running same motherboard,cpu and ram with older graphics card and hdd with xp had no problems and games ran really well even with graphics fairly high but now with a fresh install on a new hdd of windows 7 I can even get it to run turok which is an old game with out it choking and spluttering the whole time and even windows seems to run slower than it should. I know is a bit long winded but help would be appreciated. I am hoping it is just a case of it wanting more ram but want to be sure cause 2 gb should be plenty
 
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is essentially a new build apart from using parts I took out of my gaming pc when I upgraded last and trying to put it together for a friend so is a new install of windows with everything updated and all drivers being downloaded direct from manufacturers websites so everything should be in order I had the same gear apart from and older graphics card and different hdd and it ran windows 7 fine and played games brilliantly am using older games like turok and prince of Persia and stuff like that which all ran fine on it before but now with a fresh install on a new hdd with a better graphics card its weird. have redone windows and drivers and updated 3 times and still doing it
 
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yeah everything in both windows update and device manager is all good and I was running turok on low settings just to test that why I am so surprised but even windows 7 doesn't run as fast as it should either when not in game and seems to constantly want to read hdd when in idle
also hit wrong button on screen and selected as solution although I am still stumped
also have tested ram and cpu with third party software also both running fine
 
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