My PC doesn't seem any faster after upgrading from dual core to quad

bub11454

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I've been using an Athlon II x2 240 for a while and i got a Phenom II x4 840 today but my computer seems a little slower. I have 4x2GB ddr2. A GT 720 2gb from a Lenovo prebuilt. 320gb and 160gb HDD. Also I have a cooler Master hyper t2 cpu cooler.
 

Pebls2

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How are you measuring this "speed"? There should be very little difference for everyday tasks like browsing/etc but it certainly shouldn't be any slower..

Honestly, for a pc where you do this kind of tasks a more worthy upgrade would've been a SSD drive. That would make loads times on everything (which i assume is the speed you're referring to) significantly smaller.