I replaced the hard drive and ram on my 2010 macbook, but its still unusably slow! Why??

I replaced the harddrive and the ram on my 2010 white unibody macbook about two months ago. I only put a few documents on it, i did not reinstall all of my files. I have only downloaded the minium amount of items on the computer since then, and it is still just as slow as before. I was told that by replacing these two items and reinstalling the mac software I would have essentially a new computer, but it's still the same piece of crap I had before. All of the work I have to do for school is done using the computer, via Word and the internet, so this issue needs to be resolved ASAP. It seems as though there is a phantom process running constantly that takes up the entire CPU. This needs to go, I have never mistreated my computer. PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS.

Hello vmallon,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Use Activity Monitor to see if a particular app or activity is making a large demand on your Mac.
Have a nice day,
Mario

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