My first ever build. Need some advices.

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boysabawx

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Intel Core i5-4670 Haswell
Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2
Kingston HyperX blu 4GB 1600 CL9 (One stick only)
Seagate 500GB 7200rpm

Im going with a generic psu/casing.


In the future

get a new psu + gpu
add another ram
get cooler/cooling casing (or a new casing.)

i hear rumors that this processor heats up alot? i wont do any OC, will the stock hsf do it? or should i get an aftermarket one?
 
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Rammy
Yeah no need to get a CPU cooler.
If you are trying to save money, then the 4670 is a pretty poor investment. It's basically the worst value in the i5 range, and a 4430/4440 offers you better value for money, it's definitely a good place to cut back.
Also, the motherboard you picked is a decent value buy, but it doesn't have front USB3.0, and you can get a ASRock H81M-HDS/H81M for roughly the same price that does.

I certainly wouldn't advise using a generic PSU, especially if you use any of the low power settings. Going super cheap on your PSU is a false economy when in most countries you can buy a quality entry level unit for not much more.

Also, depending where you are, a 500Gb HDD doesn't make a huge amount of sense economically...
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You can't do an overclock anyway. Neither the processor is overclockable, nor the MB I believe.

And you'd probably be okay with a stock cooler.

No need to buy an aftermarket cooler.

If you live in a hot country and air flow is very poor you might consider it, but not for general cases. No need.
 
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boysabawx

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Yup. In sense i never should have said that i am not going to overclock.
I just thought that some may think that its a "K" model.

How about the motherboard? is it good?

 
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Yeah no need to get a CPU cooler.
If you are trying to save money, then the 4670 is a pretty poor investment. It's basically the worst value in the i5 range, and a 4430/4440 offers you better value for money, it's definitely a good place to cut back.
Also, the motherboard you picked is a decent value buy, but it doesn't have front USB3.0, and you can get a ASRock H81M-HDS/H81M for roughly the same price that does.

I certainly wouldn't advise using a generic PSU, especially if you use any of the low power settings. Going super cheap on your PSU is a false economy when in most countries you can buy a quality entry level unit for not much more.

Also, depending where you are, a 500Gb HDD doesn't make a huge amount of sense economically. Often, 1TB drives are 10% or so more expensive, and double the capacity, as well as having a much bigger cache size. It really is money well spent.
 
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