- Jul 9, 2015
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I am building my own desktop and I need some help finetuning it.
The parts I picked are the following:
HDD: WD 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5´ 7200rpm WD5000AVDS
PSU: Corsair CX-500W - CP-9020047-WW 80 Plus Bronze
RAM: 2x Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz CMV4GX3M1A1600C11
VGA: PowerColor Radeon R9 270
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440
MB: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H
Questions:
1) I didn't pick a 1TB HDD because I simply don't use a lot of space. I have one now and I never had less than 750GB free. I wanted to pick a 256GB SSD but it is soooo expensive (at least here in Brazil). Is SSD worth the price?
2) I wanted to swap the CPU for a FX8350 but I often hear that AMD CPU's have heat issues. Can someone confirm? I don't plan on OC'ing it though. (I am aware that if I do swap it for a FX8350 I will need a new MB too)
3) Also I feel afraid that this setup is going to be obsolete in less than a year now that DDR4 has launched and stuff like that. Is it so much of an improvement?
4) Should I wait before I buy my desktop?
5) Is there any recommendation? Any part I could swap for a better one? I would like to stay in the same price range but if a part is much better for a price a little higher I can consider.
Thanks!
The parts I picked are the following:
HDD: WD 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5´ 7200rpm WD5000AVDS
PSU: Corsair CX-500W - CP-9020047-WW 80 Plus Bronze
RAM: 2x Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz CMV4GX3M1A1600C11
VGA: PowerColor Radeon R9 270
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440
MB: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H
Questions:
1) I didn't pick a 1TB HDD because I simply don't use a lot of space. I have one now and I never had less than 750GB free. I wanted to pick a 256GB SSD but it is soooo expensive (at least here in Brazil). Is SSD worth the price?
2) I wanted to swap the CPU for a FX8350 but I often hear that AMD CPU's have heat issues. Can someone confirm? I don't plan on OC'ing it though. (I am aware that if I do swap it for a FX8350 I will need a new MB too)
3) Also I feel afraid that this setup is going to be obsolete in less than a year now that DDR4 has launched and stuff like that. Is it so much of an improvement?
4) Should I wait before I buy my desktop?
5) Is there any recommendation? Any part I could swap for a better one? I would like to stay in the same price range but if a part is much better for a price a little higher I can consider.
Thanks!
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