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Recently I have built a PC. It has an intel i5 4690K and a R9 380X. At first everything was alright, I installed all the drivers and it ran AAA games smoothly at medium settings, but after a while I started getting massive frame drops making games unplayable even at low settings. Could my hard drive be dying, and would getting an SSD help?
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If it's your drive dying then getting any replacement drive (hdd or ssd) will help get you back to where you were. however, an ssd on its own will not improve your fps. It might help with loading times, but that's it
 
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Yes we need to see CPU and GPU temps in game. MSI afterburner gives you a whole log if you use that feature, or HW info will at least record and show you the max temps you hit for both while in game as well as the max useage of each.
 
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Was it always this hot?

What heatsink do you have, and do you have any spare thermal paste?

You should check to make sure the heatsink is tightly mounted, if not then we know the problem for sure, if it is maybe you used too little (or too much) thermal paste. Either way you'll need new paste to remount it.
 
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I've only had the computer a few days and all the parts are brand new so I don't really know.

I have the stock heatsink but as soon as i get money I'll buy a water cooler.

It is tightly mounted.
 
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With the stock heatsink you should not have any problems, it should be able to maintain a decent temperature.

I would say go to the computer store get some thermal paste, remove the heatsink and clean off both the CPU and the heatsink (use rubbing alcohol and a tissue). Make sure nothing is stuck to the CPU (plastic wrapping, labels, etc). Then put about a grain of rice worth of thermal paste in the center of the cpu, install the heatsink and hold it in place (do not move or remove it) and lock it down.

Without doing this your computer is unusable at this point.

You do not need a water cooler unless you plan to heavily overclock, any good air cooler such as the CRYORIG H7 will let you overclock somewhat and keeps the CPU very cool.
 
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