Gradual build - Or wait?

blasphemyweb

blasphemyweb

blasphemyweb

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I can't really afford to buy all my components at once for my first build so I'll be buying them gradually over the next 2 months.

I have my case, PSU, Opticals & HD's just now. At the end of the month I'll have my Mobo, CPU & RAM, then at the end of next month I'll have my GPU. Has anyone ever been in a similar position and built it as you purchased, or is it best to wait until everything's here before putting it together?

My thinking was that if I'm doing it gradually when I can take my time and try to avoid mistakes...... Any dire consequences of doing this that I'm not aware of?
 
I've already specced it, with help from on here, so nothing is going to change about my build even if something new does come out in the next 2 months. So think I'll stick the PSU in tonight and do it gradually as when I try to save it just burns a hole in my pocket :(. Throughly looking forward to it.

P.S VERY small world given I'm from Dalry (Next town over from Kilwinning for non locals).
 
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Buchanan0204 said:
Haha. Water isn't my niche unfortunately. Only ever installed one. Anything else, then I'm sure I could have been some assistance.
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Keep an eye out for my thread in a few weeks begging for help for the simplest of things.

Got my NZXT Phantom the other day and I love it, cant wait to fill it.
 
paradisiac said:
the other disadvantage of buying gradually is the warrenties will all be different (i like to have all warrenties start around the same time so i can easily find the purchase dates) and its hard to argue something was DOA if its been sitting in a box for 3 months before you had all the other parts to test it.
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Very good point. I've got another system sitting there so have already tried the opticals and HDD'S in it. Will try the PSU later. So the MOBO, CPU & RAM can be tested in that as well I guess.
 
Well my impatience got the better of me and I've ordered all parts for my build. I'm off work next Tuesday so I've got til then to spend biting my finger nails :D

Can't wait :D Final spec is as follows:

NZXT Phantom in black
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) iP67 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5
Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
LiteOn IHAS324 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
 
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