What order should i do this in?

[Guty]

Im gonna start gathering my pc parts this christmas. I figure, if i order a part here and a part there, i should have my system completed and built in march.

For now i want a amd4000+ san diego, 7800gtx512mb (depending on if its less than $500 by March, if not i'll stick w\ a 7800gt), audiy2zs,2gigs ram, a good reliable psu, Asus motherboard (non-sli), and a sturdy lian li case.

I have $500 saved now, i should have another 2 grand by march. But i want to order a new part every other week (this way i stay motivated and not spend the $$ elsewhere)...

I think im gonna order a good wireless keyboard/mouse combo and a wireless dsl router around Christmas.
Then in January the case and 2.1 speakers and headhpones.
Then in February a 20 inch lcd 12ms response time.
Then im March i'll complete the system with cpu,motherboard,video card,sound card etc, hard drives ( a 74gig Raptor and a 200 gig storage drive)...

Is this a good order , or should i wait till march and order the system all at once?

 

[mikeblas]

I think you're better off all at once. The money earns interest while you're saving it. If you can't bear to not spend it on something else, maybe you stand to learn a little self-discipline. Meanwhile, anything you buy now is sitting on the shelf getitng obsolete while you're not even using it.

 

[GForce64]

I think you're better off all at once. The money earns interest while you're saving it. If you can't bear to not spend it on something else, maybe you stand to learn a little self-discipline. Meanwhile, anything you buy now is sitting on the shelf getitng obsolete while you're not even using it.

Seconded. New stuff is going to come out when that stuff is getting more obsolete on the shelf. You'll be kicking yourself for not ordering all at once.

 

[MovieMan80]

Not to mention that prices on hardware will continue to fall. So the part that costs $300 now may be $280 (or less) in a couple months.

At the very least buy the equipment in usable chunks. if you have speakers and a monitor now hold off on those and finish the system all at once then you can add those later. Or get a new monitor now and then save up to replace the rest of the system.

 

[TheDoucheMan]

I agree with everyone. I had to piece together a system over a couple of months, because I couldn't afford it all at once, and it killed me to see all the stuff I had bought that was such a great deal a couple months ago regularly selling for less while my parts sat in my room waiting to be finished.