Installing CPU while Motherboard in case?

[TechLoad Network]

So I am building a PC, and I am buying every part at a separate time.(Whenever I have money) At the moment I have enough money to buy my motherboard or power supply.

 

I was wondering if you can install the motherboard into the case, without the CPU or RAM installed on it, and be able to install the RAM and CPU later on. Can you do without any problems in the future?

 

Thanks -Christian

[thekeemo]

of course

[Excon]

Of course you can

[Geekazoid]

So I am building a PC, and I am buying every part at a separate time.(Whenever I have money) At the moment I have enough money to buy my motherboard or power supply.

 

I was wondering if you can install the motherboard into the case, without the CPU or RAM installed on it, and be able to install the RAM and CPU later on. Can you do without any problems in the future?

 

Thanks -Christian

Of course, although it is generally easy to install each part onto the motherboard whilst it's out of the case.

[Enderman]

You should not be buying your PC parts separately. Save up and buy everything all at once.

 

Why?

Because:

1) if you get a defective product you wont know that it is DOA until you get the rest of the parts, and by that time your return deadline will have passed

2) you cant use your PC until you have all the components, so why buy part of it early if you cant even use it?

3) new parts are constantly coming out, and old parts are constantly dropping in price, so if you wait until you have all the money at once you can either get better hardware at the same price, or get the same hardware at a lower price

 

So basically by buying parts ahead of time you are essentially wasting money and possibly losing a couple hundred bucks if you get a DOA product and dont test it in time.