Starting a new pc build

[Colin_97]

I going to start buying parts to put into my nzxt phantom 240 case, should I buy each part individually or all at once?

 

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, Colin_97 said:

I going to start buying parts to put into my nzxt phantom 240 case, should I buy each part individually or all at once?

 

depend on what your budget is 

[jnkokseby]

I would say wait until you can afford all the parts at once, otherwise something is gonna drop in price without you benefiting from it since you can't really use it (except the GPU and PSU, but I would wait for VEGA and see what it brings to the table anyways).

[Ordinarily_Greater]

Individually first, especially for used parts that you can negotiate

[OntarioTL]

The choice is up to you. If you are in a hurry to build, then buy all at once. Jnkokseby does have a point about buying piece by piece as things may drop in price. However, if you find it on sale at a deep discount, that is pretty much a wash.

The only thing that may have some merit to dropping in price while you pick piece by piece is the GPU. Since it's likely Vega wont be out until at least July now, any drops wont come soon enough. CPU's probably wont drop much further as AMD brought out Ryzen which already has a good price, and it seems like Intel is sticking to their guns of staying the course of their SKU pricing.

RAM, well that's a whole different story. It's like electronic oil. Prices are never predictable with the RAM consortium (mafia).