Hey guys, I'm creating this topic to receive feedback perhaps also critiques from those experienced in building a PC.

I'm having a budget issue therefore I'm planning to build it step by step, more like a monthly basis.

My initial plan was to first get a motherboard that fits a casing, and then proceed with choosing of other components which are compatible to the motherboard such as RAM, CPU and GPU. Then only I proceed with HDD, SSD and PSU, coolers and etc.

Have anyone tried with this approach before? Mind to share some experiences while building a PC this way?
Any pros and cons or concerns throughout the process?

I'm having a motherboard in mind, the ASROCK H87 PRO4, but hasn't finalize the decision yet.
I did not know whether choosing this motherboard will affect the difficulty of choosing the rest of the PC or not.
Let me know what you guys think?

Thanks in advance!

why not save up the money, then at the end only buy it?

u wud require at least the motherboard + PSU + CPU + RAM, to have the most basic usable PC, whr it will collect dust without the casing.... and booting Linux from a pen drive...

for me, the first item in the list to choose is CPU -> then only motherboard...

Hmm... I'm currently looking at Intel XEON E3-1231V3 ( RM889 from C-Zone ) and Intel CORE I5 4690 ( RM770 from C-Zone ), performance and price wise, which is better and easier to get? I tried to look for prices on other pricelists but seems like XEON is harder to get. Any suggestion on this?

BTW, my budget is around 3.5k

This post has been edited by mindbard: Mar 11 2015, 06:32 PM