A few questions about storing hardware

^^ that, and because if the parts you get come defective you won't know until you test it out in the computer and by then it might be too late to return it. (you could rma but that's a hassle), also the farther away from when an item is released the higher chance of a sale.

above answer is the better way to do these things things can change fast and you may regret a early buy and if its bad your return time may be expired

My very best advice is to not buy parts of a computer system while waiting for the cash for the rest of your system. Nothing ages and gets superseded by new components as electronics. In addition prices change, and often for the better as items tend to be discounted after a while, whereas new components may sell for a premium.

Here is how I do things. Using this, I've been lucky to make very few mistakes in mismatching components and buying wrong items. I also usually hit or exceed my performance targets for computers I build.

I start by planning out carefully. I read around the processors, memory motherboards, hard drives and graphics cards. I check reviews and read background information so I'm not caught by surprises and new components appearing in a few months. Power supplies can easily keep me busy for a week or two until I get a feel for the lay of the land.

Then I make a build - PCPartPicker.com is a godsend, I used to make huge spreadsheets with prices and functions.

I start by choosing the processor - if you are a gamer, you can start by choosing the GPU. THen choose the CPU and motherboard that will support that card. Add in some RAM - I always try to order enough RAM so I won't be short in the life of the PC - I've had too many instances where add-on RAM ended up being incompatible and I've had to sell it at a huge loss.

Choose hard drives and other accessories (network cards, card readers, optical, WiFI, etc.)

Now start looking at a case. When I started building, I wanted lights, colors and windows. Now I try and get it as small and as quiet as I can. Too small and you may have airflow issues - I avoid that by using closed-loop liquid cooling. Pay particular attention to the size of video cards, the PSU and the radiators. In one instance I had to not install an optical drive, because there was no room for the cooler in the same case.

Now that I have a parts list, I will get ready to pull the trigger. I usually wait for (iin the US a sales event such as Black Friday, labor day, 4th of July, any promotional event) and see if I can get good deals. Then over a 2-3 week span I buy all the components and put the machine together.

As for storing them - keep them far away from water. All the temperature ranges you mentioned are fine for inactive electronics - after all, where I live, they get shipped in trucks that drive outside in temperatures up to 100F. That causes no hamr. Just bring them in, let them all acclimatize for a day so so and you're good to go. In warehouses I'm sure they don't store them at very controlled temperatures either. Inactive electronics can survive wide variances in temperatures if they are not powered on. Less so if they are under power and under load. Just watch out for condensation.

As far as storing hardware, any indoor climate controlled environment that does not have a large amount of static electricity is fine. Even then the highly static sensitive parts come in anti-static bags. In all reality the biggest issue of storage is just put in a place where it cant get smacked around or dropped.

It is generally best to buy everything at once, but understandble that sometimes a really really great deal pops up. You can buy monitor/keyboard/mouse at any time, as well as your power supply and case. Motherboard and CPU should be bought at the same time to avoid any issues and I would buy RAM within a month of the motherboard/cpu as well. While not as important I would try to do GPU around the same time.

Its refreshing to see a young kid want to save up money to buy a decent comptuer instead of wanting to build a computer on $300-400 then 3 months latter is dissapointed with its performance and even more dissapointed that there is no real upgrade path with his cheap parts.

When you get closer to having money for your build let us know and we can put together a build to maxamize your budget. Doing it now is pointless because of how quickly prices change on parts, new product lines, new knowledge on bad parts, etc.

You do want to spend the money on a qualty power supply, not a good idea to cheap out on the part that can destroy everything else. The other key is to choose a path that is upgradeable. You wont be able to get the fastest CPU or GPU on your budget, but with a thought out build you can be preparied for any future upgrades (vs having to buy 3 parts to ugprade 1).

If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

What is the link to your build you were looking at?