Ok, so I'm looking at this deal. I'm planning to upgrade to an intel LGA 1150 CPU for my birthday, probably, which is in July (yes, I know, it's a quite some time away, let me explain). I was looking at this motherboard, which currently comes with 8 gigs of RAM. That's a freaking steal, since the RAM is currently $70 alone, and I could get the board for $80. Plus, it's matching colors to my system color scheme, which is always a bonus.
Now, normally it's not a good idea to by components ahead of time, because if 6 months later you finally open it and find it's a DOA, you're warranty is already gone. BUT. My brother had to order a cheap LGA 1150 CPU just so he could update the BIOS on his motherboard before it would work with his CPU, and I'm sure he'd let me put it in as soon as I got it to double check that the board works. The RAM I would use right away (I'm currently running off of a single stick of 1333 MHz DDR 3 (4 gigs).
I have an extra PSU I can use to test it with, so I can just plug my monitor, motherboard, PSU, CPU and RAM all in and just test it without a case. But I don't actually know if that's safe to do, even for just a moment. The case I have is an m-ATX case, and and this is a ATX motherboard. I'm hoping to get a new ATX case for Christmas, so I can use the mobo after Christmas.
If I don't do this, I'll instead end up getting a new case for Christmas and a single stick just like I already have of RAM (this). I'd prefer the faster RAM with the blue heatsink, since the two cases I'm looking at have nice big side windows.
TL: DR I want to participate in a special deal for a motherboard + RAM combo, but it'd require me to wait probably 9 months before I can use the motherboard, but I do have the stuff I need to test it before I can actually use it in my system. Is this a really bad idea, or is it worth it?
Now, normally it's not a good idea to by components ahead of time, because if 6 months later you finally open it and find it's a DOA, you're warranty is already gone. BUT. My brother had to order a cheap LGA 1150 CPU just so he could update the BIOS on his motherboard before it would work with his CPU, and I'm sure he'd let me put it in as soon as I got it to double check that the board works. The RAM I would use right away (I'm currently running off of a single stick of 1333 MHz DDR 3 (4 gigs).
I have an extra PSU I can use to test it with, so I can just plug my monitor, motherboard, PSU, CPU and RAM all in and just test it without a case. But I don't actually know if that's safe to do, even for just a moment. The case I have is an m-ATX case, and and this is a ATX motherboard. I'm hoping to get a new ATX case for Christmas, so I can use the mobo after Christmas.
If I don't do this, I'll instead end up getting a new case for Christmas and a single stick just like I already have of RAM (this). I'd prefer the faster RAM with the blue heatsink, since the two cases I'm looking at have nice big side windows.
TL: DR I want to participate in a special deal for a motherboard + RAM combo, but it'd require me to wait probably 9 months before I can use the motherboard, but I do have the stuff I need to test it before I can actually use it in my system. Is this a really bad idea, or is it worth it?
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