Exactly. There is absolutely no point in buying parts over the course of 3-4 years to then put it together, as until you have a complete set of parts you won't be able to use it. If you bought the CPU first, in 3-4 years that CPU you paid $200 wouldn't even be sold anymore, and they will have processors 2x as fast for half the price.wait like your trying to buy the parts over the course of a 3-4 years? kinda pointless considering 3-4 years from now things will be outdated, and newer equipment that will come out might not be compatible blah blah. . . i mean things is just kinda hard to answer considering none of us know exactly whats coming out half a decade from now uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh