Convincing Parents for Gaming PC Build

[DarkHarsher]

I really want to build a gaming pc. Now my I brought this up to my parents and my mother really doesn't like the idea. My dad will go with what makes my mother is happy with. Now I explained to them that this is kinda expensive but to upgrade later on is even more expensive than it would be to buy it all now. Also, I told them how I want to play newer games but I can't because I can only play on the 21.5 inch iMac we have. Now my dad has access to his company's super computers and allowed me to use them to test them out. The specs for super computer is (I don't know all of the specific parts): Intel Core i7 4790K Corsair Vengeance Pro 32 GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 980

My mom wouldn't allow me to build the pc because: 1. I will be only using it on holidays and weekends for gaming. 2. I'm going to be tempted to play games and argue with my mom to let me play because I finished my homework. 3. It's kinda on the expensive side and I'm only going to be using it for gaming and schoolwork. 4. And if I'm only going to use it for the weekend, why not play for free using the super computer at my dad's office.

Now point 2 is not going to happen because my mom always exaggerates. What's wrong with point 4 is that I don't want to go to the office and just play games because I don't want to look poor and be embarrassed by others.

Can you please give me advice on how to convince my parents to let me build this gaming pc?

I didn't know if this was the right place to post this or not.

Thanks.

 

[Mattios]

Hey there, this is a really similar situation to what happened to me!

I think your parents might be worried that after all of that money, something might go wrong. Show them all of the tutorials online on how to build PCs; tell them how rare failures are; tell them how even if a component is dead, you can easily return it. They're worried about the money being wasted.

Like you have been, continue to push the upgradeable factor - lots of money now, but you don't have to buy a whole new PC every few years, just another component or two. Savings in the long run!

Promise you'll finish your homework before you play games too! 😉

 

[Guest]

First of an 980 is a bit overkill for gaming only.A 960 will be good enough.And 32GB of RAM for games? Really? I mean REALLY? Games never ever use more than 8GB of RAM.Unless you are running 3 Crysis 3s all at once you won't need more than 8GB of RAM.

 

[DarkHarsher]

First of an 980 is a bit overkill for gaming only.A 960 will be good enough.And 32GB of RAM for games? Really? I mean REALLY? Games never ever use more than 8GB of RAM.Unless you are running 3 Crysis 3s all at once you won't need more than 8GB of RAM.

It's 16 GBs. That's the computer I'm using at my Dad's office.

 

[DarkHarsher]

Hey there, this is a really similar situation to what happened to me!

I think your parents might be worried that after all of that money, something might go wrong. Show them all of the tutorials online on how to build PCs; tell them how rare failures are; tell them how even if a component is dead, you can easily return it. They're worried about the money being wasted.

Like you have been, continue to push the upgradeable factor - lots of money now, but you don't have to buy a whole new PC every few years, just another component or two. Savings in the long run!

Promise you'll finish your homework before you play games too! 😉

My Dad knows how to build a PC. My Mom just doesn't wanna spend that much money for me to waste time on. Money is not that big of a deal. And I'm going to play on the weekend and my Mom said if that's the case, I should just use the PC in my Dad's office, which I don't want to do because I don't want to go to the office and just play games because I don't want to look poor and be embarrassed by others. And even if I finish every single thing I had for school, I still can't play games. My Mom said that if I just wanted to build a PC, I could just build a cheap one and do nothing with it.

 

[lLiamKelly]

Hey there, this is a really similar situation to what happened to me!

I think your parents might be worried that after all of that money, something might go wrong. Show them all of the tutorials online on how to build PCs; tell them how rare failures are; tell them how even if a component is dead, you can easily return it. They're worried about the money being wasted.

Like you have been, continue to push the upgradeable factor - lots of money now, but you don't have to buy a whole new PC every few years, just another component or two. Savings in the long run!

Promise you'll finish your homework before you play games too! 😉

My Dad knows how to build a PC. My Mom just doesn't wanna spend that much money for me to waste time on. Money is not that big of a deal. And I'm going to play on the weekend and my Mom said if that's the case, I should just use the PC in my Dad's office, which I don't want to do because I don't want to go to the office and just play games because I don't want to look poor and be embarrassed by others. And even if I finish every single thing I had for school, I still can't play games. My Mom said that if I just wanted to build a PC, I could just build a cheap one and do nothing with it.

By the sounds of it, it's more convincing your mum to let you play video games more often than actually building a PC. The issue isn't building it as your dad can do it. You say the problem is the money and if that's the case no amount of convincing is going to help if they simply don't have the money. To me it's more that your mum is concerned about the amount of video games you're going to be playing, which isn't anything we can help you with on the forums.

 

[ss202sl]

Convince your dad that the computer is for him. He needs a good computer to use at home. Then you can use it whenever he isn't.

 

[Wisecracker]

1) Show some responsibility;
2) Get a job and earn your own money;
3) The, 'rents, seeing your initiative,will be happy;
4) Happy 'rents may feel inclined to contribute to your project; and
5) Build a 'sensible' desktop computer with your savings.