How to Convince My Parents to Let Me Build a Gaming PC

[AgentLOL]

I HAVE THIS QUESTIONS SOLVED, BUT I HAVE LEFT THIS THREAD OPEN IF ANYONE WANTS TO FREELY COMMENT OR TALK ABOUT SOMETHING



So, I'm 13, and its nearing my birthday. Right now I'm using a Mid-2012 Macbook Air to game, really only play Minecraft at 60FPS, and that's the only game cause' my parents think gaming is a huge time buster, leaving me with no console, except for the Wii with Mario games. That's my intro.

So, I first wanted to get a pre-built PC. Seeing how pricy they were, thought of building my own PC. Yearning to actually play other video games (my parents don't approve of violent video games sadly), I put together this really good PC for about $1,400, without peripherals. (Don't ask if they really have the money for that, cause my dad uses a giant iMac). So, I approach them ask my dad (he usually manages everything with electronics). He says that you will only save $50 by building, I won't let you build one, but rather purchase one, as it takes forever. They said that a $800 computer is good enough for school work. I explain that I want these components, and my dad realizes its for gaming.

So that pretty much ended the argument with a NO, and since then, been trying to convince him. I just don't know what's the right time to ask my dad. He owns a office and said that he would grab one from his office that's new, and left to go to the mall. Man, he just won't understand. While everyone else (my friends) sit back and play on their supercomputers and Xbox Ones, I get to sit here playing just Minecraft on my horrible laptop. With that being said, hopefully you read this all and give me a suggestion, and thanks for reading!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B4T9yc

 

[tiny voices]

My youngest is mid-20's. We've already gone through the crashes, etc....🙁
No modded vehicles, as I did starting at age 11 with a minibike.

I love my cars, but as a parent I know it will be hard if my kid(s) are into them too. Not that I don't want them to like cars, but just knowing how I was as a teenager, and how teenagers are with "neat toys" is scary.

I should have taken as an omen when my daughter (age 12?) drove her little brothers RC car into the ocean on a beach vacation.
Dead RC car...🙁
Things did not get better after that.

Yeah I'm sure I put my parents though more than any parent deserves with the phone call the paramedics made. Even though I was fine enough to give them a number and even talk on the phone they would not let me. "Hello this is XXX and your son Thomas has been in an accident. We are on route to Howard general hospital Emergency wing. You can meet us there." Has to be one of the worst things a parent can hear.

 

[AgentLOL]

Yeah. My dad doesn't exactly want to teach me much. Last time I asked, he said yeah ok. Never did anything. But yeah, I guess I'll try to talk to my dad somehow about this whole PC thing. It's making it harder that he has PC's in his office. I don't really want another PC with the power of a Macbook Air...

 

[AgentLOL]

And by saying another, I mean first.

 

[AgentLOL]

Thats definitely the worst thing a parent can hear, right below death.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah I'm sure I put my parents though more than any parent deserves with the phone call the paramedics made. Even though I was fine enough to give them a number and even talk on the phone they would not let me. "Hello this is XXX and your son Thomas has been in an accident. We are on route to Howard general hospital Emergency wing. You can meet us there." Has to be one of the worst things a parent can hear.

Words a dad never wants to hear:
"It's OK, Dad...the fire dept is here"

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Yeah. My dad doesn't exactly want to teach me much. Last time I asked, he said yeah ok. Never did anything. But yeah, I guess I'll try to talk to my dad somehow about this whole PC thing. It's making it harder that he has PC's in his office. I don't really want another PC with the power of a Macbook Air...

Macbook Airs aren't really that powerful, they just have a well-optimized operating system. A $750 desktop could perform better.

 

[AgentLOL]

Well, that's what I'm using. Processor keeps up nice, pretty much uses it's OP turbo boost and hits to 2.5GHZ from 1.8GHZ, with a little bit of 90-100C temps. I wouldn't be very keen getting a PC with the same power. To me that would look like a giant oversized Macbook Air.

 

[tiny voices]

Words a dad never wants to hear:
"It's OK, Dad...the fire dept is here"

Luckily I have never done that one. :lol:

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Back on topic, I think you should find a local garage sale around, buy an old computer for up to $100, play around with it, and just use that. I think it would be cool to run something retro such as Windows Me.

 

[AgentLOL]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2379606/advice-program-apps-ios-xcode.html

You can access this link and share out any info on iOS programming if you have any.

 

[USAFRet]

OK...I think we've redirected/killed/finished the original premise of this thread.
I'm out...

 

[AgentLOL]

Well, I think I gotta talk to my dad soon and do some homework! Talk to you all later!

 

[quandao93]

LOL so many people bashing this kid becuase his parents are buying him a pc! LOOOL, just help the kid out. im sure he'll def get some good knowledge on building his own rig with the use of parental support.

 

[AgentLOL]

I'm going to choose a post that has some solutions in it, as there are many written solutions in this thread, and the thread is getting out of topic.

 

[AgentLOL]

Hmm, I don't know why it chose a different post as the solution, even though I never chose that...

 

[tiny voices]

You didn't select it. Someone else did. I have unselected it.

 

[AgentLOL]

Well, now it's myself. Interesting... How do I take that out and change the person?

 

[quandao93]

THis is why kids should not use the internet! hahaha jk

 

[AgentLOL]

I've never really used this forum before, my first time. Not sure how all this works. I thought I could only choose the solution.

There. That's the one I wanted to select.

 

[tiny voices]

Unfortunately other users can also select best answers, BUT the OP of the thread is the only one who should be bale to actually do it.

 

[fcabanski]

How will your dad know it's more savings if you won't take the time to show him?

You said you don't have time to show him. If that's the case, then you don't have time to play games. In the time you took to respond to this thread, you could have detailed a pre-built vs a gaming PC.

BTW, you can build a decent gaming PC for around $800. It will play games at mid-range settings. That's better than not playing the games.

 

[tiny voices]

You don't need $800. Not including the OS and Monitor, $500 is enough to run AAA games at medium settings comfortably.

 

[ky-ky]

Try to explain your parents that games require more than a laptop. My parents bought me new pc in 2012 (core i5 2320, radeon hd 6930) because ive let them know that my laptop is outdated. This year, ive got gtx 980 by talking with parents, showing them some trailers (call of duty advanced warfare, etc). And i have all B in school.

 

[titus1]

Wouldn't I have to buy all that?

I have seen your parts list and my first thought is this is a very ambitious build for some one who does not know any thing about the working of a computer.

My suggestion is you turn this into your school project. DO A LOT OF READING AND RESEARCH about the working of a computer. Ask your teachers at school how you can turn this into a project where you can even get grades for the work you do. Ask your friends or seniors or cousins who have some knowledge in this field.to get you started. Get a broken computer and fix it. Be it at school or with a friend, as some one has suggested here. I assume you have never held a screw driver in your hand and never fixed anything in your house.

 

[USAFRet]

Wouldn't I have to buy all that?

I have seen your parts list and my first thought is this is a very ambitious build for some one who does not know any thing about the working of a computer.

Agreed. $1500 to play games is a hard/impossible sell to a parent.