- Dec 16, 2017
- 3
- 0
- 510
Hello,
My 9yo son has offically suprassed me in intelligence and perservance. He's wanted a gaming computer for over a year now. We don't have the income to buy him a quality gaming computer and I refuse to buy one that's in our budget because, from what I understand, they are garbage. He has decided that he wans to build a gaming computer!
He's kind of awesome! He has done a pretty hefty amount of research. I asked my 3 older kids, he included, to make an Amazon christmas wish list. His contsists mainly of computer parts.
Between reaching out to a few of my tech savy friends and reading, I've learned a little bit myself. However, I'm still pretty clueless. Unfortunately I have 4 kids and I don't have the time to really delve into this.
A friend of mine suggested I post his build list here and see if anyone can help cut costs with suggestions. He also said it would be helpful if I list the games my son plans on playing once his computer is up and running.
So far my son has about $650 coming his way for this project. After christmas he will probably have about $800 to work with. That being said, here's his build and top game choices. I would greatly appreicate any advice or thoughts that may benifit him.
TIA
GAME CHOICES:
Rocket League
Forza Horizon3
Overwatch
Portal 2
I know he plans on purchasing most games from Steam. Not sure if that's signficant information.
BUILD:
Intel Core i7
Noctua CPU cooler
MSI B250m Gaming Pro Micro ATX LGA1151- motherboard
Corsair Value Select 16gb DDR4-2133 memory
Samsung 850 EVO series 250 GB SSD
EVGA- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC Gaming Card
DIYPC- Silence BK Window ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA 850 W 80+ Bronze semi modular power supply
Creative Labs- Sound Blaster 24 bit 192 KHz sound card
Rough calculations seem that this is going to run him about $1100 just for the tower and guts. New monitor, keyboard, etc will have to come later.
I wish I could get this figure closer to the $800 range without compromising the characteristics of a gaming computer.
Thanks again!
Amanda
My 9yo son has offically suprassed me in intelligence and perservance. He's wanted a gaming computer for over a year now. We don't have the income to buy him a quality gaming computer and I refuse to buy one that's in our budget because, from what I understand, they are garbage. He has decided that he wans to build a gaming computer!
He's kind of awesome! He has done a pretty hefty amount of research. I asked my 3 older kids, he included, to make an Amazon christmas wish list. His contsists mainly of computer parts.
Between reaching out to a few of my tech savy friends and reading, I've learned a little bit myself. However, I'm still pretty clueless. Unfortunately I have 4 kids and I don't have the time to really delve into this.
A friend of mine suggested I post his build list here and see if anyone can help cut costs with suggestions. He also said it would be helpful if I list the games my son plans on playing once his computer is up and running.
So far my son has about $650 coming his way for this project. After christmas he will probably have about $800 to work with. That being said, here's his build and top game choices. I would greatly appreicate any advice or thoughts that may benifit him.
TIA
GAME CHOICES:
Rocket League
Forza Horizon3
Overwatch
Portal 2
I know he plans on purchasing most games from Steam. Not sure if that's signficant information.
BUILD:
Intel Core i7
Noctua CPU cooler
MSI B250m Gaming Pro Micro ATX LGA1151- motherboard
Corsair Value Select 16gb DDR4-2133 memory
Samsung 850 EVO series 250 GB SSD
EVGA- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC Gaming Card
DIYPC- Silence BK Window ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA 850 W 80+ Bronze semi modular power supply
Creative Labs- Sound Blaster 24 bit 192 KHz sound card
Rough calculations seem that this is going to run him about $1100 just for the tower and guts. New monitor, keyboard, etc will have to come later.
I wish I could get this figure closer to the $800 range without compromising the characteristics of a gaming computer.
Thanks again!
Amanda
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram