Cheap gaming pc to buy?

How do i convince my parents to buy me a Gaming PC?

• I want a Gaming PC but my parents (Mostly my Mum) wont get a Gaming PC when our current Pre-made $1000 Acer PC will break down. She never would listen to me when buying a PC and thinks gaming is bad and its more fun to go outside and play with a ball. My parents grew up in the USSR and never played any video games in their life except my Dad who only the past few years got their first PC and he started playing Tetris Worlds and Minesweeper. My Mum meanwhile doesn't like violent games and doesn't believe in building any kind of PC and she only buys pre-made ones. I don't get paid for anything like chores and I go to a Selective High School. Im currently in year 7 and even if i finish all my homework my parents still wont let me go and play games on our current PC. My Mum wont even let me open up our PC case even after its warranty and she doesn't support 2 broken PCs in our Garage and even if i had my own money she wouldn't let me buy one for myself. She also NEVER EVER buys anything online and wont let me sell old working parts from our PC For all those people who think Im to young to handle building PCs and my parents know more than me, 1. I almost won the UNSW ICAS (was 3 questions incorrect from Medal Winner) Computer competition but i still got a Distinction every year since year 4. 2. I have considered trying to learn Java and I have started recently. 3. I know how to assemble a PC and to make a Hackintosh

• Answer:

  1. making a PC will give you a much better array of equipment at a cheaper price - most pre made computers are given processors with lots of cores like i7s and losts of hard disk space because those are the two things people know about (non techys) - all a computer really needs is a high frequency dual core or a low frequency quad core processor, 4 gigs of ram, and a good graphics card. with this combo it will be a good computer. people think they need i7 processors, it does nothing for the speed of their computer it is wasted power if you arent getting into CAD design. - so its cheaper effectivly 2. gaming can be bad, but so can everything if you do to much of it, the is nothing wrong with half an hour a day of playing a game. 3. dont bother with hackintosh its crap 4. your in year 7, you seem to know what your talking about, but your still young, you dont need the best of the best gaming PC, also you may think you know what your doing, but thinking you know what your doing even though you have never opened a case im afraid is false. i made my first gaming PC a few years back (around the age of 15) and had to do it with my dad the was a surprising amount of things i thought i knew that i didnt. for example anti static wristband MUST be worn, where the headers go for power buttons etc, and so on...