Is it possible for a 13 year old gamer to save up enough to buy the parts to build a gaming pc

[icyneesan]

Totally possible unless you live in a area with lots of other young people. Finding a job is hard then, or at least it is for me.

*Has been trying to get a job for the past 5 years*

 

[Cymen]

promise me that you won't buy a microphone....

 

[Kabutos]

I don't know why people here are such hardcore overclock monkeys. To the OP, there are hardly any games whatsoever that are going to require more than stock settings on a modern day PC. Overclocking is a thing of the past. It comes from a time when you actually saw a drastic performance increase and it was actually worth it to overclock. It's kind of a hassle, there's always a risk involved, and as far as the payoff it's marginal on a modern PC at BEST. You don't need it, quality computers are so cheap now and games don't even come close to pushing the envelope like they did when the voodoo 3 was the big boy video card or agp was the cutting edge. Just get a cheap PC and you'll power through any game you want to play. Don't listen to the overclock fanboys, when I mentioned Sandy Bridge I am referring to intels new chipset. This chipset will completely invalidate overclocking anyway which we may see more of in the future. Buying your first PC OEM has a lot of advantages.
You know parts are all compatbile.
You don't risk damaging hardware when installing yourself.
You don't have to buy and install an OS.
You don't have to understand/set BIOS settings or memory timings, etc.

Wow. You are incredibly dense. You do realise what the K on the i5 2500K and i7 2600K mean, right? Also, it's hardly marginal when you can OC the 2500K up to 5Ghz.

It's hardly invalidated when Intel themselves encourage overclocking. Also all your points listed for buying a prebuilt can be countered by not being a idiot, of course you wouldn't understand that.

EDIT: And it's not just about the locked BIOS, Dell in general uses shit parts and charges you out the ass for them. Also BTX. And thank you for telling me what Sandy Bridge is. I didn't know it was Intel's new chipset.

 

[Hashime]

I had about 1.5K in the bank when I was 13. That is mostly because I didn't spend money on anything. My friends would buy candy and pop while I would save that money. Honestly, if you want to build a gaming computer badly, just convince your parents subsidize it. Or if you have parents like mine who never pay for anything entertainment related for you, convince them a good computer will be cheaper in the long run.

 

[Danial]

I managed to make a decent enough one for about £400ish. If that helps.

 

[Carl Russell]

Ha, not a chance in hell. But if you do save enough allowance do us all a favor, don't purchase a mic.

Dude if you here to insult me just because im 13 then go away. Why should I not buy a mic? my voice is not high. Dont go about seeking arguments.

 

[Sam Warrior]

Building your own PC is hard work if you don't know what your doing. From personal experience I made my own with the help of my Dad, which I bought all the parts for around 10 Grand(Including 1,000 on Anti-Virus's, and other acsessories).

So yes it is possible, though getting the money will be quite a pinch if you don't have a well paying income "Job".

Try blogging, I've made most of my money by doing that, (message for help if you need it).

Dude, 10 grand? please tell me thats a typo and you didnt spend £10,000 on a computer?

 

[Laser Priest]

Come to the PC, where the games are crappy ports, equally dull FPSs, and maybe a couple of decent RTSs and RPGs. Oh, and let's not forget the audience which is even more arrogant and annoying.

I'm not an expert on PC Components, but trust me kid, if those are your reasons for migrating to PC, you're going to be extremely disappointed.

 

[Tomo Stryker]

Ha, not a chance in hell. But if you do save enough allowance do us all a favor, don't purchase a mic.

Dude if you here to insult me just because im 13 then go away. Why should I not buy a mic? my voice is not high. Dont go about seeking arguments.

Hy man, I don't know anything about you. I'm just saying that don't purchase a mic, people will rip into you like fresh meat. Think of it as a warning, not bullying. Besides if I met you, I might like you, so no need to be overly defensive.

 

[SuperNova221]

I don't know why people here are such hardcore overclock monkeys. To the OP, there are hardly any games whatsoever that are going to require more than stock settings on a modern day PC. Overclocking is a thing of the past. It comes from a time when you actually saw a drastic performance increase and it was actually worth it to overclock. It's kind of a hassle, there's always a risk involved, and as far as the payoff it's marginal on a modern PC at BEST. You don't need it, quality computers are so cheap now and games don't even come close to pushing the envelope like they did when the voodoo 3 was the big boy video card or agp was the cutting edge. Just get a cheap PC and you'll power through any game you want to play. Don't listen to the overclock fanboys, when I mentioned Sandy Bridge I am referring to intels new chipset. This chipset will completely invalidate overclocking anyway which we may see more of in the future. Buying your first PC OEM has a lot of advantages.
You know parts are all compatbile.
You don't risk damaging hardware when installing yourself.
You don't have to buy and install an OS.
You don't have to understand/set BIOS settings or memory timings, etc.

Obviously overclocking is pointless in sandy Bridge, why would you want a 5.7Ghz clock speed anyway?

Edit: A point to the OP, so you don't take this idiots advice. You say you want to keep your computer for a few years at least. If you buy a computer from Dell with a locked BIOS, once your computer becomes slightly outdated, it is slightly outdated. there is nothing you can do about it. If you build your own computer, once your computer becomes slightly outdated, can do an overclock of around 15%-20% and it will now have some extra performance to deal with games of the future. (Edit: For clarity, nothing you can do that won't cost a fair bit of money.)

In regards to the list made.
-Those things should be checked over before purchasing anyway, and it really isn't hard to understand.
-There is a risk of damaging hardware, but it's not that high as long as you aren't stupid.
-As somebody who has posted already pointed out, with all the parts AND an OS, it's still cheaper to build it yourself. Not to mention you don't need to deal with all the pre-installed crap that you more likely than not, won't use anyway. since that's added on by Dell/whoever.
-again it isn't complicated, and depending on the BIOS, there are simple options now that can make it so much easier. My MoBo, can't remember which BIOs it runs on, but it's ASUS, it lhas an overclocking menu where you can literally just select how much % of an overclock you want. It requires no understanding of how to overclock, incredibly simple.

 

[Zarule6]

As I was reading threw this thread I feel spoiled because in October last Year I spended R22000{£2000}on my own Pc rig and here I see that most people aren't even so privleaged.

I feel so bad.

 

[Valiance]

Are PCs much more expensive in England or something?

On the front page, someone spent 10 grand on a PC? How is that even possible?

Mine's cost me no more than 300 for everything except the GPU, which was again only like 100.

USD, that is.

 

[irani_che]

find a good computer shop, buy a good motherboard first, with the cheapest power supply that can run it. Once you have the processor and the ram and a hard drive it will run.
then you can save up for a graphics card, and a better memory and a sound card

 

[Mr Wednesday]

Yeah, don't let anyone tell you no.

But do know that it will take bloody hard work, and a lot of it, with not guarantee of success.

 

[Kabutos]

cheapest power supply that can run it.

No.

Also P67 mobos don't have a IGP, so what then? Buy your parts all at once.

 

[Daniel Yarbrough]

Hey with all the flaming and what not, the kid could get a decent pc to game on for 600 euros with no technical acumen, that's the point. "Shit parts" is an exaggeration, especially since I work in dell warranty support, by the way only 10% of the people who purchase a dell actually utilize the warranty, must be a little better than "shit".

Anyway, I was just trying to offer an alternative to building a PC. If the goal is just to game, take the building part out of it, if you want to be tech savvy and game then build your own. I don't understand how a 600 euro PC for the components I listed is a bad deal at all. Stop being so judgemental, it's not as though you guys use dells so you really have no frame of reference when trying to dog them out and claiming the parts are shit. Corsair memory, western digital hard drives, they're really not so bad.

To the OCers: Overclocking is POINTLESS, minimal performance gains that don't translate to increased gaming awesomeness. Get over it, good parts are cheap, it's not 1995 anymore.

 

[Harry Mason]

My solution? Play single player games on dirt cheap last-gen consoles.

Better games, less foul-mouthed dufuses.
Cheaper.

 

[Yoshi9877]

Building your own PC is hard work if you don't know what your doing. From personal experience I made my own with the help of my Dad, which I bought all the parts for around 10 Grand(Including 1,000 on Anti-Virus's, and other acsessories).

So yes it is possible, though getting the money will be quite a pinch if you don't have a well paying income "Job".

Try blogging, I've made most of my money by doing that, (message for help if you need it).

You spent 10 grand building a PC? what the hell are you running?
and putting together a computer is so easy these days anyone with a motherboard manual and a screwdriver can do it.

 

[irani_che]

cheapest power supply that can run it.

No.

Also P67 mobos don't have a IGP, so what then? Buy your parts all at once.

oh sorry, when you do upgrade ur hardrive and graphics, upgrade ur power and sell the old one