JHall14 :
USAFRet :
If neither of you have ever done it, coming from the mac world....$2,000 of random parts is a tough sell to a parent.
The parts selection, we can help with that.
See here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3314101/builds-2017-500-budget-category.html
Within your budget, you also have to factor in monitor, OS, peripherals, etc...
The actual building is all on you. It's mostly pretty easy, but there are a couple of small gotchas.
Smart! Thanks
Exactly. My father is paying for the computer and i have money saved up for monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. I have $800 and am going to buy a really good 1440p monitor and then save up for a good 4k monitor. Since i have hear that downgrading to play 1440p on some games doesn't look as nice as a native 1400p monitor.
So, overall...almost $3k for a PC to play games on.
hmmmm
For the building, any semi-intelligent 12 year old can do it. My grandson did.
He did 90% of the work, but he had me to back him up. And it wasn't his money.
I recommend you start SMALL for the first time. Look at a $500 budget.
Build it, make it work.
Then dad will see..."Oh, this isn't that big a deal".
Whereas if you blow it with $2k...that's a large chunk of change.
Later, sell that $500 box to someone else for cheap.