How do I convince my parents to let me buy a gaming pc, I have the money they just wont let me

[Andreas Lilja]

18 minutes ago, ausham said:

Put the money in a high yield savings account

With current rates he's going to have yielded $20 after eight years. 

[ausham]

13 minutes ago, Andreas Lilja said:

With current rates he's going to have yielded $20 after eight years. 

Most high yield banks pay out mouthy and the rate changes all the time. He would likely make more then 20$ in 8 years. And that's not factoring adding money into the account.

He has $1650 right now, and lets say the average rate is 1% over 7 years and he puts 10$ in the saving account every mouth he'd have about 2.75k at 18. about 175$ of witch would be from the interest.

[progamer21]

46 minutes ago, ausham said:

At 13 just get a PlayStation or something. Put the money in a high yield savings account to earn interest so that when your older and less likely to brake a costly PC your have more money to put towards it. I wish I did that at 13.

The thing is a ps4 is just for gaming, my strat is to make video games seem like a transparent kind of thing you cannot pull that off with a ps4

[progamer21]

29 minutes ago, Andreas Lilja said:

With current rates he's going to have yielded $20 after eight years. 

i have 720$ to spare btw

so not rly

[Andreas Lilja]

4 hours ago, ausham said:

Most high yield banks pay out mouthy and the rate changes all the time. He would likely make more then 20$ in 8 years. And that's not factoring adding money into the account.

He has $1650 right now, and lets say the average rate is 1% over 7 years and he puts 10$ in the saving account every mouth he'd have about 2.75k at 18. about 175$ of witch would be from the interest.

Twas a joke, these days you're lucky to get 2%

[EliteTM]

If all youre doing is 1080p gaming, 

here's an all new build you can do, 

it costs about 550 dollars, should be able to run most games at medium-high settings at 1080p, and its future proof enough where all you need is a new nvida graphics card in the future and then bam you have a really good PC. 

 

You can watch Linus videos to help you build. 

Tell your parents your PC will help with school, and building it will be a good showing of being responsible and like hands on. Also tell them there are alot of jobs that will involve computers in the future and youll need to learn how to be comfortable with a PC. 

 

Heres the list for the parts: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i3-10100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$114.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock H410M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Amazon
Memory	ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$49.99 @ Amazon
Storage	PNY CS900 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$26.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	$159.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$46.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$41.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$560.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$545.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-09 00:36 EDT-0400

 

[Fatih19]

Speaking from experience, I highly suspect that you just have this money and wanted to get something new and shiny for that sweet sweet dopamine hit. If you want to spend that money to actually play games then that's fine, but an impulse buy for that much money is not a great idea, especially when you're a kid.

[Arika]

If you didn't actually work for your money, then it's not your money, it's your parents money and therefore if they don't want you to buy something, you had better listen to them 

 

We don't know your parents, so we can't really give advice. 

[NineEyeRon]

Under 16 put it in savings

16-18 get something low key for schoolwork, save the rest

18+ go nuts, buy what you want

 

If this money was a gift then show the gift giver how responsible you are and put it into savings, your actions will be more valuable than the money itself, or can erode trust and make your life harder!

[Dyaets]

If you don't have any other reasoning except you want a gaming PC, I believe it will be hard to convince them. Why don't you just try discuss this all with them and try to find some way that would be acceptable for all of you? Like use it for gaming for some limited time, rest- for learning.   

[Justaphysicsnerd]

18 hours ago, progamer21 said:

how to respond 2 dat,

Just play f0rtn1t3 on your 4ppl3 d3v1c3

[Justaphysicsnerd]

18 hours ago, Dedayog said:

cuz what you watch and what they watch are different

Hent.....Uh I meant Anime ?

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

17 hours ago, progamer21 said:

dude im not going to college like in two years i cant say my age

 

Don't let anyone bully you or sway your decision, lad.

 

You earnt that money, saved, waited, so you are entitled to do what you want.

 

I know what some of the guys are saying, as we all remember what it was like being your age and literally having to have something...right now.

 

They are trying to guide you into making the right choice.

 

The others who are trying to insult you and are belittling you are just very sad, inadequate people...don't pay them any mind.

 

Anyway, you seem to have done some research at least, and you came here asking for advice, so that says something...to me at any rate.

 

Listen to Mum and Dad though...they only have your best interests at heart.

 

Good luck.