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Come away from the whole gaming, better performance, cheaper side of it, and talk more about the educational benefits of it. Working with electronics, esd protection (static, but sounds better :D), familiarising yourself with hardware and software installation etc. 

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I just had a chat with my parents about me building a pc. I brought up all the arguments about being cheaper and learning how to build a pc. I even showed them the videos of Jayztwocents' daughter building one. But nothing. Please help me or xbox one it is.

 

 

 

 

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I just had a chat with my parents about me building a pc. I brought up all the arguments about being cheaper and learning how to build a pc. I even showed them the videos of Jayztwocents' daughter building one. But nothing. Please help me or xbox one it is.

They rather let you buy an Xbox 1 over a PC?

 

Ask them if the Xbox 1 can open up excel sheets.

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Be happy you are getting anything.

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Ask them for the money they would spend on the XBone, save for a while and learn how to build a decent rig.

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First world problem much..

You want a PC but you are getting an xbone... i crye everytiem :^(

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You will be able to fix something yourself, if it brakes. PCs come way less obsolete than Consoles. Games are way cheaper!

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You will be able to fix something yourself, if it brakes. PCs come way less obsolete than Consoles. Games are way cheaper!

IK but aparently my money has to entertain my sister as well.

 

 

 

 

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Its my money!!!

 

and that is the reason why I have a 2nd bank account, just running under my name.

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and that is the reason why I have a 2nd bank account, just running under my name.

I have it all in cash in my room from my grandparents. They didn't even give it to me.

 

 

 

 

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IK but aparently my money has to entertain my sister as well.

well use your money on your own and just go out and buy parts.

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Its my money!!!

mhm...I always find when someone underage makes a claim of its their money there is always more to the story then one is being told.

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mhm...I always find when someone underage makes a claim of its their money there is always more to the story then one is being told.

See my response above.

 

 

 

 

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Just buy the PC... Or buy a used one and upgrade it (Just like Scrapyard Wars) :D

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Just buy the PC... Or buy a used one and upgrade it (Just like Scrapyard Wars) :DWhat 

What i want to do but apparently i will mess something up.

 

 

 

 

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I just had a chat with my parents about me building a pc. I brought up all the arguments about being cheaper and learning how to build a pc. I even showed them the videos of Jayztwocents' daughter building one. But nothing. Please help me or xbox one it is.

 

Your biggest mistake was the whole gaming angle, talk about educational aspects like learning to code that might evolve into a career path.

 

Parents love that shit!

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Come away from the whole gaming, better performance, cheaper side of it, and talk more about the educational benefits of it. Working with electronics, esd protection (static, but sounds better :D), familiarising yourself with hardware and software installation etc. 

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Here's some reasons:

  • Exceptional bang-for-your-buck performance
  • Upgradeability and future-proofing
  • Ability to both do study AND gaming
  • Much easier to repair if something breaks
  • Usually gaming PC's hold their value better than consoles
  • Gaming PC's can be used offline just fine (so long as the games don't need internet)
  • Steam Summer Sale and other sales mean games are cheaper for PC
  • You can use emulator programs to run many console games on your PC anyway

Maybe Tek Syndicate can add to this as well, they put up some damn good arguments:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhdL-ITG-M

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What i want to do but apparently i will mess something up.

Even though it doesn't seem very difficult it is possible to mess it up, yes.

But you do need a pc anyway for other things. It might as well be a really good one.

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IK but aparently my money has to entertain my sister as well.

Why your sister matters ?

Just keep $50 aside and get her a barbie 

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Why your sister matters ?

Just keep $50 aside and get her a barbie 

but we don't know how old she is.

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Why your sister matters ?

Just keep $50 aside and get her a barbie 

She's 11

 

 

 

 

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What i want to do but apparently i will mess something up.

 

Offer to buy it all from Scan, as they offer http://www.scan.co.uk/scansure/ which protects you from any fuck ups during installation... 

 

EDIT: It's about £10+, depending on the value of everything. 

 

EDIT#2: If your 11 year old sister has got to be entertained by it too, then an xbox does seem like the sensible option, no?

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