How Do you afford games/computer hardware?

[TAHIRMIA]

I want to go full on into PC but I don't have any money. I can't really work at a local news agent or something because there is a big supermarket up the road to my house and no small shops in my area. I do some chores and I do get a little money from my parents but it would take ages to be able to afford games and decent gaming PC. I have tried those websites that give you points for steam games but they never give me anything. Is there anything online that would help me make money without putting any money in? 

Many Thanks.

[Automobili3XF]

Well, i work...

[Coaxialgamer]

If you're a bit adventurous ; buy bitcoin , then go on an exchange site like poloniex and do some day trading once you do some research on the subject . Buy ETH and LSK

[VivashTech]

what skills do you have?

[MeDownYou]

Work, 2nd job, side job, 2nd side job...yeah...

[Zodiark1593]

Saving up my pennies one by one.

[GlassBomb]

It's easy.

 

I don't afford any of it...

[Albatross]

I work and save up...for years.

[DrM]

if you want to do it online, ive used swagbucks for the past few months. i got close to $500 worth of amazon gift cards before i was banned. they have mobile apps that give points for watching videos (which is all automatic) so i ran 2 android vms constantly. i also had an autoclicker running for the desktop stuff. you could probably program a bot to do all that, but i was too lazy to figure that out. i just kept it running in the background while i did homework and turned it off for any gaming

[Clyne]

I'm a teenager in HS, i earn money by doing odds and end jobs or so. 

I sometimes sell some unnecessary PC parts i got, or go mow lawns for neighbors. 

I volunteer at a thrift store that gets working PC parts, so i'd just use my volunteer discount to get cheap PC parts. 

[Rune]

Specialty programs and competitions. Intel sells their processors twice a year at roughly 1/3 cost (link in sig) and BattleNation.com netted me a free 980ti Kingpin.

[Energycore]

Mostly working. I'm looking forward to putting my computery knowledge to use this summer.

[Nuluvius]

On 6/3/2016 at 3:57 PM, TAHIRMIA said:

I want to go full on into PC

Are you sure that you'll fit? Maybe if you removed some ribs and starved yourself then tried for an E-ATX...

On 6/3/2016 at 3:57 PM, TAHIRMIA said:

-snip-

Seriously though I was working from the age of 11. Go look for dodgy/rough used car garages and offer to valet for cash in hand.

[TAHIRMIA]

On 6/4/2016 at 10:09 AM, Nuluvius said:

Are you sure that you'll fit? Maybe if you removed some ribs and starved yourself then tried for an E-ATX...

Seriously though I was working from the age of 11. Go look for dodgy/rough used car garages and offer to valet for cash in hand.

There isn't really anything nearby apart from a Tesco Extra.

[TAHIRMIA]

On 6/3/2016 at 11:06 PM, DrM said:

if you want to do it online, ive used swagbucks for the past few months. i got close to $500 worth of amazon gift cards before i was banned. they have mobile apps that give points for watching videos (which is all automatic) so i ran 2 android vms constantly. i also had an autoclicker running for the desktop stuff. you could probably program a bot to do all that, but i was too lazy to figure that out. i just kept it running in the background while i did homework and turned it off for any gaming

Ill give it a try

 

On 6/3/2016 at 4:27 PM, Coaxialgamer said:

If you're a bit adventurous ; buy bitcoin , then go on an exchange site like poloniex and do some day trading once you do some research on the subject . Buy ETH and LSK

aren't bitcoins hard to get?

[AlTech]

I receive pocket money..... and money at birthdays

[TAHIRMIA]

On 6/4/2016 at 5:37 AM, Rune said:

Specialty programs and competitions. Intel sells their processors twice a year at roughly 1/3 cost (link in sig) and BattleNation.com netted me a free 980ti Kingpin.

1) I'm in the UK

2)I have a battle nation account but I never won anything and so your sooooo lucky

[Nuluvius]

37 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

There isn't really anything nearby apart from a Tesco Extra.

Any farms or builders? Again you are asking for cash in hand - you won't go through the books. This is how you get around the minimum age problem. Companies such as Tesco will be legally required to place you on the payroll you see.

[TAHIRMIA]

1 minute ago, Nuluvius said:

Any farms or builders? Again you are asking for cash in hand - you won't go through the books. This is how you get around the minimum age problem. Companies such as Tesco will be legally required to place you on the payroll you see.

IDK but I am moving in a few weeks so hopefully there is something like a newsagent or shop or something that I can work for

[Coaxialgamer]

1 hour ago, TAHIRMIA said:

aren't bitcoins hard to get?

well , they are pretty much impossible to mine , but you can buy some. BTC is projected to rise to 600$ in a week or so , and will go up significantly after the halving in july.

[Tosa]

I built my current computer before I got a steady income. I raised the money for it through several different means, including programming jobs and doing a specific task for a school that they needed done.

[Bhav]

Well I'm on disability money but did 4 months of part time work last year which I sank into an X99 upgrade.

 

Still no permanent part time jobs available at the company though, so I'll do the same again at the end of each year until I get one.

 

Full time work wrecks me.

[thekeemo]

Work. Lots of it..

You could learn to use the stock market but I think that is not a good thing because trading does nothing to advance humanity or make people other than yourself's lives better.

[CtrlAltELITE]

Have you considered crippling debt?

[Gabby2805]

save, save, save.

Edited June 12, 2016 by Gabby2805
My original answer was abused.