Foxy, You are better off going to a dedicated Computer store & buy the parts you want & they will assemble it for you.

Here is a list of your son’s parts, Low end, which is what they offer;

Motherboard. AMD 225
Video Card. AMD 479
CPU. AMD 329
Memory. 16G. 135
SSD HD, 512G. 99
Case. 109
Labour 60
Total $1436

Hope that helps

Thanks so much to both Mavers and Jayb - for your
responses regarding my grandson's gaming PC.

My husband is dead set against it.
Personally I'm leaning towards
helping him by contributing towards the cost -
simply because he's started a youtube channel
and would like to have
something good to run games and edit videos.

I think he should be encouraged to do it. And we as
grand-parents should at least contribute something
towards granting him his wish. His parents should
also contribute.

Dear Foxy,

Apologies for the tardy reply.

Yes your grandson has expensive tastes for a 12 year old but it is an impressive bit of kit. Keep in mind he will still be up for monitor, gaming keyboard and sound system unless he already has them.

What I did in a similar situation is to ask the person to go get prices on two cheaper alternatives with similar specifications then ask them to justify why they wanted to spend the extra. That way I at least knew some research had gone into the purchase and that is wasn't all about keeping up with others.

The other thing to consider is whether a gaming laptop might be an option. The portability could mean it then doubles as a school computer.

The only other things I would add is that Asus is a reasonable brand and the unit he is looking at should last him a fair while before needing to be updated.

Dear Steele,

Thanks for the reply.

It does appear that my grandson has done his research.
And his explanations make sense. He's very keen on
the Asus ROG Strix G10DK Gaming desktop (Ryzen 7)
RTX 3070.

We've decided to talk to his father (our son) about all the
options available. And see what our son thinks.

Thank You for all of your advice. It has been most helpful.

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Dear Steele,

Well we've spoken to our regarding our grandson's gaming PC.

Our son has explained that he wants our grandson to focus saving
for his gaming desktop. It's something that our grandson really
wants but our son wants him to earn it.

Apparently our grandson is getting a new laptop which he needs
for high school (he's starting high school next year). Our son
says this will help our grandson with his video editing.
The PC that our grandson wants is apparently more for gaming
which our son does not want as a distraction until he settles
in at high school.

We'll help our grandson by periodically putting money into
his savings account and encouraging him to save as well.