New Build, father/son duo for $1000-1500 budget.

2ltdjorn

Hello.

I have a 10 year old, who has been obsessing over youtuber's playing computer games. He like bannerlords, a medevil command/conquer game. He's been asking to get a gaming computer to play it. After some reflection I think it may be fun to build a gaming pc with him, and maybe stimulate his interest in tech (i have no knowledge, interest). I have set a budget for 1000-1500 for a pc build. Would like some guidance on building an gaming pc that would be straightforward for an illiterate father and son. Would like to have increased theatrics wtih the case/tower and more lights the better.

I think an intel build we better, so I don't have to worry about overdriving the motherboard.

I have looked at building a bundle through micro center, but it appears that you can't get some components without going into the physical store.

Any guidance would be recommended.

Ian

Greetings! We can make some recommendations for you! First of all, for us to make recommendations, would you need some of that budget for peripherals (monitor, mouse, keyboard etc.)?

As for the build and build process itself, we do have a couple useful guides that I will link to you:

How to choose parts - https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/3311/how-to-choose-parts-for-your-custom-computer-build/p1

How to build a gaming PC - https://community.microcenter.com/kb/articles/428-how-to-build-a-gaming-pc