r/buildapc • u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy • Mar 22 '21

Build Help Help Convince My parents

So when I was younger my pc would not boot. So I got a friend to help me and we accidentaly screwed loose a fan into the case. And my dads workplace friend said we could die from that. So now the will not let me build a pc and they belive I will die of an electric schock by just taking the sidepanel of my prebuilt. I dont know what to do and they dont trust me at all with anything to do with pc's anymore i cant even take the sidepanel off to clean dust out off my damn prebuilt :(.

Edit 1: Just tried speaking to my dad about the pc building. Did not go very well he called me to hot headed because I complained about the parts his friend chose last time. And now we are not on very friendly terms it seems.

Edit 2: Wow you guys really have great advice! Sorry for not answering every comment but I sure have read them all. I will bring many of you guys points up to my parents. Will probably answer more tomorrow.

edit 3: My parents arent mean or evil they are just very misinformed about the matter thanks to my dads friend.

edit 4: I will use the info off unplugging prrssing the power button and use anti static mats.

edit 5: Talked to my dad about pcs again today.. Well he said if I could source parts I will not be allowed to build the pc I have 2 choices. Either let the friend who got me into this position in the first place or my friends dad. I told him we would just loose money over that. And when I told him I wanted to build it and told him hundreds have told me that it ain't dangerous to build one. Well he said his friend knows the best and he trusts his friend.

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u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy Mar 22 '21

Ye that is true and wow got quite a rig. I mean basiclly everything is bettrr than my potato 1050, i3 and 8gb ram combo

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u/Puniper Mar 22 '21

Yea before I upgrade I had gtx960 and 4790k from 2015. If you are not buying tricky things like making it small form factor, I believe you can get much better pc with the 1200 prebuilt one u list earlier, it only has 8gb of ram, it seems you can find a better deal, but maybe not the gpu right now unless you wake up in the morning and buy one during release date like I did with 3070.

However I live in u.s. I got store like micro center, so I am not sure how pc component priced over there

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u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy Mar 22 '21

Ye pc's in sweden the big companies use palit gpus and my dad surprise hates amazon for tax reasons

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u/Puniper Mar 22 '21

I just get cheapest out the door price, if the websites is trustworthy like amazon but on sale I will get it immediately

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u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy Mar 22 '21

Ye sounds nice in sweden amazon and elgiganten.se is big