I need some computer help

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MydogDrake

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So, my computer I have right now is really old and is starting to get to the point of zero usability. My mom is going to give me about around $200 (She is wanting to spend about around $550 on it), but she won't let me build my own computer because she doesn't trust my research abilities or my brother -who knows some about computers- to help me. But I can't really argue with her about it, since I don't know how to build one, nor think I would be any good at it. She also says that building one wouldn't be under warranty and this and that. Though, I've tried explaining to her that individual parts usually do come with warranties. So she either wants a HP or Dell (hopefully talking about these two computer companies isn't blasphemy here), that will do the basics; as where I want one where I can do at least some gaming, nothing too hardcore.

I was thinking about it, and I thought that if I just bought a base model computer and just try upgrading it myself, would that be possible... Like say I bought a Dell INSPIRON 580, would it be able to upgrade it to something usable as a low end gaming computer. And what about the power supply and stuff like that? I just don't want to spend part of my money on a computer that will just simply surf the web and be usable to download pictures too. I know there is other stuff a computer can do, but that is what she mostly does with one. I deal with more multimedia stuff and play some games. Or is there a way of convincing my mom other wise? Thanks for any help that may come this way. And I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong sub forum.
 
You will be spending more money if you buy a basic computer and try upgrading to what you want. Actually you get a better warranty with the parts you build yourself. Store bought pc's only have a one year warranty for everything. On a custom built machine, the cpu has a 3 year warranty, motherboard has a three year warranty providing its asus or gigabyte, memory usually has a lifetime warranty, you can get 3 or 5 year warranty on hard drives. Depending on the power supply you can get up to a 3 or 5 year warranty, all other parts usually have a 1 year warranty.
 
Well, I was going to buy direct, not from in-store. I've been playing around with models, and you can select up to three years... But yeah, I thought as much, but I just feel like my mom isn't going to be set on the idea of building our own computer. Is there a site that can give some detail about what pre-built models that are on the market right now, that can be upgraded further down the road?
 
MydogDrake said:
Well, I was going to buy direct, not from in-store. I've been playing around with models, and you can select up to three years... But yeah, I thought as much, but I just feel like my mom isn't going to be set on the idea of building our own computer. Is there a site that can give some detail about what pre-built models that are on the market right now, that can be upgraded further down the road?
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Pretty much all desktops are.
 
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