Hello fellow mustachians, today I bring you a question I think is fairly obvious to answer, but I'll ask anyway for reassurance since I can never make up my mind on my own.
I want to do really light gaming, but at the same time I feel like I shouldn't, because it will distract me. Also, to get a gaming computer would be really expensive. Clearly, in 15 year old terms, without even trying, I am rich ($2500) because I never want anything. Well now I'm looking into getting a new pc because I want a desktop. I'm selling my old laptop to a friend for $250 or $300. My dad is giving me a Christmas gift of $150 towards whatever i want. The raspberry pi in question with all necessary little things they don't tell you about would cost me $90, not including $100 for a LCD tv that I could use to double for my GameCube to replace my giant CRT. Anyway, the computer I'm looking to build will cost about $500 after the monitor. That's a huge difference.
$170- becomes 20 after dad, +$230/280 after friend.
$500- becomes $50-100 after both,
Raspberry pi does basic tasks, ARM so not compatible with much, but MIGHT potentially do the job. No steam or half life 1 though.
Fully fledged PC could do everything I want, but since it is budget it might be underwhelming for me. Could play games which is basically what I'm looking at in terms of power, but right now I'm doubting myself, why should I game when I could build my hobbies up? I have no other.