It well might be for phones and the like, but if you look at the motherboard you'll notice the big sticks hanging out of the back. His motherboard should be better at finding a connection than random mobile devices. It's not a guarantee but I would recommend testing it out prior to running wire, if you must Cat5e or Cat6 by the meter, whichever is cheaper. Just run it under your carpets or drill a hole or two if needed, it's hard to recommend without knowing your exact home layout. You could also buy signal boosters that plug into your electrical sockets but they're hit and miss and dependant on the quality/age of your existing wiring.
As per @VortexA1 a larger SSD would be a good idea once you have the cash. I wouldn't say it's imperative but a lot of modern games like to stream data from the drive they're installed on, so there could be a performance hit if his game of choice wont fit on his boot drive. It also vastly improves load times, and if he's streaming he doesn't want people waiting around. Modern games are becoming pretty huge in some respects, there's a few popular ones now around the 100GB mark. So getting a decent but cheap 1TB SSD at the least is a good idea once you have the cash.
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