[J_Darnley]

Its not obvious nor is it as common as the GP makes it seem.

For a concrete example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10410723 -- A thread in which some guy asks about renting a Skylake-based server. When I read it originally it already had 3 people telling to build it himself as though a $1000 system is loose change you people in SV find down the back of your couch.