[hellotomyrars]

You pay more for less than if you did it yourself and it isn't hard to find where they've cut corners to lower their costs.

But also critically the people buying pre-builts are obviously not interested in doing it themselves. That is why the market exists, right? So like its fun for more serious people to dunk on them in Youtube videos or whatever but I think its something pretty overblown.

Also if you're really willing to spend some money, there are plenty of Boutique vendors (Falcon Northwest) that will gladly sell you a capable and well-built computer.

[frostburg]

Not everyone needs to build their own desktop, but those specific prebuilts aren't desiderable even compared to other prebuilts.