everything is more expensive, more complicated, fragile, and with subtle incompatibilities.
I fully understand people wanting per-buildt, I get it, building and configuring properly a computer that will last, is not easy..
like xmp(not activated by default hu?) EXPO intel cpu and amd cpu bring significant motherboard diff? :(, ATX 3.0 or ATX 3.1 psu? with 12VHPWR or 12V-2×6 connector??? what the gpu can caught fire now???? and it's actually not new and there is no solution???? case are not so simple to choose?? wdym I have to do market timing to get a GPU at a still ludicrous price!?
In 1995, a decent entry level computer was probably at least $2k (in 1995 dollars).
Now double that to $4k in 2025 dollars to account for inflation.
Now consider that in the 90s, hardware advances were coming so quickly that such a computer would be noticeably dated within 1-2 years, very out of date in 5, and borderline useless after only 7-8 years.
Today, there are plenty of computers that cost $1k-$2k new (2025 dollars) and are still perfectly usable 10+ years later. There's really no comparison.
I fully understand people wanting per-buildt, I get it, building and configuring properly a computer that will last, is not easy..
like xmp(not activated by default hu?) EXPO intel cpu and amd cpu bring significant motherboard diff? :(, ATX 3.0 or ATX 3.1 psu? with 12VHPWR or 12V-2×6 connector??? what the gpu can caught fire now???? and it's actually not new and there is no solution???? case are not so simple to choose?? wdym I have to do market timing to get a GPU at a still ludicrous price!?