Building your own PC is kind of like cooking: deeply satisfying if you know what you're doing, mildly traumatic if you don't. Pre-builts, meanwhile, are microwave meals. Not bad, not great, and ...

To the custom PC builder, pre-built gaming PCs might sound as frightening as an unidentified bottleneck. They do have a bit of stigma associated with them — overpriced hardware, low-quality ...