While upgrading RAM or storage in pre-built PCs should be relatively easy in most cases, other components may be custom-made to fit the brand's chassis.

Pre-built PCs have been offering high-quality components with standard form factors for years now, and if you value convenience above all else, buying a pre-built PC is a smart choice.

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 ...