Typically one of the main arguments against pre-built machines are that you can build a similarly specced machine for less. But the time and effort it takes to

Typically one of the main arguments against pre-built machines are that you can build a similarly specced machine for less. But the time and effort it takes to do so may not be practical for every situation, so really you're paying more to have something up and running much faster and (ideally) without the headaches of troubleshooting hardware. Plus, I agree that a lot of the components one would buy to build a similar setup are covered in XTREME GAMER RGB aesthetics and is really unpleasant to me. It can be difficult to find a high performance laptop that doesn't look like this, especially if you need a nice GPU in it. I'm saying all of this because I don't think some hardcore build-a-PC people truly understand the business/general value of (good, not cheap) pre-built machines. When one needs a performant machine asap to work when, say, they're existing machine suddenly dies, they do not have the time to assemble a PC usually. Why do you think that Corsair will be difficult to upgrade? Genuinely curious, maybe the size of the case will impose limitations? Looks like there's only two RAM slots (ITX board?) so that might also be an upgrade issue?