A little more info
I'm between prebuilt or not rn. I'm daunted by building one myself but if it saves enough money I probably can
My budget is unknown but I'm expecting around $1,000 to... Maybe $2,000 USD maximum. Idk how much would be covered by Christmas
I'm looking for something better than what I have rn, which shouldn't be hard + I can easily upgrade a desktop
Again, thanks! The advice I've gotten has been very helpful
TL;DR: I'm thinking about asking for a desktop computer for Christmas and I kinda need some advice
For the past 5-6 years, the practicality of a laptop has been worth the drawbacks. Now, as I start to do things which require more power from a computer, it seems to be becoming a bottleneck rather than freeing.
I know very little about things like motherboards, power supplies, anything AMD, and desktops in general 
so I figure it's not worth building one from scratch for me
What's a good desktop? I'm looking to get something better than my laptop (16 gb RAM, i7-12700…k?, laptop RTX 3060, 1 TB SSD) and I have a lot of money saved from never participating in capitalism (I don't want to spend a butt load of $$$ on this though).
Does anyone have any advice? Should I get a prebuilt? Assemble it myself? Try AMD parts (not sure about this though)?
Just trying here before I dive into… Reddit 
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Considering that’s a considerably large budget, you can’t go wrong with either imo. If you had only like $600, the difference from a custom build and pre built will be large. But in a higher end price range, you’ll get something good either way (unless you do something stupid) So yeah, you could buy one and have a great build, or squeeze out a bit more power buy building it, depends on your priorities.
Thanks for the tip! It seems really rewarding to build it myself but it is also difficult... I've heard of people taking 4-8 hours their first build. (I also have doubts about my ability)