Why Choosing a Pre-Built System is Crucial in 2025/2026

It is no secret that the PC industry is in shambles from short supply and outrageous costs for parts. Custom PC building and gaming used to be a widely obtainable hobby, and unfortunately that is going to come to a halt for the foreseeable future but that doesn’t mean that you are out of luck.

Choosing Pre-Built

Choosing a custom gaming PC that is pre-built is nothing new to the custom gaming PC community. We at AVADirect offer three tiers: Classic, Premier, and Elite. You can check them out here. Why is this a good option at the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026?. Well, I am sure you are aware of the massive memory shortage, as well as Crucial leaving the consumer market, alongside outlandish costs which is going to cause building your own to be a massive challenge. Purchasing a pre-built means you don’t have to worry about allocation and lead times, gives you the piece of mind of still getting good performance for your custom gaming PC needs, and it ships the same day!. You do lose the custom identity in a sense, but ours were still designed by people who have custom at heart.

Why is it crucial?

This is all personal opinion here, so please keep that in mind. I believe it is critical to lean on systems integrators, like AVADirect, and SI’s that offer pre-builts to keep the hobby alive. Custom pc gaming is such fun experience, and the ultimate way to game since it offers so much all around. The amount of things you can do with a custom gaming PC, and not only that but custom workstation PC’s, is next to endless. With everything that is going on, I feel it is going to deter a lot of people from exploring the gaming PC world and community. Getting your foot in the door is the hardest step, and that was the case before the massive shortage and cost issues, but now it is going to the next level. I worry that with everything going on that it will damage the community long term and undo where it has come to now.

This was a simple blog, but a critical one in my opinion. SI’s and pre-builts will be getting us, as a community, through this stint we are in. It is appearing it is going to be a year or two before anything changes and that is if it ever does. Us, at AVADirect, are here to help you navigate these troubling times and our sales team is standing by to answer any and all questions you might have and help you get into the customer gaming PC, or custom PC, that you need and deserve.