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Really? As long as I've been building my own PCs, (2011) it's been fairly plug and play, with no more than basic knowledge or research required, and I would hardly say over a decade is "a few years". Also, technically speaking, techy people ARE laymen unless they're literally IT/design/engineering professionals as well. I agree that it's becoming much easier to find out what parts are optimal for a budget and put together builds in general, but idk your post comes off as very gatekeepy and a bit cringe. >

So you'd rather have parts be less openly compatible? >

I feel like pcpartpicker has been around forever >

Why is this a bad thing?
Actually, building a desktop and understanding crypto currencies is no rocket science. It never was. >

This reads like you're upset that your identity of a computer expert is threatened by the fact that a teenager could reach the same level of competency in an afternoon of youtube tutorials. >

Gatekeeping pc building must be the most reddit thing ever. I'm happy more people are joining in.