I have owned 3 HP Computers starting with a Pentium 2 366 mhz to my last one was Omen with the i7 7700 which i found on clearance in Walmart for 900 dollars like 2 years ago. I think they are built well but only for a discounted price. Honestly you can build a better computer for the same price
I think you are correct but who has time to build a Desktop now- Also, my job isn't building PCs so for the time it would take me to order and assemble, etc. I would eclipse the price of the Omen I have with the I9 10900K, 2TB SSD and HDD with the 2080 ti GPU. I know a lot of gamers look down on us mere mortals who don't build our own but man I work 12-14 (sometimes much more) hour days running a global business unit within a large Silicon Valley tech company. I just can't to me at least justify spending time building a PC. If I had the extra time I am going for a run or ride on the motorcycle anything to get out of this COVID WFH bs.
This might be amusing to some but when I bought my first PC it was a 486DX with like negative 200mbs of ram and I am pretty sure the power unit was a gerbil. I paid about $2800 for that and a CRT 15 inch (edge to edge) SVGA monitor- We've come a long way baby.
I hope you all have a better and great 2021.