I spent $800 bucks on a gaming PC, via parts, and then couldn't get it to boot anything at all. It sat in my home from early 2020 until last week when I put it on the street with a FREE COMPUTER sign, never to see it again. I bought a Playstation and have been using it for years, with no problems, so maybe I just need to get a good prebuilt PC someday and not mess with it too much.

I don't feel particularly bad, though, because in the past I've done more impressive things that were harder (building a 3D printer from scratch, putting a V8 into a Datsun Z, etc.), but for some reason could not figure out how to build this computer from parts.