Sanctorum wrote You might be able to get something better than I suggested with your money but for your needs, what I suggested would be fine. If I had $2.5k, that is what I'd spend it on personally. If you like the look of it, get it.

Building isn't a chore in any way. I recently built a new PC which took me no longer than an hour. Installing Windows, drivers and the rest will take a little longer but to actually build the PC shouldn't take too long. I built my first PC when I was 13, didn't have a clue what I was doing and didn't watch any tutorials, built it in an around an hour so it's not hard or confusing. There are a bunch of helpful YT builds if you get stuck/confused and need a little help. Personally, I think building is pretty fun.

Yes, But when building your own computer you will always have an Increased possibility of receiving a faulty product. I recently built myself a new one and the 270x was dead after 2 days to a manufacturing mistake, I would of had to wait 2 weeks for a newegg replacement, But luckily I had enough to order a New one from amazon. But Theres always a risk of also causing damage if you do something wrong. But it isn't hard and I agree you should definitely build your own and save the extra money.