Comment by theevilsharpie

Fractal still sells a Serenity workstation[1], but it's essentially an off-the-shelf AMD Ryzen-based system, installed into a Fractal Design Define 7 Mini case, with a Noctua tower air cooler and case fans replacing the stock cooling. They have a variety of photos showing their customized fan setup in various configurations.[2]

It's a reasonably well-built system, but $3,500 USD is hard to justify for a basic system with an 8-core CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and no discrete GPU, especially given that it's using parts that you can just purchase and assemble yourself.

I know that prices of some components have increased significantly, but not by THAT much.

[1] https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/more-workstations/qui...

[2] https://www.pugetsystems.com/parts/photography/Additional-Co...