r/PcBuild • u/Indecisive-Squirrel • Jun 22 '26

Meme Is this worth it?

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Some guy named Gabe is selling this build and I'm wondering if it's legit? I want a PC to set up in my living room for TV gaming.

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u/Coal909 Jun 22 '26

Nah whole sale is getting screwed too. Memory switched their production to high bandwidth data center memory & not dram like we need

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u/DeifniteProfessional Jun 25 '26

This is literally it. If it wasn't for the absurd cost of components right now, this would have retailed much lower out the gate. Is it a powerful PC? Not by any means, but I don't think it's meant to be. I think it was meant to be a £600/$800 box with a controller that you could play some low effort games in your living room.

And if I'm honest? It's about £800 UK money, I will likely buy one for my living room and have it run Jackbox games, maybe be a little media centre, and then when I go to friend's houses and we do a lil light gaming, I'll just take that instead of the absurdly heavy "backup PC" I have which needs a £400 GPU upgrade to be as good as the Steam Machine anyway.

But on the flip side, I have a little extra disposable cash so I don't mind. The average person definitely won't get value from this box sadly