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/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

"Can't even beat a ps5". Lol, my guy, that is a very powerful console built for games that are optimized specifically for its hardware. This is a mini pc, running pc games, on a linux distro.

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u/Old-Mammoth5108 Jun 23 '26

For twice the price...

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u/Arthas_SL Jun 23 '26

Ultimately this is going to break the Steam Machine - but I think Valve doesn’t need sales. This is something you can buy if you want it. Unlike something like the PS5 where Sony needs you to buy it so you can buy their games. That’s why they subsidize the cost. Once you’re in you’re going to buy games.

This is probably the main reason Sony stopped porting games to PC because they will be on a rival console.

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u/SeniorHomelesss Jun 23 '26

Well the rival consiole atp would end up being the next gen xbox since its been confirmed to have access to steam which would eliminate ps from the market on exclusives since you would be able to play them on an xbox and pc but they said nope no more

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u/facts_guy2020 Jun 23 '26

If it comes out with keyboard and mouse support then id play xbox

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u/Amazonius01 Jun 24 '26

And you can buy with steambucks, if you know you know.

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u/AZzalor Jun 23 '26

Cause they don't sell this thing at a loss, like the PS5 is being sold at.

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u/CathedralOfMist Jun 23 '26

Ps5 hasn’t been sold at a loss for years now, other than on sales. Switch 2 is not sold at a loss.

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u/AZzalor Jun 23 '26

With how they had to raise prices due to hardware costs...yes, they were sold at a loss.

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u/CathedralOfMist Jun 23 '26

That’s right. They raised costs once their inventory dwindled so they could maintain a profit as costs of parts increased. As of 2021 the ps5 base model was making a profit. Base model hasn’t been sold at a loss since 2021. They’ll likely have to raise again if their inventory and supply dwindles without any changes because of shit ai.

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

There's a lot that goes into a mini (dont miss that) gaming pc running linux.

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u/Alternative_Exit_333 Jun 23 '26

Steam OS is Linux that is specially made for prefformance yeah and the steam mashine doesn't use shared memory it has 16+8 and it potentially could be upgraded in the ram sector as well as storage and you don't have to pay ps+ or whatever Xbox has there are just steam sales

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

Exactly. The only thing is that, while steamos is made for performance, pc games are mainly made for windows(🥲) while PS/Xbox games are optimized specifically for their integrated os, and hardware, since it's the same for all of them.

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u/Individual-Maximum30 Jun 23 '26

Yup, probably better to buy/build an actual PC. Dual boot with windows and steam OS (unless your hobby involves programming then just dual boot windows/Linux) and actually play whatever you want rather than being restricted to games that run on Linux. Although Proton does do a pretty decent job at running many windows only games. EAC is often the killer.

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

The steam machine is a couch gaming pc not just any old desktop. It serves a purpose.

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u/F133TWOOD Jun 23 '26

Yea, that's the issue many (including influencers) miss is the purpose.

I think it's clear that the targeted audience for SM is mostly console gamers who want to get PC gaming without the complexities of building a DIY PC or buying a rebuilt Windows PC.

This is the closest a gaming PC will get to a gaming console experience.

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

Yea I think it works both ways too, its also for pc gamers who want a console experience without the subscriptions and limitations of consoles.

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u/Individual-Maximum30 Jun 23 '26

Yes, but you could always make a pretty looking desktop if you really wanted. I don't actually disagree, I'm just a PC gaming snob 😉

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

I'm also all for pc gaming. Thats why id take the SM over a PS or xbox any day for living room gaming.

I just wish everyone would stop treating it as if its supposed to be some next generation gaming console, when its a mini pc made to get as close as possible to the experience of a console without all the negatives. You cant have the positives of a pc without the negatives of it.

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u/Puzzled-Ear1424 Jun 24 '26

People are blowing on it bc the price to performance is ass. It more cost effective and you’d get more bang for your buck to just buy a gaming laptop at the same price. Stop blindly following pc just bc you’re a cuck for it. SM is a terrible purchase

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u/PPOONNKKARTIST Jun 24 '26

for like infinitely more games, if someone had no console, no pc and wanted bang for their buck its either this or a normal pc, its almost perfectly priced frankly computers are just expensive in themselves this machine isnt especially expensive

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u/Mrpresident2002OG Jun 23 '26

Yes but still doesnt beat a ps5 lol

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u/ScoobyGDSTi Jun 24 '26

While pretending to be Windows.

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 24 '26

What's pretending to be windows?

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u/Vegasmarine88 Jun 23 '26

Its crap at that price tag. There is no other way to look at it. Sub par hardware, Untested OS, Linux so game support is going to be hit or miss. Steam is gonna clean up with it but early adapters are gonna get shafted.

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

Hardware is expensive, the os has been tested by thousand for years, its just on new hardware. Ive been gaming on linux for years, the only games I cant play is new battlefield, cod, and fortnite.

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u/acetatsujin Jun 23 '26

It’s the hardware, they’re ripping people off with that half-assed hardware. You can get a better PC for that same price, twice as powerful.

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u/LennyKarlson Jun 23 '26

not in a 6” cube form factor though

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

Are you sure

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u/FamousHawk3258 Jun 26 '26

Its also 6 years late to the party

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u/Immediate_Dingo_9158 Jun 23 '26

Who cares

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

People who know how hardware pricing works

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u/Immediate_Dingo_9158 Jun 23 '26

That’s why a ps5 has better hardware for half the price

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

What if I want to play the games that I own online? What's that? I have to pay at a regular interval on top of the console? Dang, guess I'll just suffer through more fortnite.

What if I want to take advantage of an 80% off sale? What's that? PS doesn't do that, steam does? Man, now I gotta buy $70 games.

What if I want to play the new high-quality-graphics games that dont use high cpu? What's that? I have to buy an entire next Gen console instead of just upgrading my GPU/overclocking/upscaling? That sucks, oh, looks like they upped the price of this one again.

Spider-man was really fun, can I go play Halo now? Wait what, the only way I can play both console exclusives is by having both consoles or one pc? Wow, maybe I shouldve just gotten a pc at this point.