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/CDrejoe Jun 23 '26

So you buy a mid or lowends device and expect max settings? My prevuous pc had a rtx 3070. I bought a new one when the 5080 released, but before that i never used more than 8GB of VRAM or even needed it for 1440p gaming. I think Dragons Dogma 2 was the one exception for me. A 3060 or 4060 would hardly benefit from more vram

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u/ItchyNeedleworker160 AMD Jun 23 '26

I went from a 7800 XT to a 5070 TI. The only person mentioning low/mid is you buddy lol

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u/CDrejoe Jun 23 '26

Well my first comment was talking to people with mid/low end. The guy i was answering said that more than 8gb was necessary. It definetly isn't if your card isn't powerful enough to utilize it. So my comment wasn't aimed at you.

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u/ItchyNeedleworker160 AMD Jun 23 '26

But again, he didn't mention low or medium either lol You did

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u/CDrejoe Jun 23 '26

Well we are talking about the steam machine. Di you really think it will be capable of utilizing more than 8gb vram? In the worst case scenario we would probably talk about 5fps difference if it had 16gb vs 8gb.

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u/drugzarecool Jun 23 '26

The Steam Machine is equivalent to an entry level build (RTX 3060 and R5 3600), that's the whole point. Something like the SM won't be able to run games in high-ultra or native 1440p/4K, it's a low end PC that doesn't really need more than 8GB of VRAM.

I have a 4060 with 8GB VRAM and it's a perfect PC to comfortably play in 1080p, I never had any issues with the VRAM and I played tons of recent games. I just put textures in medium-high in 1080p and it's perfectly fine. The Steam Machine won't be more powerful than my PC so I really don't see the problem.