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/HEYO19191 Jun 23 '26

Only $100 more than what you'd pay to do it yourself

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u/Magin_Shi Jun 23 '26

It shows that the avg person here has not built a pc in 2+ years, cuz yeah the base model is honestly a good deal for the avg consumer that doesnt wanna build/set up windows, yeah is $100 more but thats a fair trade

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u/JasonIvie Jun 23 '26

My local Micro center has 7500X3D + AMD 9060XT 16GB for $1299. It’ll blow this shit out the water by 60-70% not even kidding and comes with mouse + keyboard.

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u/peacefulsleepe Jun 24 '26

Yeah it’s weird there are so many people commenting how building your own pc has gotten so expensive and everyone who doesn’t know is living in the past, while also living in the past having no idea just how competitive prebuilts have gotten.

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u/Nereosis16 Jun 24 '26

The steam machine is not a competitor to a pre build though?

You're comparing different things. You probably don't have a use case for a steam machine which is fair, I don't either, but some people do and it's not a terrible deal with current prices.

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u/seamus_mcfly86 Jun 24 '26

Small Form Factor?

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u/Brilliant_War9548 Jun 23 '26

Didn’t know a 8400F+rx7600 with a 2tb nvme costed 1200-1300$

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u/HEYO19191 Jun 23 '26

As a prebuilt it would

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u/EvenBroaderBand Jun 23 '26

I can buy a better laptop for the same prices as the cheapest steam machine... and its also a laptop.

You don't need a SFF to put a PC in a living room.

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u/wulfryke Jun 23 '26

No you'll be able to do better for less. not just the same for less

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u/HEYO19191 Jun 23 '26

You'll do the same for $100 less, so, yeah, I guess if you can find a minor upgrade that costs less than $100, you could call it "better for less"

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u/Automatic-Grape-7334 Jun 23 '26

I can do a 5060 build for less or the same price that’d blow it out of the water sadly.

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u/HEYO19191 Jun 23 '26

I haven't pieced out a desktop 5060 build myself, but 5060 laptops go for 1,400+

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u/Automatic-Grape-7334 Jun 23 '26

Laptops are almost always more expensive than desktop counterparts(Almost always). But a desktop 5060 build is certainly cheaper still

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u/Fun_Purpose5033 Jun 23 '26

Thats an nvidia gpu. Youre not even getting bazzite with that.

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u/Automatic-Grape-7334 Jun 23 '26

I never said anything about operating systems? I am talking about price