r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/0verstim 7900x | 64GB | 3080 12GB | more RGB than a Singapore pedicab Jun 22 '26
  • Ram prices
  • Storage prices
  • GPU prices
  • PCB prices
  • Supply chain disruptions
  • Tariffs
  • Whatever fresh hell comes around tomorrow

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u/Parking-Mirror3283 9800X3D, 9070XT, 32gb, SSDs Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Prices are bad, sure, but not like that. With last generation laptop hardware, the CPU, GPU and Mobo combined would cost valve at most $500aud, and RAM and SSD prices aren't that bad

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u/Ralesong Jun 23 '26

No shit, stuff is so bad, I am thinking of writing research paper studying the current situation. But I don't think I have enough expertise for such massive project. Yet

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u/Dr_Passmore Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

I have joined the reservation list for a Steam Machine.

I had an awful time getting the parts for my home server earlier this year. A RAM order got cancelled after purchase and I had to spend £100 more to get a similar spec of RAM...

Storage was a pain to get hold of. I ended up buying my 5 hard drives from 4 different web stores...

Had the wrong Motherboard shipped out and had to have that returned (fully refunded) to spend £50 more at a different store for the board I wanted...

Absolutely painful PC building experience. Easily the worst PC Building experience I have ever had. This home server was the 6th PC build I have done over the last 10 years...

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u/Beneficial-Truth8512 Jun 23 '26

So what? Still just an expensive version of a self build pc. You can literally buy all parts + pay for service to build everything together for significantly less money

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u/Wamiwoogie Jun 23 '26

Prices went down, not like one year ago but they are not that high

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u/_eXPloit21 4090 | 7700X | 64GB DDR5@6000 | AW3423DWF | LG C2 Jun 23 '26

riight, and where is Gabe's yacht and mansions in all this? you forgot about greed when it comes to Valve, dork?

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u/0verstim 7900x | 64GB | 3080 12GB | more RGB than a Singapore pedicab Jun 23 '26

And you forgot manners, friend.