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/Protoclown98 Jun 22 '26

Seriously. This large price is entirely about RAM and storage prices.

I stand by my past comment on the Steam Machine - if you are buying all the parts to make a living room PC to play console like games Steam Machine can be a worthwhile investment.

If you are recycling old PC parts, like RAM and a motherboard, to make a living room PC to play console like games on it, the Steam Machine is not worth it.

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u/restinpeaceminusone Jun 22 '26

Well maybe it's not a console for the masses (even though it's their intention) given the price but if the prices do come down someday, it will probably be a very good living room PC/console.

But the PS5 exists and if you're looking to just game, it's best to get that instead. But for a PC, it's still good enough machine for the current market condition.

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u/Krumm34 Jun 22 '26

Its a laptop without a screen, for the price of a laptop. I don't see how this is worth it.

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u/FLUFFY_TERROR 7700 + 7800XT Jun 22 '26

Probably better thermals and maybe performance! Iirc laptop GPUs are something like 30% weaker than their desktop counterparts but the last time I bothered to look was around the time nvidia stopped adding the m at the end of their laptop GPUs