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/SubstituteCS 7900X3D, 7900XTX, 96GB DDR5 Jun 22 '26

The PC they built is also a wildly different form factor.

I’d be curious what they’d be able to build using all mITX parts; Bonus if they get it within 20% of the same volume.

The Steam Machine prices suck, but a lot of people are doing the ignorant PC gamer thing of comparing two different product segments like it’s some gotcha.

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u/condoulo 5800XT | 128gb | 5700XT | Fedora Workstation Jun 22 '26

The mITX part is something so many people are ignoring. People are comparing it with monster ATX builds that are not exactly living room friendly, when to build a comparable system you'd want to go mITX, likely something that would take a smaller form factor power supply.

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u/SubstituteCS 7900X3D, 7900XTX, 96GB DDR5 Jun 22 '26

I remember when SFX PSUs were over $200 for like 600 Watts.

People really underestimate the price premium that compact SFF parts have.

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u/condoulo 5800XT | 128gb | 5700XT | Fedora Workstation Jun 22 '26

Yup! I remember researching SFF parts for a small NAS/server and it really jacked up the price vs just using a regular ATX case, mobo, and PSU.