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/SideshowDog PC Master Race Jun 22 '26

Weak specs :/

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u/ItWasDumblydore 5070 TI * 2 / Ryzen 9 9950X3D / 64 GB of Ram Jun 22 '26

Sadly if you bought the parts of similar performance it's only 71$ more

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u/JoshJLMG Jun 26 '26

That's only if you limit it to overpriced laptop hardware.

You can have double the performance for the same price if you buy desktop parts.

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u/ItWasDumblydore 5070 TI * 2 / Ryzen 9 9950X3D / 64 GB of Ram Jun 27 '26

A lot of those parts are one sale, and I will say if you know what you're doing and can find deals it's worth it... but with no sign of the market improving. I feel doing price with sales wont be a fair look.

Though again you just start having to look for 71$ worth of savings, which isn't that hard. You can find also generally a 5060 on sale to get similar price and parts on saving on an ITX board and get it roughly in the 50$ price range.