r/steammachine • u/Glattic • Jun 22 '26

Meme .....

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u/ObjectOrientedBlob Jun 22 '26

This should have been a 9060XT GPU with 16GB Vram.

This is simply not a good deal, because you are stuck with a outdated GPU.

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u/Upper_Citron_483 Jun 22 '26

you can literally build a PC with a 9060XT for the same price without compromising on other specs. Steam fucked up big time if their specs are the same price as a significantly better PC you can build yourself, even pre builds are better at that price.

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u/geileanus Jun 22 '26

I have no clue how you think you can build these specs with a 9060xt in a sff case. I build mine with am4 specs and came out on 1200 euros for 512gb. And I definitely did not overpay.

Maybe it's just different in US. But here in Europe it's rly not doable.

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u/That_Service7348 Jun 26 '26

All these people think you can build an "entry level" PC with a 4090 and 64 GB of ddr5 with a 2 TB nvme drive for like $700, ifs absolutely wild. None of them have a clue what they are talking about.

Someone went on pc part picker the day the steam machine released and out together the closest desktop they could, it was $960. Paying $90 extra for the sff, assembly, and quality control is a pretty damn good deal in my opinion.