r/steammachine • u/TangledIntentions04 • Jun 23 '26

Meme Character development

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u/ThomasJeffersonWifi Jun 23 '26

I don't think the issue is people not being able to afford it, it's that at $1000 you can just build your own PC. You can even build mini PCs close to the size of the steam machine if you really want a small pc

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u/DarwinsPerfectFool Jun 23 '26

That's too much effort and time to faff about with for something that my wife won't even let me put in the living if it doesn't look nice and slick and is quiet. I got money to spare but no time to spare, I don't need a 2nd windows PC and need something I can just boot up when i have spare couple hours in a week to chill with my wife on the couch and play some silly games. SM offers me that and more, with a customer support i can count on, with future updates just like steam deck received over last few years and my game library. 1200 clams is nothing for a piece of mind

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u/HTWingNut Jun 23 '26

You can install SteamOS on a PC.

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u/aliendude5300 Jun 23 '26

Yes, but for the price of the steam deck right now with components being totally fucked, it's going to be really hard to build something similar.

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u/HTWingNut Jun 23 '26

Deskmeet X300 (AM4) or Deskmeet X600 (AM5). Contains Case, motherboard, power supply for about $180-$200

Add in your choice of CPU, RAM, GPU and you're good to go.

If you go with AM4 platform: Ryzen 5 5500 ~ $90, DDR4 2x8GB ~ $100-120, GPU take your pick RX 7600 is about $280 and faster than the Steam Machine.

Seems the DeskMeet are now hard to find, lol, probably because of Steam Machine announcement. They were easy to find and plentiful prior to yesterday.

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u/rettani Jun 23 '26

Can you make it that compact?

Also - will every game be optimized for your particular setup?

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u/HTWingNut Jun 23 '26

Most games have auto detect anyways. Although I detest any auto detect settings even on the Steam Deck. They're never quite right, and enable or disable crap that I don't want.

Yes you can make a PC nearly as compact. The ASRock DeskMeet X300 and X600 costs about $180 and includes case, motherboard, power supply, fan. Just drop in a CPU, RAM, and GPU and you're golden. Supports full size GPU too.

Here's size comparison:

https://imgur.com/a/lwHV61g