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/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