• Destide@feddit.uk
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    22 days ago

    Which translates to you’ll be spending more to build a mid tier pc yourself

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      22 days ago

      Yeah, it sounds like a lot, but what’s that cost compared to other pre-builts of equivalent spec? With how fucked everything is I’d wager the Steam Machine isn’t insanely priced compared to the other offerings.

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        22 days ago

        If anything, it’s good to have a mass produced option from Steam. Eventually when I’m priced out of building big badass rigs I’ll look to Steam to provide a plug and play console experience.

        I’m on my dream PC build, and at this point I don’t really care to build another one again. Console simplicity is great now that I can play most things 60-120 fps.

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        22 days ago

        Especially given that it runs Linux so you are saving a bunch on the operating system

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          22 days ago

          Because OEM firms buy in bulk the cost reduction is usually a hundred or so.

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        22 days ago

        Less if you buy used.

        Unfortunately, Valve can’t stick an eBay AMD 6800 + a DDR4 CPU in there; they gotta take the hit and buy everything new.

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          22 days ago

          That actually might be a great sales driver.

          Buy the environmentally responsible 100% renewed hardware Steam Machine. Case is 96% recycled materials.

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      Yeah, but it won’t have that magic Steam logo.

      How else would LordGabeN afford to buy all those Aston Martins to race around the world.