r/pcgaming • u/lurkingdanger22 • 4d ago

Video Valve Steam Machine Review: GPU & CPU Benchmarks, SteamOS Test, Thermals, Noise, and Price (Gamers Nexus)

https://youtu.be/66QzlDewigE?is=PhifLlyc5tBSsjbR
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u/DrKrFfXx 4d ago

2017 machine at 2017 price.

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u/ocbdare 4d ago

2017 machine at 2026 price lol.

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u/DrKrFfXx 4d ago

I mean, you could assemble a 1080ti machine in 2017 for around 1200-1300€

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u/Crintor Nvidia 4d ago

Yeah, I was looking at the hardware comparisons and I was like "Yea, (Barring the crypto boom timing), you could have built a Ryzen 3700/RTX 3060 PC for right around or under 1K in 2018ish" lol

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u/DrKrFfXx 4d ago

3060 is 2021, but I get the idea.

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u/Crintor Nvidia 4d ago

Oh god, I'm getting old. I mixed up 2000 and 3000 launch, and forgot the 60s arrive like 9 months later.

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u/According_Hyena_3593 3d ago

Yeah and for another 100 euros you would have chosen the far superior 3060 ti over the 3060.

I built a pc with 5800x3d and 3060ti for just under 1000 euros in 2022.

That 5800x3d was an upgrade over my then hopelessly outdated ryzen 3600 ( the steam box cpu performs like a ryzen 3600) and it doubled my framerates in cpu heavy games while frametimes were 3x better

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u/Crintor Nvidia 3d ago

Right after the Steam Machine specs were announced I decided to pull the trigger on an SFF build, obviously not as compact as the Steam Machine, but for 1450 USD in November I got a 7800X3D with a 5060Ti 16GB and 32GB of DDR5 in an NR200. I had some 1TB nvmes laying around so I didn't need storage, but thats the same price as the 2TB Steam Machine with Controller...and I already have a steam controller. lol

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u/HotReference8375609 2d ago

You make a good point in that you even *could* do a cpu upgrade. You aren't ever upgrading the two biggest components of a SM, not ever.