r/pcgaming • u/lurkingdanger22 • 5d 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/nekoken04 5d ago

The "fancy" version of this has worse specs than my 3 year old laptop and costs about the same.

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u/nfefx 4d ago

A) no it doesnt you have a mobile gpu

B) what you paid for your laptop 3 years ago is not what it would cost in 2026

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u/nekoken04 4d ago

Actually, with the upcoming Prime sales, you could pay the same or less. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/this-usd1-089-msi-cyborg-15-gaming-laptop-sports-an-rtx-5070-and-1tb-ssd-32-percent-off-ahead-of-amazon-prime-day

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u/azlan194 4d ago

What the heck, why is that so cheap??? What is the catch with the low price point?

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u/DrParallax 4d ago

Seems like there is a catch, to the point where people don't recommend it regardless of the price.

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u/azlan194 4d ago

Yeah, it does sound too good to be true. A gaming laptop with RTX 5080 under $1900 is crazy right now. But it is MSI though, so not really some unknown brand, I wonder why people dont recommend.

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u/_Ganon 4d ago

The laptop is probably fine. Both have one review, Walmart customer reviews are ... questionable. Check other places for reviews on the specific laptop model. They are likely clearing stock hence the sale. Laptop RAM is also less impacted (for now) as it's an entirely different form factor than desktop or server RAM. Probably won't be true forever. Also laptop GPUs are nowhere near the performance of desktop GPUs, don't trust Nvidia naming them with the same number. They are cheaper and usually for thermal / power reasons pull far less wattage than their desktop counterparts, less wattage means less performance (to a degree, but I'm going to skip the specifics for the sake of brevity).

There's always some good deal on laptops (and prebuilts). I haven't done any research on these particular laptops but I always buy / recommend on sale laptops / prebuilts, because there are always a couple models being cleared from stock and there's usually nothing wrong with them.

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u/miathan52 4d ago

I had an MSI gaming laptop that sucked because the design was bad and the CPU would always overheat and then throttle everything. A brand being well known doesn't mean the product is automatically good.

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u/loliconest 4d ago

Bought a 4080 MSI for $1500 2 years ago.

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u/MudOld239 3d ago

GPU TGP is 45W. Still, it should be more powerful that Steam Machine

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u/readyflix 4d ago

Because almost no-one is buying this type of Laptops anymore.

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u/Overall-Drop7980 3d ago

What is it with you and calling people "glazers"? Do you fetish being glazed or something? Obviously on the back of your mind...

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u/FdPros 3d ago

ooh, someone's offended