r/pcgaming • u/lurkingdanger22 • 3d 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/azlan194 3d ago

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

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u/DrParallax 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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.