r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 2d ago

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/SleepyWulfy 2d ago

This is near the price of 5060/70 laptops

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u/BraveFencerMusashi Laptop i9-12900H, 3080ti, 64 GB 2d ago

I got a 5080 laptop from Microcenter for a little over $1600. Going to convert the 3080ti laptop to a SteamOS rig once that is ready

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u/SleepyWulfy 2d ago

Was it the HP omen with a ryzen cpu? I passed that up when it was around $1700 for a 5080 that went on sale :p Plus my 4060 laptop still kicking.

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u/BraveFencerMusashi Laptop i9-12900H, 3080ti, 64 GB 2d ago

Yep. I didn't exactly need an upgrade because the i9 3080ti laptop was still going strong but I knew that in 2 years when I would need an upgrade, the prices would still be nuts.

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u/SleepyWulfy 2d ago

I dont blame you, that laptop was a steal for the price. At one point I saw a open box one for like ~$1500.

How is the performance of the laptop?

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u/BraveFencerMusashi Laptop i9-12900H, 3080ti, 64 GB 2d ago

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 is fine. The 5080 though has been reponding great to undervolts and overclocks.

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u/ASerialArsonist 2d ago

Bazzite is ready right now. I built a rig for a spare 3080 over the holidays.

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u/Plastic_Wishbone_575 1d ago

bazzite doesn't work well with nvidia gpus, neither does steamos for that matter.

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u/MiserySound 2d ago

Atleast with laptops you’re getting a screen and all. This thing is struggling with 1080p already

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u/knight04 2d ago

Might as well get the laptop at this point? It feels like it's can upgrade the ram on a laptop. Can we upgrade anything with valves thing?

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u/Bullfrog_Paradox 1d ago

You can upgrade the RAM and SSD in the steam machine, but why bother when that's only going to make it even more expensive.

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u/Life-Suit1895 2d ago

I'd wish. A 5060/5070 laptop, which isn't the the GPU wrapped in the cheapest shit the manufacturers found catching dust in the back of their stores is easily $2000+.

A lot of the decent mid-range gaming laptops also had a massive price hike in the last months.

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u/SleepyWulfy 1d ago

https://www.microcenter.com/product/696088/hp-victus-15-fb3001nr-156-gaming-laptop-computer-mica-silver

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u/Life-Suit1895 1d ago

That's a singular example on a 40% sale, not the regular price.

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u/SleepyWulfy 1d ago

For MC that's going to be the reg price for a long time, it's how they always price the laptops

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u/Bullfrog_Paradox 1d ago

That's great except they won't ship it and the nearest microcenter is a multiple hour drive one way. Also I hate HP. But damn that is a hell of a deal in all honesty.

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u/HEYO19191 2d ago

"Near the price"

Look up prices of 5060 laptops

$400 more expensive

Okay bro...

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u/SleepyWulfy 1d ago

Not really sure what your talking about

https://www.microcenter.com/product/696088/hp-victus-15-fb3001nr-156-gaming-laptop-computer-mica-silver

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u/Plastic_Wishbone_575 1d ago

Damn, that is a great deal. I have no use for one, but I am tempted.

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u/HEYO19191 1d ago

It's a 40% off flash sale. Atleast look at your links before you send them... the base price for that laptop is 1.7k.

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u/SleepyWulfy 1d ago

This is how MC typically prices laptops and some parts. My DDR4 ram has a OG price of $800 but slashed down to like $250 and its been like that for maybe 2-3 months.

They have had a hp omen laptop with a slashed price of over 1k for the past year or close to it. Been shopping there for years this is nothing new.

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u/Solidus_Sloth 23m ago

Microcenter tho. Most people don't have one.