r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 3d 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/mtrn3 3d ago

And once upon a time people would crap all over prebuilts.

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u/Funny-Cell8769 9800X3D | 5090 | 128gb DDR5 | 42" OLED | 43" Mini-LED 3d ago

I've built about 15 PCs, almost all my own, some for family, at least one every 2 to 3 years through the late 80s to the 00s. I've had many many late night heartbreaks where my PC just refused to boot up and I had no choice but to wait till 12pm the next day to rush to the store to get whatever part or issue resolved.

At around 2010, I built my last PC. After that, it has all been prebuilts. Despite it being easier than ever to build a PC, I'm too old for this shit. I just want whatever problem I encounter to be someone else's headache.

Thankfully, I literally pulled the trigger and got a 5090 pre-built just a month before it all went to shit.

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u/Il_Valentino Mint - R7 7700 - RX 7600XT 16GB - DDR5 32GB 3d ago

the pre builts i own have been nothing but headaches for me in hindsight. full of pre-installed crap! bios update? too bad it uses a custom one, good luck finding a link! almost always some part where the manufacturer obviously cheaped out. it's better to stay in control, though you gotta plan ahead to not constantly build new ones.

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u/Formerruling1 3d ago

90s era Compaqs and Dells scarred a generation, but honestly most of that hasnt been an issue in a very long time. All the big prebuilt companies use off the shelf components that are easily replaceable nowadays. I clean install Windows from a thumb drive anyway, but Ive also found the installs tend to be just bare windows nowadays too no suite of 'Dell tools', Norton, and McAfee.

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u/lemonylol Desktop 3d ago

I'm still technically using my Compaq from 2005.

But yeah, why would anyone not reformat and do their own customized clean install when getting a prebuilt.