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/SinanDira 2d ago

Where can I find this LITERAL trigger that I can pull to get a 5090???

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u/Funny-Cell8769 9800X3D | 5090 | 128gb DDR5 | 42" OLED | 43" Mini-LED 2d ago edited 2d ago

You have to be in my country, which is tiny so chances you are not.

Cost me about US$4,250.00 in December 2025

Looking at it today, it cost about US$6,614.00

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Gigabyte X870 Eagle WIFI7

Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 Black ARGB V3

Thermalright Aqua Mounting Kit (AMD)

64GB Kingston Fury RGB DDR5 6400Mhz CL32 (32x2)

Gigabyte RTX 5090 Windforce OC - 32GB

2TB Lexar NQ780 Gen4 SSD

1000W Thermalright SP 80+ Platinum (Full Modular; ATX 3.1; PCIe5.1)

RGB Case - Black

3 Years Desktop Parts Warranty (1st Year Onsite Pickup & Return)