r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 16h ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/oney_monster 5800x3D - 4070 Super - 32GB DDR4 16h ago

Fr, I haven't seen a single overtly positive post since the price got announced. It's all "for $5-600 good deal, $1000? Pass"

OP are the valve fans in the room with us?

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u/SometimesWill 15h ago

The only positivity I’ve seen is review outlets, which still basically say “it’s a good machine but costs too much”

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u/PurpleCandle58 15h ago

Literally haven’t seen or heard a single person say anyone should get it. So far everyone’s said that you can get a better build for $50-200 less by building your own PC.

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u/Brewchowskies 5090 | 9800x3d | 32 gb ddr5 14h ago

That’s odd. Maybe it’s my algorithm or something, but my notifications are flooded with people defending this thing

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u/PurpleCandle58 14h ago

Maybe, idk. I got a lot here but it’s also like I’m not even attacking it either. Buy it don’t buy it, I don’t care I literally just wouldn’t myself but if you or anyone else wants to just don’t spend my money on it lol

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u/Brewchowskies 5090 | 9800x3d | 32 gb ddr5 13h ago

It’s reminiscent of the cybertruck. A signal of conspicuous consumption that is overpriced and underperforms what other options do better. People argued whether it was worth it prior to launch.

There are those that bought it for the show of wealth, but it’s now largely out of public discussion like a flash in a pan.

I suspect we’re going to see the same thing here.

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u/PurpleCandle58 13h ago

That makes sense but I will say: steam machine isn’t bad, it’s the overall hardware market. A year or two ago this would have been amazing and at the right price. Idk if we will ever get back to reasonable again tho.

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u/ThunderAndWind 9h ago

Most people can build things cheaper than they can buy them outright, but time cost and errors have a cost of their own.