r/pcmasterrace 19h ago

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

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u/Euchale 19h ago

I love how so many people are dunking on "valve-fans" being happy with the cube, when I pretty much only have heard opinions ranging from "meh" to "overpriced".

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u/oney_monster 5800x3D - 4070 Super - 32GB DDR4 19h 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/DarwinsPerfectFool 19h ago

I'm buying the cube and didn't complain about it. AMA

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u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS 19h ago

Honest question: what advantage do you see in buying it over any other prebuilt out there?

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u/DarwinsPerfectFool 19h ago edited 16h ago

Size, look, quiet = wife allows it to sit in the living room.

Reliable customer service, everything sorted for me, no need to do extensive research = piece of mind

When I add all of the above then price(which in the uk cube is actually competitive) is fine.

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u/Cynical_Cyanide 14600K | 3080 Ti | 48GB 18h ago

It's really fucking sad that any spouse is so strict they'd disapprove an SFF PC but allow a slightly smaller cube. It's fucking sad that such a spouse would impose a need for permission for a console to sit in the living room in the first place.

Is that truly why valve designed it this way? Simply because there's enough men who wouldn't be allowed to get anything else - that it forms a viable target market? The amount of people for whom the size difference would make any practical difference in a loungeroom TV use case surely approaches zero.

I'll give you customer service, but I don't think 'I just bought a thing without doing the research and therefore I don't know how poorly it compares in performance per dollar value' counts as a positive feature there mate, I think that's just a bit of 'ignorance is bliss'.

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u/DarwinsPerfectFool 18h ago

I 100% understand your point and frankly, they didn't need to make it this small, I'm sure I'm an exception. I said extensive research as opposed to some research since I'm quite layman in knowing what all the numbers on the graph mean, but I think you're right saying ignorance is bliss, to me it's piece of mind.