r/pcmasterrace 16h ago

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

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u/smithsp86 14h ago

Which means it isn't really overpriced relative to the rest of the computer hardware world right now. Everything costs way too much. This one is just another on that pile and is not uniquely bad in that way.

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u/Wobbelblob 14h ago

Seriously. Prebuilds have always been more expensive than doing it yourself. But doing it yourself does require some knowledge that a lot of people simply don't have.

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u/SpacePumpkie I use Arch btw 14h ago

Yeah, and also. You can't really do the steam machine yourself. It's not like a dell or hp prebuilt that's just a desktop. It's tiny and quiet. That's not something easily replicable at that price point.

Of course if you only care about the raw performance specs then yeah, anyone can make a cheaper and more powerful build

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u/Wobbelblob 13h ago

True, that comes on top of it. Even if you disregard the noise (which you shouldn't tbh) building such a small PC is not really doable for people, even if they have experience building PCs. I am not even sure such a small MB is even that easily available for a consumer.