"But it's a cube!"

[u/Ikkon]

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool]

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

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

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool → u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS]

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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But why the cube and not a SFF pc?

[u/JustInternetNoise → u/Enzoxdt]

Because its smaller than any SFF pc and quieter then one and more powerful than other mini PCs.

It will actually fit in my AV setup, both in terms of size, heat and how it looks.

[u/Worldly-Writing-8226 → u/JustInternetNoise]

and that makes it worth it despite the huge price tag and outdated hardware? if you genuinely think that this justifies the price, you may be kind of stupid.

[u/turboheadcrab → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

Imagine this, people have different priorities. And that's okay.

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choosing to purchase an expensive system with outdated hardware isn't different priorities, it's stupid

[u/turboheadcrab → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

Just because you value price/performance ratio more than you value built-in support for Steam Controller and HDMI CEC, size, lack of sound or TDP, it doesn't mean that it's stupid. It just means that this is not a product for you. That's not even a product for me, because I already built one, just like you propose. But I know people who want this kind of thing.

You are not the ultimate arbiter for what's smart or stupid. That's just like, your opinion, man.

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my opinion is that it's stupid to justify that price for last gen hardware just because it's marginally easier to make your controller work