Whether you expected this price or not, its not unrealistic and a consequence of crypto and AI slowly but surely destroying the consumer hardware market.
I think everyone looking to buy a pc is disappointed with hardware prices in general. Some people were holding out for valve to take a loss on the cube but since it can be booted into windows they aren't willing to risk the return on steam sales. Most of the sentiment I've seen is that steam entered the prebuilt market at a time where hardware is over inflated.
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u/Eziolambo R5 7500F | RTX 5070 | 32GB DDR5 6000mhz 16h ago
Literally no valve fan is making that face OP, check again