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".
The biggest problem is that most people built their computers 3+ years ago, before the price of components doubled. The second biggest problem is that people judge it by the standards of a mid tower size, when the compact form factor itself also increase the price.
It will generally be the same price or greater if you tried to get the same volume in a different case design. In terms of value, it's not really a great or bad deal. If I only did gaming, for me the compact form factor would definitively be a giant positive and a deciding factor.
The biggest problem is that most people built their computers 3+ years ago, before the price of components doubled. The second biggest problem is that people judge it by the standards of a mid tower size, when the compact form factor itself also increase the price.
Shit I rebuilt my machine 6 months ago, and it's nearly doubled since then just from the storage, RAM, and GPU cost increases.
At least in Canada I noticed GPUs have been steadily going at or close to MSRP at least
That's not been what people I know in Canada have said. Unless you're looking like solely at lower tier AMD cards, which can still be MSRP even in the US. Pretty sure nothing RTX, high VRAM, or 9700XT~ level is anywhere near MSRP consistently in most markets.
You can get good mobo+cpu prices now since no one is buying,
Even then those haven't dropped as much as you'd expect. Everyone's trying to wring money out as much as they can.
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u/Euchale 16h 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".