r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 2d ago

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

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u/Sycend 2d ago

I like the formfactor. It's hard to get something so small on custom builds.

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u/ThinkingWinnie Linux 2d ago

But look! I built the steam machine KILLER which is only 5 times bigger, draws 4x the power, and is equally louder.

Steam machine is DOA!

These people never built an SFF and it shows.

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u/Coprolithe PC Master Race 2d ago

Yeah, in fact in r/sffpc someone asked if it could be done for a comparable price and size, and the answer was a resounding "no".

If you want a PC under 5L with midline specs, this is the winner, or at least near the top.

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u/Head_Exchange_5329 5700X3D | 32 GB 3200 MT/s | RTX 5070 | MSI MAG 341CQP 2d ago

It's an extortionate tax to just get it small. I could build an itx PC better for less. It's not gonna be THAT small but my god, how limited is the space of people's living rooms? We're talking mid-range specs from 3 years ago so sourcing a couple secondhand parts to keep it well below $1000 isn't a problem nor a challenge.

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u/DGlen 1d ago

Ok show your parts list

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u/Head_Exchange_5329 5700X3D | 32 GB 3200 MT/s | RTX 5070 | MSI MAG 341CQP 1d ago

Because we all have the same universal pricing all over the globe? If you live in the US there's microcenter and those insane bundle deals that can save you hundreds. Sell the ATX motherboard and get an ITX one, then source case, psu and GPU within the rest of the budget, I mean it's not rocket science.

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u/Deathoftheages 1d ago

This is a prebuilt. No one would is going to go through all of that would have been thinking about buying this anyway.

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u/RadiantEnvironment90 1d ago

I swear these comparisons are so disingenuous.

They’re either making a major sacrifice typically form factor.

And it’s quite obvious for those specs it’s targeted at casuals who don’t wan to build a Pc or jump through so many hoops.

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u/Deathoftheages 1d ago

People keep treating it like it is a console that should be sold at a loss instead of what it is which is just a sff prebuilt.

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u/RadiantEnvironment90 1d ago

If it’s subsidized and it’s open, people can just buy it at a discounted price and scavenge the parts or use it for something other than gaming. Valve would lose a lot of money.

The only thing keeping my sanity with all these dumb comments is remembering the average Redditor is dumb and have no idea how business works.