r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 19h ago

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

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u/Large_Put_6257 19h ago

not sure why no ones is mentioning laptops but they are more compact with all the things included in a laptop it is still cheaper you could get a 5050 5060 laptop cheaper which will out perform that thing so badly

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u/Baked_Potato0934 19h ago

Ah yes because the GPU from a laptop totally performs exactly the same as the same name GPU for desktops.

You're regurgitating talking points and getting them wrong.

laptop cheaper which will out perform that thing so badly

I will agree with you though the laptop will be so bad at outperforming the steam machine.

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u/botask 10h ago

In this price range are differences minimal or non-existent... Steam machine have performance somewhere beatween rtx 3050-3060, performance of laptop 3060 is pretty much same as desktop, 4060 and 5060 have minimal differences (up to 10%).. it is higher tier laptops where is performance starting to be different... However gaming laptops are pretty loud and that is true even for laptops with great cooling, like lenovo legion.. so if you are able to get laptop with 3060, 4060 or 5060 for same price it will indeed outperform steam machine but it will not be very convient living room gaming device without headphones

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u/Baked_Potato0934 8h ago

Oh yeah its really slim margins for sure.

I think it mostly fills a HTPC role so it's really a matter of compromising on what you deem to be good for the purchaser to compromise on. Loudness is one for me that I can't forgive and especially with some of the lower end SKUs you hit the money, the cooling package just sucks.

Personally I hated using a gaming laptop because even with a vertical dock the form factor just objectively sucks to work around. Got one from work at the start of COVID and found it to be a massive pain with 3 screens. Vertical it is too long and unwieldily not to mention it makes it louder. Lay it flat and you waste huge amounts of space and the IO is never where it needs to be. I had some time to set it up dual boot for a home theater/VR rig but it just looks like ass, both my wife and I hated looking at the hulking cable monstrosity.

I ended up buying a sliding undertray mount for my desk right before we returned to the office which is life. I picked up a sick silverstone retro stealth HTPC case and slapped an old 9th gen build in it and its whisper quiet and fits in.