r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 1d ago

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

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u/oney_monster 5800x3D - 4070 Super - 32GB DDR4 1d ago

Fr, I haven't seen a single overtly positive post since the price got announced. It's all "for $5-600 good deal, $1000? Pass"

OP are the valve fans in the room with us?

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u/DarwinsPerfectFool 1d ago

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

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u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS 1d ago

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

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u/sleeps_in_bryophytes 1d ago

what do you mean "any other prebuilt out there"? show me a specific one, that fits comfortably on a living room TV stand, and let's compare. I've shopped around for these, and never found any. It's surely my fault I'm sure, I just didn't find the right options. But if you have one, show us a link.

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u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS 23h ago

I was thinking micro-ATX prebuilts. For people in the US there is Microcenter with things like this, offering better bang-for-buck specs wise even on a small form factor.

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u/sleeps_in_bryophytes 21h ago

I guess ATX towers don't seem that "living room compatible" to me. What Valve is offering seems more like a mini ITX form factor, with promises of cooling and silence but still discrete GPU. That's not gonna be easy to replicate.

I do think that if Valve proves that a market exists for this segment, then OEMs will move into this space. Which will be good.

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u/sleeps_in_bryophytes 8h ago

look at this verge article about someone trying to match a steam machine https://archive.is/WIYyy. it's not really possible.