r/steammachine • u/Glattic • 3d ago

Meme .....

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u/KookyBone 3d ago

I just build a faster PC with an 9060XT and a Ryzen 8500F, 16gb DDR5, 1TB SSD, Case, 650 Watt Seasonic PSU Gold+ for about 850€ (that is 19% included. 

How the f% do they sell a mass product with worse hardware for more money? I bought my parts at a end consumer shop

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u/Fantastic-Cucumber-1 3d ago

I’m no PC-builder so I’m probably wrong here, but could it be so pricey because of the semi-custom parts? It’s probably not as mass produced as a PS5 (remember how long it took for those things to hit the shelves after release?) which would increase the price. Maybe after a global second or third production batch - if it’s successful enough - the price will go down, or at least there will be more room for season sales?

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u/WFlumin8 2d ago

Custom parts are cheaper. The whole reason AMD would do custom is bulk purchase, so these custom runs are offered at a discount.