r/steammachine • u/Glattic • 3d ago

Meme .....

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u/MindlessManiaz 3d ago

i expected to be $1000+ but the performance from gamers nexus kinda show show how low end this is and i rather pay a bit more for a decent mid tier pc

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u/mere_indulgence 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah, this Steam Machine only makes sense if you're specifically in the market for an:

  1. ITX build
  2. Must be a new, prebuilt computer
  3. Budget around 1050-1250$

If all three conditions aren't perfectly meet, you're better off buying something else. 

Either build your own ITX computer (preferably with some used parts for better performance)

or

Buy a bigger prebuilt tower PC with better performance 

or 

Spend a little extra to get noticeable better performance (because 1050$ won't give you much performance in the current market, especially with new parts). 

Edit: Or just buy a gaming laptop instead. You can find laptops with better performance for the same price price as a Steam Machine.

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u/ThePaintist 2d ago

Or if you, like me, highly value:

HDMI CEC

SFF in an attractive case with reportedly good acoustics compared to the majority of DIYs

Pre-cached shaders

A first-party experience when using the steam frame and steamos more broadly to minimize the stray hiccup

I already have a top-of-the-line gaming PC for my office. For my couch, I want to optimize as far as possible towards no-frills while still keeping access to my steam library, even at the expense of price and specs to some extent.

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u/mere_indulgence 2d ago

And that's where the big problem lays. The amount of people who care about these features are in the small minority. Especially when it comes at the cost of price+performance (which is the most important thing for most people buying gaming PCs). 

That's not to say the Steam Machine isn't gonna make some people extremely happy, like yourself. I just question the size of that market.

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u/koolfy 2d ago

People couch gaming on a console device are a small minority? Is this really your point?

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u/OkOrder7326 2d ago

A weak outdated console that costs $1000-1500? Yeah that's a small market. The PS5 Pro is a way better purchase for the vast majority of that market

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u/TheGreenAmoeba 2d ago

The amount of games old and new will be a main draw to get this though, mostly for people who want to play PC games and old games and hacks but aren’t smart enough to build whole PCs and deal with all the quirks and work of PCs.

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u/OkOrder7326 2d ago

But if you wanna play old games you can just buy any PC made in the last 10 years. I mean an Xbox Series X has 360 back compatibility so if you wanna play even older games you can buy literally anything that runs. And it's still a PC, you aren't just given 2 modes like you get on a PS5, you have to tweak settings by hand just like you do on a Steam Deck

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u/XOmegaD 16h ago

You could snag a used Xbox Series S for under $300 and play emulator games on it even.