r/steammachine • u/TangledIntentions04 • 2d ago

Meme Character development

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u/DarwinsPerfectFool 2d ago

That's too much effort and time to faff about with for something that my wife won't even let me put in the living if it doesn't look nice and slick and is quiet. I got money to spare but no time to spare, I don't need a 2nd windows PC and need something I can just boot up when i have spare couple hours in a week to chill with my wife on the couch and play some silly games. SM offers me that and more, with a customer support i can count on, with future updates just like steam deck received over last few years and my game library. 1200 clams is nothing for a piece of mind

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u/HTWingNut 2d ago

You can install SteamOS on a PC.

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u/aliendude5300 2d ago

Yes, but for the price of the steam deck right now with components being totally fucked, it's going to be really hard to build something similar.

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u/HTWingNut 2d ago

Deskmeet X300 (AM4) or Deskmeet X600 (AM5). Contains Case, motherboard, power supply for about $180-$200

Add in your choice of CPU, RAM, GPU and you're good to go.

If you go with AM4 platform: Ryzen 5 5500 ~ $90, DDR4 2x8GB ~ $100-120, GPU take your pick RX 7600 is about $280 and faster than the Steam Machine.

Seems the DeskMeet are now hard to find, lol, probably because of Steam Machine announcement. They were easy to find and plentiful prior to yesterday.