Steam Machine is ridiculously expensive — here are 5 PCs (and a $1000 laptop) that easily surpass Valve’s…
Valve’s Steam Machine has generated a lot of negative publicity because of its price tag. At just over $1,049, it is expensive for what is essentially a very, very powerful mini PC. But are we being too harsh on Valve given that the timing of the launch sadly coincided with the worst component crisis we’ve witnessed over the last 20 years?
Amazon Prime Day provides us with a great window to check out how prices compare. My colleague Matthew Hanson has been looking at the component prices should you want to build your own Steam Machine-slayer console (loaded with SteamOS rather than Windows 11). Read his analysis.
The CPU on the Steam Machine is equivalent to an AMD Ryzen 5 7600 or a 8400F or an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or a Core i5-14400T. Its GPU roughly matches an NvidiaGeForce RTX 4060/RTX 5050 or a Radeon...
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