r/pcmasterrace • u/ParticularCredit2023 9800X3d: 5080 FE • Jun 27 '26

News/Article This has to be a joke right?

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No possible way someone actually buy these at these prices right lol..

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u/Ferro_Giconi RX4006ti | i4-1337X | 33.01GB Crucair RAM | 1.35TB Knigsotn SSD Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

For what it is, the price does makes sense. It is 100% normal for mini PCs (not Mini-ITX) to have pricing similar to laptops, since mini PCs have to custom design everything just like laptops.

I don't understand why people are all up in arms about the Steam PC, but seem to be perfectly fine with the existence of Minisforum who does the same exact thing.

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u/Catboyhotline HTPC Ryzen 5 7600 RX 7900 GRE Jun 28 '26

For what it is, the price is phenomenal (in this current climate), I already have a HTPC in my lounge room, and even with a smaller GPU and an inconspicuous HTPC case I still wouldn't be able to build something with the subtlety of the steam machine (though that's kind of my fault because I do desire a Blu-ray drive so my HTPC is an "everything device")

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u/WekonosChosen 4670/1090/16gb Jun 28 '26

Even for the people complaining about the price point, it's still pretty fair for the current market conditions that Valve has to acquire the hardware in. It's a little harsh compared to consoles but the price increases haven't quite hit them yet. Xbox announced not long after Valve's release that it's going up $150 for a 1tb console. PS5 will probably have to do a big increase as well towards the end of the year,

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u/Fluffy_Influence5102 Jun 27 '26

No

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u/Ferro_Giconi RX4006ti | i4-1337X | 33.01GB Crucair RAM | 1.35TB Knigsotn SSD Jun 27 '26

That must mean you know of a similarly sized and performant PC for less than the Steam PC... right?

It would be nice of you to share the link to this PC you know of.

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u/Any-Advertising-2598 Jun 28 '26

An appletv + steamlink streamed from your current rig. Smaller form factor , no noise, more features, win win.

Congrats, I saved you 900-1000 on your pc on the tv setup.

This will be the answer for like 95% of the people the SM is marketed towards, since most people have a decent enough pc to stream from.

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u/Fluffy_Influence5102 Jun 27 '26

No

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u/Ferro_Giconi RX4006ti | i4-1337X | 33.01GB Crucair RAM | 1.35TB Knigsotn SSD Jun 28 '26

So it sounds like "I hate that the Steam PC is doing something normal, but not specifically making my demographic the target audience."

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u/Fluffy_Influence5102 Jun 28 '26

Oh thats not the case at all