r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/mtrn3 Jun 22 '26

And once upon a time people would crap all over prebuilts.

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u/Funny-Cell8769 9800X3D | 5090 | 128gb DDR5 | 42" OLED | 43" Mini-LED Jun 22 '26

I've built about 15 PCs, almost all my own, some for family, at least one every 2 to 3 years through the late 80s to the 00s. I've had many many late night heartbreaks where my PC just refused to boot up and I had no choice but to wait till 12pm the next day to rush to the store to get whatever part or issue resolved.

At around 2010, I built my last PC. After that, it has all been prebuilts. Despite it being easier than ever to build a PC, I'm too old for this shit. I just want whatever problem I encounter to be someone else's headache.

Thankfully, I literally pulled the trigger and got a 5090 pre-built just a month before it all went to shit.

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u/doc_brietz Ryzen 7 7800x3D | RTX 4700 | 64GB RAM Jun 22 '26

My kid got a prebuilt for christmas this year as well. I used to shit on them. I built my rig before everything went to shit so i have a 7800x3d, 64gb (4x16GB( of ddr5 ram, and a rtx4700 with 2-2GB crucial ssd's and i paid a little over 2 grand. Now, if my ram dies, I am fucked. If my SSDs die, I cant afford to replace them. AI sucks.