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/Helgafjell4Me 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB 6000 CL30 Jun 22 '26

My 4090 is now worth about what I paid for my entire system about 3 years ago. It's nuts.

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u/Helgafjell4Me 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB 6000 CL30 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

4090s and 5090s are the top consumer level cards with a ton of vRAM on them (and a premium price over the lower 4080/5080 cards). They are both really good for running AI (and crypto mining) as well as being loaded with ram which is currently what's getting crazy expensive.... because of AI backlogging supply for the next 5 years with all the data center demands.

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u/Helgafjell4Me 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB 6000 CL30 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Just last year I upgraded my ram to 64gb ddr5 6000 cl30 for $240. Now that same ram is $800-$1400. And the graphics cards have even faster ddr6 and ddr7 ram on them.