Steam Machine has no place in the PC Gamer world. Just get a prebuilt PC for the same price that is more powerful.
Let’s see your recommendation, smartypants. The closest prebuilt I’ve heard about is from HP and more powerful but $1500+.
Multiple outlets have tried / are trying to built their own equivalent to the base model and they’re all ending up close to the same $1,000-1,100 price.
How many people actually care about it being that tiny though?
Anyone strapped for cash is probably gonna get a much bigger machine to get a much better value. Only the right enthusiast would pay more for worse performance just for the size.
Anyone who wants a pc under the tv basically
It doesn’t have to be a 6 inch cube to fit under your TV. The PS5 Pro is nearly 16 inches long.
Then I couldn’t call it GabeCube
People who actually put next to their TV. I can’t put a full size tower there
Doesn’t it cost basically the same as any other pre-built gaming PC with similar specs?
Not in terms of performance per dollar. The steam machine is HEAVILY compromised by the last Gen. 35 watt CPU, and previous Gen. 110w GPU. The entire system performs like a mid range PC from 2021.
You can get a much faster pre built for the same money. You’re paying the SFF and quiet PC tax on top of the RAM/SSD crunch tax. If you don’t need the small size or for it to be whisper quiet you can get a much better PC for your money.
It’s not compromised. It’s fully optimized for the use case of sitting next to your TV.