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Re:I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry by 3836293648 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @03:27PM (#48664601)
Except others have done the same comparison to current PC prices and still found a ~50% markup.
Re:I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @03:35PM (#48664691)
Grab pc part picker and do it yourself, it's not complex.

How can there be 50% markup if the ram price is alone like 500$

Re:I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry by garciansmith on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @05:24PM (#48665808)
And the parts aren't comparable when it comes to size and acoustics (and, frankly, aesthetics). The Steam Machine is a very small and, by all accounts, very quiet box. Might not be worth it to most people, of course, but I've seen a ton of supposed comparisons that don't take that into account at all. To say nothing of the people who claim to be able to build something cheaper but then talk about buying used parts or reusing RAM and SSDs they had purchased last years or earlier.