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I just did one [0], mostly with regards only to specs and price (rather than quality). It comes out to $150 more, roughly 4X the volume, and about 3 hours more of my time in effort, all to get something that won't be as well-supported by games. What am I missing?

[0] https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KY3VW9

by ThatPlayer19 hours ago|

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That CPU comes with a cooler so you don't need that.

At 2TB SSD, you should compare to the $1350 steam machine instead.

The GPU isn't exactly equivalent. Gamers Nexus puts it closer to RX6600 performance. But that ignores the RDNA3 improvements so I don't really have a good comparison for that.

They did announce SteamOS for general computers, so I don't expect game support to be too different.

by danbolt15 hours ago|

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I don’t have a horse in the race and I’m speaking from ignorance, but I noticed that Valve’s offering only requires 300W of power. That sounds very appealing for the sort of games I play.

Would it be difficult to make a PC with a similar power/performance profile?

by InitialLastName6 hours ago|

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Note that the power estimate for the build above is only 325W. The power supply is beefier than that for headroom and economics.

It wouldn't be surprising if Valve's efforts at integrating the unit (putting the relevant chips on a single board, eliminating anything unnecessary, and improving cooling) could shave a significant amount of power.

by kubb11 hours ago|

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Impossible because of the unified CPU/GPU chip that the Steamdeck used.

by vel0city3 hours ago|

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Its a MicroATX build. This is considerably larger than the Steam Machine.

The Steam Machine is about a 6" cube. That's ~3.5L in volume. This case is ~33.6L. 33.6 / 3.5 != 4.

by bgirard22 hours ago|

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I don't recognized the CPU/GPU and PC building isn't my field so I could way off. But here's my honest attempt at it without paying a premium for the form factor which isn't an important feature for me:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3WkCdq

Price: $1021

by Peaches4Rent22 hours ago|

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Yeah. That's great,but I think it gets a bit expensive if you try to go small form factor and silent. You need more premium parts for that.

So if you want something small, it's a bit more expensive

by vel0city3 hours ago|

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At 51L in volume this thing is absolutely massive compared to the Steam Machine.

by cubefox6 hours ago|

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The RTX 5060 will be significantly faster than the Steam Machine on games with hardware ray tracing effects, which tend to be the more demanding games.