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Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@piefed.zip 22 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

I went to PCPartPicker and tried to assemble a similarly spec'd PC, not with the absolute cheapest components, but definitely from the lower end sorted by price, it came out close to $800.

I guess if Valve can price it at that and be smaller it might have a market, but if much more than that people are better off just buying a PC.

P.S. Since Valve is not buying retail I think there is room for lower than that, and it'd definitely be welcome, but I'm not sure Valve will make that decision.

[–] simple@piefed.social 23 points 1 hour ago (5 children)

2x8 GB RAM for 130 dollars? What the fuck? I knew theyve gotten more expensive recently but that stings.

[–] jogaklaa@lemmy.world 14 points 50 minutes ago

PCPartPicker has a general price tracker where you can see how much RAM has spiked in such a short time. It really emphasizes how crazy things have gotten

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 57 minutes ago

"more expensive" really is underselling it. It's out of control. Some kits have tripled.

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 7 points 48 minutes ago

Brother it's so bad. I've been trying to help a friend do one recently, or at least plan it, and I've watched my previously $85 2x16 sticks of GSkill DDR5 (like the cheapest option I had) shoot up to like $260 in under a month has been insane. It's not even good ram....

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

Yeah, the AI (manufactured) hype has caused RAM prices to skyrocket thanks to them buying out ALL the fucking RAM for those servers.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago

It would cost me about a grand to make a pc that still not up to par with a ps5 where I live.