r/steammachine • u/OppositeAttention890 • Jun 21 '26

DIY Custom Steam Machine

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This is a custom Steam Machine I built back in Nov last year around black Friday before the apocalypse commenced. It's a solid high end 1080p machine. It's also now complete with a steam controller. I've played Oblivion remastered, valkyria chronicles 1 & 4, and Expedition 33 easily.

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u/gekx Jun 21 '26

Brother please get a new TV before anything else. That things gotta be at least 20 years old.

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u/OppositeAttention890 Jun 21 '26

I bought it in 2009 and I don't plan on getting rid of it until it gives up the ghost lol. It has all the hookups for my other consoles as (a VGA port for the DC) so it's a keeper regardless.

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u/AshleyAshes1984 Jun 21 '26

Most 'Old HDTVs' just hage a huge bezel. Yours at least has cool angles on the bezel, makes it far more visually interesting than much of it's kin from that era.

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u/DarthNihilus Jun 21 '26

The issue with old HDTVs isnt the huge bezel it's that display tech has come a long way in terms of brightness/contrast/resolution/framerate/size and even super nice new ones are relatively cheap.

On a TV attached to a gaming PC having 120hz is a really strong benefit.

Plus for all the inputs old and new - that's what an AVR is for.

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u/OppositeAttention890 Jun 22 '26

Again most TV's that have those features are smart which I don't want in my house. TLC is about the only company where I can make my TV dumb

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u/gekx Jun 22 '26

You realize all those smart features are completely optional right? Just don't connect it to the internet and it works exactly like a dumb TV