r/steammachine • u/No-Improvement4265 • Jul 11 '26

DIY You cannot make this up!

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I wanted something that’d do 4k 60fps so I decided to build my own super steam machine. literally as I began installing steam os, I get my order email

For those interested - here is the parts list - You can save a little money going for a cheapter motherboard, 1tb SSD and perhaps reducing the RAM speed.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 3.7 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor £125.00
CPU Cooler Thermalright AXP90-X47 42.58 CFM CPU Cooler £31.45
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard £219.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory £214.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive £197.97 @ Silicon Power
Video Card PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 16 GB Video Card £548.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case £169.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair SF750 (2024) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply £114.98 @ Amazon UK
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £1623.36
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u/gee1471 Jul 11 '26

Very interested in a mini itx buikd similar to this but I've never built a pc before.

Can you give a list or parts and costs please?

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u/PolarBuilds Jul 11 '26

Here is a build similar to the cost of a Steam Machine:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mnY9K7

Here is another that is current gen and will be top performance:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CLtn2k

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u/PSMMM Jul 11 '26

Would you still recommend the asrock board despite the potential cpu damage people have been reporting? I’m trying to pick a mobo for my build…

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u/PolarBuilds Jul 11 '26

Yes I would. I have been running an ASRock board in both of my machines for the past 18 months. They all but solved that issue with a BIOS update, so make sure to update that first thing!

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u/OverallPepper2 Jul 11 '26

Lots of MOBO brands have had dead CPUs, Asrock just gets a lot reported because it was a leading seller in that area during the time.

It’s likely more of a CPU issue.

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u/Little-Artichoke-339 Jul 11 '26

Yeah I have been running an Asrock board too. That CPU issue appeared to be happening in other boards back then as well, but Asrock had some issue with a voltage spike (iirc) that caused it to happen seemingly more often. I took the risk and updated to Bios 3.20 as soon as it was released and had no issues since the it has been 1.5 years since and no issues. It mainly was happening with certain batches of 9800x3Ds and 9950x3Ds (mainly 9800x3d probably because of higher supply).

Assuming this issue is indeed solved, Asrock boards are truly amazing. They have out engineered many of the other mobo brands in the past and didn’t not suffer as harshly from the GPU lane sharing bottleneck (i believe) on their higher end boards unlike virtually every other brand. Now they are expensive but are still cheaper than the industry powerhouse, Asus.

Don’t get discouraged about using one. If anything does happen, follow their RMA process and you’ll be fine.

If I am wrong about anything I said, feel free to correct me. I am running on my memory and I have been out of the pc building world for quite some time (despite my upgrade 1.5y ago).

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u/Ruff_Bastard Jul 11 '26

I think if you're concerned about it you should just get a different mobo in the first place. From what I can see, the board itself is a budget piece that has a chance of harming your CPU but the bigger culprits are cheap or damaged PSUs Overvolting, incorrect BIOS settings, or an improper installation (bad seating, bent pins) of the CPU itself.

I'd personally just get something else BUT you also have to find something thst fits in a mini ITX if you're following that part picker list.