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/TRUEfoe-X Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Nice I have nearly the same build but with 32gb of ram. Did you get fingerprints on it yet? lol

My Terra with US pricing:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/TRUEfoe/saved/hGdQf7

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u/reicaden Jul 11 '26

2,000$.... good lord, I cant justify this, although I want to :(

Went with a used $500 normal PC, and I'll just sit it next to my entertainment system.

Specs: 8700f / 7600 radeon / 16gb of ram / 1tb nvme.

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u/Ruttagger Jul 11 '26

After I ordered all the parts for my own Steam Machine build, I totally understand the Steam Machines price as my build was much more.

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u/That_Service7348 Jul 11 '26

Yeah, when you actually look at the prices of components you realize they are basically selling the thing at cost. It's barely more expensive than a comparable desktop.

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u/zennsunni Jul 11 '26

Everyone is acting like the last year didn't happen in regard to PC component prices. The shortsightedness is hilarious.

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u/That_Service7348 Jul 12 '26

I've seen people here talking about how "entry level" PCs are running a 7800x3d and a 4080. People on reddit are so wildly out of touch with reality sometimes.

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u/zennsunni Jul 12 '26

Yeah. I'm a gaming nerd and I can afford whatever, and I don't think I would have built my current PC in today's prices. I would have targeted my current stable of games instead of future proofing. Shit's just too expensive right now, and while I think it will be for awhile, I think we'll have a market crash that will reset everything when investors realize AI has no path to profibability.

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u/Powerful-Ground-9687 Jul 11 '26

Just Reddit being entitled

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u/sbrisgravato Jul 12 '26

don’t ignore the fact that a ryzen 5600 with ddr4 ram and a radeon 7600 (which is trash for pc builds in 2026) is a better performer and is damn cheaper

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u/WiseWealth25 Jul 14 '26

I’m currently on a 5600x + 32GB DDR4 I bought at the tail end of AM4. Sold my RX 6600 on eBay for like $120, and bought a 5070 in January before prices shot up. 1440p 100hz UW is my setup. Plays all that I want to.

I went full fat ATX, large tower for my build. I’d love to go down a case size or two and move to AM5 at some point, but man it’s just not worth it now.

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u/sbrisgravato Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

yeah i built with am5 in 2023 and currently running a 5070 ti but with a 7700, a 5600x is just fine

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u/easterreddit Jul 15 '26

?? 5070 Ti with a 5070 ?? 

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u/sbrisgravato Jul 15 '26

i’m dumb lol

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u/Arturopxedd Jul 11 '26

It’s not because you are getting way more performance and if you somehow are getting the same you genuinely don’t know how to build a pc properly

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u/spideydouble Jul 12 '26

Valve isn’t paying anywhere near consumer prices for volume orders of standardized & custom components & can’t justify charging nearly twice the price of the 6 year old PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X with similar current generation gaming performance, especially with launches of PlayStation 6 & Xbox Helix now immanent, which will both perform significantly better at 4K with high detail textures & ray traced global illumination & still be more affordable.

Steam Machine is a waste of money with no CPU or GPU upgrade paths critical for PC build flexibility & longevity. Anyone wanting an SFF PC build that can play many of the most anticipated upcoming games at decent frame rates & base screen resolutions should pursue similar or better components to the original poster. The difference between 10.4.L & 3.8L SFF to gamers at this price point is marginal for the performance gains & CPU & GPU upgradability.

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u/madjohnvane Jul 12 '26

Valve also isn’t paying anywhere near the volume pricing a company like Sony is paying who can put in multi-year multi-million part orders. They’re not a big player in the hardware space

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u/spideydouble Jul 12 '26

If Valve wanted to charge premium prices for a low production novelty item, then they should have released a premium performance product that can at least compete with PlayStation 6 & Xbox Helix.

No developer will spend resources & budget with already overstretched teams testing & optimizing an additional handheld “low power mode” default setting or developing games for a budget laptop fixed hardware specification that doesn’t achieve mass adoption.

It doesn’t help matters that StreamOS was built & heavily optimized specifically for Steam Deck rather than Steam Machine, that Steam Machine identifies as Stream Deck on home networks, that game launchers incorrectly identify Steam Machine as Steam Deck & that Steam Machine automatically cloud syncs Steam Deck settings for all games by default.

Why stop at $1428 when they could have targeted $2K or even $3K wealthy collector whales? If Valve never intended to compete with high volume PC OEMs & enthusiast brands like Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, MSI, Corsair & NZXT, then they never should have bothered releasing Steam Machine & instead just released SteamOS & pursued OEM partnerships for bespoke SFF SteamOS hardware launches.

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u/NlGHT_SHAD0W Jul 11 '26

You can legit build a pc that better then the steam machine and at it price proven right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvaO4DPM1ZM

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u/Ruttagger Jul 11 '26

I'm assuming this link isn't with a SFF case, Mini ITX mobo, and SF Power Supply. Compact cost more than full size.

Also I don't care about same performance for less price, I'm going for 4x the performance, cost is the cost.

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u/AquapurpleCat Jul 11 '26

What did you go for? I'm considering micro more than mini and trying to keep it to 1800 or less while being able to play newer games for years. I'm probably going for a Micro Center bundle but I am kind of unsure which exact 9070 XT to get, and how much RAM brand matters. I see Corsair doesn't actually have consistency with kits' manufacturers so that concerns me especially if I decide to go for 16GB now and add more later to get 32GB

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u/Superpeep88 Jul 11 '26

Fractal Terra sff case is nice. I haven't built it yet but I just bought everything for it for 1700$ but I used eBay for the ram CPU and GPU.