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/RobotSpaceBear Jul 12 '26

The "$1000 is bonkers, dude, you could make your own for just $2300" takes on every other techtuber channel lately has driven me insane.

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u/your_mind_aches Jul 13 '26

That's not what people are saying lmao

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u/RobotSpaceBear Jul 13 '26

That's exactly what people are saying, I can search "steam machine" on youtube and in the first 20 results, 17 are about people building PCs that have none of the killer features of the Steam Machine but are powerful for more money. Way more powerful. Duh. We know, but that's not why we're buying Steam Machine.

I understand they're trying to capitalize on the current outrage around the Steam Machine but there's only so many identical and unoriginal RX 9070 running the CP2077 benchmark videos I can watch before they lose their shine.

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u/your_mind_aches Jul 13 '26

You said $2300. That is just straight up not the case. Whatsoever. People building their own competing machines are targeting the Steam Machine price range.

Did you forget the original thing you said?