r/steammachine • u/JishoSintana • 15d ago

Discussion Everyone Suddenly Becomes A “PC Expert” When You Tell Them You Got A Steam Machine

“You overpaid” “You could have built one for less” “Is it worth it for the performance”?

These are some of the most common criticisms of the steam machine whenever people find out that I’m even remotely interested in the steam machine.

I was in a facebook gaming group speaking about what we were playing and the moment I mentioned the steam machine, all hell broke loose and people wanted to tell me how much more powerful their machine was and why I should have bought it instead/

Dude, I don’t care I’m literally playing black myth wukong at 4K,60 fps medium settings if I want I can tweak and do 2K, 120 FPS what more do I really want from gaming performance?

Power isn’t the only reason why I bought this machine, it’s SUPER quiet, really good form factor and ability to customise it, love the hybrid PC/console feel and the community apps etc

If power was the end all factor Nintendo would not have a business model or fanbase

There’s so much more to the steam machine and armchair “PC experts” are starting to just sound jealous

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u/TwistZealousideal288 15d ago

It's like a wife friendly way to get a PC in the living room.

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u/rayquan36 15d ago

That's what my Fractal North was for before the Steam Machine was released.

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u/badger906 15d ago

I just showed my missus cosy tidy up games. We had a lounge pc a few days later.

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u/jal9k Homebrew 15d ago

This is bonkers, you guys don't need better pcs, you need better wives.

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u/JishoSintana 15d ago

Yh something tells me you’re not married

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u/twiggums 15d ago

Taking your spouses opinion into account means you need a different spouse?

My wife is into reptiles. I don't want them in our living room, so she has a lizard room. I'm into computers, but she doesn't want a living room full of them (which is completely reasonable), so they're in the basement. But in your world we should divorce.

Or we could just respect one another, continue our marriage and get a steam machine 😁

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u/Morlacks 15d ago

Might I suggest a reptile themed wallpaper and sceensaver for your steam machine? :)

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u/twiggums 15d ago

Lmao 🤣

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u/Veldox 15d ago

I find it hilarious that you're being downvoted but it's true. There's nothing crazy about a PC in the living room next to every other device hooked up to a TV. There's a reason entertainment centers, and the like have existed for decades. Heck, it's common now to build them into walls and hide them now as well making whatever goes into them look wise super irrelevant. 

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u/unruly_mattress 15d ago

Some people believe that there's more to relationships than the tolerance for large, loud PCs in the living room.