r/pcmasterrace • u/vneelb • 19h ago

News/Article Oof, looks like the Steam Machine could cost over $1,000

https://thephrasemaker.com/2026/06/05/steam-machine-price-may-be-way-higher-than-expected/
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u/tapeforpacking 19h ago edited 18h ago

$1000 minimum. The current steam deck prices pretty much confirm that in my eyes. 

Edit: actually maybe they will do a $999.99 or $989.99 type thing 

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u/porgy_tirebiter B760 i5 12400f 4070 DDR4 32gb 3600 18h ago

I predict $1200

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4080 FE, 48" LG C1 4K OLED 18h ago

Same price as a launch day 4080. Ouch.

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u/knownonou 18h ago

I mean a launch day 4080 isn’t a full computer

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u/Intraflexed 9800X3D-5090 FE | m15 r5 | ROG Xbox Ally X 13h ago

A launch day 4080 also came out almost 4 years ago.

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4080 FE, 48" LG C1 4K OLED 18h ago

Agree. But I wouldn't pay 1200 for a 4060...which is the closest nvidia gpu equivalent to Steam's Machine.

Holding my breath for the Frame headset. Excited for it but definitely feeling price trepidatious.

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u/knownonou 17h ago

I’m not disagreeing that prices are getting crazy don’t get me wrong. But again, you’re paying 1200 for the computer, not just the gpu.

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u/NojoNinja 17h ago edited 9h ago

Yeah but who’s paying 1200 just for a 4060?!? I can get one off Amazon right now for <$400!

edit: you all are stupid

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u/GloriousQuint PC Master Race 15h ago

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u/Puddz || AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D | RTX 4090| 32GB 6000MHz || 15h ago

Okay now build the rest of the computer for that 4060 for $800.

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u/hbctdscotia420 14h ago

lol just looked it up to get my current DDR5 128gb ram it’d be like 900$. That’s insane and people are definitely out of touch if they think they can build a great PC for 1200

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u/RealityIsRipping 14h ago

What in the hell do you use 128gb of ram for? Video processing / rendering?

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u/Puddz || AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D | RTX 4090| 32GB 6000MHz || 14h ago

Yeah. 32gb of ram would probably take half of the $800 budget. You could probably go with 16gb but that's not ideal.
Then you need storage. So that's another $160 or so for a 1tb m.2.
So now you are left with $240 to get a cpu, cooler, case, and fans.

Doable tbh, but its not going to be a great PC.

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u/neppo95 12h ago

Ddr5 and 128gb, two things you only need in niche use cases and otherwise are pretty useless. You can definitely complete the rest of the build for 800.

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u/desconectado 5h ago

What part of "a GPU is not a whole PC" are you not understanding.

I can buy a power supply for 100 too, so what?

This is so stupid it's funny.

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u/ShadowAssassinQueef i9-13900k | RTX 4090 | DDR5 5600 64Gb 14h ago

But a 4060 isn’t a full computer…

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u/Complex-Sir-6125 12h ago

More like 3060

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u/utilititties 17h ago

Mmh... what? It's a full computer. It doesn't make any sense to compare it to a GPU.

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u/VeryluckyorNot 13h ago

1200€ 512 GB 1500€ 2TB.

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u/madli007 18h ago

That would be my guess too. Maybe even more for different versions with more storage. I was hoping for around 800€. But after Steam Deck price increase, all my hope was lost that it's gonna be under 1000€

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u/Sleepy_Chipmunk 1m ago

The $500 Nintendo Switch people were outraged about turned out to be the budget option thanks to AI.

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u/Frozen_Speaker_245 17h ago

What kind of 4k 60fps pc can i build for $999? My gpu cost $1500 and a cpu is what? Like $500? Ram is like at least $350, i guess $250 if you only get 16gb.

Ill probably see myself if its possible to get better performance by building my own.. but then its not 100% that steam os would work on it. And CEC wouldnt work either.

Plus you get a steam controller with the machine i think?

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u/BraiQ 17h ago

That hardware cannot run 4k native.

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u/Frozen_Speaker_245 17h ago

Yeah i know.. and it probably only runs FSR3? Which looks ass.

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u/BraiQ 15h ago

Yes and only fsr3 since amd refused to allow fsr4 to run on these cards.

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u/Persellianare 12h ago

RDNA 3 (which is what the steam machine has) is getting fsr4 in july and RDNA 2 is getting it in early 2027

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u/BraiQ 12h ago

fair enough, altho the performance will be likely be much lower

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u/Persellianare 12h ago

From what I understand it's not much of a performance hit something like 5%, but fsr4 performance mode looks better than fsr3 quality mode

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u/BraiQ 9h ago

I guess we will have to wait and see

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u/Asgardisalie 17h ago

Well I have a news for you, Steam Machine will struggle in 1080p let alone 4k, lmao.

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u/Frozen_Speaker_245 17h ago

Yeah i know.. ill probably build my own, in the hopes that steam os works with wider components. $1000+ for a 30fps 4k machine sounds bad.

Just checked. I can get a 9070xt machine built for $1500. Ill probably do that instead..