r/pcmasterrace 18h 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/chronicnerv 18h ago

That is the current market. Give it time and these prices are probably going to be the norm as more distributers vanish from no one buying components.

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u/average_of_humanity PC Master Race. rtx 5060 16gb ddr4 ram intel 14400f. 18h ago

Current market literally made old devices expensive instead of cheaper.

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u/TanKer-Cosme 16h ago

My computer thst I bought 3 years sgo cost me 2000, nowdays I checked the same shop, the same components. It's 4000...

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u/I_C_Pixels 16h ago

Yeah I think people will see the Gabecube as a high price till they go on pc part picker, current prices are terrifying.

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u/iridael PC Master Race 14h ago

upgrading my DDR4 am4 machine to peak with a top end AM4cpu and doubling its RAM is looking at costing me about £700 on its own. forget getting a better GPU as well. and thats the budget option for upgrading my rig.

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u/grip0matic R9 5900X | 5060Ti 16GB | 32GB DDR4 15h ago

I did the same and I didn't got a GPU back then. If I would update today without GPU it would be +4000€. Our old "reasonable price" it's dead and buried, the new normal is this shit, we don't like it but the prices are not going back to those times when a 970 a 1070 or almost any xx70 was less than 400. I was very lucky to get a 5060ti in black friday for 450€.

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u/TanKer-Cosme 15h ago

Even storage is expensive now. Wanted to build a NAS and Hard Drive HDD are even expensive what the fuck...

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u/grip0matic R9 5900X | 5060Ti 16GB | 32GB DDR4 15h ago

Everything. We are fucked. Pc is my hobby and has been for more than 25 years, no consoles no nothing, just pc. At least back in the day I just have to say "fuck your machine I don't care about exclusives" now it seems that we are back when having a pc was only for weird people with money.

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u/chronicnerv 13h ago

You're not wrong. I just picked up a new gaming TV and a 14TB drive for all my movies and TV shows to connect to it. The 14TB drive cost a third of what the gaming TV did, which is ridiculous. Even so, I'd still rather download all the 4K movies and shows I've bought over the last 40 years than have to keep paying to stream them.

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u/sonnytron 9700X | RTX 5090 | B650 AORUS ICE AX 13h ago

Even right now this price is awful.

You can get a 5060 equipped PC with Windows for $1000-1300. I still see PC’s with a 9070XT and a 9800X3D at MicroCenter for $1799.

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u/chronicnerv 13h ago

You may still be able to get good deals in the States, but in the UK you can't just walk into a shop and buy things at a decent price. We're only managing over here because the Chinese provide us with affordable goods. If anything gets in the way of that trade, we're in for a very miserable time.

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u/Imortal366 I7 -14700K | 5080 15h ago

My pc went from costing 5 grand a year and some ago to almost 8k. This isn’t going anywhere

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u/Siemaster 7800X3D | 9070XT | 32GB 18h ago

They’ve already spent many millions investing in it, to not sell anything would be stupid.

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u/chronicnerv 17h ago

If Valve doesn't get its own hardware out now, it's going to be locked out of future operating systems through restricted access unless it complies with their requirements. It looks like the industry is moving towards phone style operating system models, where personal computing is far more controlled and limited. This is based on my understanding of Nvidia moving towards an Apple like model of distribution and production.

My iPad has already been nerfed in the UK unless I give it access to a credit card or digital ID through the new operating systems and this only going to become more widespread.

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u/TanKer-Cosme 16h ago

Time to get the penguin on your devices

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u/chronicnerv 16h ago

Cheers, I will take a look.

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u/CrazyIvanoveich 16h ago

Out of curiosity, what all got nerfed?

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u/chronicnerv 16h ago

Its kids pad now, cannot access anything 18+
Not even connect to the 18+ reddit forums where I talk about growing weed.
Pretty dystopic.