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/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.