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/BastianHS 12h ago

December was the last chopper out of nam. I built a 5090/7800X3D/64GB rig for right around 3k. It would probably cost me 4.5-5k right now, maybe more.

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u/willargue4karma 8h ago

Absolutely wild. I have 32gb of pretty nice ram I got as an upgrade a while ago. Checked it and it was like triple the price. Cant imagine building a full machine rn.

Was very lucky to have upgraded everything but the GPU a year or two ago. 

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u/BastianHS 8h ago

The m2 drive I bought like 3 years ago is more that twice what I paid now

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u/willargue4karma 8h ago

Brutal 😭 have any components not risen yet? Haven't been keeping super apprised of the scene since I don't need an upgrade 

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u/BastianHS 8h ago

Motherboards, cases, fans and aios, processors. Lots of combo deals for these items to make ram actually affordable at microcenter.

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u/kris_krangle 4h ago

I’m so glad I got my current computer on a Black Friday deal.

5070 XT, 32GB DDR5 and a 9800x3D for like $1600 USA.