Steam Hardware
A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Deck] - Steam Deck related.
[Machine] - Steam Machine related.
[Frame] - Steam Frame related.
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
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Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to Steam Hardware or Steam OS in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
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Pricing or frig off lahey!
I have a buddy who wants to play Nioh 3 but has problems spending money. This could be his solution but… not if it’s like $1200+
Despite what everyone says, it's probably not going to be cheaper than building your own system, especially since building your own you can skip stuff you don't need and prioritize parts you really want. This just has whatever it has. You don't get to pick and choose. At best, it's going to be about the same price as if you purchased the hardware yourself.
It will be less effort though, so there's that.
I think price estimates are somewhere sub $600. That's all just speculation though.
If its even close to build it yourself the opportunity cost of doing it yourself should be considered. Turn key operation is good.
Yeah, it's something everyone has to consider. That can't really be compared though. It's different for everyone. I think there's also an opportunity cost to buying pre-built to. You won't have as good of an understanding of your hardware.