“Not that much smaller” is doing some heavy lifting. Every SFF build or mini PC compromises something, price, size, thermal performance, whatever. Physics necessitates it. It’s perfectly fine for you to not value size so much that a 3.8L case isn’t compelling to you over let’s say a 6L ITX case (or the 8L you really need for a discrete GPU), but it’s also okay to feel the opposite.
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potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days agoHowever, you can build a pc with what the steam machine costs, and the steam machine is not that much smaller than an itx pc. So yeah, I think they can be compared.
ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 days ago
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Except that ot’s not just that. You build something larger but still pretty small and you can upgrade whatever you want, whenever you want. You can also have the same software experience by just installing bazzite. What valve has done for linux gaming is wonderful, but the steam machine simply does not make sense.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 days ago
but the steam machine simply does not make sense for me.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Doesn’t literally everyone post their own opinions? What a dumb comment to make.
ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 days ago
I think you’re just not seeing outside the bubble of the use cases that make sense to you. I already have great daily driver PCs currently running a mix of Bazzite and CachyOS (and Windows, ew), and I have built a couple SFF PCs before, so I’m no stranger to all of that. I can’t speak for anyone else here, but part of why I find the Steam Machine compelling is it covering the opposite end of that spectrum to a degree other SFF options haven’t reached.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days ago
If you already have a gaming pc then this makes even less sense. Just stream the games to your tv using a laptop. Or even better, a steam deck. See that is a device that justifies its compromises by offering an actually unique form factor that lets you game on the go. The “form factor” of the steam machine is “itx but smaller, impossible to repair and just as expensive”. Yeah, no thanks.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The PC won’t be the same size. Or have CEC.
Side note: Seriously how the fuck do normal ass PCs not support CEC?
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Not having cec control is such a minor inconvenience that I honestly don’t even care. Regarding size, between tiny, unfixable and unupgradeable and small but fixabla and upgradeable, the choice is pretty simple. Heck, the steam machine is not even better value than a similarly priced pc. It even performs worse. Hopefully v2 will be better, if there is one.
lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I love that you talk about being “objective” and then make a bunch of extremely subjective statements.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Not taking into account the cec bit, everything else is pretty objective. You’re trading in a few cm² for a lot of unnecessary inconvenience.