Comment on Steam Hardware Announcement - (This is wild)
fonix232@fedia.io 1 day agoIt's not that much smaller, and like 80% of the GabeCube seems to be cooling...
The PS5 is that bulky because of the stupid exterior shell design, and that big because Sony went into weird directions with the cooling. Reformat that into a more traditional form factor and you can reduce overall size by 30-50%. Hell, there's gaming oriented mini PCs that are 1/2-1/3 the size of a PS5 Slim, with double the performance...
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Sure, for triple the price. Steam Machine’s draw here is that it will likely be around PS5 Pro level performance for around the same price (they said entry level gaming PC, so I’m guessing base price around 600).
Also, kudos for GabeCube, perfect nickname
fonix232@fedia.io 1 day ago
Triple the price? The fuck are you talking about?
Gaming-oriented mini PCs match the PS5 performance around $300. Around $600-800 you'll even get dedicated (albeit mobile) GPUs.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’d like to see a link to a parts list that provides PS5 level performance for $300 in any form factor.
fonix232@fedia.io 20 hours ago
Any Ryzen 7800/8800/8900 series APU miniPC will bring you close to PS5 performance. Frequently sold around $300-400, with 16-32GB RAM.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I don’t think so.
fonix232@fedia.io 20 hours ago
Fortunately, "I don't think so" is not a legitimate argument, so off you feck.