{"slug": "building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible", "title": "Building a better PC than the Steam Machine for cheaper: is it possible?", "summary": "Valve's Steam Machine is overpriced and underpowered due to soaring component costs driven by AI investments, making it a bad deal. A better PC can be built for cheaper, challenging the value of Valve's console.", "body_md": "I'm truly, genuinely sorry to everyone who was looking forward to helping Gabe Newell buy a hundredth yacht, but it's just an unavoidable truth: the [Steam Machine is kind of a bad deal](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/23/valves-steam-machine-will-run-you-at-least-a-thousand-dollars.html), guys. Valve's overpriced, underpowered little cube is just the latest victim of soaring component prices driven by investment in AI, because who cares if you can't afford a computer as long as the most racist person you know can make his virtual girlfriend say a slur. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/24/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.html)\n\nThe post [Building a better PC than the Steam Machine for cheaper: is it possible?](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/24/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/06/24/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.html", "published_at": "2026-06-24 16:46:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-24 18:16:16.338944+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Valve", "Steam Machine", "Gabe Newell", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-a-better-pc-than-the-steam-machine-for-cheaper-is-it-possible.jsonld"}}