Building a better PC than the Steam Machine for cheaper: is it possible?

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.

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 The 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 .