Aug 20, 2026, 10:08 AMThe Steam Machine is indeed incredibly tiny, few things for reference here. But what I haven’t heard people saving is how heavy it is, it’s quite dense, I’m surprised.
- Aug 20, 2026, 10:08 AM
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NicholasBuzzrednicholasbuzzred@masto.aiAug 20, 2026, 10:17 AM@djlink follows with interest!
I love building my own machines but its time consuming and now super expensive, wondered if this might actually be a good Idea- even considering their price!
- Aug 20, 2026, 10:20 AM
@nicholasbuzzred yeah, I built all my machines as well but was tempted when I got the invite email even at this crazy price. I have a friend who said he'd take it off my hands if I regret within a week so I decided to take my changes with less risk. I suspect in a few months the "we can build cheaper" will be gone and will just be "we can build more flexible", SM prob has some future months price increases factored in
bakachubakachu@infosec.exchangeAug 20, 2026, 10:31 AM@djlink makes sense as they crammed the power supply in there, and a massive heatsink
- Aug 20, 2026, 10:33 AM
@bakachu was just seeing some teardown photos and it’s just a massive heatsink mostly ahah