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Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

Drivers, optimised OS experience, attractive packaging, maybe some slight improvements over trying to purchase parts individually.

Nobody really does prebuilts for running linux with gaming in mind. I have built many a PC over the years but long gone are the times of (aud) 5 dollar ram sticks and 300 dollar last gen GPUs. Even peripherals have gotten stupid, monitors chasing ridiculous resolutions and refresh rates or having displays not well optimised for video games.

You can hunt around, and if prices settle a bit I might try and build a microatx for couch gaming but I'd be surprised if I could beat their price without spending some serious time bargain hunting.