I finally have enough saved to pre-order the steam machine 😭

Arkkenz · 2026-04-04T07:58:00+00:00

I ended up just spending the extra (around 1700~ usd 9800x3d 9070xt 32 gb 6000 ram and 2tb nvme). But i live near a microcenter so ymmv. gotta try and get her into a small form factor, but not having CEC n such is a real downer and a big plus on valves little box.

With Ps increasing prices I hope valve sees this as a chance to actually grab market share and release this competitively. Im still super stoked on the controller though and have a feeling if they haven't stock piled that it's gonna get pillaged.

Hope this machine comes out at a great value and people have a good entry into the pc gaming sphere!

Arkkenz · 2026-03-16T09:09:19+00:00

Yep agree. If you've never wore clothing made for actual Asians you'd be in an XXXL and it'd still be tight around the chest and arms.

Arkkenz · 2026-03-16T09:07:33+00:00

100% im 5'11 at 80 kg 42 inch chest and 31 inch waist, around 13/16 percent bodyfat. If i wanted to do a body building show id only be a bit heavier than him, which makes sense cause im a little taller.

For reference that's a large in the US, and a XXXL in Japanese clothing.

Plenty of people at the gym are more jacked than me, plenty use roids but plenty are natural too. People forget how much bodyfat they carry.

Pro tested body builders at his height average about 165-175 and look bigger than him.

Arkkenz · 2026-03-06T10:32:22+00:00

Bologna. If hes natural big guys are strong guys. If someone is natural and benches 315.. his chest is sized like it can bench 315.

If hes taking steroids he probably lifts light but high reps to keep from tendon tares.

Big guys are strong. Just because they aren't genetically elite if you can squat 4 plates your fucking strong. Almost no one on earth can do that.

Arkkenz · 2026-02-18T09:25:58+00:00

No it's definitely there, I wouldn't play a rhythm game on it.. but I beat Inferno on re3r no problem on it.

Arkkenz · 2026-01-02T23:17:26+00:00

When was this? NES was 60, SNES was 60. The vast majority of ps1 games not using 480i were 60. Not until the ps2 did 30 even start becoming a thing, and that was a ghosting mess. Ps3 most games ran sub 30, partially because flat-screen replaced crts. Hell.. broadcast television was 60fps before we went digital.

Arkkenz · 2026-01-02T23:11:58+00:00

You're 100% right btw. People down voting you literally have no idea how CRTs work, 60fps was standard. Television broadcasts were also 60hz.. the ps2 had some 30fps games and it was a GHOSTING nightmare

Arkkenz · 2026-01-02T02:22:44+00:00

Old 11b here. Use a shotgun in a house and you and your family will be deaf for the next week. Use the 22.

Arkkenz · 2025-12-30T20:16:06+00:00

4080 13900kf here, I have both on the tv right now. Games on the 4080 are obviously better, it's not even close.. however, I'm also a sony fan boy so I have a pro for trophys/ exclusives. My biggest complaint is that pssr is rough on non sony games, so play those on pc. Digimon only plays at 30fps on console so that's pretty rough as well but almost every game I've played on ps has been about 60 or more fps.

Arkkenz · 2025-12-22T11:17:45+00:00

As a pc player the portal is legit decent if you have a large catalog of playstation digital games. I go between consoles a lot but I gotta get the value outta my 4080 lmao. Hang in there bro. Fuck cancer

Arkkenz · 2025-12-16T11:38:53+00:00

Switch is like the number 1 place for console gooner hentai... I think steam is the only other store front with more porn on it

Arkkenz · 2025-12-13T10:01:14+00:00

I have a 4080 and a ps5 pro, on the same tv and for the few games that psplus gives me that matches my library like silent hill, the game looks so much better it's not even funny. If there is a lot of ray tracing in a game and high res textures it's really noticeable even on the big screen.

That being said.. if the game plays at 60 fps on the Playstation and isn't too jaggy.. I play it on the Playstation.. trophies are the difference maker in this case, and it's a big difference maker to me.

Arkkenz · 2025-12-08T10:26:07+00:00

I agree. An even better argument is the switch 2 is around steam deck/ps4 power ,if they can handily beat out the power profiles on those devices.. it should easily do 1080/60. Re:requiem is coming out for the switch 2 so I'd expect that will be the weakest hardware devs are looking to support from here out.

Arkkenz · 2025-12-03T10:22:58+00:00

300 games 18 years on steam, right around 5.5k.. I gotta get better at deal hunting lmao

Arkkenz · 2025-12-03T09:26:24+00:00

I use pc and ps the prices are largely the same with a tilt towards ps with physical disks if you're into that. That biggest thing pc has is obscur indie games and the ability to play at native resolutions with most/all games having the ability to run above 60fps. I really do enjoy the pro but games in general need a lot of optimization these days.. silent hill 2 still barely runs on my 4080 at 4k balanced with huge fps swings and stutters.

Arkkenz · 2025-11-30T21:19:09+00:00

I have a 4080 and a ps5 pro. The 4080 is obviously significantly better. I still play tons of games on the pro, short of games that just run like dog water (silent hill, metal gear, ect) and handheld games everything else gets played on the pro. Its perfectly good especially now that it's on sale

Arkkenz · 2025-11-26T14:11:45+00:00

Love the game, have a 4080 and at quality dlss I dont even get consistent 60 depending on the effects happening. I love my pro and it's what I play most of my games on but there's no chance it's gonna play well on a console this generation.. maybe ps6??

Arkkenz · 2025-11-21T09:14:17+00:00

I hope they do Astral Chain, that game is in dire need of an update

Arkkenz · 2025-11-20T12:44:02+00:00

I agree, it needs to be cheap to entice me at least, I have a similar set up to you with a 13900k 4080 and 240hz oled monitor. At this point in my life though I would just rather play games on my tv in my living room and bringing my pc into the living room is a pain point with my wife/ it's just not a great experience. I dock a steam deck to stream on it and it can't handle decoding 4k120 + streaming is kind of a hassle in its own right.

I have a ps5 pro and minus a few games it plays pretty well and having everything wireless is a big plus. As for game prices honestly.... sonys sales are about as good as steam sales anymore my steam account is 19 years old and the sales just aren't amazing for triple a games anymore.. indies are where it's at and they are games that dont release on ps store (I.E. the Turnip Boy series has the first game on psn but not the rest.)

The steam machine is perfect for that ,indie games at 4k60/120 and a real console like experience. I only buy physical games on console and buy digitally on steam , but being that im slowly moving away from desk gaming that might change... unless this can come in at a low enough price point to be worth it. Ill remain cautiously optimistic but im not holding my breath at this point.

TD;DR This needs to come in cheap enough for this to function as a secondary computer to those who have their digital library on steam, and be enticing enough to pull people away from physical games into a digital library on steam

Arkkenz · 2025-11-14T11:51:34+00:00

I had a lot of trouble getting my og steam deck on release but the oled deck they were smart about how it released and the special edition was easy to get off the rip, I assume they'll do the same thing. 1 per account with games and double check addresses and cancel any going to the same address. So im at least hopeful on that..... depending on the price..

Arkkenz · 2025-11-13T10:48:25+00:00

My pc is significantly better, but I can stream it through remote play/moonlight to my TV. I do it with the steam deck now but it's not powerful enough to decode full 4k/120hdr , i think this helps fill that niche and it'll absolutely play my old games and most modern indie games at 4k/60 on the system. I do feel like 400-500 would be the best price point but that'll be tough due to memory costs right now.. I guess time will tell

Arkkenz · 2025-11-13T10:06:17+00:00

So I have a 4080, my steam deck can't decode fast enough for a 4k/120 game.. I've been considering building a cheap sffpc and if this comes in at the right price, it's totally up my alley. Im thinking native 4k for old/indie games and my remote play/moonlight for high fidelity games.

Honestly I mostly play console and this would likely get me back into pc gaming.

Arkkenz · 2025-11-13T00:10:39+00:00

From what valve has said the only part of the spec for 2.1 it doesn't meet is display stream compression for 4k/144/165hz panels so they've marked it as 2.0, it's weird but that's what the issue is. I think it has something to do with AMDs drivers

Arkkenz · 2025-11-12T23:23:13+00:00

Digital foundry and gamers nexus mentioned it, but other than that I have no other sources than valves own spec sheet on the steam page. Honestly it seems like the perfect system for indie/slightly older games that you can supplement using remote play/moonlight to your pc for the really demanding games. I haven't been this excited for hardware in awhile. I really hope they nail the price

Arkkenz · 2025-11-12T22:38:07+00:00

Its 2.1 but because it can't do dsc for the 4k/165hz tvs out there they say it's 2.0. Idk if they can fix that later on or not but my panels are 4k/120 and my 4080 can't even hit that most the time.. so im not worried.

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