This is the whole point of Steam OS. It’s not embarrassing for Valve. The only reason this doesn’t already happen with Play Station and Xbox is because its illegal.

Every SteamOS install is a finger in the eye of Sony and Microslop and I’m here for it.

Good, keep up the competition. Make it popular to build and sell “Steam Boxes” or “Steam Machines”. The more the merrier.

Even at the current crazy prices, this seems pretty expensive. For this kind of money I’d expect at least a 9060XT.

It’s still $999 for a 7500x3d+5060 at microcenter. Why get “steam machine at home” when you can just get an atx build that runs circles around it all.

If you have some patience it’s very possible to find a deal out there just by looking at slickdeals every now and then until something pops up, but the best time to buy would have been before November '25… but there are always deals from time to time if you are patient and keep looking.