The appeal of it to me was that I could optimize for price and performance, and not pay a stupid extra fee that basically amounted to them putting it together for me. I don’t know if the places you order parts from now have slowly sneaked a few dollars here, a few dollars there until the prices are equivalent to the old fees, but at the time it was incredibly cheaper.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Yeah admittedly building still largely has the best price to performance ratio. This is why I have never been able to bring myself to buy a gaming laptop even though I really want one. Too many compromises for too high of a price.
Depending on what the next Steam Machine is like, and how it’s priced, I still might build my own again. I would only get the former if they price it really competitively. But if it’s too much, I might hold off on buying a new system all together until something breaks with all these price raises.