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People saying just build your own steam machine don't get its appeal (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by avocado@programming.dev to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Doing it yourself would mean visiting one of those build your own pc forums for help, and I think most people would rather kill themselves.

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[–] accideath@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know, I myself enjoy building PCs. But I know a lot of people who don’t. And they’d rather pay some amount of money more to not have to look up hardware comparisons, find out what works best together, install operating systems, etc. It’s a hobby not everyone enjoys and for those people a pre built and configured system with manufacturer support is great, even if it might cost them a little more.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah, but the OP thinks they must visit a forum to built a specific setup. but that forum is just a pool of second hand info. it can help, but OP doesn't have to, if they dread it.

[–] accideath@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

But you do need to get that info from somewhere, be it forums, tutorials, etc.
And if you have no idea about what makes a computer good (for gaming), that’s quite a hurdle that many would rather not need to get into, by buying something prebuilt/pre-set-up like the steam machine