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People saying just build your own steam machine don't get its appeal
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this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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How are you supposed to learn anything if you don't make the effort of actually learn anything? Do you expect to get everything served on a silver plate? :)
You don’t have to learn everything. People have all kinds of hobbies and not a lot of time.
And I don’t expect anything to be handed to me. I expect to pay extra for people who know what they’re doing to do it for me.
I personally would never do that for a PC because I do have the know how because I enjoy bargain hunting for hardware and building my own rig.
But when I have an issue with my car, I bring it to a mechanic because I don’t have enough time and interest to teach myself how to repair it myself. I‘d rather put my little time into my existing hobbies.
Fair point. I can't argue with that. :)
Idk, I still think it has some merit. It can reduce a lot of troubleshooting when something not playing right. There's 1001 things that can go right and wrong with PC gaming. Reducing the hardware to near zero with a standardized rig takes a lot of headache off IMO.
Some people just want to play games from Steam without all the pc gaming hobby's baggage. They probably already have other fulfilling hobbies they learn from. What's wrong not adding another hobby to go down a rabbit hole?
~~Maybe I'm too optimistic~~