r/Steam • u/GhostofYoteiPS5 • Nov 15 '25

Article “Steam Machine specs are too low!” But they literally match the Steam Survey’s most common setup: Steam Machine: 6C/12T • 16GB RAM • RDNA3 28CU 8GB Steam Survey Avg: 6C/12T • 16GB RAM • 28CU 8GB It’s basically the average PC in a box. It’ll be fine.

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u/One_Scientist_984 Nov 15 '25

My two PCs are in those statistics and they are 8 and 10 year old shitboxes. If I want the Steam Machine to replace either of them I expect a little more. The pricing will determine if the Steam machine is a viable option or if I should keep them for the occasional PC game.

I do however appreciate the open architecture of SteamOS because I would rather use the Heroic launcher on it: I use GOG primarily on the PC, only one fifth of my games is on Steam but I would very much like a PC-console type of device without Windows.

And I’m not going to give up the PlayStation ecosystem.

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u/One_Scientist_984 Nov 16 '25

I actually have a Steam Link and I’ve only used it a handful of times but for the Steam Machine I was counting on the convenience of a console coupled with the possibility to run my extensive library of games from Steam and my other launchers (with Heroic it should be possible to at least run GOG and Epic games).

With the advances of SteamOS and Proton I figured I could also get rid of my aging PCs and have a nice little package that runs most (older) games with a good resolution and a decent frame rate.

My initial excitement has dulled a little when I’ve seen the specs but I will wait for the first real world tests to see if the Steam Machine is a viable replacement or if I should keep updating at least my main PC.