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I made a cheapo steambox for my nephew (europe.pub)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by captain_spicard@lemmy.world to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I was mildly disappointed with Vavles pricing, so I told my nephew i'd make him a Bazzite system. He plays simple games.

Specs: Ryzen 4650G 450W PSU B550 Asrock ITX board 16GB DDR4 @3600MT/s 1TB PCI-e 3.0 Nvme Coolermaster 240 AIO (somehow crammed in) Silverstone SG-13 case

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[โ€“] diegantobass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Beautiful! And you are a really cool uncle. My nephew asked me about building a PC recently, but my answer was "I'm so sorry for you...how about getting a proper external screen for your old laptop ?"

[โ€“] EonNShadow@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

Getting a nice monitor will save them a couple hundred bucks when they go to build a proper desktop

That and peripherals

The next step with the current market would just to be patient, buy individual parts when you can and eventually you'll have enough for a working system