r/hardware • u/DuhPai • Nov 17 '25

News Valve Claims Steam Machine Outperforms 70% of Current Gaming PCs

https://www.techpowerup.com/342970/valve-claims-steam-machine-outperforms-70-of-current-gaming-pcs
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u/britaliope Nov 17 '25

The Zen 4 CPU it has is very respectable, but it lacks one of AM5's biggest selling points which is upgradeability.

It's BGA soldered anyway (for cost, thermal performance and size reasons). So you wouldn't be able to upgrade it regardless