Seriously, this is a pretty good one-day deal. (credit: Syber)
Valve's "Steam Machine"-certified line of gaming computers ranges from affordable to astronomically priced, but while we haven't gone hands-on with most of them, we feel like its lower-end machines at the $500 level offer too low a price-to-power ratio. $300, on the other hand, seems like a fine price for an entry-level gaming PC, with 4GB RAM, an i3 processor, an entry-level Nvidia video card, and a bundled Steam Controller, which is why our eyes lit up at computer maker Syber's one-day, pre-Thanksgiving sale.
While all of Syber's Steam Machine systems have gotten a $200 mark down for this limited-time sale, we're most intrigued by the discount on its entry-level offering. Pricing out each of its individual components (Intel i3-4160 processor clocked at 3.6 GHz, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 1GB Nvidia GTX 750 video card, etc.) at a parts shop like Newegg totals over $300—which doesn't account for the effort necessary to put your own system together, of course.
Even better, Syber's online store offers some cheap ways to pump the specs; we heartily recommend clicking through menus and spending an extra $8 for double the DDR3 1600 RAM, along with $10 to bump the graphics card up to a much more future-proofed 2GB GTX 950. (Should you already have a favorite PC-compatible gaming controller, you can also reduce the total cost by $45 by removing the Steam Controller from the package, which we quite honestly recommend doing.)
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