I tested the Steam Machine and I really wanted to love it — but I simply can't for $1,049

The Steam Machine does what I want it to do — a well-designed box that brings together the complexity of PC gaming into a couch console experience that’s really enjoyable when it clicks. But at $1,049, the underpowered parts are exposed and it’s left feeling lost in the sea of better-priced competit

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