Depends on if the Valve employee meant percentage increase (+50%) or dollar increase (+$200).

That's set the steam machine at either $650 or $800, depending on which interpretation you're using.

Why would it be the same percentage increase? RAM is only one component of the whole machine. "We were going to sell our airplane for $10 million, but one screw doubled in price so now we're selling it for $20 million."

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kuschku a day ago | parent | next [-]

Because it's not just one screw, at the moment RAM, flash and GPUs are experiencing massive price increases.

And in both machines a similar percentage of their price is caused by these components.

	▲	Forgeties79 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>GPUs AMD GPU's are all still basically MSRP. You can get a 9070 for $600 off amazon right now.

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brailsafe 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because of the proportion of the two critical component increases as a part of the whole. It's not like a screw, more like the propeller or something. I just bought ram at retail price, and in my currency it went from $100 to $600CAD for 32Gb. I can't even justify a nvme drive at this point, the prices are comical.

	▲	kuschku 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I built my current computer in 2020, went from part-time junior engineer to full-time senior engineer, and I couldn't afford to replace that computer at the same specs today. It's unbelievable. I couldn't afford to replace my current NVMe drives (which is why I'm very happy I set everything up with the Samsung 970 Pro, as they're 2-bit drives that will outlast even my grandchildren). I actually had to RMA some RAM yesterday, and even that has gotten so expensive that it now costs more than my entire computer cost in 2020.