So you'd save $150-$200 building it yourself, around 15-20%. Seems reasonable to me.

$1049 - $979 = $70 (7% savings)

Depends on which model the 979 is competing with and if it includes tax. Do you have a link to the article you saw with this build?

	▲	neogodless 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The comment I replied to... replied to the comment about GamerNexus. They estimated a comparable build (to the $1049 Steam Machine) based on their benchmarks would be about $979.