And yeah, you could build your own cheaper.

I call BS.

At what theoretical price point for a Steam Machine, can you match the or exceed the specs, for less cost?

Ok, now also try to do that, and match the Steam Machine’s power draw, and form factor.

… Go on, show me your build, with current US prices.

Unless I somehow missed an actual price announcement for the Steam Machine, I wanna see how cheap you can get an actually comparable build done for.