When Valve introduced its Steam Machine cube gaming console/PC, the gaming community began questioning the hardware choices and Valve's performance claims. However, a Valve engineer stated that the Steam Machine is more powerful than 70% of gaming PCs on the market, based on Steam Survey data. It fe...
Most people as in the VAST majority get the cheapest thing they can find and then use it as long as possible.
You functionally are always 5 years ahead of the curve of you buy the best thing available and then use it for 5-7 years.