Drivers, optimised OS experience, attractive packaging, maybe some slight improvements over trying to purchase parts individually.
Nobody really does prebuilts for running linux with gaming in mind. I have built many a PC over the years but long gone are the times of (aud) 5 dollar ram sticks and 300 dollar last gen GPUs. Even peripherals have gotten stupid, monitors chasing ridiculous resolutions and refresh rates or having displays not well optimised for video games.
You can hunt around, and if prices settle a bit I might try and build a microatx for couch gaming but I’d be surprised if I could beat their price without spending some serious time bargain hunting.
building your own sucks and it’s a million times worse if you have to go through a vendor RMA process. A lot of services now let you spec yours and they’ll build and test (at least make sure it boots) for you and I much prefer it at this point
i personally see it as a device thats easy to point to. if soneone doesnt know pc gaming well, its an okay box to point at at the surface level without needing to look up prebuilt prices.
At that rate why not just build your own pc?
Having a hardware software combination that was actually tested by the vendor is nice.
Drivers, optimised OS experience, attractive packaging, maybe some slight improvements over trying to purchase parts individually.
Nobody really does prebuilts for running linux with gaming in mind. I have built many a PC over the years but long gone are the times of (aud) 5 dollar ram sticks and 300 dollar last gen GPUs. Even peripherals have gotten stupid, monitors chasing ridiculous resolutions and refresh rates or having displays not well optimised for video games.
You can hunt around, and if prices settle a bit I might try and build a microatx for couch gaming but I’d be surprised if I could beat their price without spending some serious time bargain hunting.
I feel like 95% of PCs, probably even gaming PCs, are bought prebuilt anyway.
building your own sucks and it’s a million times worse if you have to go through a vendor RMA process. A lot of services now let you spec yours and they’ll build and test (at least make sure it boots) for you and I much prefer it at this point
its a device not for everyone.
i personally see it as a device thats easy to point to. if soneone doesnt know pc gaming well, its an okay box to point at at the surface level without needing to look up prebuilt prices.