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PS5 Pro or a gaming PC? Thumbnail with a screenshot of the PlayStation Blog price list showing PS5 Pro at $899.99 in the US, read Nov 3, 2026

PS5 Pro or gaming PC? At today's RAM and GPU prices, the $899.99 console is the cheaper way to play

Should you buy a PS5 Pro or build a gaming PC right now? We read today's prices from Sony, NVIDIA, Valve and two price trackers. A mid-range graphics card plus 32GB of RAM alone now costs more than the console, so the answer depends on what you already own.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 8 min

Is the Steam Machine worth $1,049? Thumbnail with a screenshot of Valve's Steam store listing for Steam Machine 512GB at $1,049.00 and a card showing the PS5 Pro US price of $899.99, read Nov 6, 2026

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Is the $1,049 Steam Machine worth it, or should you buy a PS5 Pro or build a gaming PC?

The Steam Machine costs $149 more than a PS5 Pro and has a quarter of the storage, but online play is free and your Steam library comes with it. Prices read Nov 6, 2026 from Valve, Sony and a GPU price tracker, what the box actually runs at, and who should buy which.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · 8 min