It was only a matter of time before Steam Machine clones started crawling out of the woodwork, and there's a box in China for roughly $688. Yes, that is the price I was hoping Valve's mini PC would land for prior to RAMageddon, and its fresh rival promises an RX 6750 GRE GPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD. Smells like a big old scam, right? Well, probably, but there's an important conversation to be had.
Originally highlighted by kaldeqca on Reddit, the Taobao screenshot in question doesn't actually use the phrase "Steam Machine." Instead, it lists the aforementioned specs and lists SteamOS rather than Windows 11, not to mention the white box is roughly the same size as Valve's cube. The part that makes the 4,680 RMB mini PC listing feel like a scam is the mismatched specs, and while that in itself is deceptive, there's probably a real mini PC being sold here.
