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Desktop and handheld prices going out of control means PC bargain hunts lead to my old enemy: gaming laptops
📰 James Archer
👤 James Archer
🕒 2026-10-03 00:15:00
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文章指出内存短缺导致低价游戏PC概念被摧毁，桌面和手持设备价格持续上涨，Steam Machine等产品价格突破预算门槛，迫使玩家考虑游戏笔记本。当前预算PC市场（约999英镑以下）难以满足1080p游戏需求，二手市场成为唯一低价选项，但需面对硬件性能落后的挑战。
I don’t know if
memory shortages
have permanently killed off the concept of 'cheap' gaming PCs, but they have at least beat it into a coma. On the desktop side, inflated RAM, SSDs and graphics card prices continue to inflict karmic pain for our years of "It's cheaper to build it yourself" smugness, while formerly affordable handheld PCs are either suffering
40%-plus jackups
or launching above £1K from the off. And the
Steam Machine
! The
poor, square Steam Machine
.
Every few weeks, possibly in denial, I’ll skim through the shops to see what budget games kit actually looks like in this day and age. Across the last five or six rounds, little has changed: the entry point into decent, more-or-less current-spec 1080p play remains stuck in the low quadruple figures, particularly if you’re fully new to PC ownership and need to factor in a monitor and peripherals. There is one exception, assuming you don’t fancy your luck on the
secondhand market
, but giving it a hands-on appraisal means confronting an ancient hardware foe of mine. And you all know how little I like to have my prejudices challenged.
Still, research suggests that yes, this truly is the most gaming PC you can get for under £999. So, um. Here it goes. May...maybe gaming laptops aren’t so bad.
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memory shortages
have permanently killed off the concept of 'cheap' gaming PCs, but they have at least beat it into a coma. On the desktop side, inflated RAM, SSDs and graphics card prices continue to inflict karmic pain for our years of "It's cheaper to build it yourself" smugness, while formerly affordable handheld PCs are either suffering
40%-plus jackups
or launching above £1K from the off. And the
Steam Machine
! The
poor, square Steam Machine
.
Every few weeks, possibly in denial, I’ll skim through the shops to see what budget games kit actually looks like in this day and age. Across the last five or six rounds, little has changed: the entry point into decent, more-or-less current-spec 1080p play remains stuck in the low quadruple figures, particularly if you’re fully new to PC ownership and need to factor in a monitor and peripherals. There is one exception, assuming you don’t fancy your luck on the
secondhand market
, but giving it a hands-on appraisal means confronting an ancient hardware foe of mine. And you all know how little I like to have my prejudices challenged.
Still, research suggests that yes, this truly is the most gaming PC you can get for under £999. So, um. Here it goes. May...maybe gaming laptops aren’t so bad.
Read more