{"podcast":{"title":"The Hardware Unboxed Podcast","slug":"the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","podcast_index_feed_id":6574188,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64db275277fd79001173cfd5","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1692083731574-4d58d6eeb2db7814395e50608e294b95.jpeg","author":"Hardware Unboxed","episode_count":107,"summary":"Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:19:48.468444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188"},"episode":{"title":"Valve Stuffed Up the Steam Machine","slug":"valve-stuffed-up-the-steam-machine","published_at":"2026-06-26T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/valve-stuffed-up-the-steam-machine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast/episodes/valve-stuffed-up-the-steam-machine","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64db275277fd79001173cfd5/e/6a3e256c0ad3211686d7421a/media.mp3","summary":"Episode 105: We give some additional thoughts on how bad the Steam Machine is, and yes, we think it is very bad. Then we chat briefly about the Ryzen 7 5800X3D being re-released. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Yeah we haven't changed our mind on the Steam Machine 16:45 - Microsoft increased the price of the XBOX 21:20 - Steam Machine is the new Verge PC 28:28 - Pre Built as a HTPC 34:33 - Playstation/XBOX is easier to use than Windows 46:22 - Our thoughts on Valve 50:00 - 5800X3D is back and a good buy? 1:01:24 - Updates from Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Episode 105: We give some additional thoughts on how bad the Steam Machine is, and yes, we think it is very bad. Then we chat briefly about the Ryzen 7 58…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4405,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/episodes/valve-stuffed-up-the-steam-machine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/valve-stuffed-up-the-steam-machine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}