Before you buy a Steam Machine, you need to know about its RAM issue

The first batch of Steam Machine hardware is shipping with a single 16GB RAM stick. That means lower performance, but easy (if expensive) upgrades.
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Steam Machine loses up to 20% of its performance with its out-of-the-box single 16GB DDR5 SO-DIMM

Gamers Nexus benchmarked the Steam Machine with one and two DDR5 SO-DIMMs revealing a 20% performance improvement by having ...

Steam Machine benchmarks show single RAM stick setup can cost up to 20% performance

Valve's decision to ship its latest Steam Machine with a single memory module is drawing closer scrutiny as early testing ...

The memory crisis is so bad, Valve had to negotiate really hard to secure Steam Machine supply

One day, we'll laugh about all this.