'$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite — DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6

A DIY Steam Machine utilizing a modified PS5 APU on an ASRock BC-250 mining board has been showcased by ETA Prime. Despite having reduced GPU performance compared to the base PS5, the setup offers satisfactory performance for 1080p gaming. Overclocking the GPU to 2000MHz allowed for impressive frame rates in various games like Left 4 Dead 2, Spider-Man 2, The Witcher 3, Forza Horizon 5, and Cyberpunk 2077. The ASRock BC-250 board, originally designed for mining, required BIOS updates and has limitations like a single slow PCIe 2.0 x2 M.2 slot. Despite these quirks, the DIY Steam Machine represents an affordable entry point into PC gaming, with estimated costs ranging from $200 to $300 including storage and a power supply.