Although steampunk is not my cup of tea, I like hand-made, idiosyncratic designs made from natural materials.
The thing about Steampunk stuff is even after the electronic gubbins stop working or become obsolete, it will still be worth something purely from an aesthetic point of view.Obviously ,you'd need sympathetic interior design to show it to best effect as well.
They are a work of art and a computer etc plus they are totally original one-offs which is next to impossible to find in the world of electronics.