You can pre-order the first official Steam Machines starting today
In case you haven't been closely following the Steam Machine saga, Valve first unveiled its vision of living room domination -- high-powered PCs running a special Steam-flavored version of Linux -- in September 2013. Anyone can shove a PC into a sleek box and proclaim its chops as a seriously console competitor (and we've seen a few already), but really, it's about time these things emerged from the vapor. Up for pre-release grabs right now are rigs from Alienware and CyberPower, which start at $449 and $499 respectively. That base model Alienware Steam Machine will pack a dual-core Intel Core i3-4130 chips, along with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive and a (mostly unspecified) NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Meanwhile, you'll spot one of Intel's Core i3-4160 chips and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 lurking away in CyberPower's poorly named Syber box, not to mention the same (relatively paltry) 4GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive.
Normally you'd have to wait until November 10 to pick all these goodies up, but some immediate pre-order action might mean you'll get your Steam Machine a full month ahead of everyone else.
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BreweerrPosted:
Ehhhhh basically would be buying another gaming pc in which I made mine and I love a PC setup one of the main reasons I got a pc is to get away from crappy console tv crap. But might be worth the money I plan on waiting and seeing some reviews once released completely.
undisclosedPosted:
RarityTheUnicornPryzel Great, but you would be 10x better off just too build your own. But I suppose it's pretty good for the people that don't want to build there own PC.
Well, they aren't a HUGE ripoff like most prebuilt PCs, but you could build your own COMPUTER for less. These are designed for home theater purposes, so they don't waste money on useless stuff that a PC would need, so they can spend more on components useful to movies and games, and they also run on an OS friendly to playing on a couch as opposed to Windows or Linux or OSX if you are that way. Hence, why they are called "Steam" machines, not computers.
htpc are common and can perform better then steam machines. You can also download the steam OS here http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown
VanDykeBrownPosted:
Pryzel Great, but you would be 10x better off just too build your own. But I suppose it's pretty good for the people that don't want to build there own PC.
Well, they aren't a HUGE ripoff like most prebuilt PCs, but you could build your own COMPUTER for less. These are designed for home theater purposes, so they don't waste money on useless stuff that a PC would need, so they can spend more on components useful to movies and games, and they also run on an OS friendly to playing on a couch as opposed to Windows or Linux or OSX if you are that way. Hence, why they are called "Steam" machines, not computers.
SkyPosted:
i'm going to wait, to see what they are like . if it is good i will buy it, it looks great anyway
PryzelPosted:
Great, but you would be 10x better off just too build your own. But I suppose it's pretty good for the people that don't want to build there own PC.
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