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Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
I've seen mITX cases that barely hit 70C, they can be cooled as efficiently as a full tower and be just as quiet as long as you have a decent case. Also if this is right, I don't know how you could make a cheaper PC yourself CyberPowerPC - $499 and up CPU - AMD/Intel Core i5 CPU Graphics - AMD Radeon R9 270/Nvidia GTX 760… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
Not sure if you have been following along but... you can use these machines as computers. They come with the SteamOS already installed, and it has its own desktop interface as its build on top of a linux kernal. Additionally, if you wish you could install (or dual boot) to windows as well. Pop in a keyboard and mouse and… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
This is the game that Portal was based on. [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CabdPVthqw"]Narbacular Drop Playthrough - Part 1 - YouTube[/ame] Valve hiring the team and supplementing them with resources, artists and coders had a huge impact on the resulting 'Portal'. Same goes for DOTA. They didn't conceive the… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
LOL, correction: Steam Machines :P I see where you're coming from Two Listen, and honestly I'm surprised at the price points too. I really think it comes down to comfort. The market's definitely there. It's certainly the minority of the console and PC markets, but it's there. (Like the green party.) I don't think Valve… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
People said the same thing about Apple and they seem to sell hardware just fine. :) This sounds like the exact same stuff that goes around whenever someone asks for advice on buying a Mac. The spec sheets come out and people crow about how they can build a better machine for less money and, as with those Apple threads,… -
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Yeah, not feeling the lack of diagonals either. It's actually a very strange design decision coming from valve - if they are clever enough to realize that simple, old school push buttons are much better than fancy touch input for ABXY, they should also know that separating a d-pad into 4 individual buttons is a terrible… -
Steam box hardware announced at CES
So, looks like info on the steam box hardware is coming in. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-07-several-steam-machines-specs-and-prices-revealed Seems like basically pre-built PCs with huge variance in hardware, running steam OS? I'm a bit surprised to see such variance in the hardware, if you're going to go… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
I think I kinda get the idea. The idea of having a cool living room gaming pc is alluring. But the question that keeps coming to my mind is....who is this for? Console gamers are happy with the simplicity of a console. Why would they buy another box? PC gamers are happy with upgrading/customizing their existing hardware,… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
Honestly, if these are 'steam machines' then why bother differentiating them from PCs at all? Seriously, 90% of those are just micro atx PCs. Hell, according to this site, some of them actually come with Windows installed, instead of SteamOS. So basically, some companies jumped onboard and labeled themselves a Steam… -
Re: Steam box hardware announced at CES
The way i see it. Valve is washing off the responsability of making the hardware bundle that can be accepted by the consumers. Which is smart. They'll just let the different companies sort it out and come up with their steam box and see which one works. They just put SteamOS and they are happy. Also... These steamboxes…
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