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Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#11

Post by w1ntermute »

There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see if a significant number of gamers (many of whom are already familiar with building their own PCs) take the initiative to go down this road.

A nice auxiliary advantage of building a Steambox is that you can use it as a full-featured HTPC as well, since it runs a desktop OS.

0: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3706718/forget-the-ps4-an...

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#12

Post by sliverstorm »

w1ntermute wrote: post #11

There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see if a significant number of gamers (many of whom are already familiar with building their own PCs) take the initiative to go down this road. A nice auxiliary advantage of building a Steambox is that you can use it as a full-featured HTPC as well, since it runs…

I did literally just this last week, with an ITX motherboard, a 65W APU (Trinity), and a case to match. I'm quite pleased with the results, and with Big Picture mode (given it *was still Beta)

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#13

Post by squidsoup »

sliverstorm wrote: post #12
w1ntermute wrote: post #11

There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see if a significant number of gamers (many of whom are already familiar with building their own PCs) take the initiative to go down this road. A nice auxiliary advantage of building a Steambox is that you can use it as a full-featured HTPC as well, since it runs…

I did literally just this last week, with an ITX motherboard, a 65W APU (Trinity), and a case to match. I'm quite pleased with the results, and with Big Picture mode (given it *was still Beta)

Would you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#14

Post by sliverstorm »

squidsoup wrote: post #13
sliverstorm wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did literally just this last week, with an ITX motherboard, a 65W APU (Trinity), and a case to match. I'm quite pleased with the results, and with Big Picture mode (given it *was still Beta)

Would you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.

I wouldn't mind writing about it, but I don't exactly have a blog. What is a good medium for a one-shot post like that?

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#15

Post by baq »

sliverstorm wrote: post #12
w1ntermute wrote: post #11

There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see if a significant number of gamers (many of whom are already familiar with building their own PCs) take the initiative to go down this road. A nice auxiliary advantage of building a Steambox is that you can use it as a full-featured HTPC as well, since it runs…

I did literally just this last week, with an ITX motherboard, a 65W APU (Trinity), and a case to match. I'm quite pleased with the results, and with Big Picture mode (given it *was still Beta)

it's not beta anymore.

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#17

Post by Aco- »

sliverstorm wrote: post #14
squidsoup wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.

I wouldn't mind writing about it, but I don't exactly have a blog. What is a good medium for a one-shot post like that?

make a quick tumblr and post it there

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#18

Post by nilved »

sliverstorm wrote: post #14
squidsoup wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.

I wouldn't mind writing about it, but I don't exactly have a blog. What is a good medium for a one-shot post like that?

gist.io

Re: Steam releases Big Picture mode

#19

Post by vially »

sliverstorm wrote: post #14
squidsoup wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.

I wouldn't mind writing about it, but I don't exactly have a blog. What is a good medium for a one-shot post like that?

Google Plus is usually good enough for this kind of stuff
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