Steam Machine Teardown

#1

Post by elliottcarlson » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 3:06 PM UTC

Steam Machine Teardown
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Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#2

Post by ToastyMallows » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:00 PM UTC

Damn, awesome specs. I also love the subtle unit marker, very cool idea.

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#3

Post by mikestew » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:00 PM UTC

$500 video card, huh? After complaining that $500 for the XBone was a little pricey (I bought one anyway), building my own got just a tad less appealing. I will be interested to see how much volume pricing brings down the final price at release.

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#4

Post by jonesetc » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

Basically just a small form PC. Pretty much every component that will be messed with is just an off-the-shelf part. Not really any surprises here, but it's nice that it's all confirmed.

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#5

Post by hdevalence » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

mikestew wrote: post #3

$500 video card, huh? After complaining that $500 for the XBone was a little pricey (I bought one anyway), building my own got just a tad less appealing. I will be interested to see how much volume pricing brings down the final price at release.

You can build your own steam machine without a $500 graphics card.

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

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Post by User1398 » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

jonesetc wrote: post #4

Basically just a small form PC. Pretty much every component that will be messed with is just an off-the-shelf part. Not really any surprises here, but it's nice that it's all confirmed.

Thankfully, no proprietary HPU (hat processing unit).

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

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Post by geetee » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

Does anyone remember Infinium Labs and the Phantom[1]? I'm not at all trying to make vaporware accusations. I just can't believe it's been 10 years.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Entertainment

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

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Post by pekk » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

geetee wrote: post #7

Does anyone remember Infinium Labs and the Phantom[1]? I'm not at all trying to make vaporware accusations. I just can't believe it's been 10 years. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Entertainment

What is the point of bringing that up here?

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#9

Post by svantana » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

I don't care too much for gaming, but I'm in the market for a CUDA box, and this looks pretty much ideal...

Re: Steam Machine Teardown

#10

Post by pekk » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:17 PM UTC

User1398 wrote: post #6

jonesetc wrote: post #4

Basically just a small form PC. Pretty much every component that will be messed with is just an off-the-shelf part. Not really any surprises here, but it's nice that it's all confirmed.

Thankfully, no proprietary HPU (hat processing unit).

You will need one to mine Valve's hatcoins