Posted November 18, 2015 Amazon: http://geni.us/2wsP NCIX: http://bit.ly/1NaLm4g Steam Machines are finally here, and we're ready for dat sweet Steam experience in the living room. But is it everything we had hoped for?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Yay new video. • OS: Windows 10/10 Pro • SSD: Samsung 256GB 850 Evo Series * • HDD: Seagate 1TB • GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X (SLI) • CPU: i7-4790K OC 4.7GHz Quad-Core Processor • Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) • PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W • RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory • Mobo: MSI Gaming 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Here's a decent steam machine. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z3zYBm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 is it worth it?? no, some day maybe.. not today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Early reports suggest to me, not really. At least not yet. SteamOS has some things that needed iron outed. I'd still just get a windows mATX machine and use steam big picture Intel i5 6600k Powercolor AMD R9 390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 time to F5 vessel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 *immediately F5s Vessel* time to F5 vessel DAMN YOU! Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360 "The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ "Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 @nicklmg wrong thumbnail? Spoiler Code of Conduct : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/95599-linus-tech-tips-forum-code-of-conduct/ LTT beginners guide : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/334934-ltt-beginners-guide/ Read This Before Posting http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/ Spoiler AMD 5000 Series Ryzen 7 5800X| MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi | G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 * 16GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL16-18-18-38 | Asus GeForce GTX 3080Ti STRIX | SAMSUNG 980 PRO 500GB PCIe NVMe Gen4 SSD M.2 + Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) Gen3 | Cooler Master V850 Gold V2 Modular | Corsair iCUE H115i RGB Pro XT | Cooler Master Box MB511 | ASUS TUF Gaming VG259Q Gaming Monitor 144Hz, 1ms, IPS, G-Sync | Logitech G 304 Lightspeed | Logitech G213 Gaming Keyboard | PCPartPicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 @nicklmg wrong thumbnail? no actually, look closely. (though a more obvious one might be in the works) Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360 "The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ "Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 *immediately F5s Vessel* DAMN YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Author @nicklmg wrong thumbnail? That was the YT autograb one. For some reason it chose like, the one of very few frames from this video that were from another video lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 The problem with steam machines is that they target a market that doesn't exist or is extremely small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 That was the YT autograb one. For some reason it chose like, the one of very few frames from this video that were from another video lol. how long until the vessel vid upload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Well, are they, Nick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 My honest opinion is that steam should stay on the desktop. Steam machines target a group way to small to make any profit. Even though i am a hardcore PC gamer, i would prefer to buy a console for "living room gaming," since they are cheap-ish, plus you would get console exclusives. Also, why would any PC gamer want to go from glorious 4k to the somewhat underwhelming standard 1080p Just my honest opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Steam Machines are compact prebuilt PCs with Steam OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Are they worth it? I think Linus' sweater says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 The biggest problem that I see with Steam Machines is that they're made for console gamers, while in the same time having different models with different specs. Console gamers don't want to learn all the CPU and GPU model numbers and which model can play which game. They expect all the games made for SteamOS to run on all Steam Machines. On a console, all you need to know is if you have enough free HDD space left. Linus complained that in Big Picture mode you can't search for games that are Linux/SteamOS compatible (even though you can in the desktop interface), but that's not enough for console gamers. Steam should also analyse you configuration and tell you if you PC or Steam Machine has the minimum requirements for the game that you're trying to buy. And maybe even recommend which graphics quality setting to use based on your specs. Actually, when you buy a Steam Machine, the website should have a list with all the games that can run on it, so that somebody doesn't buy a cheap Steam Machine only to find out later that it can't run his/her favourite game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 So I don't know how Linus totally missed the fact that holding shift turns - into _ on the steam keyboard, the same way you get it on a normal keyboard. Or the fact that you can filter by steamOS on the normal steam interface. But I do agree that there need to be more features in big picture like filtering the games or the ability to use the steam controller as a mouse cursor, which looks like they are going to add in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Somehow the conclusion does not surprise me. Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. - Adam Savage PHOΞNIX Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.75GHz | Corsair LPX 16Gb DDR4 @ 2933 | MSI B350 Tomahawk | Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 8Gb | Intel 535 120Gb | Western Digital WD5000AAKS x2 | Cooler Master HAF XB Evo | Corsair H80 + Corsair SP120 | Cooler Master 120mm AF | Corsair SP120 | Icy Box IB-172SK-B | OCZ CX500W | Acer GF246 24" + AOC <some model> 21.5" | Steelseries Apex 350 | Steelseries Diablo 3 | Steelseries Syberia RAW Prism | Corsair HS-1 | Akai AM-A1 D.VA coming soon™ xoxo Sapphire Acer Aspire 1410 Celeron 743 | 3Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Home x32 Vault Tec Celeron 420 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | Storage pending | Open Media Vault gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04 Diskord Apple MacBook A1181 Mid-2007 Core2Duo T7400 @2.16GHz | 4Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Pro x32 Firebird//Phoeniix FX-4320 | Gigabyte 990X-Gaming SLI | Asus GTS 450 | 16Gb DDR3-1600 | 2x Intel 535 250Gb | 4x 10Tb Western Digital Red | 600W Segotep custom refurb unit | Windows 10 Pro x64 // offisite backup and dad's PC Saint Olms Apple iPhone 6 16Gb Gold Archon Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Gulliver Nokia Lumia 1320 Werkfern Nokia Lumia 520 Hydromancer Acer Liquid Z220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 I also tweeted this to Linus a week ago but didn't get a response, so lets try it here. At the 3:00 mark Linus says that those are USB 2.0 ports, why is there a USB 3.0 logo on the ports? Started Folding@Home on 02-05-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 I think this is probably as good as to be expected of a brand new first generation product where the os was basically built from the ground up and can have the option to be updated in the future. I think that in the future if valve is willing to pursue this product category, then there is a possibility that in a short time all games could be made available on steam os and the software could become optimized to the point of being as efficient as or more efficient than windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 This looks like the biggest load of crap, what is the point of it? Linus says it can play Bioshock Infinite at low settings. I'm pretty sure my Xbox360 runs that game on low settings, but that didn't cost £450. But even if I didn't have my PC I still got a ps4 that cost me £300 and what can this do better then my ps4 for the extra £150? Nothing! It does everything worse. Games are going to be better optimise for console any day. I wont bang on about the controller because I haven't used it. All I can say about it is, it ugly. And what video card does it have? "NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ GPU with 2GB GDDR5" Unknown then? My PC: i5 4690k===MSI GAMING 3===980TI===8GB-Corsair-Vangence-Pro-Series===H100i-GTX===EVGA G2 750W===Samsung 850evo m.2 boot drive===Samsung 250gb evo SSD===Seagate-Barracuda-1TB-HDD===NZXT-H440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 Can we really call it a gaming console? I see it as a pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 As someone who games in windows and does works in linux I wish Valve could get their shit together because some versions of linux have good GUI interfaces for doing everyday stuff. As of the moment like Linus said steam machine are not taking on PC nor console. Great job on the steam link though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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