Steam Machines Pictured

[wansie]

Engadget got there hands on a prototype steam machine:

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/04/valve-steam-machine-hands-on/

 

 

The picture i'm most interested in: ;p

 

I really think this could be big for PC gaming. But still I don't see me buying one... what do you think ?

 

Config of this machine:

GPU:       GTX780

mobo:     Asrock Z87E-ITX

CPU:       Intel I7

Storage:  2.5" HDD

 

Reactions:

+Bring console gamers to PC

+Nice and small

-Very rough design

-With this config, expensive.

-Only room for one SSD/HDD (maybe mini PCIe SSD?)

[ZerueLX11]

Dat graphics card...how did they fit it?

[megadarkwood]

Dat graphics card...how did they fit it?

90degree pcie riser card

[Guest]

That's motherboard must have a really creepy shape for that video card to fit in

[CoolBeans]

Nice, hopfully this will get some of my friends to switch over to PC gaming

[ivhyn]

Is that a 770 or a 780?

The formfactor is amazing. It has the dimensions of a next gen console but 3 times the power

[MetEishYa]

Nice the gtx 780 looks snug in there, awesome to see usb 3.0 on the front. Personally i think it looks good.

[MetEishYa]

Is that a 770 or a 780?

The formfactor is amazing. It has the dimensions of a next gen console but 3 times the power

780 according to the article

"The machine above was somewhere in between, with an Intel i7 CPU and a GTX 780 GPU housed in its snug chassis"

[Guest]

And it'll be expensive as he'll

[KieranThePCGuy]

Hopefully this brings more people over to the PC. If so we could see more support from developers. I would still prefer to build my own, but I'm glad to see this.

[themodernagenb]

Clearly a prototype. The design is very rough. Although, I love the size; I wish more manufacturers made PC cases this small and still have support for most GPUs.

 

If I had to nitpick, I don't like the vent holes... they are all different. Some are rectangles, some are more round, and some are circles... make it more unified please. And I wish there was a ODD slot, even a laptop drive would've been nice. I would've easily bought one of these for a simple HTPC.

[dlf]

Looks like a projector, I'd of thought it'd be like a mid (or larger) tower case. Looks like the size of my old slimline.

[MetEishYa]

Looks like they running an Asrock Z87E-ITX MOBO

 

[Gunzkewl]

Source:http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/4/5063760/we-try-the-steam-machine-valves-video-game-console-of-the-future

[bcredeur97]

i can see people building their own in the near future. Ive actually wanted to build something like this for a long time now.

[xamon]

The verge has an article about using the Steam machines and steam box. On top of it, we have our first look of what the prototypes will look like. They also have a few shots of the different stages the Steam controller went through.

 

You can find it all here: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/4/5063760/we-try-the-steam-machine-valves-video-game-console-of-the-future

[aj101202]

looks pretty cool to me

[AlwaysFSX]

Looks better than the Xbox One..

[LonliestofAll]

This is an engineering feat that Valve has accomplished with how small it is.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Thank god they didn't go with the trackball.

[ciprian97pop]

That steam machine looks so cool

I'm so jelly

[kuddlesworth9419]

Well considering that Steam are not a hardware company they have done a much better job than Sony or Microsoft which have been a hardware company for a while know. Steam managed to fit a 780 into a form factor that is as small as the PS4. That is some achievement. Sony and Microsoft should be put to shame.

[AlwaysFSX]

Well considering that Steam are not a hardware company they have done a much better job than Sony or Microsoft which have been a hardware company for a while know. Steam managed to fit a 780 into a form factor that is as small as the PS4. That is some achievement. Sony and Microsoft should be put to shame.

Oh come on, the PS4 looks kinda good. Not as good as this, but it's not bad. The Xbox One though is a massive VCR player though

[beebskadoo]

Looks really cool, but one thing that bothers me is why The Verge gets access to the hardware...

I mean they're a bunch of biased a**holes so all they would do in a review is b*tch about it and say it's not as good as the XBox One. I think AnandTech Or someone more PC oriented should have been the first one with the scoop. Just my $.02

[digitalnav]

Sleek!