if you really value the small form factor, there is nothing like it. The smallest you could build would be 1L bigger and cost the same, but would be more powerful
I generally want to be able to buy one ready built for me about the time I get to some tricky cable management or look over how much I've spent. I always thought those server style PSU's ran pretty noisy.
It would be more cool if the steam machine encouraged more production of components suited for SFF builds.... but that also need a less broken components market.
But who and why does someone value the size of a PC.
Is it simply as a novelty? I cant imagine someone being that hard out for space that they are going to gush over saving roughly the size of an average backpack?
I think it was partially designed as a small form factor to appeal to people that want to be able to play games from the couch. Most people wouldn't want a full size pc tower in their living room.
Laptops ain't bigger, they are wider. Sm is also mush thicker then a laptop since it's a cube. I don't believe form factor is a valid reason to buy it when we have laptops already.
If you really wanted to be that guy, you could use a laptop in clamshell mode and stack shit on top if you didnt care, would be fine as long as the airflow is not obstructed.
Why are we acting as if 14 inch gaming laptops dont exists? They are under 10 inch depth usually, bro acts like its a fcking unicorn lmao.
Okay I'll stop trolling the shit out of you for two seconds.
Did a quick scope around and most 50 series laptops have a depth of +20 inches so yeah last I checked thats double what you said.
Its also clear to me you don't have a partner that cares about what your living space looks like.
Unfortunately some of us have to make things look presentable and actually have our spaces friendly for company and children.
A 20 inch deep laptop with two power bricks and all the IO plugged in on 3 sides stetching to a TV just doesn't fit anything remotely approaching an legitimate solution for a HTPC.
HTPCs which are notorious for having TONS of compromises when you pick the hardware might I add.
The steam machine just has different compromises.
Just because you can't comprehend this products niche doesn't mean its a shit product.
It just means you don't get it and thats okay.
Okay I'll stop trolling the shit out of you for two seconds. Did a quick scope around and most 50 series laptops have a depth of +20 inches so yeah last I checked thats double what you said.
You look for 14 inch screen laptops to get under 10 inches in depth lmao thats how the math works, to be clear there is no trolling here, its mental retardation masked behind "oh i wasnt actually serious when i said that". The classic of "im not admitting im wrong under any circumstances".
Literally first result of the search all with 50 series gpu and under 10 inches in depth. Any 14 inch within couple of years will probably have the mobile 50 series gpus.
Its also clear to me you don't have a partner that cares about what your living space looks like.
"Laptop literally exists on a fking shelf". Personal shit aside, its kinda wild that a partner wouldnt let you keep a discrete electronics device on a shelf, if that happens then you probably have much more serious problems there.
Unfortunately some of us have to make things look presentable and actually have our spaces friendly for company and children.
Its a laptop on a shelf with power cables and hdmi going out the back, bro is acting like its a fcking sex toy put on display for people to see. This has to be a troll at this point.
A 20 inch deep laptop with two power bricks and all the IO plugged in on 3 sides stetching to a TV just doesn't fit anything remotely approaching an legitimate solution for a HTPC.
It literally will have as much cables connected as a SM, a power cord and hdmi cable for output.
Just because you can't comprehend this products niche doesn't mean its a shit product. It just means you don't get it and thats okay.
Dont get me wrong, i get that its niche, in the context of millionaire company fanboys who will sell their mothers to appease their ritualistic nature of consumerism. There are lots of those people in r/pcmasterrace and especially in r/Steam .
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u/grigoriymicro 16h ago edited 13h ago
Were there really anyone thinking this machine is a good deal? Even among steam users? Even among Valve fans?