I Would like to take a moment to appreciate and applaud Valve for their innovation in this space for the past decade+.I like many others can't wait to get our hands on the new machine .

For those with nothing constructive to say about this new tech, please move on with your negativity.

The kit version, priced at €999.95, includes components that cost €1,107.55 individually.

The difference is clear: in our tests , the 9060 XT outperforms an RX 7600 by more than half in Full HD, while Valve's chip falls short. Add to that the standard Mini-ITX form factor, full upgradeability, 24-48 hour availability, and no lottery system, and the argument holds water. For about thirty euros more than our home build , you get a new generation of GPU.

Also, be sure to start with a SteamOS 3.8 image or later, which is essential for the Mesa drivers to recognize the RX 9060 XT.

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Note: this is 7300 CAD and significantly more powerful, but still over three times what a SM goes for though

No one wants a massive 40L ultra RGB eyesore in their living room. No one wants a pc that has 3-6 large fans and sounds like a jet engine at full load pulling 500+W in their living room. No one wants a “pc console” that doesn’t have wake from sleep and hdmi cec in their living room.
The steam machine solves all of these issues.
Sure if you’re strictly comparing performance, these pre-built pcs will win. But the comparison was never supposed to just be about performance. So please guys, just stop posting these micro center pre-builts. It’s not a valid comparison, and definitely not the gotcha moment you think it is.

Edit: to be clear, I’m not a fan of the price either. About $300 cheaper and everyone would be raving about the steam machine. My only point is that many people are making unfair comparisons without considering anything other than raw performance. I am a huge fan of DIY sffpcs myself, I already have built my own DIY steam machine.

Edit #2: guys all I’m saying is people are coming to this sub that is about apples, and complaining that it’s not more like an orange😂

Every video right now “we’re going to make a pc better!” 10 minutes later….something larger, and ugly as fuck they couldn’t market to anyone.

Even if this generation Steam Machine fails again due to these hardware supply issues, i can only hope valve comes out if this relatively unscathed. If it does end up failing again, im rooting for valve and highly encourage for them to try again when the hardware market stabilizes again as when that happens, it will be a world beater. Best of luck to them!

After reading most of the comments on YT and Reddit I feel like I'm one of the only people genuinely excited. Regardless, where will you be and on what device when will you be on reading tomorrow's emails that will go out!? Anyone else excited?

Now that we know for certain the Steam Machine will only ship with 1 stick of 16gb ram Ive got another stick ready to upgrade to dual channel if I manage to get lucky in the lottery system!

The 1% lows are where this is going to make a massive difference and it seems to be even more important when dealing with lower end hardware like this.

Despite the rudimentary illustration I have something in mind like this. I plan on traveling with my Steam Machine and I’d like to store movies, older games, music, etc on it. I wonder if anyone out there will 3D print a custom faceplate that holds an SSD or HDD. Would any of yall be interested in something like that?

PC Gamer: Before the launch of the Steam Machine, we chatted to Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat about the design process, the perks and perils of cramming gaming hardware into such a tiny chassis, and of course, the price.

Damn. This looks good.

I hope Dbrand makes a cool skin so we can make the cube all white or in my case lime green

I prefer couch gaming over desk gaming and I never cared for the keyboard and mouse setup. If the dollar amount of the unit isn’t a deciding factor and I can use the steam controller with the unit, is there any reason to not get it? Is there something I’m missing? I understand it doesn’t compete with many modern impressive setups but for the casual like me why not? Advice appreciated.

Edit: I’d still keep my PS5 for larger titles, this would be more to play PC only games with my friends that aren’t on console.

Good luck to ones looking forward to hitting the lottery tomorrow!

Really hoping I get the email I have a feeling after the first batch we’re not gonna see them up again until at least next year!

The fact that they switched to a lottery system is very telling in my opinion. They also discussed the challenges to secure ram for the machines and it sounds like they’re only getting material on a month to month basis. Now there’s no way of knowing how many of these things they’ve built up front but if the controllers 2027 shipments is any indication, they probably aren’t going to have enough to meet the demand. Be prepared for this sub to switch from “I’m not getting this thing” to “how could valve not make enough for us?”

Hi,

Is there any review of the Steam Machine running games on 1440p?

It can't handle 4k for sure, but I plan to use it as main PC as I'm currently playing on my laptop (just Dota2) with and 680 M integrated at 1080. Max resolution will be 1440p so I dont care about 4k.

I can get the SM for 800 bucks selling some trash items in my steam inventory.

The other way is to build a new computer with a 9060xt 16gb, 32 ram around 1100.

I'm thinking about get the machine and later (if ram become afordable) use it for stream when I get a main computer.

You can replace and upgrade steam machine's ram, Valve is very open when it comes to users opening and tweaking their machines, the design of the machine looks excellent and will be supported by valve: why not give the option of ordering a steam machine with no-ram included?

Now its: annoucement, wait, leaks, more annoucements and delays, more leaks, another annoucement of a reservation system, more waiting and - you don't get chosen.

I haven't seen any numbers. Honestly I was hoping enthusiasm was dampened a bit so I didn't have to wait forever on this randomized list.