Steam Machine prototype: laying out Valve’s slimline machine (pictures of the Steambox's parts insid

[Splarg]

[QUOTE=Rossy167;42574903]I'm obligated to disagree, it would at least let me have every game I own installed even if I didn't play them.[/QUOTE]

But there's no need for multiple TBs unless you plan on simply [i]acquiring[/i] more videos and games that you have actually have time for. I have 50 games installed, ~200 movies and a few complete TV shows and I've used up about 1 TB across 2 drives.

[64fanatic]

That video card doesn't look plugged in? Or did they do something weird and hardwire it to the board? If not when its plugged in the box will have a bunch of wasted space, should add a hard drive tray above the processor for an expansion option.

[hexpunK]

[QUOTE=64fanatic;42579666]That video card doesn't look plugged in? Or did they do something weird and hardwire it to the board? If not when its plugged in the box will have a bunch of wasted space, should add a hard drive tray above the processor for an expansion option.[/QUOTE]

It's not meant to be plugged in. They just laid out components. Though if it is laid out like that, I expect Valve to use a PCIe thingy for 90 degree angles (I've totally forgotten the word for that).

[TurboDweeb]

[QUOTE=Dead Madman;42574918]Would be sweet if they could recommend certain boxes based on a game-related search in the site, could be so convenient, knowing valve they'll probably do it[/QUOTE]

i'm expecting a unified graphics ratings system, where the Steamboxes will be rated Levels 1-4, and each Steam store page will rank its game's maximum settings by the level of box required for consistent playable framerate

Half-Life 2 would be at LVL1, Portal 2 at LVL2, ARMA III at LVL3, Crysis 4 at LVL4

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=hexpunK;42579836]I expect Valve to use a PCIe thingy for 90 degree angles (I've totally forgotten the word for that).[/QUOTE]

Angled riser card.

[C O Y O T E]

[QUOTE=Grimhound;42558398]Sub-$500 price tag and this wins the day. (I know this is impossible, but let me dream.)[/QUOTE]

With an i7-4770 in, you can keep on dreaming

[Neckbird]

we're gonna start seeing 50gb upward games soon enough

the storage space makes sense

[Del91]

[QUOTE=CottonTM;42576717]Here's a question. Would it be possible to purchase one of these machines that has a titan and swap out my evga gtx 660 with it? Therefore upgrading my desktop gpu and still having a decent card within my steambox?[/QUOTE]

[quote]Can I hack this box? Run another OS? Change the hardware? Install my own software? Use it to build a robot?
Sure.[/quote]

No.

[danharibo]

[QUOTE=wraithcat;42567395]Eh if you just took the NT kernel, threw in a basic win32api, a directX api on top of that you could probably run it off of ram as well and bring the whole thing down to a very small size.[/QUOTE]

"just"

Only Microsoft could do that, and they already did, It's called the Xbox.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=danharibo;42581579]"just"

Only Microsoft could do that, and they already did, It's called the Xbox.[/QUOTE]

And while the idea itself is great, look at the direction they're taking it.