Piston, the Steam living room PC, gets its first trailer
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[QUOTE=Protocol7;39877199]They specifically mention it is going to have a multi-piece motherboard. And I really doubt it's going to be an AMD APU.[/QUOTE]
It says AMD Trinity in the video.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;39877199]They specifically mention it is going to have a multi-piece motherboard. And I really doubt it's going to be an AMD APU.[/QUOTE]
It says "3.2GHz AMD Trinity processor" right there in the video. And I doubt the mobo being multi piece would make it much more expensive, except maybe for higher cost to develop something like that since it's such an unusual design.
[QUOTE=HyperTails;39875777]I can make a computer better than this with a $1000
Fuck that[/QUOTE]
That's not the point...
You obviously can make a better pc with 1000$, everybody can.
The interesting thing here is the size, everybody can get more power in a pc that is about 30 to 40 times bigger
Pricing aside it is still quite an achievement to get that amount of power from something the size of a coke can
I didn't see anything related to valve or steam in the video, maybe this is not the real deal.
ahaha what the fuck was gabe thinking when he endorsed this shit
[editline]11th March 2013[/editline]
personally I'm not too worried about how big something is when it's meant to be placed in [i]the largest room of your house[/i]
size was a really shitty gimmick for a living room console-pc and all it's done is drive the price up, restrict what parts you can use, and most hilariously, remove the disk tray
"what's that? you want to watch a movie? burn a CD? install a game from the disk instead of download it through steam? too bad fuck you"
you could probably make a portable small-case PC for the same purpose for less
[QUOTE=pebkac;39877270]It says "3.2GHz AMD Trinity processor" right there in the video. And I doubt the mobo being multi piece would make it much more expensive, except maybe for higher cost to develop something like that since it's such an unusual design.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, the R&D for the miniaturised modular components probably cost a fucking ton. But if the project was kickstarted, they have little reason to be passing that loss onto buyers unless it went through all their funding.
And even though this claims to be upgradeable, it looks like you'd be buying parts from them, for a ridiculous markup, not worth it really. Yeah making it small is very cool (something the hardware most certainly won't be!), but there is a certain point where it becomes silly. I would considering something of that size for a HTPC, not a gaming PC.
you could literally build a monster rig with $1000
"monster" is subjective but i mean fuck it'll be lightyears ahead of that shit
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