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Among the 12 partners, Alienware stands atop the mountain as the biggest name and most recognizable brand, followed by Gigabyte — a company with hardware you see all over retail outlets like Newegg. As previously mentioned iBuyPower is in the mix, as is Falcon Northwest, Origin PC, Scan Computers, Zotac, Next, Webhallen, Alternate, and Material.net.
First, we saw iBuyPower’s take on the Steam Machine, an affordable $499 console-like box that was promised to be able to run every available game at 1080p and 60fps.
CyberPowerPC also joined the fray, and released the specs of its two Steam Machine models. Both models are more affordable than a $1,200 affair, with model A matching iBuyPower’s $499 price tag. It’ll pack a 2GB GDDR5 Radeon R9 270 graphics card under the hood, along with an AMD A6-6400k 3.9GHz processor, 8GB of DDR3 dual-channel RAM, and a 7200RPM 500GB SATA-III hard drive. The pricier $699 model I will replace the model A’s graphics card with a 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, and will also replace the AMD processor with a Core i3-4330 clocked at 3.5GHz. Both models will come Steam OS and the Steam Controller, and their motherboards will be of the mITX variety with Bluetooth and 802.11 WiFi, but the $699 model I will upgrade to 802.11ac.
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It's great that there are 12 console hardware partners for the Steam Machine, and buyers are not stuck with buying from Alienware, Origin PC, Faclcon, and other companies which sell Desktop computers for hundreds of dollars more than cheaper brands like CyberPowerPC, iBuyPower. and Zotac.
The $499 Steam Machines from iBuyPower, and CyberPowerPC sounds pretty good for their $499 oruce tag.
I think if they can also easily run Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Windows a long side Steam OS, $499 would be a great deal.
I bet computer companies like Acer, Lenovo, Asus, and HP may eventually release a Steam OS computer/console, or provide an install disc, or USB flash drive to dual-boot both Windows 8.1, and Steam OS on the same desktop computer.
As computer hardware gets cheaper because of newer parts getting release, and sales, I bet in the future there would be a $350-399 Steam Machine from cheaper PC makers like iBuypower, and CyberPowerPC.
First, we saw iBuyPower’s take on the Steam Machine, an affordable $499 console-like box that was promised to be able to run every available game at 1080p and 60fps.
CyberPowerPC also joined the fray, and released the specs of its two Steam Machine models. Both models are more affordable than a $1,200 affair, with model A matching iBuyPower’s $499 price tag. It’ll pack a 2GB GDDR5 Radeon R9 270 graphics card under the hood, along with an AMD A6-6400k 3.9GHz processor, 8GB of DDR3 dual-channel RAM, and a 7200RPM 500GB SATA-III hard drive. The pricier $699 model I will replace the model A’s graphics card with a 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, and will also replace the AMD processor with a Core i3-4330 clocked at 3.5GHz. Both models will come Steam OS and the Steam Controller, and their motherboards will be of the mITX variety with Bluetooth and 802.11 WiFi, but the $699 model I will upgrade to 802.11ac.
Read More
It's great that there are 12 console hardware partners for the Steam Machine, and buyers are not stuck with buying from Alienware, Origin PC, Faclcon, and other companies which sell Desktop computers for hundreds of dollars more than cheaper brands like CyberPowerPC, iBuyPower. and Zotac.
The $499 Steam Machines from iBuyPower, and CyberPowerPC sounds pretty good for their $499 oruce tag.
I think if they can also easily run Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Windows a long side Steam OS, $499 would be a great deal.
I bet computer companies like Acer, Lenovo, Asus, and HP may eventually release a Steam OS computer/console, or provide an install disc, or USB flash drive to dual-boot both Windows 8.1, and Steam OS on the same desktop computer.
As computer hardware gets cheaper because of newer parts getting release, and sales, I bet in the future there would be a $350-399 Steam Machine from cheaper PC makers like iBuypower, and CyberPowerPC.