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ZOTAC announce their first Steam Machine (Intel Skylake CPU, GTX 970m)
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Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Why so many HDMI ports?
Four displays, brah!
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Ha, I've been playing consoles too long. Sounds cool!
dampflokfreund
Banned
Its beautiful...
Well it's m.2 so it should be upgradeable if that's not enough for your os and software. Also there is a 1Tb drive in it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Most interesting thing here is them using skylake.
Nope, it's 2.8GB according to the 3GB spec'.
-1 x 2.5 1TB HDD
It has 2 HDDs, a 64GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, not sure why they went with such a tiny SSD though.
It has a 1 TB HDD and bigger SSD for upgrade are quite cheap these days.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Desktop Skylake is probably Q3ish. It'll be my next CPU unless benches show it sucking drastically or something.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Sold.
I am interested in a living room gaming machine and considered a notebook but I would be paying a premium for the chassis and screen that I wouldn't use.
This is right up my alley.
It's MXM as well so potentially you could put a 980 in.
I am interested in a living room gaming machine and considered a notebook but I would be paying a premium for the chassis and screen that I wouldn't use.
This is right up my alley.
It's MXM as well so potentially you could put a 980 in.
martino
Member
I'm not suprised.
SSD don't bring too much for game in the end (sshd is enougth and a good alternative imo) and 64gb is more than enougth for all sytem task/function
By the time it releases 700$ is not an impossible price imo.
Thats what you get from flying through the specs. Thanks for the clarification, now we are talking.
Very interesting.
Same.
That still seems optimistic. Depends on just what CPU it is. But I guess the 970M wont be quite cutting edge anymore. I'd still guess around $1000 at best. Gotta remember these are pre-built, sold-for-profit machines.
michaelius
Banned
That's almost as powerfull as my desktop pc 
Because its more convenient than having one 2.0 and three 1.4 ports or whatever.
Its also just plain less limiting. Maybe somebody wants to have one out to their 4k TV and one out to a 4k monitor.
Apparently PS4 and xbox one do just fine.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Does what it says on the tin, itll probably have a Windows application kind of like a capture card so you can either plug a console into it or a settop box like a DVR or something.
My only guess is maybe they have a heads up on the kind of tech needed for different VR Headsets.
That, too.
Nice bit of kit but hope the colour scheme changes. Hope there are no bright LEDs and they need to keep the USB ports and headphone/mic jacks black with smaller labels.
Also I still have my doubts on sky lake desktop in 2015. Maybe they will use a mobile sky lake cpu which may land late 2015, I still doubt that date too. And I think the other problem is 970m may already be outdated when the machine arrives.
Also I still have my doubts on sky lake desktop in 2015. Maybe they will use a mobile sky lake cpu which may land late 2015, I still doubt that date too. And I think the other problem is 970m may already be outdated when the machine arrives.
OminoMichelin
Member
Looks neat, but I bet it's not going to be less than 800$, optimistically.
MikeE21286
Member
It sounds great on paper but I still don't get who this for
Someone like me.
A lot of these Steam Machines aren't going to be hard-locked in specs and will offer multiple specifications. This one may be available with a 980M unless there's some specific reason it couldn't be used(power draw/heat maybe).