haha. i may just skip the ouya and get this instead. its tiny, so i'll be able to get emulation/media box AND steam support. love it.
Hope you realise the huge price difference.
haha. i may just skip the ouya and get this instead. its tiny, so i'll be able to get emulation/media box AND steam support. love it.
Hope you realise the huge price difference.
Is that picture the actual machine they are talking about, or did they simply take an existing machine that this company sales and slap "Steam" on it because the real machine hasn't been shown? Serious question, btw.
Is that picture the actual machine they are talking about, or did they simply take an existing machine that this company sales and slap "Steam" on it because the real machine hasn't been shown? Serious question, btw.
Uhh, so...
no discrete GPU? Sounds wonderful.
If this was the steambox it'd be underwhelming, but as it is it actually looks pretty cool. I might get it.
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If it is cheap, color me interested.
I need a good gaming pc, since I only have my laptop and it is pretty crappy (and no, I don't have the money to build a gaming pc, not even a normal one)
I don't get it, if you can already buy them from their site and install steam with windows, then what's the point of buying a Linux version with barely any games?
I don't think this will be particularly cheap (or a particularly good gaming PC). Awesome industrial design though.If it is cheap, color me interested.
I need a good gaming pc, since I only have my laptop and it is pretty crappy (and no, I don't have the money to build a gaming pc, not even a normal one)
Hmm this looks like an older model. Details from the other page list up to 1tb ssds and 8gb ram. Can't help but wonder how much the Valve one will be with the updated specs.
THE X7A MODULAR™ COMPUTER
Power-Friendly Performance
Power-users and gamers: start your engines! The X7A Modular Computer is like a high-performance race car housed within extremely compact chassis. Powered by a Quad-Core processor running at up to 3.2GHz, integrated with up to 384 graphics shader cores, and 4GB or 8GB of DDR3 RAM, the X7A handles graphics-rich games like Crysis 2 with ease. The X7A runs 3 high-definition monitors simultaneously, has four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, four eSATAp ports, four USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, and up to 1TB of super fast solid-state storage inside the chassis. At a price point starting under $1,000 and operating a very power-friendly 40 watts, the X7A Modular Computer gives you a whole lotta bang for your buck.
Surprised that its not. I'd buy it if Steambox is a companion cube.IT'S A COMPANION CUBE!
DUDE, I can totally see the Steambox being a companion cube using this very exact design. A definite possibility imo.IT'S A COMPANION CUBE!
I'm still not seeing anything in that video that shows that picture is The Steambox. I realize it's a picture of an existing Xi3 model.
I'm wondering if they are just using those pics as PR and the actual Steambox will be larger? In this scenario they take a pic of an existing Xi3 model and slap a"Steam" pic on it. Is there something that shows that is the actual model of the Steambox?
Seriously, how can you not love this design? It's both beautiful and functional.
It's a single piece of extruded aluminum, with great end-to-end airflow from the sides and tons of ports on the back. Pretty much how I'd want my tiny computer to be built, if I were into such things.
Of course, its size puts it into a power bracket far below what I like to game on, but I can't argue with the design.
Processor Standard- Athlon Dual Core 3400E 22W - 2G DDR2
Hard Drive Standard- Internal 16G SSD
Mounting None
Keyboard/Mouse None
Operating System Standard- openSUSE Linu
Optional CPU's:
Athlon 3100 2.0GHz 25W - 2G DDR2 (Z3RO Modules require a Dual Core processor)
Athlon 2000+ 8W - 2G DDR2 (Z3RO Modules require a Dual Core processor)
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it will be interesting to see how many of those will crash and burn
i wonder how many more steamboxes we'll see?
I imagine the size being economically sound and the design being fucking sexy comes with a heavy compromise on power.Why is it underwhelming?
Xi3 haven't released any pictures, these are just pictures of their existing systems. I suggest that we wait until Valve show it off in their booth.