I Didn't Know That Steam Machine Is Alienware!?

[Fly Guy]

OMG? I thought that Steam was going to make their own hardware like Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

[Gus the Crocodile]

Alienware is just one of the companies producing Steam Machines.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines

[WhiteKnight77]

Falcon Northwest is making one too and would probably be better than the Dell/Alienware one.

[Fly Guy]

Escrito originalmente por Gus the Crocodile:

Alienware is just one of the companies producing Steam Machines.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines

I don't care. I thought Steam was going to be independent and build their own hardware. I was really excited for them about that. Steam going to compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Not that I would buy a Steam Machine. I'll build my own i7-4790K, Titan X SLI, or AMD R9 390X X-fire, Asus Maximu Hero VII and Asus ROG Swift, 4K, IPS, 60 Hz, G-Sync thank you. No overpriced Alienware for me today or ever. Not saying that Steam Machine is overpriced. Titan X is over priced now and that is the main reason I'm waiting for R9 390X to come out to see how the price war will go.

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Alienware is a subsidiary of Dell computers.

[Tux]

Escrito originalmente por Genghis Khan:

Escrito originalmente por Gus the Crocodile:

Alienware is just one of the companies producing Steam Machines.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines

I don't care. I thought Steam was going to be independent and build their own hardware. I was really excited for them about that. Steam going to compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

you heard incorrectly.

I think the only hardware Valve is making is for the Link device. Steam Machines was NEVER to make made by Valve

[Fly Guy]

Escrito originalmente por Tux:

Escrito originalmente por Genghis Khan:

I don't care. I thought Steam was going to be independent and build their own hardware. I was really excited for them about that. Steam going to compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

you heard incorrectly.

I think the only hardware Valve is making is for the Link device. Steam Machines was NEVER to make made by Valve

It was an assumption. I'd like to see more competitors in consoles. Hopefully it means competitive prices. Not that I would ever buy a gaming console.

[Laptop]

At least it looks pretty badass...

[Fly Guy]

Escrito originalmente por Laptop65:

At least it looks pretty badass...

I could say the same about a Mercedes without an engine. It doen't serve its function.

[Manny]

Like Tux said, the only thing Valve is making (hardware wise) is the Steam link, and also the Steam controller. I'm really interested in the Steam controller.

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Escrito originalmente por Gus the Crocodile:

Alienware is just one of the companies producing Steam Machines.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines

aka it will cost a lot for underpowered machines as usual when you mostly pay for the brand name

[WhiteKnight77]

Escrito originalmente por Zetikla:

Escrito originalmente por Gus the Crocodile:

Alienware is just one of the companies producing Steam Machines.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines

aka it will cost a lot for underpowered machines as usual when you mostly pay for the brand name

With the Falcon Northwest Tiki, it will still be configurable (as well as paying for the FN name and quality), it will be a bit more. Check out the specs:

Tiki Features

• Full-metal construction: steel and sandblasted aluminum faceplate
  
• The fastest 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 processors (Haswell)
  
• NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 900-series graphics, including TITAN-X!
  
• Bays for 2 solid-state hard drives and a standard drive or 2 more SSDs
  
• Slot-loading Blu-Ray or DVD optical drive
  
• Up-front USB 3.0 and audio ports
  
• Internal 450 or 600 Watt modular power supplies
  
• Up to 16GB of DDR3-1866 MHz memory
  
• Completely customizable configurations
  
• Liquid cooled CPU
  
• Overclocking available
  
• Only 4 inches wide - 40% smaller than our FragBox!

As one can see, with options available for the PSU, amount of RAM and amount of storage as well as video card (one can put a Titan in it even), it can be as cheap or expensive as one wants and if one really wants, can spring for a custom automotive paint job to top it off.