Sunday 12 January 2014

Valve unveils Steam Machines

valve has unveiled 14 Steam Machines manfactured by the likes of Alienware, Origin PC and Digital Storm at CES
You know how it is; you spend about two months waiting for a Steam Machines and then fourteen pitch up all at once.
Valve has released a brochure at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, filled with details about upcoming Steam Machines.
According to gaming website Polygon, the brochure contains a list of the third-party manufacturers who will be making the Steam Machines, along with some initial specs. Prices range from $499 all the way up to $6,000. .
The specifications that have been released are as follows:

Alternate
Price - $1,339
CPU - Intel Core i5 4570
Graphics - Gigabyte GTX 760
RAM - 16 GB
Storage - 1 TB SSHD

CyberPowerPC 
Price - $499 and up
CPU - AMD/Intel Core i5 CPU
Graphics - AMD Radeon R9 270/Nvidia GTX 760
RAM - 8 GB
Storage - 500 GB

Digital Storm Bolt II
Price - $2,584
CPU - Intel Core i7 4770K
Graphics - GTX 780 Ti
RAM - 16 GB
Storage - 1 TB HDD + 120 GB SSD

Gigabyte Brix Pro
Price - TBD
CPU - Intel Core i7-4770R
Graphics - Intel Iris Pro 5200
RAM - 2 x 4 GB
Storage - 1 TB SATA 6Gb/s

Falcon Northwest 
Price - $1,799 to $6000
CPU - customizable
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
RAM - 8 to 16 GB
Storage - up to 6 TB

iBuyPower
Price - $499 and up
CPU - Quad core AMD or Intel
Graphics - Radeon GCN Graphics
RAM - 8 GB
Storage - 500 GB+

Materiel.net 
Price - $1,098
CPU - Intel Core i5 4440
Graphics - MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC
RAM - 8 GB
Storage - 8 GB + 1 TB SSHD

Next SPA 
Price - TBD
CPU - Intel Core i5
Graphics - Nvidia GT 760
RAM - 8 GB
Storage - 1 TB

Origin PC Chronos
Price - TBD
CPU - Intel Core i7 4770K (3.9 to 4.6 GHz)
Graphics - 2 x 6 GB Nvidia GeForce GTX Titans

Scan NC 10 
Price - $1,090
CPU - Intel Core i3 4000M
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
RAM - 8 GB
Storage - 500 GB

Webhallen 
Price - $1,499
CPU - Intel Core i7 4771
Graphics - Nvidia GT 780
RAM - 16 GB
Storage - 1 TB SSHD

Zotac 
Price - $599
CPU - Intel Core (TBD)
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX
RAM - TBD
Storage - TBD
Eagle-eyed readers will notice the absence of Alienware's Steam Machine from that list. This is because it's not featured in the brochure. No release dates have yet been announced.

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