Steam has announced that 300 selected beta testers (unfortunately only from US) will soon receive Steam hardware (machines and controllers) and SteamOS, because Continue reading »

tags: beta testing, Steam, Steam Community, SteamOS, Valve

Valve will release later this year a new gaming PC that will be built from off-the-shelf PC parts. 300 Steam Machine will run Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS and it will feature GPU units with Nvidia Titan, GTX780, GTX760 and GTX660; CPU boxes with Intel Core i7-4770, Intel Core i5-4570 and Intel Core i3. Power supply will be internal 450 W 80 Plus Gold and storage 1 TB / 8 GB hybrid SSHD. Dimensions of this machine are approximately 12×12.4×2.9-inches. Company will release the CAD source files for design in case users want to replicate it and they don’t want to show images of the prototype’s case, because the design isn’t completed yet. Continue reading »

tags: 300 Steam machine, 450 W 80 Plus Gold, CAD source files, GTX660, GTX760, GTX780, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5-4570, Intel Core i7-4770, Nvidia Titan, SteamOS, Stem Machine, Valve