#4839898

Ven0m

2014-06-13 10:47

It appears that the link should be http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/alienware_launching_steam_machine_with_win_8_1_this_year_for_549%09.html Thanks for the news. I hope it'll offer acceptable performance. Design-wise, I think it would look much better if they forgot that alien head.

#4840019

Fender178

2014-06-13 15:06

Hmm interesting. Maybe this might help Valve get better Windows compatibility with their Steam OS.

#4840052

Braadkip

2014-06-13 15:47

Why not SSD?

#4840080

Sergio

2014-06-13 16:33

Why Steam machine using xbox controller?

#4841426

kendoka15

2014-06-14 23:11

"Maxwell based GPU" Basically a 750 Ti? Ew (Good budget card but still)

#4841577

The Laughing Ma

2014-06-15 01:28

So it runs Windows and uses an Xbox controller... so it's a Steam machine just without ANY of the Steam machine stuff.

#4841639

HitokiriX

2014-06-15 03:03

So it runs Windows and uses an Xbox controller... so it's a Steam machine just without ANY of the Steam machine stuff.

LOL yeah kinda defeats the purpose of the system

#4841751

NAMEk

2014-06-15 06:34

i3 CPU really? We don't even call it real cpu.

#4842400

sunnyp_343

2014-06-16 03:03

Price is more than PS4 and hardware is so downgrade.

#4844033

BedantP

2014-06-17 07:46

Warning, The GPU is HEAVILY bottlenecked by CPU! I'd prefer A PS4 or even my laptop... Maxwell GPUs are pretty much, much, much, much faster that an i3..... So pay some extra price and get the i7

#4844085

Ven0m

2014-06-17 08:37

Warning, The GPU is HEAVILY bottlenecked by CPU! I'd prefer A PS4 or even my laptop... Maxwell GPUs are pretty much, much, much, much faster that an i3..... So pay some extra price and get the i7

The point is that it's a $550 machine. If you added i7, it would have too big impact on price.

#4844281

d_mouse

2014-06-17 12:09

Warning, The GPU is HEAVILY bottlenecked by CPU! I'd prefer A PS4 or even my laptop... Maxwell GPUs are pretty much, much, much, much faster that an i3..... So pay some extra price and get the i7

It's REALLY not that bad.... http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-haswell-refresh_4.html#sect0 At high res (mostly anything above 720p) you're mostly GPU limited, and in a $500 machine what do you expect, a 4960X?

#4844308

vTune

2014-06-17 12:36

It's nice to hear that all parts of the system can be upgraded, with an exception for the custom gpu of course. Still, $550 + upgrades like an SSD seems like a lot more than a custom mATX PC.

#4844439

kanej2007

2014-06-17 14:24

Why not SSD?

I keep asking myself the same question, about MOST laptop configurations, regardless of brand. Most models including high end ones are still using regular SATA drives unless you specify/pay more for SSD. My brother recently purchased a high end Asus laptop and paid around £1500. It included a GTX 770M in SLI, 16Gb ram, i7, etc... Of course it also came with a 1Gb Sata HD, why no SSD? Manufacturers are still using regular hard drives in their laptops, why? Many try to fool users by adding hybrid hard drives. They are no SSD drives and still perform no where near as quick as it would if it was SSD.