From the sound of the spec/size it sound a lot like just a bit smaller then similar in many respects to what below. Digital Storm’s Bolt Falcon Northwest Tiki Alienware X51 But any case I beat it about $2500/$3000 setup full load with Nvidia Titan and Intel i7-4770 but funny thing is Nvidia Linux driver are so poor vs AMD driver.

I wonder if I'll be able to have a Steam Machine with AMD hardware. If not, no Steam Machine for me. Those hybrid SSHDs are too expensive for what they offer as well.

valve won't get in the way of you building a steam machine with AMD hardware have fun with the linux drivers though ^^ valve isn't making them for you. also a 1TB hybrid HDD/SSD costs 84 euro in holland i wouldn't consider that much...

You people are outright moronic, all of you. One even even made an inane allusion (no that isn't a typo, best educate yourselves) that this is the reason why the US is in debt! Valve is giving these 300 TEST UNITS out for free at their own expense, and, if you read the whole thing, are meant to represent the highest-end, they are for testing and improvement of the OS and the design. If they encounter problems with these most demanding of parts, then they can learn about it early on from the users, and said users can provide feedback on their thoughts on the test units. The way this works is, when steamboxes ship, they will have a very, VERY wide range of selectable parts, unlike the limited choices you get from OEMs today on certain cases/models, and if you buy the very cheapest model, you should have an upgrade path for your steambox and the design should allow for that, because they have tested for it, WITH THEIR TEST UNITS. Godddamnit, reading comprehension, people. EDIT: Unless I was unclear to those of you who are denser than they should be, the final units are not supposed to only have these specifications, this is what is possible to build. EDIT2: I think I should be clearer, still; They aren't going to sell only these specs. These aren't consoles, they're full-fledged desktop computers in an attractive form factor that you can choose the parts of before you buy, and upgrade yourself later on.

Power Supply: Internal 450w 80Plus Gold 450w, even for the titan/GTX 780/i7 machines?...

Power Supply: Internal 450w 80Plus Gold 450w, even for the titan/GTX 780/i7 machines?...

They used lower power Haswells add 150-300w(660ti - Titan) from gpu and you have ~ 350-400w.

You people are outright moronic, all of you. One even even made an inane allusion (no that isn't a typo, best educate yourselves) that this is the reason why the US is in debt!

Just a friendly PSA that clear insults to other users are not accepted here. You could have easily gotten your point across without calling everybody here a moron. 🙂

and if you buy the very cheapest model, you should have an upgrade path for your steambox and the design should allow for that, because they have tested for it, WITH THEIR TEST UNITS. These aren't consoles, they're full-fledged desktop computers in an attractive form factor that you can choose the parts of before you buy, and upgrade yourself later on.

This^ Although the SteamOS is going to greatly limit the need for going above anything midrange, because I can't really think of any Linux/OpenGL games out at the moment that will actually benefit from it, or any future ones. But the allowing of upgradeable hardware- that's exactly why other consoles can not compete with PCs, because you just can't upgrade them.

You people are outright moronic, all of you. One even even made an inane allusion (no that isn't a typo, best educate yourselves) that this is the reason why the US is in debt! Valve is giving these 300 TEST UNITS out for free at their own expense, and, if you read the whole thing, are meant to represent the highest-end, they are for testing and improvement of the OS and the design. If they encounter problems with these most demanding of parts, then they can learn about it early on from the users, and said users can provide feedback on their thoughts on the test units. The way this works is, when steamboxes ship, they will have a very, VERY wide range of selectable parts, unlike the limited choices you get from OEMs today on certain cases/models, and if you buy the very cheapest model, you should have an upgrade path for your steambox and the design should allow for that, because they have tested for it, WITH THEIR TEST UNITS. Godddamnit, reading comprehension, people. EDIT: Unless I was unclear to those of you who are denser than they should be, the final units are not supposed to only have these specifications, this is what is possible to build. EDIT2: I think I should be clearer, still; They aren't going to sell only these specs. These aren't consoles, they're full-fledged desktop computers in an attractive form factor that you can choose the parts of before you buy, and upgrade yourself later on.

I think the people here that have the most to learn is limited to yourself, and I'm not talking about PC's or Steam boxes!

The question is, how expensive it will be, considering those are all new graphics cards and some of the cpus

This question and your avatar... 🙂

Steam is poking a snake with it's bare foot on this one. Don't think people need steam box. Not unless game creators start supporting Linux and Steam OS. Maybe after that.But that's gonna take years. I think first they should concentrate on the Steam OS. Am pretty sure that PC gamers who are interested in this already have a machine that will be their main system. Now bring Steam OS and let it run on any poor HTPC that everybody can build themselves and concentrate on the game ******ing Valve. When this will work After that you can start thinking about selling Steam Boxes.. Now I don't know why there are *** above..I used the word s t r e a m i n g. Hilbert is that an offensive word? 🙂

Now I don't know why there are *** above..I used the word s t r e a m i n g. Hilbert is that an offensive word? 🙂

No, its been censored due to links to S t r e a m i n g sites or something. 🙂

send me the titan one tyvm! 😀

Titan is overpriced - 2x GTX 760 4GB would eat it for much less

Titan is overpriced - 2x GTX 760 4GB would eat it for much less

That maybe true but you did take in count that a pair of GTX 760 will need 340 watts vs Titan only needing a 250 watts so there for not only will you be eating up more power you will also be building up more heat in side the computer chassis.

That maybe true but you did take in count that a pair of GTX 760 will need 340 watts vs Titan only needing a 250 watts so there for not only will you be eating up more power you will also be building up more heat in side the computer chassis.

and the fact that it'd be sli vs not...and though sli has gotten better, it's by no means perfect, and will always be a drawback somewhere compared to having just one card

AMD Steam machines are coming next year 🙂