Today the previously revealed Steam Machines from Valve have become a lot more real. Late last year the software, and now hardware, maker had sent out some beta machines to testers and developers in order to get some hard data on the new tech. Today during CES Valve announced that the Steam Machines are real and coming to consumers sometime in 2014.
Over a dozen manufactures such as Alienware will be producing Steam Machines are various spec and pricing levels. The entry Steam Machines will cost $499 and range into the thousands for enthusiasts. Of course we still have tons more details to come but the fact the the various machines are now in production means we should see the first generation of Steam Machines on the market soon.
“The first generation Steam Machines offers something for every gamer, which is a critical part of extending Steam into the living room,” said Gabe Newell of Valve. “With over 3,000 games and more than 65 million gamers on Steam, it’s important to offer gamers a variety of Steam Machines that allow them to select what makes the most sense for them.”
Here are the specs and manufacturers we have been able to gather so far. From looking at the prices and specs it certainly doesn’t seem that Valve is going after the console market and more after the enthusiast gamers. I would assume that machines from CyberPowerPC and iBuyPower will be the closest to PS4 and Xbox One competitors. Of course it is way too early to make any judgement.
Alternate – $1339
CPU – Intel Core i5 4570
Graphics – Gigabyte GTX 760
RAM – 16GB
Storage – 1TB SSHD
CyberPowerPC – $499 and up
CPU – AMD/Intel Core i5 CPU
Graphics – AMD Radeon R9 270/Nvidia GTX 760
RAM – 8GB
Storage – 500GB
Digital Storm Bolt II – $2,584
CPU – Intel Core i7 4770K
Graphics – GTX 780 Ti
RAM – 16GB
Storage – 1TB HDD + 120 GB SSD
Gigabyte Brix Pro – TBD
CPU – Intel Core i7-4770R
Graphics – Intel Iris Pro 5200
RAM – 2 x 4GB
Storage – 1TB SATA 6Gb/sata
Falcon Northwest – $1,799 to $6000
CPU – customizable
Graphics – Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
RAM – 8 to 16 GB
Storage – up to 6 TB
iBuyPower – $499 and up
CPU – Quad core AMD or Intel
Graphics – Radeon GCN Graphics
RAM – 8GB
Storage – 500GB+
Materiel.net – $1,098
CPU – Intel Core i5 4440
Graphics – MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC
RAM – 8GB
Storage – 8 GB + 1 TB SSHD
Origin PC Chronos – price TBD
CPU – Intel Core i7 4770K (3.9 to 4.6 GHz)
Graphics – 2 x 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX Titans
Next SPA – price TBD
CPU – Intel Core i5
Graphics – Nvidia GT 760
RAM – 8GB
Storage – 1TB
Scan NC 10 – $1,090
CPU – Intel Core i3 4000M
Graphics – Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
RAM – 8GB
Storage – 500GB
Webhallen – $1,499
CPU – Intel Core i7
Graphics – Nvidia GT 780
RAM – 16GB
Storage – 1TB SSHD
Zotac – $599
CPU – Intel Core (TBD)
Graphics – Nvidia GeForce GTX
RAM – TBD
Storage – TBD
Credit for Specs goes to Polygon.
