Looks inside...

• dogshit PSU
• dogshit mobo
• dogshit case with airflow as bad as a cardboard box, light years away from the SM
• it's the 9060 XT 8GB version, same vram as the steam machine

If I bothered to look at other specs like pcie lanes, usb versions, repairability, noise, I bet my arse I'd be disappointed.

• Does it also come with HDMI CEC?

• Does it come with good basically lifetime support?

• Would it get developers optimise for that exact hardware?

• Would it run as quit and efficient?

I'd you just going for raw hardware speed. And don't care about anything else. You can always make a faster system yourself.

But I know enough people who don't dare to touch anything near a custom computer, who are looking into this cube

The steam machine is within the margins of prebuilt costs. Its a bad deal because building a PC right now is just a bad deal. Matching the form factor is the biggest cost destroyer. If you want a small efficient gaming PC you dont get much better than the steam machine but if you've got enough space for a big 9060 XT then you arent competing vs the steam machine. Granted this is amazing advertising and got to hand it to them. But steam machine isnt 1039 euro is it wouldnt it be more like 900 euro.

I'm aware that you can build and even buy a better machine for cheaper. This has always been the case, even now to a degree. Probably why I'm on my third self-built system, but I digress.

That said, if you already have an Xbox or Playstation, then the Steam Machine works right out of the box. You plug it in to your TV and you have a controller.

Compared to this where you will need, at least, a mouse and keyboard. Then potentially monitors and speakers or a headset, whatever you want to do.

I'm still trying to convince my console-only friends to get a Steam Machine because, to me at least, it is the simplest way to get them to play PC games with me which has been my goal forever.

Cool, that looks like a beefy system for that price, glad to see options, but:

• It doesn't list sizes, mini ITX is usually significantly larger than the Steam Machine.
• Are they shipping it with SteamOS and will they support it? The page seems to imply it's coming bare and pointing you to a tutorial on how to install it yourself and marking that as a positive.
• Will it have CEC? I see no mention of it anywhere.
• Will it support low power standby and fast resume? Especially during games? I know that's mostly a software thing, but are they making sure it's supported here?
• Can it be woken from that state with a controller?
• Does it have an internal steam controller antenna?
• Or a wifi one?
• Or a Bluetooth one?

Looks like a good build considering current pricing, but realistically it's missing a bunch of the core features of the Steam Machine that seems to fly over people's heads

and they will support it for the lifetime of the machine, i assume?

This post and op replies just seem like a thinly veiled ad…

Excellent option

That's a pretty good deal. It won't be as power efficient as the Steam Machine but at least it's powerful enough to play modern games.