Valve's Specs for Steam Machine Hardware - CustoMac Friendly

[tonymacx86]

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Valve put out specs for it's Steam Machine initiative- providing test hardware for 300 beta testers of SteamOS-centric computer builds. The specs will be as follows:

• The GPU will be either an NVidia Titan, GTX 780, GTX760, or older GTX 660 (Valve will mix it up).
• CPU duties will be handled by Intel INTC +0.93% Core i7-4770, with some boxes packing Haswell Core i5 or Core i3.
• Every system will boast 16GB of DDR3-1600MHz RAM.
• For storage, Valve lists a “1TB/8GB Hybrid SSHD” which sounds exactly like Seagate’s Hybrid SSD I previewed earlier this year.
• The power supply consists of a 450W 80Plus gold PSU.
• Finally, the custom enclosure measures approx. 12 x 12.4 x 2.9 in high

So Valve will be going NVIDIA instead of AMD GPU. And Intel instead of AMD CPU. Sounds like a recommended mini-ITX Haswell based CustoMac build.

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...machine-specifications-with-custom-enclosure/

 

[sirretv]

what is the volume measured in? Cm? Sorry i'm just curios!

 

[malevo]

what is the volume measured in? Cm? Sorry i'm just curios!

"12 x 12.4 x 2.9 in" meaning inches

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

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Valve put out specs for it's Steam Machine initiative- providing test hardware for 300 beta testers of SteamOS-centric computer builds. The specs will be as follows:

• The GPU will be either an NVidia Titan, GTX 780, GTX760, or older GTX 660 (Valve will mix it up).
• CPU duties will be handled by Intel INTC +0.93% Core i7-4770, with some boxes packing Haswell Core i5 or Core i3.
• Every system will boast 16GB of DDR3-1600MHz RAM.
• For storage, Valve lists a “1TB/8GB Hybrid SSHD” which sounds exactly like Seagate’s Hybrid SSD I previewed earlier this year.
• The power supply consists of a 450W 80Plus gold PSU.
• Finally, the custom enclosure measures approx. 12 x 12.4 x 2.9 in high

So Valve will be going NVIDIA instead of AMD GPU. And Intel instead of AMD CPU. Sounds like a recommended mini-ITX Haswell based CustoMac build.

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...machine-specifications-with-custom-enclosure/

This sounds like quite decent hardware! About 50% larger than a mac mini.... Not bad at all.

 

[tempest]

Can I hack this box? Run another OS? Change the hardware? Install my own software? Use it to build a robot?
Sure.

I hope Valve can ship this kind of hardware cheaper than normal retail prices, so it would be a fully capable PC as well for less money.

 

[themaskofwraith]

a 450W cpu for Gtx titan.. some one tell Valve