[UPDATE: a few more of the Machines have surfaced, and we’ve added them below.]
If you head on over to Steam, and type “Steam Machine” in the search box, you’ll notice that the new line of Steam Machines Valve announced at GDC 2015 are available to peruse through the digital distribution platform.
Steam confirms these PCs will be available in November, 2015, and prices range from USD$459.99 to USD$4,999.99. Some of the companies offer one specific build, others offer a range of builds at specific price points, and yet others have a more customizable offering. All will come with SteamOS, Valve’s own OS based on the Linux kernel, and with a Steam Controller.
We’ve collected all of the hardware specifications available for the faux consoles below, for ease of comparison.
Tell us in the comments which, if any, appeal to you.
iBuyPower SBX—USD$459.99+
- CPU: AMD Athlon™ X4 840
- GPU: ATI Radeon™ R7 250X 1GB GDDR5
- RAM: 4GB Ram (Up to 8GB Ram)
- Storage: 500GB HDD (Up to 1TB HDD)
Alienware Steam Machine A / B / C / D—USD$479.99+
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 Dual-Core processor / Intel® Core™ i3 Dual-Core processor / Intel® Core™ i5 Quad-Core processor / Intel® Core™ i7 Quad-Core processor
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX – 2GB GDDR5
- Memory: 4GB DDR3L 1600MHz / 8GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz / ” / “
- Storage: 500GB Hard Drive / 1TB Hard Drive / 1TB Hard Drive / 2TB Hard Drive
Syber Steam Machine A / I / X—USD$499.99 / USD$599.99 / USD$1,399.99
- CPU: AMD Athlon X4 840 / Intel® Core™ i3 4150 / Intel® Core™ i7-4790K
- GPU: AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB / NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 750Ti 2GB / NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 980 4GB
- Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz / 8GB DDR3 1600MHz / “
- Storage: 500GB 7200 RPM HDD / 1TB 7200 RPM HDD / “
Gigabyte Brix Pro—USD$599.99+
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4770R
- GPU: Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics 5200
- Memory: 2 x SO-DIMM DDR3L slots 1600 MHz
- Storage: Supports 2.5” SSD/HDD (1 x 6Gbps SATA3)
Asus ROG GR8S—USD$699.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processors
- GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9-series graphics
- Memory: DDR3 4GB ~ 16GB
- Storage: 500GB/1TB 7200rpm HDD, or 128GB ~ 512GB SSD
- Audio: ROG SupremeFX 5.1 HD audio
- Network: Intel Gb LAN with 802.11 ac Wi-Fi
Digital Storm Eclipse Steam Machine—USD$699.99
- CPU: Intel® Pentium® G3220
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 960 2GB
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
- Storage: 1TB 7200RPM Machnical
Nextbox Steam Machine—USD$799.99 / TBD / USD$1,299
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 4160 / i3 4160 / i5 4460
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 750 / GTX 960 / GTX 970
- Memory: 8Gb DDR3
- Storage: 1TB / 1TB / 512GB SSD
Maingear Drift—USD$849.99+
- CPU: Up to Intel® Core™ 4790K
- GPU: Up to NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 980 and AMD R9 290X
- Storage: Up to 2x 1TB SSD and 1x 6TB 3.5’ HDD
- RAM: Up to 16GB of DDR 3 Memory
- Other: Epic 120 Liquid Cooling
Materiel.net Steam Machine—USD$899.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ 4440
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 960 OC
- Memory: TBD
- Storage: SSHD – 1TB To (8GB Nand)
Origin Omega Steam Machine—USD$899.99 to USD$4,999.99
- CPU: Up to an Intel® Core™ i7 4770k
- GPU: Up to 3-WAY NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 980
- Memory: Up to 32GB of 1866Mhz
- Storage: Up to 14TB
Webhallen S15-01 Steam Machine—USD$949.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4460
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 960 2GB
- Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
- Storage: 1TB SSHD
ZOTAC Steam Machine SN970—USD$999.99
- CPU: Intel® 6th Gen Processor
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 970M with 3GB GDDR5
- Memory: 8GB DDR3 SODIMM bundled
- Storage: 1TB HDD + 1 2.5″ slot for upgrade
Scan 3XS ST Steam Machine—USD$999.99 / USD$1159.99 / USD$1,299.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 / i5 / i5
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 750 Ti / GTX 960 / GTX 970
- Memory: 8GB of Corsair DDR3 as standard, with 16GB available
- Storage: 120GB SSD as standard, with larger options available
Alternate Steam Machine Standard / Advanced / Power / Ultra—USD$1,099.99 / USD$1,299.99 / USD$1,499.99 / USD$1,899.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4130 / i5-4570 / i5-4570 / i5-4670K
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 750Ti / GTX 960 / GTX 970 / GTX 980
- Memory: 8GB DDR3-1600MHz
- Storage: 500GB SSHD / 1TB SSHD / 1TB SSHD / 2TB SSHD
Falcon Northwest Tiki Steam Machine—USD$1,999.99 to $4,999.99
- CPU: Intel® Core™ up to i7-4790K
- GPU: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 900 series, including Titan and Titan-Z class
- Memory: Up to 16GB of DDR3-1866 MHz
- Storage: Up to 8 TB of SSD or SSDs and a standard HDD
- Completely customizable configurations
- Liquid cooled CPU
- Overclocking available
- 4 inches wide