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There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see
by w1ntermute 14y ago
There's an excellent post on The Verge forums called "Forget the PS4 and the Xbox 720, build your own Steambox on the cheap"[0]. It will be very exciting to see if a significant number of gamers (many of whom are already familiar with building their own PCs) take the initiative to go down this road.
A nice auxiliary advantage of building a Steambox is that you can use it as a full-featured HTPC as well, since it runs a desktop OS.
0: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3706718/forget-the-ps4-and-the-xbox-720-build-your-own-steambox-on-the-cheap http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3706718/forget-the-ps4-an...
- sliverstorm 14y agoI did literally just this last week, with an ITX motherboard, a 65W APU (Trinity), and a case to match. I'm quite pleased with the results, and with Big Picture mode (given it *was still Beta)
- squidsoup 14y agoWould you consider blogging about this? I'd like to do something similar next year.
- sliverstorm 14y agoI wouldn't mind writing about it, but I don't exactly have a blog. What is a good medium for a one-shot post like that?
- Aco- 14y agomake a quick tumblr and post it there
- nilved 14y agogist.io
- vially 14y agoGoogle Plus is usually good enough for this kind of stuff
- kmfrk 14y agoIronically, Medium: http://medium.com http://medium.com. Otherwise, Tumblr or a gist powered by http://gist.io http://gist.io.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWell guys, here's a first pass: http://gist.io/4199804 http://gist.io/4199804 Is this something I should be submitting to HN directly? Also, let me know if there's any particular pieces of information you want expanded/shared. I haven't yet had an opportunity for photos or video of use this evening.
- sliverstorm 14y ago(updated with photos and some brief, not-so-HD cams)
- damncabbage 14y agoPlease do submit it; this is a great write-up. :)
- sliverstorm 14y agoWell folks, I don't think we'll be seeing it on the front page. Perhaps I need to work on my titling. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4872751 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4872751 Hopefully those who were interested have already had a chance to read it, by now.
- cadab 14y agoGreat write up :)
- w1ntermute 14y agoThe post I linked in my OP has a full build guide, if that's what you're looking for.
- baq 14y agoit's not beta anymore.
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- bbee 14y agoI'd be interested in hearing about that too. I just ordered parts to build my parents a computer, I'm using it as an excuse to try out a Trinity APU. If I like it I'll look into building an ITX size for myself.
- sliverstorm 14y agoAs you may not have seen my further updates, I wrote a short bit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4872751 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4872751
- mtgx 14y agoAnything that tries to disrupt, or at least compete on the same level with the Xbox and Playstation, is a good thing, and that includes OUYA as well.
- rpm4321 14y agoWould it be legal for someone to manufacture and sell 3rd party Steamboxes, if Valve has no immediate plans to do so? It seems like somebody like Alienware, or even just somebody on Kickstarter, could put together something impressive at a XBox720/PS4 pricepoint.
- Nursie 14y agoYou might want to talk to valve before using the word "Steam" in the name of your product... Otherwise I can't see an impediment. Maybe Valve could even have a 'designed for Steam' certification program or something.
- rpm4321 14y agoWell, obviously all PCs are Steamboxes, technically speaking. However, if it's a streamlined box that plugs right into a television and boots right to steam, I could maybe see them putting up a stink, even if the branding was sufficiently ambiguous. The MistBox ;) I don't know, though. To be honest, I'm kind of shocked no one has tried this yet. It seems like such an obvious winner, even if there is a slight chance you would go to court with Valve.
- Nursie 14y agoI was thinking the other way around - that they might be perfectly encouraging of selling such a device, just that using 'Steam' (their TM) in the name or advertising without permission might get you in trouble. I think it's a great idea!
- Shorel 14y agoThe killer feature would be to sell the computer with a preloaded Steam account that already has the orange box plus portal 2 and the L4D games. Now that's a Steambox.
- Florin_Andrei 14y agoI've done this ages ago. The big TV in the living room was always hooked up to a console and a PC. It was always a good combination. Now the PC part is getting even easier to use. Great.