iBUYPOWER's (Unofficial) Steam Machine Has Arrived

[exfileme]

This is iBUYPOWER's unofficial Steam Machine, ready for action.

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[chaospower]

For 400$ that's not too bad, but for 700$ I expected the pro version to have better specs than that...

 

[CRITICALThinker]

Just saying

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($75.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Urban S1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.26 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $446.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-10 12:58 EDT-0400

 

[mnivek]

Pro version seems weak for the price, particularly the RAM and CPU. Also, given the default selection of mobo form factor, there is no Intel option available if you wanted to upgrade along a Haswell path.

 

[chaospower]

Just saying

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($75.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Urban S1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.26 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $446.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-10 12:58 EDT-0400

You should try building it in an ITX form factor, then we'll talk. It seems everybody who's building "Console Killer PC's" are forgetting the part that it's supposed to come in a nice to look at, tiny box that will fit in the living room, not a regular pc case that's a bit smaller than normal.

 

[CRITICALThinker]

Just saying

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ds8HnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($75.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Urban S1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.26 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $446.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-10 12:58 EDT-0400

You should try building it in an ITX form factor, then we'll talk. It seems everybody who's building "Console Killer PC's" are forgetting the part that it's supposed to come in a nice to look at, tiny box that will fit in the living room, not a regular pc case that's a bit smaller than normal.

Hadn't found a MOBO with Wifi, and I wasn't about to take two USB ports for wifi and bluetooth

Here it is

AMD
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9Fkjqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9Fkjqs/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($75.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $428.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-11 12:29 EDT-0400

Intel
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HHgzHx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HHgzHx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.48 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $428.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-11 12:36 EDT-0400

 

[Lex Luger]

Nobody is going to buy this thing over a 400 dollar PS4. It has a slightly better CPU and harddrive, but everything else is WORSE. I doubt that GPU could handle PS4 games at 720p, let alone 1080p. The lastest PS4 games when played on pc consume around 3gb of video memory at 1080p. That means many of the newest games wouldnt even run on most steamboxes. (Dead Rising 3, Watchdogs, Shadow of Mordor) You need a gtx 970/980 or a amd 290/x. Its an inferior gaming machine at a bloated price.