With the big letdown that Valve's 'living room pc' console the "Steam Box" was confirmed not to the Piston shown at CES , I thought I would show you how. Most builds don’t list the case as the first component, but this build depends on it. Since this computer was going on a bookshelf near the TV, I didn’t want a full-size ATX tower and even micro-ATX cases are often 16 inches deep. This case from Cooler Master is roughly 11” x 8” x 10”, looks nondescript, and supports a full-size ATX power supply. It’s also organized well for the size and at $, it seemed like the perfect box for this purpose. Processor: Intel i Haswell. Price: $ plus tax–Microcenter. The reason I chose the i5 over the i3 is the extra cores. More and more games   One thing you might want to consider is a Windows license to provide a deeper gaming library. Grand Total: $ after tax and rebates. On Pricing. Steam OS plays less games than windows, so it's not the best gaming box and honestly, if you're building a gaming box, you probably have a nice GPU. Is 80 bucks (or less) for windows going to kill you? Then again, I'm swimming in Windows licenses, so for me, windows is free for years to come especially if I activate a bunch of these 7 licenses then migrate to windows Jun 16, #  I can see having a laptop, but I'm not going to run a laptop media server and if you're building a box for your TV, then an SFF seems like the way to go. It's a PS/XBONE replacement (in theory). If done right, it could be your HTPC too.
Feb 12,  · At CES in January, we saw the first of many Steam Box PCs to come when modular PC manufacturer Xi3 debuted the Piston, a prototype PC designed with input (and financial investment) from www.- : Loyd Case. Dec 31,  · – How to build a gaming PC! 0 0 0 0 With the latest rumours of Valve's 'living room pc' console the "Steam Box" I thought it would be a cool little project to see how much performance I could get from a small form factor £ gaming PC - I set my budget at £ seeing as this is the average launch price of game consoles in the UK. Mar 25,  · Steam Machines are hailed by many as the future of PC gaming in the face of the competition from the PS4 and Xbox One.A Linux-based OS like SteamOS cuts down on system overheads, and means you don.

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