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Should You Build Your Own Steambox?
Introduction Steambox has been a topic of much debate in the PC gaming community, promising a more gamer-centric PC experience, removing the need for the Windows operating system by providing you with a free alternative, while also bringing PC gaming into the casual mainstream, much like consoles, only a lot better.…
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SteamBox – Building Your Own HTPC Gaming System
Introduction There has been a lot of talk in the last year about SteamBox, but at the end of 2014, very little, if anything was shown that really brought this into the hands of consumers. There’s a few systems from system integrators such as iBuyPower and CyberPower that are designed…
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The Best Chassis for Steambox/HTPC Style Gaming Systems
Introduction Steambox is certainly grabbing a lot of headlines throughout 2014, with system integrators (such as CyberPower) creating their own custom Steambox style systems, and chassis manufacturers creating new cases that are suitable for the job. Of course, there is a lot of smoke and mirrors surrounding Steambox, but we’re…
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Silverstone’s Latest NAS, HTPC & SteamBox-Style Chassis On Display At CeBIT 2014
Here we are once again at CeBIT 2014 with more great coverage from some of the top manufactures from around the world. Silverstone are already highly regarded for their attention to detail and innovation and the new cases on display at the show are no exception. First up we have…
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The “Best of CES 2014” Awards
After visiting CES in Las Vegas, we made it a priority to find the best products that were being unveiled to the market for this year. We went to CES 2014 not expecting too much other than 4K on an affordable level and more consumer level products that are aimed…
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Alienware’s Steam Machine To Be Released This September
Personally I can’t say I’m a big fan of Alienware, I’ve often found them to be seriously overpriced given their specifications, but I do understand that there is a market for them given that not everyone knows how to, or can be bothered to build their own system. However, their…
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eTeknix CES 2014 – Cyberpower PC SteamBox
Here we are one again at CES 2014 and we are back once again with more content from Cyberpower PC. Today we are taking a closer look at their latest prototype system, a SteamBox. With Valve and their gaming platform Steam trying to make a big push into the living…
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SteamBox Tear Down In YouTube Walkthrough Video
SteamBox’s have been in users hands for almost a week now and we’ve been loving all the gameplay videos, OS walkthrough and tear downs that users have been uploading to YouTube. One of our favourite so far is this one below, where the user dismantles the system to show us…
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Beta Tester Gives SteamBox Video Walkthrough
It’s only been in the hands of the beta testers a couple of days, but initial impressions of SteamOS and the SteamBox are pretty good. Some users have been opening up the console to give a look at the internals, we’ve seen gameplay videos and more, but this user has…
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SteamBox Unboxed! [video]
The first Steam machines have been dispatched to 300 lucky beta testers (Damn you, you lucky buggers!) And while we would love to get our hands on one for testing, we can at least enjoy a sweet taste of what Valve have to offer thanks to this unboxing video. The…
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SteamOS Being Released For Download Today!
As of today (December 13th 2013) you will be able to download SteamOS and have a tinker around with it. However, it is early days and Valve have warned that only experienced Linux users should bother, as at the moment it is no doubt rough around the edges, not the…
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BitFenix Phenom Micro-ATX Chassis Review
Introduction BitFenix have had something of a winning streak when it comes to small form factor chassis, we loved their Prodigy chassis when we reviewed it last year, but I don’t think anyone expected it to be as big and popular as it has become. However, BitFenix has been slow…
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Battlefield Director Says Linux Only Needs One Killer Game
Linux is about to become bigger than ever, with SteamOS set to tip the balance of power in the PC gaming community with the offer of a rock solid distribution platform, a multitude of home entertainment features and support from an existing library of Linux Steam games, not to mention…
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Valve Releases Details About Steam Box Beta Hardware Specifications
Valve are not hanging around, they’re getting their systems ready for release into the wild to 300 lucky people. While we still don’t know who will get the hardware (I know I have my name down!) we now know a little more about the systems, a nice addition to the…
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Xi3’s $999 Piston “Steam Box” Gaming PC Is Overpriced Junk
Controversial title I know, but let’s face it if people haven’t seen passed the façade of the Xi3 Piston yet then people clearly aren’t looking closely enough – it is nothing more than overpriced hardware. There are strong opinions in this article so if you do not like those then…
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