Valve showed off the 13 official Steam Machines during its brief CES press event this evening, but it was in the aftermath that we got a closer look at the devices. Below, Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson snapped photos of all the Steam Machine variants in their wide array of shapes and sizes (and Gaming Editor Kyle Orland will have his hands-on first impressions coming soon).
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The mysterious Alienware box (for which we have no specs).
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Up close with Cyberpower's AMD/Intel Core i5 CPU-powered Steam Machine.
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If the lightning bolt doesn't give it away, here's Digital Storm's Steam Machine.
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Falcon Northwest may have the boldest aesthetic offering with this planet-ish decal on its Steam Machine.
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A little peek at what's inside...
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Gigabyte's i7-powered, Iris-equipped box was adorable. And tiny!
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Next SPA's Steam Machine.
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iBuyPower opted for a minimalist design.
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(Closer look at the iBuyPower Steam Machine).
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Zotac.
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Material.net
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Webhallen.
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Webhallen insisted this was its "better" side.
Since the devices were now for public consumption, an official spec sheet (PDF) and array of promo shots became available, too. In contrast to the gallery above, here are the official press images for the 13 Steam Machines.
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Alienware
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Alternate
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CyberpowerPC
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Digital Storm
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Falcon Northwest
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Gigabyte
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iBuyPower
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Material.net
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Next SPA
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Origin PC
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Scan
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Webhallen
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Zotac
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Finally, for easy reference, here's all we currently know about the internals of these devices. The Steam Machines at this point are an array of Intel cores and graphics coming from all the major players (AMD and Nvidia prominently featured).
| Manufacturer | Price | Graphics | CPU | RAM | Storage |
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| Alternate | $1399 | Gigabyte GTX 760 | Intel Core i5 4570 | 16GB | 1TB SSHD |
| CyberpowerPC | $499 and up | AMD Radeon R9 270 / Nvidia GTX 760 | AMD/Intel Core i5 | 8GB | 500GB |
| Digital Storm—Bolt II | $2584 | GTX 780 Ti | Intel Core i7 4770K | 16GB | 1TB HDD + 120GB SSD |
| Gigabyte—Brix Pro | TBD | Intel Iris Pro 5200 | Intel Core i7-4770R | 2x 4GB | 1TB SATA 6Gb/s |
| Falcon Northwest—Tiki | $1799—$6000 | Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN | Customizable | 8—16GB | Up to 6TB |
| iBuyPower | $499 and up | Radeon GCN Graphics | Quad Core AMD or Intel | 8GB | 500GB+ |
| Materiel.net | $1098 | MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC | Intel Core i5 4440 | 8GB | 8GB+1TB SSHD |
| Origin PC—Chronos | TBD (configurable) | 2x 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX TITANs | Intel Core i7 4770k (3.9—4.6GHz) | n/a | n/a |
| Next SPA | TBD | Nvidia GT 760 | Intel Core i5 | 8GB | 1TB |
| Scan—NC10 | $1090 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M | Intel Core i3 4000M | 8GB | 500GB |
| Webhallen | $1499 | Nvidia GT 780 | Intel Core i7 4771 | 16GB | 1TB SSHD |
| Zotac | $599 | Nvidia GeForce GTX (TBD) | Intel Core (TBD) | TBD | TBD |
| Alienware | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
As the hectic CES pace slows down, we'll take a closer look at what these specs may tell us about future Steam Machine performance and consumer choices. In the meantime, familiarize yourself with what we know now and stay tuned for some quick hands-on thoughts.
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