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Being custom allows it to be both small and quiet. Find me another PC in this size, with this much power, that’s as quiet. You can’t.

We don’t know how quite this will be! Even the ones that were shown aren’t necessarily final. Again, you’re making claims without any evidence. I can’t show you something as quite as small, because we don’t know how quite it’ll be. To show you it isn’t anything crazy though, there are fanless PCs that you can get. As powerful? No. As quite? Even more. It’s a trade off. It isn’t magic. If you do something custom you could get even quieter with more power. Just connect a giant copper radiator to it without a fan.

I see you didn’t address the other points I made. Now we’re down to just the one. Whatever. This one is pure speculation, so can’t be disproven.

Im not arguing this will be a bad device. I expect it to be fairly good for the price. It’s just not really going to be something you can’t get elsewhere without Valve, with the exception of Bluetooth resuming.

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artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

We don’t know how quite this will be!

You can tell by looking at the design, and by who made it.

there are fanless PCs that you can get. As powerful? No

Please go back and read my first comment on this thread. I said quiet, powerful, and compact. All 3.

I see you didn’t address the other points I made

I did. Several times.

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- Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Alright, I’m done. By the “who made it” comment, I know there’s no reasoning. There’s nothing special about this device! The same amount of energy is used, which means heat, as any other device with the same hardware, and the hardware is just about off-the-shelf. Either the fans turn up, which means noise, or it thermal throttles. There’s nothing here that could change the physics. Valve does not employ wizards.
  
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  - artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    By the “who made it” comment, I know there’s no reasoning
    
    LOL no you don’t.
    
    The same amount of energy is used, which means heat, as any other device with the same hardware
    
    There is no other device with the same hardware. You know there isn’t. I don’t understand why you’re making this up.
    
    There’s nothing here that could change the physics. Valve does not employ wizards.
    
    No wizards required, just some smart engineers and novel design.
    
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    Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    There is no other device with the same hardware. You know there isn’t. I don’t understand why you’re making this up.
    
    This again… Yes there are. Here’s the specs: thegamepost.com/valve-steam-machine-full-specs/
    
    The “semi-custom” GPU they said is only firmware. The silicon is off-the-shelf. Everything else is also off-the-shelf. What don’t you get about this? You can buy these parts yourself.
    
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