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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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    artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I know what the specs are. You seem intent on ignoring the package as a whole. You can buy a CPU and a GPU. You cannot buy the motherboard or the case or the coolers or the power supply. If you buy them piecemeal, off the shelf, it will be significantly larger and louder because the package is simply not optimized that way. What don’t you get about this?
    
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