Valve Steam Machine Review - Gamers Nexus

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Apparently, some units will ship with 1x16GB RAM and some will ship with 2x8GB RAM. I understand their decision to scrounge both types of memory to be able to ship more units, but I wish they’d let customers express express a preference.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Made me curious: If I have 4 DIMMs, would 4x8gb sticks be bettwr than 2x16gb? Already looked up 1 stick vs 2 in dual channel (2 is better) but can’t find an answer for 2 vs 4.

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    • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only if the CPU and motherboard support quad-channel memory, which is usually only found on High End Desktop platforms. Even the high end consumer CPUs you might consider for a new build - like a Ryzen 9 9950X3D or Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - are limited to dual channel.

      In Ryzen’s case, the officially supported memory bandwidth is reduced when you populate 4 modules. For the aforementioned 9950X3D, you’re guaranteed support for 5600Mhz with two modules and that drops down to 3600Mhz with four. Whether or not you actually have issues will depend on the properties of the unique CPU you end up with / silicon lottery.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends how many memory channels the CPU supports. On a small consumer CPU, no benefit, but start getting up into bigger chips like Threadripper or especially Epyc and some of them support even more than four channels.

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    • xploit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Might not be noticeable enough, smaller memory usually got better timings but a lot also comes down to the CPU you’d ultimately end up using and even the mobo to some degree. That’s assuming you’re comparing same memory chiplets from same manufacturer packaged by same seller brand.
      Unless you’re really hammering the memory, as long as it ain’t completely shit frequency/timing combination it wouldn’t matter to most of us normal users.

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  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They still might. After the buyers are selected in the raffle, they might have the chance to state a preference before the order is finalized.

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• lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  TLDW?

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  • uuj8za@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    • Steam Machine is a mid gaming PC.
    • You could DIY a similar or slightly more powerful machine yourself for cheaper, but not that much cheaper.
    • Your DIY would probably not be as small or as quiet though.

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    • hakase@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d definitely call it “low-end” instead of mid. My low-mid-range $300 6700 from four years ago runs circles around the Steam Machine.

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  • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    they put all the juicy details at the beginning of the video. watch the first 30 seconds at least.

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    • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not watching a video of someone’s dumb face and dumb voice. Write it down or fuck off

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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Truly a first for Gamers Nexus!

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• Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not going to give a view to GN.

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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Huh? What did I miss?

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    • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe that’s Jensen Huang’s lemmy account, no consumer with honest intentions has a reason to dislike GN tbh

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  • techt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    GN is wonderful, you should reconsider.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why?

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• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Has anyone made a Steam Machine teardown video? I wanna see how this thing is built. All I’ve seen is that there’s a bunch of hardware basically clipping through a giant heatsink. Has anyone disassembled it further than that in a video?

  I know the RAM is technically upgradeable, has any video shown how to access it?

  (I did watch the whole GN video but I wasn’t paying full attention so maybe they showed it and I missed it)

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Look for the early announcement videos. Someone tore one appart there. Might even have been LTT. If I recall correctly you have to remove the heatsink to access the RAM.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interesting. I haven’t found it, but I did just spot the pinned comment in under the Gamers Nexus video: “TEAR-DOWN coming up next!” So I guess I’ll just wait for that :)

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• iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This review made me not even really want one anymore.

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