New Steam Machine clone shows copycats are missing the point — the $1,299 'Steamroller' may run SteamOS,…
- A number of Steam Machine clones are now out there
- The latest is the 'Steamroller' from Meta PCs in the US
- While it has strengths over and above Valve's PC, it misses out on some key aspects, notably around its suitability for the living room
As the Steam Machine is now officially shipping – at least to some gamers who have reservations placed and paid for – we're seeing more alternatives to the best gaming PCs for those who haven't been able to secure, or simply aren't tempted by, Valve's latest hardware.
The latest Steam Machine alternative is the Steamroller (nice name) from US-based Meta PCs. Tom's Hardware reports that the Steamroller is a prebuilt featuring an AMD Ryzen 9600X processor, backed with 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a Radeon RX 7600 graphics card (with 8GB of video RAM). There's a 1TB NVMe SSD for storage.
All this is packed...
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