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Valve clarifies that all Steam Machines have a single 16GB RAM stick — here's what this means, and why I think it's another reason gamers may hold off buying the PC

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  • Valve has said that every Steam Machine has one stick of 16GB RAM
  • This is a correction to a previous statement in which Valve engineers indicated that some models had two 8GB sticks
  • There's no 'RAM configuration lottery' then, but Valve may switch to dual sticks in the future — and that could be another reason to hold fire on a purchase for some

We've learned more about the Steam Machine's RAM configuration — and I've got to wonder if the latest details spilled might convince more gamers to hold off purchasing the living room gaming PC for now.

The Verge reports that Valve has come forward to clarify that every Steam Machine has a single stick of 16GB of system memory. In an interview with the YouTubechannel previously, Valve engineers had indicated that there were two possible configurations with its gaming PC: either two 8GB RAM sticks, or...

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