Is the Steam Machine a good option for Nintendo console gamers?

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sc94597 said:

spemanig said:

I was planning on getting the Alienware entry model of the Streambox, if I were to get one at all, but many users here advised against it because they apparently tend to overcharge. They said that their entry model would be similar in specs to the PS4 and "competitively priced" to the PS4 and XBO, which I assumed means $500. If that ends up being the price, is that a ripoff for what I'm getting? What is your opinion of Alienware. I've been told that the ibuypower and CyberPowerPC would probably be a better value for what I'm getting. While I don't really care about power, obviously if there are two identical consoles that play the same games with the same controller for the same price, but one of the is more powerful, I'll go with the better box.

I think it is an accurate statement to say that Alienware overprices its products. I build my own desktops, but my laptops and tablets tend to be from Asus which have good price for value. 

I'm not very educated on the majority of the steambox manufacturers, a lot of them seem obscure/new in terms of brand name. I know valve is making their own model, and I'm sure they'll try to stay competitive in both price and hardware (all games will likely be playable at a medium level on the valve machine for a few years.) A lot of the manufacturers are priced quite high for you, $1,000 + so you can omit those. Ibuypower and cyberpowerpc are in your price range. Make sure you have in I5 (or better) and make sure you don't get a model with an Intel GPU (they have historically not made dedicated cards - and while their new high cards might seem to be comparable in specifications, they just don't have the experience of Nvidia and ATI.) Other than that, I think anything will suit your needs. But a year from now things might be very different, so I wouldn't go off of what you hear now. 

Okay. I didn't realize that Valve themselves would be making their own Steam Machine as well. I'll keep a close eye on that one.