What is the hype about SteamMachine? How to count dots? I reading it something like tvbox and playstation. Isn't Zorin is more funcionality?
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The Steam Machine is adressed to Gaming - so the System that it uses. Zorin is a common OS. I wouldn't compare bot too much.
The Hype about it was big because it uses Linux and come from Valve. But after the Announcement of the Prices, it cools down.
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Yeah but everyone now have hype with movies DIY PC building similar to the Steam Machine. I don't get it. It is company VALVE - for me it is because it is one product from Linux for gaming but System76 could be the same. I don't get this but in Japan,India and China it is sold out. In Europe there exists preorders. In my country they don't selling that and count tax and etc. if I order I must be Insane. Propably this is box for people who can buying that. Ferrari also Volksvagen also are a car but have a diffrents price and experience and exclusive.
Because of the Price. So, People want demonstrate that You can have the Power (or more) for a similar Price when buying Parts and building by Yourself.
System76 sells PC's. That is their Business. Valve's Buisness is not Hardware. The Hardware - Steam Machine and Steam Deck plus Stuff to it - is only secondary. And it targets their Main Focus: Games. They only offer an own Machine Interface for their Stuff if You want so.
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Here my last ever bought console, a XBox One S died by trying to reset if for sale. My Acer Nitro N5 is also dying, so i will build a DIY Steam Machine good enough to handle the FHD television screen. Valve started a tsunami against the console companies, that sell planned obsolescence and rental games you never own. This tsunami will also hit Windows, we can play with hardware that does not fullfill Windows hardware requirements.
For me the idea counts, i buy games at GOG sale below 10€ that will run forever in their wine bottle. I played on Linuxmint, Fedora, Ubuntu and Zorin. My DIY Steam Machine will run Zorin with few PPA's. Steam Big Picture mode and Zorin desktop 3 in the list are nice to handle.
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I think I mentioned somewhere else in this forum that I was converting my old 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 into a modern mATX gaming machine.
At the time, I was single, working many hours in construction, and had few bills. I bought the Mac Pro for video editing and 3D (Lightwave, MODO, Maya). Fast forward 18 years and I couldn't even install Zorin on this thing. I tried.
So, I researched how to convert it and I'm quite happy with it. I wish I would have done this two years ago when prices weren't stupid. That said, I bought my CPU on ebay for $150 and everything else on sale. I don't have a GPU yet and will probably add another 16Gb ram by Christmas (unless the market goes even more stupid).
My desire to do this wasn't based off the Steam Machine. I wanted to preserve the legacy of this Mac Pro. Most of the inside had to be stripped, but I was able to keep the fans. I'm currently only using two if the original fans, but will keep the other two. It's not finished, but it's good enough for now.
(I was given the trashcan mac pro seen in the pictures. I installed ZimaOS on it with Jellyfin.)
Here's my build:
-ASRock B850M PRO RS WIFI AM5 AMD B850 Micro ATX Motherboard
-ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G 1000W 80 PLUS GOLD & Cybenetics PLATINUM Full Modular Power Supply, ATX3.1 & PCIe5.1 Ready
-G.SKILL Flare X5 16GB 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3636F16GX1-FX5
-Ryzen 7 7700X
- Cooler Master V4 Alpha 3DHP CPU Air Cooler
-fanxiang 1TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD,Up to 14000 MB/s
-XFX SWIFT Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 128-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 Graphics Card RX-96TS316B7 ***Not purchased yet.
-Along with the two original fans on the front,, I got this new case fan mounted to the back exhaust vent. PCCOOLER CPS F9 R120 High-Speed 120mm Industrial Case Fan
Most people cut out the entire back of the case, or a lot of it. I didn't want to do that, so I figure out a way to use as much of the original as possible.
I used WoldoClean Metal Super Glue 25g Extra Strong Adhesive to glue the motherboat table mount. This glue is no joke!
Motherboard mount: HOMSFOU Open Air Pc Case Bracket Micro ATX Motherboard Stand Open Frame. It worked for my needs and even came with a powerbutton which I needed because the powerbutton on the case is proprietary to Apple. The case is awesome, but the Apple being Apple made this quite the challenge to convert.
