Maybe! I could see that as a viable plan. I guess only time will tell. Read more

Look, I have no problem with a new, more diverse set of superheroes. It’s been a long time coming. Read more

You could do that on this machine, too. But I agree, that’d be a really good way to go, if you want a home theater PC. That’s what I do with mine: It runs Kodi, from which I can launch Steam Big Picture and stream games from my gaming PC in the other room. I can also play emulators on it if I’m in a more old school… Read more

Also the loading times in general on Skyrim are ridiculous. Moving that game to an SSD was a wonderful feeling. Read more

Well aren’t you a special little snowflake with all your fancy friends Read more

Because otherwise this guide would be no different from just “build a gaming PC”. We’ve done that time and time again. We wanted to do something different with this one. If you want to build a normal gaming PC and run Steam, that’s up to you! But it wouldn’t really be worth another guide on our part. We just wanted to… Read more

Yup. The cheaper ones especially don’t seem to come with Windows bundled into their price, which means your selection of games is much more limited. You still need Windows if you want a competitive PC gaming experience. Read more

That’s fair. I didn’t mean to say that the cheap steam machines were WORSE than consoles, but for what they are, I personally wouldn’t consider them as good an exerperience. Consoles aren’t great, but when most of the cheaper Steam Machine builds are using laptop video cards (and come with some of the hassles of PC… Read more

This handles the Witcher 3 like a champ on pretty high settings, as long as you don’t turn on HairWorks! Read more

The cheap Steam Machines are nowhere near this good. I’m not even sure I’d recommend them over consoles. To build a Steam Machine that’s actually worthwhile, you have to spend more—and Steam Machines with the same specs as our sub-$1000 build cost $1300 and up. Read more

I’d need more information on the video card. If it was a Radeon 280X, then you’re probably fine for now—but if it’s Radeon 200 meant for mobile computers and laptops (which seems likely), then yes, the GTX 970 would be a huge upgrade. Read more

As others have noted, nope—Intel heatsinks come with thermal paste pre-applied. It isn’t necessarily the best in the world, but neither is the stock Intel heatsink. I wouldn’t personally bother replacing the thermal paste, but you definitely can if you want. Read more

Well, traditional sized towers also tend to be cheaper, so there is that. Read more

The RVZ02 looks pretty awesome. It wasn’t available when we put this together and did the video, and I do worry about it being even MORE compact than the RVZ01 (which was a really tight fit!) but it looks like a pretty great alternative. I’m glad all your stuff fit in it properly. Thanks for sharing your build! Read more

Ooh, good to know, I’ll mention that. Read more

I had a similar problem when putting together the original build for this. I wanted to try and make it better than consoles, but only slightly more expensive. It’s possible to do with a normal PC, but not a compact one like this. Read more

Haha, i think NESticle’s best days have come and gone :-) Read more

It’s in the works! Read more

Here’s a list! MAME is definitely supported. Read more

I’ve been using NullDC for Dreamcast and it seems to work great with my Xbox 360 controller. Read more