A whole bunch of third-party boxes are being constructed specifically to run Valve's forthcoming Linux-powered SteamOS, and CES 2014 will blow the lid off of all this exciting hardware.
Engadget has a list of twelve confirmed partners that will be making Steam Machines. They are as follows:
- Alienware
- Falcon Northwest
- iBuyPower
- CyberPowerPC
- Origin PC
- Gigabyte
- Materiel.net
- Webhallen
- Alternate
- Next
- Zotac
- Scan Computers
So far iBuyPower has revealed its Steam Machine (pictured above) which will be priced at $500, as reported by The Verge. It comes packed with a "multicore AMD CPU and a discrete AMD Radeon R9 270 graphics card" along with Valve's fancy new Steam controller.
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