I Built A Steam Machine In 2023

For those that keep saying how ChimeraOS now has HDR and ray-tracing, I know. This video is nearly 3 months old (and I built this PC about 4 months ago), so there's been many updates to ChimeraOS since I post this. I'm glad to see how our homemade Steam Machines get even better!

I would love to see an official SteamOS release. I got the Deck because I 'thought it'd be neat', little did I know I'd be absolutely floored by it.

Enable 60W CPU mode in the bios and cap fps to 60. Runs very quiet

Are we really at a point when a 1500 dollar PC is considered mid range? That's pretty crazy

we need a steam machine SO BAD.

Awesome build! I went with 5600x/6700xt combo with my Chimera OS build. It was my first time building a PC from scratch so I went with a mid size tower. It's amazing and my whole family is enjoying using it. One thing I added was a cheap USB wireless adapter for my Xbox controllers instead of relying on Bluetooth. Now my controllers can wake the PC on sleep. It compliments my steam deck perfectly.

I remember my family got me and my siblings a steam machine for christmas which I think was from alien ware. The steam machine was definitely cool and the controller was one of the best PC controllers imo, wish valve still supported making steam machines alongside the steam deck. Great video!

I recently built my first ITX steam machine, but with mostly used parts. It runs a Ryzen 2600 + 1060 6GB. Got away with moderately undervolting the GPU, now the system is super quiet and came out at about 400$. Sure, i'm limited to graphically more easy to run games, but it's a nice start for me and i didn't have any issues yet. :)

Steam is literally the only gaming company I can get behind. The steam controler looks was such a hybrid of a mouse and thumbstico and even years later its features are seen new in the market. Steam machine as a concept sounds absolutely beautiful. Thousands of people using the same machine on similar settings. It also resolves the issue of generating shadercaches which can cause lag even in the beefiest cards right now. Also they may be cheaper than the sum of thier parts. Which cant be said for pre built pcs, the closest thing to the steam machine.

What happened with the RAM is that ryzen can only handle DDR5 6000-6200 so 6400 is just too high. You could have applied the 6400 profile then set the speed to 6000 for best results.

1:19 Man that was too real

this is a sick build. 10/10 enjoyed!

Steam deck is my first gaming pc. I haven't looked back. I love being able to play playstation games, xbox games, indie games, 3rd party games and pc games all on one platform. I hope valve makes a better steam deck in the near future.

This is such a cool project, I'd love to see an update video on how it's going / problems you've faced. Great video!

5/10 , does not emit steam, doesnt even have a fog machine to create ‘steam’ either

If they could make tiered RDNA2/3 based steam machines (like the deck), with some that can push frames to their index decently- it would be so awesome!

Great video! I did a similar project recently with a 5700G/Radeon VII. There are some drawbacks (mainly bluetooth controllers not working) but it was still fun to build and I'm really looking forward to the official SteamOS release!

I wonder if Valve is even contemplating making an at home console? Having a hardware target for high end gaming might make SteamOS and Linux by extension more widespread. I just built a SFFPC myself(i3-12100F and RX 6800 in a Velka 7), it's for shuffling around the house and occasionally to LAN parties.

Reason why people don't build steam machines is because game consoles don't typically cost $1500.

This is a awesome sign that gamers (especially Japanese gamers) gotta start making/manufacturing their own pc gaming machine so that the small tech companies can beat the shit out of the big tech companies.