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Alewerkz t1_j8329s7 wrote

That's a pretty impressive machine

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ardi62 OP t1_j83gqso wrote

yeah and the price is quite competitive as well.

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dachsj t1_j841ici wrote

I was going to come in here and say "just buy a steamdeck" but after looking at the specs, it's interesting.

It even looks like it comes with a mic plug.

I wonder who the market for this is though? Most of gamers would just build a normal sized PC, or get a gaming laptop, or a steamdeck.

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jakubmi9 t1_j84f4da wrote

Throw SteakOS on it, put it in the living room next to your TV. Congratulations, now you own a Steam Console, with free cross-save to your PC and deck.

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algernon132 t1_j84vqho wrote

Machines running SteakOS are pretty rare

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CamiloArturo t1_j866f65 wrote

I don’t have the money but it’s exactly what someone like me would love to have: something good enough to play the shitty games I like (mainly AOE2) but which looks great and isn’t a huge monster case and could work as a main computer for the basic things I do.

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GivesBadAdvic t1_j84ipvh wrote

It could be a cool travel PC. Go on a vacation and have a gaming PC for the hotel room.

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Alewerkz t1_j842hie wrote

I can see this being appealing for budding gamers

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asimplerandom t1_j84fbi8 wrote

People that want a smaller machine. Powerful performance in a incredibly tiny form factor. As someone that’s tired of the midsize tower sitting on the floor next to me I can see the appeal.

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dachsj t1_j84gtuk wrote

That was one of think I thought but I imagine it's fairly loud with just two fans. If it's quiet, I can see the appeal. If it sounds like a jet engine, it would lose some "desktop" / htpc appeal.

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asimplerandom t1_j84hkjk wrote

The initial reviews I’ve read state it’s incredibly quiet even at full load.

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OPsButthole6969 t1_j84if2j wrote

How does one grow tired of this?

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asimplerandom t1_j84k8oi wrote

Crappy desk layout. My office has a long “custom” multi station desk and each station has a certain amount of leg room for chair etc. The compact mid tower shares that space. It gets to feel intrusive and “in the way”. Yep that’s no fault of the tower at all (and a desk problem and not a computer problem) but there’s many times I wish I could just get rid of the box down by my feet and put a tiny one behind my monitors.

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ToShrt t1_j858mnu wrote

I’ve been wanting to bring my PC gaming into the living room area so I can spend more time there. My wife does crafts in that area and we have a baby now, so if I wanted to play a game on PC, she would absolutely have no problem, but I just don’t find the idea of sitting alone like that so appealing at the moment. This could be the the thing I’ve been needing. Long way to say an answer to you question of who this markets to lol

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glaive1976 t1_j86qgnx wrote

>I’ve been wanting to bring my PC gaming into the living room area

I've been here for about 12 years. Silverstone used to make a matx case that fits fairly well in my av cabinet with my Denon AV receiver and some other toys. When my wife and I moved in to our house I quickly realized it was way too small for me to have a workstation so I refactored with the goal of fitting in with the aesthic. I'm not sure how kosher links to new egg are so I'll just say Google silverstone htpc cases and you get a pretty good idea of my case.

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lswins t1_j8dhnfq wrote

Makes sense for kids that want to game. It’s also fairly small and can be concealed on a wall mounted workstation.

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a_PRIORItastic t1_j85f1dp wrote

There's a USB4? What a time to be alive

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[deleted] t1_j849ghx wrote

Anyone know what the barebone version without RAM, SSD, or Windows license starts at?

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asimplerandom t1_j84fh3t wrote

839 if memory serves. Check out minisforum.com for details.

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piscian19 t1_j8ewpob wrote

They ever fix their thermal paste issue?

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DeusFever t1_j847uxe wrote

“The barebone version without RAM, SSD, or Windows license starts from 959 Euros (~$1029)”.

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DeusFever t1_j847vxl wrote

“The barebone version without RAM, SSD, or Windows license starts from 959 Euros (~$1029)”.

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DeusFever t1_j847tw7 wrote

“The barebone version without RAM, SSD, or Windows license starts from 959 Euros (~$1029)”.

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