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Valve Reveals New Hardware Lineup: A Controller, Compact Gaming PC, and VR-Ready Headset
(www.gamespot.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2025
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Box looks nice...
I see many flaws on many sides, some doesn't bother me at all (like it is very mid tier spec machine, I don't expect hdmi2.1 for over 60hz, but still a flaw), then lack of ability to add extra hard drive, dvd, floppy (/s on this one) is slightly bothering me, and no output set for home audio 5.1+ set is already a thing for me (probably can extract them from hdmi port, but, uhm, buying extra adapters?, no fun).
Much depends on price, some said to expect 500€, which I could probably, maybe... some expect 700€+ while pointing economy trends, which is much nupe imho.
There are a bunch of compromises for the (unknown) price point and form factor. It is clearly targeting the "relatively accessible living room gaming PC" market. At the same time, I don't think this is as restrictive as your comment makes it seem.
This is likely a legal limitation rather than a technical one, but the included DisplayPort can do 4k at 120 Hz. Most games probably won't be able to actually run with good performance with those settings.
The SSD is user replaceable, and other drives can be added through USB (even floppy drives). Micro SD is also a bit clever in that you can use the same cards for the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame.
Back to USB, it has more connectivity than consoles, and works with more devices (because it is really just a PC). This includes USB audio interfaces and such if you need audio options outside of HDMI.
It may be ok for building whole new rig, cube as base, and then add all next based on cube possibilities - don't buy weak monitor, but only one with audio in it, don't buy extra ssd, buy sd card, solid usb hub or at least wireless kb/m (personally I like wires here)... unless some may have non compatibile monitor without audio, few ssd and many wired tools already.
~~Also doubt my full size mounted dvd and even hdd (aye, sata2 hdd!, magnetic discs!), would be so easily~~ Woah just googled, we have usb to sata adapters, and not even that expensive (10-20€), still would need few, boosting total price.
From what I've seen, the hard drive at least looks replaceable, so it should be possible to upgrade it I believe.
Definitely agree, relying on sd cards for expanding storage sucks