Valve Steam Machine Review: GPU & CPU Benchmarks, SteamOS Test, Thermals, Noise, and Price

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SUPPORT US and GET A CUSTOM STEAM MACHINE FRONT PANEL: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/custom-steam-machine-front-panel-airflow-upgrade-with-dust-filter and consider a Retro IO Coaster Pack while you're at it: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-retro-io-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm The Valve Steam Machine runs desktop SteamOS, a Linux distribution, and ships in a console-like form factor with the intent for use as a living room PC or mini PC. The Machine ships at $1050 for a 512GB model and $1350 for a 2TB model, so we have DIY PC price comparisons included. Our testing of the Steam Machine benchmarks gaming performance, GPU performance, framerate (FPS), CPU performance, compression and decompression, thermals, acoustics, and more. We also look at SteamOS in-depth and at BIOS, power draw, and more in our in-depth Steam Machine review. Watch: Collapse of Personal Computing documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8 Watch: The DRAM Cartel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzeHTlWIDY Grab the GN Steam Vent front panels! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/custom-steam-machine-front-panel-airflow-upgrade-with-dust-filter Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Valve Steam Machine Review 01:19 - A TON OF TESTS 05:01 - SUPPORT US AND GET A STEAM MACHINE FRONT PANEL 07:00 - Valve Queue and RAM Challenges 12:11 - Valve is a Nobody in Memory 13:18 - Pricing Comparison vs DIY 15:09 - Thermals: GPU 17:15 - Thermals: CPU 17:52 - CPU Frequency vs Thermals 18:27 - Thermals: SSD and IO 19:52 - Acoustics: Noise Levels dBA SPL 20:40 - Acoustics: Frequency Spectrum Plot 21:46 - Power Consumption: Gaming and Standby 22:25 - Power Consumption: Full System Load 23:09 - CPU Frequency Boosting vs Power Limits 24:11 - Game Benchmarking Methodology 24:59 - Gaming: Resident Evil 4 Steam Machine GPU Benchmarks 25:42 - Gaming: Black Myth WuKong vs RX 7600 26:31 - Gaming: Starfield Steam Machine vs RTX 3060 27:23 - Gaming: TES IV Oblivion Remastered on Steam Machine 27:47 - Gaming: Kingdom Come Deliverance II Benchmarks 28:04 - Gaming: Dragon's Dogma 2 GPU Comparison vs Steam Machine 28:34 - Gaming: FFXIV Dawntrail 28:54 - Gaming: The Outer Worlds 2 29:20 - Gaming: Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 29:37 - Gaming Problems and Anti-Cheat 29:53 - Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 30:37 - Ray Tracing: Black Myth WuKong FSR 31:05 - Frametime Pacing: KCD2 31:26 - Frametime Pacing: Starfield 31:50 - CPU Benchmarks: 7-Zip File Compression 32:47 - CPU Benchmarks: 7-Zip File Decompression 33:13 - CPU Benchmarks: Rendering on Steam Machine 33:39 - CPU Games: Stellaris, KCD2, TOW2, SF 35:18 - SteamOS Problems 42:09 - Schlieren Imaging 43:22 - Fan Machine 45:05 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead, Writing Patrick Lathan: Testing, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing Tim Phetdara: Camera, Editing Andrew Coleman: Camera Tannen Williams: Writing