Steam Machine Unboxing

[00:00] Hey, what's up everybody? Nick Limone

[00:01] here from IGN and today is a very

[00:04] exciting day. We've got the Steam

[00:06] Machine here in the studio and I'm going

[00:08] to do a little bit of unboxing. So,

[00:10] enough talk. Let's [music] get to it.

[00:12] All right, this is the beautiful

[00:14] top-down view. We've got plenty of

[00:15] cardboard to take a look at. Let's start

[00:18] off with the I assume the machine

[00:20] itself.

[00:22] Right in here. Let's pull that out. I'll

[00:24] move this box aside later. Let's see,

[00:27] we've got some Steam Machine face plates

[00:29] here.

[00:30] So, try to figure out how those snap on

[00:32] a little bit later. Looks like Valve

[00:35] sent us two of them.

[00:38] And then I assume

[00:40] that this

[00:43] is accessories, wires.

[00:47] Nothing in there.

[00:49] Nothing in here. Let's go ahead and lose

[00:50] this box.

[00:52] All right, let's see. Oh, this is a

[00:54] Steam Controller as you can [music] see

[00:55] from the labeling on the cardboard. So,

[00:58] we kind of already know what that looks

[01:00] like, but for now, let's uh start with

[01:03] the

[01:04] Steam Machine itself. So, here's what it

[01:07] looks like on the box itself.

[01:09] We'll get it from the top-down view just

[01:11] to be safe.

[01:12] And now we open.

[01:15] See if I can figure this out.

[01:21] All right. Looks like it starts here.

[01:24] This is kind of a a complex cardboard.

[01:28] All right, there we go.

[01:32] It's got some heft to it.

[01:36] All righty.

[01:38] I think all the cables are in here, but

[01:40] for now, set that there.

[01:43] Let's see.

[01:45] You want to make sure you don't throw

[01:46] this bad boy away. I think it's got some

[01:47] cabling inside.

[01:51] Here we have our

[01:53] standard power supply for the Steam

[01:56] Machine.

[01:57] Don't forget to take plastic off,

[01:58] otherwise you can't plug it in.

[02:00] And we have our HDMI. Now, if I'm not

[02:04] mistaken, the Steam Machine actually

[02:06] comes with an HDMI 2.0, and according to

[02:10] the Steam store page for the device,

[02:12] that should support 4K at 120 Hz.

[02:15] [music]

[02:16] That's what the Steam store page says.

[02:20] All right, there's that.

[02:22] Over here, we have all of our paperwork.

[02:28] Beautiful, zoom in, Malk.

[02:33] Uh, and I think that's it for this. It's

[02:36] a heavy-duty piece of cardboard, so I'm

[02:39] going to set that aside.

[02:41] And now, the moment we've all been

[02:43] waiting for,

[02:45] see a Steam Machine in person.

[02:50] All right, got to unwrap it.

[02:55] Let's see.

[02:58] This is the bottom.

[03:03] And cue angelic choir.

[03:10] Well, this is on pretty snug. I'm just

[03:11] going to slide this off cuz

[03:15] keep it organized for whomever else

[03:16] needs it. And there you have it,

[03:19] the Valve Steam Machine.

[03:22] This thing is pretty sleek. Nice boxy

[03:26] design.

[03:27] Fairly heavy.

[03:29] As you can see here, we have our

[03:31] DisplayPort connection. We have our

[03:33] HDMI, power supply. We have our

[03:36] Ethernet, two USBs, and one USB-C in the

[03:40] back. And over here in the front, we

[03:43] have additional USB-As, along with what

[03:47] looks like a slot for a microSD,

[03:50] and our power button. Underneath, we

[03:53] have our

[03:54] four foot holes along with some

[03:56] ventilation. And one more time on the

[03:58] back, just in case you didn't get enough

[03:59] the first time,

[04:01] the Valve

[04:03] branding.

[04:05] There you go.

[04:06] So, that is the Steam Machine itself.

[04:08] We're going to do some comparisons to

[04:10] other tube-shaped devices in just a

[04:12] moment, but before we do that, let's

[04:14] take a look at everything else we've got

[04:16] in here. I'll start off with the Steam

[04:18] Controller. At this point, this is a

[04:20] little bit of old news. So, this right

[04:22] now is basically a known quantity for

[04:24] anyone who might be watching this,

[04:25] interested in the Steam Machine and the

[04:27] Steam Controller. But, uh I am still

[04:30] waiting for my pre-order reserve to kick

[04:32] in. So, Valve, if you're watching this,

[04:34] hook me up. I'll

[04:35] I'll give you the money. You just got to

[04:38] give me the privilege to pay you the

[04:39] money.

[04:43] And we also have the puck and USB-C

[04:45] cable in here, but I'm going to set that

[04:46] aside for now.

[04:52] And now the face plates. If you are

[04:55] inclined to customize your devices,

[04:58] uh this is the stock black front, which

[05:01] looks nice.

[05:02] See what else we've got in here.

[05:04] This is

[05:06] Ooh, more unwrapping.

[05:09] Let's take a look.

[05:12] Pristine. Let's see.

[05:16] I think I've seen like a wood paneling

[05:18] finish for a front panel, and I thought

[05:20] that looked pretty slick.

[05:23] Right now, I do kind of love how this is

[05:26] just super low-profile, like subtle. I

[05:29] don't I don't often like to show that my

[05:31] computer is in a given space. Ooh, this

[05:35] is classy. So, as you can see right

[05:37] here, this is a just delightful bright

[05:40] brick red {slash} orange look, an orange

[05:43] box, if you will. Transforms your Steam

[05:45] Machine into an orange box, perhaps. Uh

[05:47] one thing that's nice that maybe it

[05:48] doesn't read particularly well on camera

[05:51] is that there is like this sort of felt

[05:53] material on top, so let's see if we can

[05:56] get a little felt ASMR.

[06:00] Yeah, that's for you watching at home.

[06:02] You know exactly who you are.

[06:04] I like it though. It's bright, [music]

[06:05] it pops a little bit, but it's subtle

[06:07] enough and looks classy enough that I

[06:09] feel like it's going to make the Steam

[06:11] Machine pop on any given entertainment

[06:13] stand entertainment stand without

[06:15] drawing too much attention to itself,

[06:16] which I really appreciate.

[06:19] Additionally, we have one more. I wonder

[06:22] if this is the wood finish one.

[06:25] Place your bets now.

[06:27] Ooh, this is a privilege right here. I

[06:29] get to do one of these bad boys.

[06:36] Love getting to do that.

[06:38] This, all right. Moment of truth, let's

[06:40] see what we've got.

[06:44] Let's unwrap this one as well. Let me

[06:46] set this aside.

[06:48] I always feel bad throwing the

[06:49] cardboard, but it is just cardboard.

[06:50] [music]

[06:52] Now let's open this bad boy up.

[06:55] Oh yeah.

[06:56] >> [music]

[06:57] >> Ooh, I'm liking this one already. Yeah,

[07:01] this is like a beautiful like walnut I

[07:04] don't I don't know wood, man. While

[07:06] we're kind of articulating and trying to

[07:07] figure out what color this is, it's a

[07:08] darker wood finish. Looks [music] really

[07:11] pretty, and again, this is just a nice

[07:14] way to do subtly display the Steam

[07:16] Machine on any given entertainment

[07:18] center. So, [music] you know, if you're

[07:20] going with something a little more uh

[07:21] ooh, I just noticed there's a magnet on

[07:23] it. You see that?

[07:26] It just sticks directly on. So, I assume

[07:28] that if I remove this particular plate

[07:30] Oh my gosh, it's that easy.

[07:33] You just

[07:34] boom. Done. Dishes are done.

[07:37] >> [music]

[07:37] >> That's great.

[07:39] What a happy little accident, but also,

[07:41] I mean, that actually makes me more

[07:43] inclined to actually want to get face

[07:45] plates because it's as easy as

[07:46] magnetizing it. And I also cannot wait

[07:48] to see what people make and sell on like

[07:51] Etsy and stuff like that cuz you know

[07:52] people are going to make some

[07:53] wild-looking stuff. So, on that note,

[07:56] Valve is actually releasing the CAD file

[07:58] for the face plate, so people are going

[07:59] to be able to print their own out, make

[08:01] custom designs. You name it, people are

[08:03] going to figure out a way to display

[08:04] their given personality on their Steam

[08:06] Machine. And I think that's a really

[08:08] chill Valve move. in line with what they

[08:10] do already with stuff like Steam

[08:12] Workshop and things of that nature. But

[08:14] for me, for now, I'm just going to pop

[08:17] the wooden finish face plate on just cuz

[08:19] I really love the way this looks and

[08:21] honestly, this matches with my desk at

[08:23] home. So, uh

[08:24] uh I don't know who I need to ask at

[08:25] IGN, but Papa's going to bring this home

[08:27] with him. And

[08:29] I promised you that we would do a size

[08:32] comparison, so let me

[08:36] compare this to the only other

[08:37] cube-shaped device we have here at IGN,

[08:40] the GameCube.

[08:42] So, immediately, big standout difference

[08:44] is the uh size difference. The Steam

[08:47] Machine [music]

[08:47] is uh

[08:49] significantly larger than a Nintendo

[08:51] GameCube. I will say,

[08:53] no handle on the Steam Machine. So,

[08:55] you're just going to have to be very

[08:56] careful when you're transporting your

[08:58] given Steam Machine around. All right,

[09:00] now let's talk specs. So, the Steam

[09:02] Machine comes with two different

[09:03] flavors. First flavor is going to be

[09:05] your 512 GB of storage. That one is

[09:08] $1,049.99.

[09:10] And this one right here is actually the

[09:12] 2 TB of storage, which is $1,349.99.

[09:16] But now let's talk nitty-gritty specs.

[09:18] The Steam Machine is rocking a

[09:20] semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU. It has a

[09:24] semi-custom AMD RDNA 3 GPU. In terms of

[09:29] memory, the Steam Machine is rocking 16

[09:31] GB of DDR5

[09:33] >> [music]

[09:33] >> and 8 GB of DDR6 VRAM.

[09:38] As I mentioned previously, the storage

[09:40] comes in two different varieties. We

[09:41] have a 512 GB NVMe SSD or this one, a 2

[09:47] TB NVMe SSD. Both models include a

[09:50] high-speed micro SD slot, which you can

[09:52] see

[09:53] >> [music]

[09:53] >> right here in the front. In terms of

[09:55] connectivity, the Steam Machine offers

[09:57] Bluetooth 5.3 with a dedicated antenna.

[10:00] It includes a Steam Controller as I

[10:02] showed earlier with a puck and USB-C.

[10:05] So, you're going to be able to snap it

[10:06] on and connect wirelessly. If we flip

[10:09] the Steam Machine over on the back, we

[10:10] have a DisplayPort 1.4, which according

[10:14] to the Steam store page supports up to

[10:16] 4K at 240 Hz or 8K [music] at 60 Hz.

[10:20] Don't know how many people have an 8K

[10:22] monitor out there, but if you do, you're

[10:24] in luck. The Steam Machine also supports

[10:26] HDR, [music] FreeSync, and

[10:28] daisy-chaining. In terms of HDMI, the

[10:31] Steam Machine, again according to the

[10:33] Steam store page, has an HDMI 2.0 port,

[10:36] which supports up to 4K at 120 Hz. And

[10:40] of course, the HDMI also supports HDR,

[10:42] [music] FreeSync, and CEC. Over back in

[10:45] the front, we have two USB-A 3.2 Gen1

[10:49] ports. And

[10:51] >> [music]

[10:51] >> if we flip it back over to the back, we

[10:52] have two USB 2.0 high-speed ports and

[10:56] one USB-C 3.2 Gen2 port in the back. And

[11:00] in terms of networking, we're keeping it

[11:01] simple with a gigabit ethernet port.

[11:04] [music]

[11:04] Uh one thing that the Steam Machine has

[11:06] that you may not be readily apparent uh

[11:08] since it's not plugged in at the moment

[11:10] is it does feature 17 individually

[11:13] addressable RGB LEDs for system status,

[11:16] customization, things of that nature.

[11:18] So, if you love your RGB, you are in

[11:21] luck because you can customize it. And

[11:23] according to the official specs, this is

[11:25] 152 mm tall, 162.4 mm deep, and 156 mm

[11:33] wide. And in terms of weight, we're

[11:35] rocking [music] approximately 2.6 kg.

[11:38] And of course, the Steam Machine is

[11:40] operating on Steam OS 3. And there you

[11:43] have it. That is the Steam Machine. I am

[11:47] loving how compact this thing is. And

[11:49] honestly,

[11:50] the magnet base face plate system is

[11:52] pretty slick.

[11:54] Just very satisfying to snap on new face

[11:57] plates and you know, make your own

[11:59] orange box. Unfortunately, that is all

[12:02] the time I have left with the Steam

[12:03] Machine. But if you're like me and can't

[12:05] get enough Steam Machine, make sure to

[12:07] stay tuned to IGN. We're going to have a

[12:08] full review of the Steam Machine going

[12:10] out as well as different performance

[12:13] capture of different games running

[12:15] >> [music]

[12:15] >> on the Steam Machine. But for all things

[12:17] Steam and Valve, stay tuned to IGN.