Alienware, GigaByte, Origin PC all making Steam Machines

Valve has revealed that the first twelve Steam Machines currently in production with manufacturers like Alienware and Origin PC and will go on sale later this year starting at $499.

"The first generation Steam Machines offers something for every gamer, which is a critical part of extending Steam into the living room," said Valve's Gabe Newell.

"With over 3,000 games and more than 65 million gamers on Steam, it's important to offer gamers a variety of Steam Machines that allow them to select what makes the most sense for them."

The full list of manufacturers for the first dozen machines is:

• Alienware
• Alternate
• CyberPowerPC
• Digital Storm
• Falcon NW
• GigaByte
• iBuyPower
• Maingear
• Material.net
• Next Spa
• Origin PC
• Scan
• Webhallen
• Zotac

In its CES literature, reported Polygon, Valve also listed specs and prices for some of those machines.

Alternate - $1339

• CPU - Intel Core i5 4570
• Graphics - Gigabyte GTX 760
• RAM - 16GB
• Storage - 1TB SSHD

CyberPowerPC - $499 and up

• CPU - AMD/Intel Core i5 CPU
• Graphics - AMD Radeon R9 270/Nvidia GTX 760
• RAM - 8GB
• Storage - 500GB

Digital Storm Bolt 2 - $2,584

• CPU - Intel Core i7 4770K
• Graphics - GTX 780 Ti
• RAM - 16GB
• Storage - 1TB HDD + 120 GB SSD

Gigabyte Brix Pro - TBD

• CPU - Intel Core i7-4770R
• Graphics - Intel Iris Pro 5200
• RAM - 2 x 4GB
• Storage - 1TB SATA 6Gb/sata

Falcon Northwest - $1,799 to $6000

• CPU - customisable
• Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
• RAM - 8 to 16 GB
• Storage - up to 6 TB

• CPU - Quad core AMD or Intel
• Graphics - Radeon GCN Graphics
• RAM - 8GB

Materiel.net - $1,098

• CPU - Intel Core i5 4440
• Graphics - MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC
• RAM - 8GB
• Storage - 8 GB + 1 TB SSHD

Next SPA - price TBD

• CPU - Intel Core i5
• Graphics - Nvidia GT 760
• RAM - 8GB
• Storage - 1TB

Origin PC Chronos - price TBD

• CPU - Intel Core i7 4770K (3.9 to 4.6 GHz)
• Graphics - 2 x 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX Titans

• CPU - Intel Core i3 4000M
• Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
• RAM - 8GB
• Storage - 500GB

Webhallen - $1,499

• CPU - Intel Core i7
• Graphics - Nvidia GT 780
• RAM - 16GB
• Storage - 1TB SSHD

Zotac - $599

• CPU - Intel Core (TBD)
• Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX
• RAM - TBD
• Storage - TBD

"We are not looking to compete with console pricing," said Digital Storm's director of product development Rajeev Kuruppu.

"We're taking aim at the high end of the market, targeting consumers that demand the best possible gaming experience and who are looking for a PC capable of playing any title on their new 4K display."

Valve's Pierre-Loup A. Griffais also updated the Steam Community with the news "Intel graphics are now supported out of the box; AMD graphics support still being worked on."

Valve announced its Linux based SteamOS and the Steam Controller in September, and that month Newell also spoke a little about Valve's plans for the future.

"We really don't think the fragmentation around the physical location and input devices of computation is either necessary or desirable for software developers or consumers..." he told Linuxcon attendees.

"Obviously, if that's the direction you're going in, Linux is the obvious basis for that. None of the proprietary, closed platforms are going to be able to provide that grand unification between mobile, the living room and the desktop."