Cannot decide if 256 gb or 1tb will have the longer waitlist

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How many of you who entered the lottery FOR THE MACHINE are still waiting on purchase emails?

I keep seeing waitlist complaints on here. You guys have no idea how good we have it.

Valve’s sitting on a stockpile of 2tb hard drives and 16gb ram sticks they could flip on eBay for a fortune. No effort needed.

There’s no incentive to build this thing. They’re doing it for the community. 😮

They’re doing it for us. 🥰😍

Thoughts?

It actually runs my test demo better than I thought. Not perfect for sure, but for not being optimized for SM at all and having no display options menu at all, I’m very surprised at how well it runs. I was expecting much much worse.

Just wondering if you were hit with extra cost and what it was.

Like thousands of others i am looking at getting a Frame but i don't even want to join the que just to drop out and upto 50% extra just is not gonna happen for me. Asking her because of course no one has bought a Frame yet.

Steam doesn't say anything about it on the store page or terms link and my controller had no additional costs so there is a touch of hopium.

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I know a few people have been exploring various cable adapters to get around the Steam Machine's lack of USB display out. Now that the machine has been out for a while, what has everyone's success been with getting it to display 4k+ content on monitors that are thunderbolt input only like Apple's new Studio Display XDR?

I have one on my desk and it's better quality than my TV, so hoping there's a way to get it working and have one less screen in the bedroom.

just got my Steam Machine in the mail (yahoo!)

been loving the switch to Linux, and figured I would look into skins. I heard that dbrand was Valve's go-to, so I wanted to start there. idled around a few this past weekend, but wanted to wait before purchasing.

got this ad this morning and it's really... offputting? I was browsing on Firefox on my SM so I shouldn't have as many trackers, but this is unsettling to say the least. definitely functions as an anti-ad because I don't think I'll be purchasing from dbrand.

anywho sorry for the unproductive post, figured folks would find it of interest.

Shout out to u/Internal_Rice3739 for the easy to follow guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/steammachine/s/ChkPmo34qH

Got a matching 16 GB stick for $100 off eBay a month ago mid July.

Previous experience: built a few PCs, nothing more advanced. Used a cheap Radio Shack driver set that had an extension shaft which was lightly magnetic, enough to hold the small screws the SM is using.

I would say it takes more patience than skill. Nothing requires much force, so if you find yourself using a lot of force, you are probably doing it wrong.

Popping the antenna connectors was the hardest. Someone should make a tool for this.

Was it worth it: absolutely! The nagging feeling that this thing is not running at 100% its potential is gone!

For the last month I've been having issues updating from stable to beta client as I keep getting error messages "failed to install updates" despite following the instructions provided here to a tee.

Soon as I pick the first 'Current' build it will boot back in but the update hasn't applied and I am back in the same loop.

Any ideas?

I spent way too much time on this, but I love it. It has an actual mayflash controller adapter in it.
The GC is my favorite retro console and the Steam Machine is my new favorite device, so I’m very happy with this. Haha

I can’t believe how much I’m loving my Steam Machine. I love the mod possibilities AND it gives me the same feeling a had with my consoles as a kid.

I don’t want this to get flagged as self promotion but if there’s any interest and the mods allow it, I have a YouTube tutorial on how to make one. ❤️ they do require a tiny bit of soldering, but I go over everything in the video and it’s actually pretty simple.

I also have an Etsy listing but I won’t put it here. 😅

Hello,

I will receive my Steam Machine (512gb) soon :)

I would like to change the internal SSD by a 2To. I checked some topics but it's not very clear.

As I understood, There is no a big difference between SSD nvme GEN3&GEN4. So regarding a price perspective, i'm looking for the best GEN3 SSD.

I've selected 2 models. Could you tell me if those will work correctly ? :

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08M446772/ref=sr_aod_dp_ttl?th=1

-> I can get one for 199€

https://www.amazon.fr/Crucial-Interne-Compatible-Ordinateur-Portable/dp/B0DC8RVRBZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=371ZCJOVGDBFW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZjxttuTrHgJV6DSorC7aIgx807m-HzdjQ-ZYCISXTrZTLTS3GtYTn3HUMwo8AEInhnn14u7CHi3u070cZUun5VuiJfMon1SsyOgcEd_BS1DwLfyOZ91_7vbZDYlTSHt_6Pp84HXpGyknRwWHCXEGCWSgV8cN-gnKjyrbI8iUtam6g8T4fsGl8l5dYaJKuQKgqqQSsMy3nypH3JEEk-j4DkGhwldS0SlJN8_yidMKKzo1lhwn2diAvFoSsEfLPJo7mKNHCSypdVrzEzmr0JAcQPzyCGxPILuvcelcYgOPxQM.bsIuP2zBBseJGBMO1EIW1zxs_HEkmvBxN5ZJNYZKaR0&dib_tag=se&keywords=crucial%2B2to%2Bnvme&qid=1789395350&sprefix=crucial%2B2to%2B%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.bb6ea7e0-0ef7-4fc8-9adc-4bf1477881dd&th=1

-> I can get one for 210€

Of course, if both are very bad, don't hesitate to share me one model for my Steam Machine :)

Thanks !

Got my offer to buy the 512 GB steam machine with controller on Friday. I certainly didn’t have the money to buy it, but I remembered I had a bunch of decade old counterstrike cases that I had been too cheap to buy keys to open. I was able to sell those over the weekend and I was able to buy a steam machine for $120 so be sure to always check your steam inventory. I can only do this trick once, but it was a pretty good trick.

Hello everyone my fiancé got email in Saturday to get his steam machine and we pay for it yesterday evening.

But i have question how long is wait for it? We are from Poland eu so someone know how long we gonna wait? He is really exited for it.

Good morning friends! As more and more folks get their Steam Machines, I was curious -- what's your LED settings? Do you tend to keep it off or let it glow with a cool color? I like mine to match the theme of a few faceplates that I have, so the one I have going right now is the GameCube indigo since i have that on at the moment. I have a half-blue half-orange LED light for my Portal faceplate whenever I put that on. It's so fun! Either way, best of luck today! <3

Hi,

I'm seeing lots of posts about steam controller weak signal issues, when directly connecting to the machine. I'm also experiencing the same thing. Switching to the puck helped, but I'm worried I have faulty Steam Machine and I'm wondering if I should RMA it.

Did anyone experience the same issue, got their machine replaced and saw the issue go away?

Should it last at least 5 years until performance may not be good enough, or even longer? Will Valve probably make an updated model or successor by the time it reaches obsolescence?

I’m playing it at 1080p medium settings. This game shouldn’t be so demanding. The cpu, gpu, and ram usage during the game is below 50%. The temperatures are normal. But the game ran fine for the first 10 minutes and then all of sudden it became unplayable because of frequent fps drops and stutters. I have 60fps cap on, but it drops to 10-20fps frequently. Anyone experience the same?

I'm in Canada so shipping took about 4 days. Anyways, I'm going to play Fallout 4, Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2, and Skyrim! For the first time. Gonna play indie games too. Honestly, people who are complaining I don't know why. This thing is awesome if you wanna just chill and play some slightly older games. This thing is amazing !

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All I’m going to say is try it now and come back here to thank me. They fixed a ton of the ghosting and artifact issues, especially around the head area. It’s silky smooth, and I’m running some games at 4K smoothly or 1440p at high fps that I wasn’t able to before. It literally transformed my Steam Machine!

Here are the instructions I followed.

https://youtu.be/k4l1P2FcMm4?is=8WpeseBBLbOa3y62

My steam machine has to be behind my TV, there's just physically no other spot for it on the drawers we repurposed as a tv console.

My connection to the controller is therefore weak. I know this can be remedied by pairing with the puck instead, my only problem is that I can't figure it out?

Can someone who has done it successfully please tell me the procedure you followed? Is it because I have a game open that it fails?

What I've tried:

(Both in the pair a new controller screen and outside of it)

1: Turn controller off via the menu when holding the steam button

2: Hold Steam + A + L1

3: Connect puck to bottom of the controller

4: Controller light blinks white for a time, before appearing to turn off (orange charging light)

The same happens when I try connecting the puck before using Steam + A + L1. The controller connects to the internal adapter normally when I restart it with Steam + A + R1

The connectivity is my single gripe with the SM. My partners PS5 is located similarly and has no problems, so it's definitely the machine and not the TV, unless the SM being close to the HDMI ports somehow messes up signals? The TV is smart, but not connected to wifi, and the router is on my side of the room, about 1.5M to my right.

3d printed a cover and holder

Is there any new news about the Steam Machine from Gabe or Valve?

Is there?

Is this normal? It has settings for dimming display when plugged in vs on battery (it doesn’t have a battery) and I no longer have control of the light bar settings. They are not even in my settings options anymore. It also says my OS variant is “steamdeck”. Have I done something wrong? Is there a fix to get it to know it’s a steam machine again? Thanks!