I Built A Steam Machine In 2023

For those that keep saying how ChimeraOS now has HDR and ray-tracing, I know. This video is nearly 3 months old (and I built this PC about 4 months ago), so there's been many updates to ChimeraOS since I post this. I'm glad to see how our homemade Steam Machines get even better!

Enable 60W CPU mode in the bios and cap fps to 60. Runs very quiet

I would love to see an official SteamOS release. I got the Deck because I 'thought it'd be neat', little did I know I'd be absolutely floored by it.

Are we really at a point when a 1500 dollar PC is considered mid range? That's pretty crazy

I recently built my first ITX steam machine, but with mostly used parts. It runs a Ryzen 2600 + 1060 6GB. Got away with moderately undervolting the GPU, now the system is super quiet and came out at about 400$. Sure, i'm limited to graphically more easy to run games, but it's a nice start for me and i didn't have any issues yet. :)

Awesome build! I went with 5600x/6700xt combo with my Chimera OS build. It was my first time building a PC from scratch so I went with a mid size tower. It's amazing and my whole family is enjoying using it. One thing I added was a cheap USB wireless adapter for my Xbox controllers instead of relying on Bluetooth. Now my controllers can wake the PC on sleep. It compliments my steam deck perfectly.

I remember my family got me and my siblings a steam machine for christmas which I think was from alien ware. The steam machine was definitely cool and the controller was one of the best PC controllers imo, wish valve still supported making steam machines alongside the steam deck. Great video!

we need a steam machine SO BAD.

What happened with the RAM is that ryzen can only handle DDR5 6000-6200 so 6400 is just too high. You could have applied the 6400 profile then set the speed to 6000 for best results.

1:19 Man that was too real

Steam is literally the only gaming company I can get behind. The steam controler looks was such a hybrid of a mouse and thumbstico and even years later its features are seen new in the market. Steam machine as a concept sounds absolutely beautiful. Thousands of people using the same machine on similar settings. It also resolves the issue of generating shadercaches which can cause lag even in the beefiest cards right now. Also they may be cheaper than the sum of thier parts. Which cant be said for pre built pcs, the closest thing to the steam machine.

Steam deck is my first gaming pc. I haven't looked back. I love being able to play playstation games, xbox games, indie games, 3rd party games and pc games all on one platform. I hope valve makes a better steam deck in the near future.

What we need is steam os. Valve is working on it. They have said it’s coming out to desktop and other devices. We just don’t know when. Steam deck is proof it works. We just need Valve to work on it so it’s works with both AMD and Nvidia GTX + or newer. While back. Like maybe 2 yrs ago. I tried haloISO. It was unofficial version of steam deck steam os. But it was buggy as hell for my GTX 1080ti. The start menu pop up for “shut down” often didn’t work at least in game mode. Booting to desktop worked flawlessly. Valve is working on it. We just don’t know if/when it ever come to desktop PCs. That what I am waiting. I hate windows 10, but atm I am dual booting Win10/Win7 atm. Can’t stand o many things in windows 10, hate control panel, and using start menu for proper winxp/Win7 menu task art/start menu for Win10. Win11 is even worst. I know there other Linux distros. But everyone ive tired been junk, or had issue or couldn’t even install steam. Tried ubuntu and few others. But was years ago. I also play a lot ATS, and never figure out how get force feed back work with my g29 wheel or get my SKRS shifter to work either on my TH8A shifter. So I am waiting for official steam os. And or I hope the launch new steam box or steam console. Something that at least has same performance of ps5 or better and have at least 16 GB GDDR6 or better. That’s around 10 to 12+Tflops or better. Which should be more then enough for most pc games atm. If Valve made steam Box with zen 3 or zen 4 with RDNA3 or newer and proper dedicate GGDR6 or better. It will sell like crazy. As long steam os is stable. Thanks vulkan.api which is proof dx12/windows are bloatware.

5/10 , does not emit steam, doesnt even have a fog machine to create ‘steam’ either

Went for a similar build but much cheaper with used parts and a SSD+PS4 controller I already had. Got away with a 350€ machine that can run many titles in 1080p in 30fps or 60fps. I built around a Ryzen 3600+RX580 8Go+16Go RAM. Installed Linux Nobara on it and I'm super happy. The Silverstone SG13 is really an underestimated case when you're really size constrained. I use CoreCtrl to undervolt the GPU and went with a 12cm case fan with undervolting cables. PC is super quiet. The budget killers were the motherboard (not mentioned in your build?) and the PSU. Both these two ended up accounting for 50% of the total price. PC part builders are clearly inflating prices on SFX/ITX parts and that cascades into the used part marked unfortunately. My next move will be upgrading the video card for a RX6600 (maybe XT) and snatching a steam controller for some CPRG play (inflated prices on that part too). I strongly advise to anyone considering such a move to give it a go. If you're in doubt, go with a Windows+Big picture build. Then, you really get the best current gaming platform. So many games to play!!!

I wonder if Valve is even contemplating making an at home console? Having a hardware target for high end gaming might make SteamOS and Linux by extension more widespread. I just built a SFFPC myself(i3-12100F and RX 6800 in a Velka 7), it's for shuffling around the house and occasionally to LAN parties.

I just recently bought a Beelink SER6 mini PC on sale for the price of a refurbished Steam Deck and loaded it with ChimeraOS. It's small enough to bolt onto the back of a monitor and fit all the power cords for both (plus speakers) into a cheap cable management box. The goal is to make it a portable, multi-purpose setup for fighting game tournaments that's easy for any player to walk up and use. I'll be doing the first field test this week, but it's worked great in my at-home tests! I can go from packed to playing a game in a couple minutes and it only takes up one outlet, so it's friendly for other setups. I'd say between the PC, the monitor, and all accessories I've spent about $425 on this project

This is such a cool project, I'd love to see an update video on how it's going / problems you've faced. Great video!

Built one with R5 5600x and an RX6600xt. I use HoloISO instead of ChimeraOS. 2 months in and still works great! Bluetooth devices working well too!

Hey just a quick note, what you experienced is 100% the result of trying to run your RAM above the motherboard's rated speed. In the past motherboards didn't bother certifying higher speeds on the spec page, but higher speeds would often work, leading to this misconception still being around. These days every motherboard has a fairly accurate reporting of compatible memory specs Gskill and Corsair (and all the other major consumer facing memory brands) all repackage the memory from the same 3 manufacturers--Samsung, SK-Hynix, and Micron. They all have nearly identical reliability, and memory issues that are the result of the actual dimms themselves are exceedingly rare when running in spec. And one more thing: You can always run your ram at a different speed that is within spec! There are usually multiple slower profiles as options in the bios for this reason