CyberPower unveil $499 and $699 Steam Machine specs

CyberPower Inc. has revealed the specifications of two Steam Machines they intend to sell later this year, with the first priced at $499 powered by an AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD A6-6400K 3.90 GHz.

The costlier $699 tier sports a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 backed by an Intel Core i3-4330 3.50 GHz. Both the specs have 500GB HDD space, 8GB DDR3 RAM and same motherboard.

All the Steam Machines due in the second half of this year will run the latest SteamOS version, which is Valve’s own free operating system based off the open source Linux.

No matter what spec machine you choose with preconfigured components, the Steam Machines will be entirely open to customisation provided they can physically fit. For those with a powerful enough PC a Steam Machine won’t be necessary as Steam is set to be updated with In-Home Streaming.

CYBERPOWERPC Steam Machine A - $499

Case: CYBERPOWERPC Steam Machine Gaming Chassis

Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5

Processor: AMD A6-6400K 3.90 GHz

Storage: 500GB SATA-III 7200 RPM HDD

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory

Chipset: mITX motherboard w/ 802.11 AC WiFi + Bluetooth

Steam Controller

Steam OS

CYBERPOWERPC Steam Machine I - $699

Case: CYBERPOWERPC Steam Machine Gaming Chassis

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB GDDR5