Topic: Valve's PC Console “Steam Box"! For the Price of Building It Yourself.

[Ceric]

Hmmm... I'm wondering if I could get this for a cheaper price needing assembly.  My son is 5 and I'm thinking its time for him to build his first computer.

[Do_What]

Oh you can get all the component parts and put it together cheaper.

[leahsdad]

Hmmm... I'm wondering if I could get this for a cheaper price needing assembly.  My son is 5 and I'm thinking its time for him to build his first computer.

5?  That seems kind of young.  My daughter is 6, going on 7 soon, and I don't think she's ready, though she watches with a lot of curiosity.   I don't think I put together my first system until I was in high school, and I burned through mobo and processor because I was an idiot and didn't set the dip switches right. 

Yup, remember when everything had to be set up with dipswitches?   You kids and your "setting voltages through the bios."   You're just spoiled.

[ShyGuy]

Ah dipswitches. And jumpers! And 30 pin SIPPs! And IRQs, oh the dreaded IRQ...

[pokepal148]

The more I think about it, the more this appeals to me. I use a Mac, which limits the amount of PC games I can play without hassle. I don't need a full PC, because the only thing I'd want to do with it is play games; everything else I can already do with what I have. Depending on price and how open it is to non-Steam games this might be right up my alley.

im planing a basic hometheater pc myself someday

[Ceric]

Hmmm... I'm wondering if I could get this for a cheaper price needing assembly.  My son is 5 and I'm thinking its time for him to build his first computer.

5?  That seems kind of young.  My daughter is 6, going on 7 soon, and I don't think she's ready, though she watches with a lot of curiosity.   I don't think I put together my first system until I was in high school, and I burned through mobo and processor because I was an idiot and didn't set the dip switches right. 

Yup, remember when everything had to be set up with dipswitches?   You kids and your "setting voltages through the bios."   You're just spoiled.

I did all that and remembering which why the IDE cord went because they didn't have those notches yet.

But now a basic computer you don't need all that besides the processor and heatsink its just plugging things in and screwing the rest together.  OS installation can be just clicking next till its done.

He can use a screwdriver and plug things.  Now fully designing a system is another thing.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Did somebody say "Steambox Thread"?