I am looking at Steam Machines. I know they are overpriced.

Enjoy playing shitty 2D indie trash

>>55270826
Build a small formfactor pc. Forget the "steam machine" shit, use it as a normal media center, with "big picture" as a normal media option.

What does building a living room streaming/gaming machine have to do with Steam anyway? Just use Steam on it and be happy.

>>55270826
>http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown?l=english

>>55270847
2010 called, they want their meme back

Make a gaming rig and install steamos for free
BAM you now have a cheaper steam machine

>>55270936
Allow me to rephrase. Enjoy being able to play only an extremely small fraction of games on Steam.

>>55270883
>>55270979
this

Guys, I think I misrepresented what I was asking.

My apartment room is small. I do not want a giant gaming rig taking up a lot of space and giving off a lot of heat.

I do want to go back into gaming since I have spent thousands on Steam.

From the replies, I guess a mini-tower is called "formfactor". That is all I was asking. I will be sure to include a great cooling system if possible, because my XPS always made the room sweaty when it was on,

But I am stil considering buying a Dell Precision and changing out the GPU than buying a Latitude and building a "formfactor".

>>55271085
there are many mITX cases and mainboards out there. many of them fit a full size GPU in it. go for that if you don't want to waste much space with a big tower pc.
No matter how you cool your PC it will heat your room.

>>55271085
just go and build a Mini-ITX computer. Its small and comfy, and depending on how much you're willing to invest in it, it can be as strong as a full fledged gaming computer without any problems.

The main drawback is being limited with only once PCIe slot (so only one graphics card) but that's not a big deal.

Small, lightweight, potentially portable, but a powerhouse as well. Just make it to the specifications that you desire

>>55271261
>>55271277
Thanks guys, I'll do this. I guess I'm getting a Latitude or Thinkpad then

>>55271015
you can install windows on a steambox you fucking idiot

>>55271787
Well then it wouldn't be a steam box idiot, it would just be a micro atx gaming pc

>>55272095
OP here: I never wanted a Steam Machine per se. I just wanted something small/console sized like the steam machines in order to save desk and room space in my apartment and hopefully keep the heat down.

I just didn't know the name for the type of tower to buy. I wil scavage parts from my old XPS PC.

I am going to make a second thread asking about my laptop choice since every reply has been about the steam machine. I know this SM is a piece of shit and expensive, but if I can make a tiny tower PC powerful enough to run my Steam games + BF + WoW, I'll be happy.

>>55272255
Build an ITX memebox and get out.

>>55272287
How about no. no i wont get out faggot