One of those, the Origin PC Chronos, looks to be using a Silverstone GD05 chassis, which is the exact one that's been housing my HTPC/"Steam Machine" this past year. It's nice to see some vindication for the choice (although I've been thinking about moving to something more compact and console-like, as it's basically a full mATX case on its side, and has non-optimal airflow). Cooling is definitely an issue; there is no way it can dump the heat of 2× NVidia Titans and a 4770k, as it can just about handle my single GTX 460.
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<a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/news/" rel="nofollow">http://www.valvesoftware.com/news/</a><p>If you want to read the press sheet its here. It shows pictures of what the designs will look like.
<a href="http://media.steampowered.com/store/steammachines/SteamMachinesBroc_WEB.PDF" rel="nofollow">http://media.steampowered.com/store/steammachines/SteamMachi...</a><p>Most of them seems to be simular to existing designs.
Sony and Microsoft must be laughing their arse's off right now. The whole point of a console is that its cheap and you get revenue from games. You lower the barrier to entry to allow mass market.<p>The re-badging PC gaming as console gaming without altering anything else is not going to usher in a new era of console gaming. I don't see the advantage of this over having a PC for gaming plus an existing console. Where is the USP?