[quote]Also, one potential benefit is that if developers get on board, Steamboxes could set a standard in hardware power, where if you bought a baseline model Steambox or whatever, it would be guaranteed to run all new Steam-released games for the next 3 (or 5, etc) years at a minimum of 30fps.[/quote]Isn't there also a danger that if such a standard is established for PC gaming, companies will be less willing to make games that cater to the high end? The last thing we'd want is for PC gaming to get into the same cycle as console gaming, where you have to wait for one generation to finish before games start pushing the barrier again. Don't get me wrong, I think the whole idea is cool and could have massive benefits, but it seems to me that the creation of a minimum standard for PC games could work both ways.

It'll probably be cheaper than most boutique builds that are comparable (Falcon Tiki, Alienware X51, etc.) and uses off the shelf hardware everywhere but the case. Most others use odd PSUs in the form of adapted server PSUs or external power bricks. This uses an SFX PSU that you can buy/replace or upgrade easily enough. It's a system that's small, but easy to fix and upgrade while still remaining reasonably set out for cooling.

There are hundreds of pre-Built gaming pc's and now Steam has there own line of them.