Was very easy to do, took about 5 minutes for me to do and only time I've opened up a pc before was to replace a graphics card years ago.
Installed windows 10 (download is from Microsoft site) so now for games we are not restricted to streamos compatible games. Then installed GeForce experience to update drivers and to switch battery boost to high performance and turn vsync off.
Also if you want to change the led light colours or turn them off download Alienware Command Centre from Dell website (2nd download link).
Nah, it's been floating around at this price for the last few weeks.
simonhzero to Themadcow
21 Dec 16#4
Ah OK , I hadn't keep an eye on it.
haritori
21 Dec 16#5
These are the Linux (Steam OS) version because of that and the GPU I would say that you would be better with a console over this one.. If it was windows then this would be better, not sure if it would run Forza 3 or Gears 4 too good though?
beljim7419
21 Dec 161#6
I had a similar spec steam machine last year. Dropped windows 10 on it and ran all games over 30fps on medium/high settings.
These are around the same performance as the PS4 only more useful with windows on.
billiramsay
21 Dec 16#7
any info on the graphics card and is it worth the upgrade to i5 or i7 for steam games
jsty3105 to billiramsay
21 Dec 16#8
On that last point, you should be more specific over what steam games you have in mind
Tyranicus66 to billiramsay
21 Dec 161#10
Its an NVidia GTX 860m, a middle of the road laptop GPU. I don't think the CPU will be a bottleneck for it.
korny2
21 Dec 16#9
Gears 4 ran fine on medium to high settings but i had issues with some off the textures not loading properly as 2 gig of vram wasn't enough.
uberjuba
21 Dec 162#11
after a bit of googling this has the gtx 860m gpu which is comparable to a 750ti. best thing you can do is install windows 10 on this and pay the extra £50 for the 1tb model as this also comes with 8 gb of ram instead of 4gb on this model.
Creatzy to uberjuba
21 Dec 16#15
That's what I did
plewis00 to uberjuba
21 Dec 16#16
Unless the 1TB model has more than just that I'd say you could get a small SSD and the 8GB RAM sticks yourself?
n7sabre
21 Dec 169#12
I got one of these a few days ago from the previous deal, so far it's good.
Was very easy to do, took about 5 minutes for me to do and only time I've opened up a pc before was to replace a graphics card years ago.
Installed windows 10 (download is from Microsoft site) so now for games we are not restricted to streamos compatible games. Then installed GeForce experience to update drivers and to switch battery boost to high performance and turn vsync off.
Also if you want to change the led light colours or turn them off download Alienware Command Centre from Dell website (2nd download link).
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Upgraded it with an extra 4gb ram and Ssd.
4gb ram https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00G40TB6E/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
SSD https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00M8ABEIM/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Was very easy to do, took about 5 minutes for me to do and only time I've opened up a pc before was to replace a graphics card years ago.
Installed windows 10 (download is from Microsoft site) so now for games we are not restricted to streamos compatible games. Then installed GeForce experience to update drivers and to switch battery boost to high performance and turn vsync off.
Also if you want to change the led light colours or turn them off download Alienware Command Centre from Dell website (2nd download link).
Am now using the 500gb hdd that came with it as an external Hdd with https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0123B4RE8/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alienware-steam-machine-4th-generation-intel-core-i3-processor-steamos-4gb-memory-2515479
As mentioned above, it's been floating around this price for a couple of weeks : http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alienware-steam-machine-4th-generation-intel-core-i3-processor-steamos-4gb-memory-2566441
These are around the same performance as the PS4 only more useful with windows on.
Upgraded it with an extra 4gb ram and Ssd.
4gb ram https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00G40TB6E/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
SSD https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00M8ABEIM/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Was very easy to do, took about 5 minutes for me to do and only time I've opened up a pc before was to replace a graphics card years ago.
Installed windows 10 (download is from Microsoft site) so now for games we are not restricted to streamos compatible games. Then installed GeForce experience to update drivers and to switch battery boost to high performance and turn vsync off.
Also if you want to change the led light colours or turn them off download Alienware Command Centre from Dell website (2nd download link).
Am now using the 500gb hdd that came with it as an external Hdd with https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0123B4RE8/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1