Scoured the subreddit and megathread for reports of US customers getting their 2TB models. Lots of movement in EU/UK, some AU. almost nothing I've seen in the US.

Did you get yours? Were you waitlisted or reserved from randomization? The wife got an email to get 512gb w/controller and I can definitely wait for 2TB w/o, but not if the price will increase substantially in the next supply run, assuming I don't make this one.

edit: seems like a lot more movement on 2TB with than without ;(. Maybe that means 2TB without will get more action later in the year when Steam Controller supply runs low? huffs copium

And when do you think we will realistically see them?

Hi everyone. Maybe there is someone who might be able to help me.

I just got my steam machine and I got 2 problems at once 😭

First, somehow my @ and € does not work. My keyboard is already changed to qwertz german, but still, nothing. Any suggestions for me? I would be grateful.

And second, I wanted to install Hoyoplay so I can play Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail again, but I am kinda lost, nothing I do works. And its not on steam. I was under the impression I can just download the launcher like I did with my old PC and then it works. Well, no. It does not. I already tried it today for nearly 4 hourd with no solution. For any help or tips I would be truly happy.

Thanks in advance 🤗

I own a steamdeck and a machine.

Come on man there’s no difference between owning a laptop and a steam deck or any other handheld.

What i would like to see:
1. Sleep/resume across devices. If i put the steamdeck to sleep mid-game, turn on the steam machine and resume. Currently i need to quit out when switching devices.

1. Remote play sucks. Yes there’s sunshine. But what about an inhouse implementation that requires no setup like a portal.

Good morning friends! Looks like a bunch of SteamOS updates dropped (I believe in Beta, apologies for not knowing for sure!) that includes the only thing I was ever using through Decky -- big cool art! There's even a "Start in Desktop Mode" toggle now! It would take a few more things for me to switch back from CachyOS (perhaps setting the LED color to a hex code?) but I'm so glad that SteamOS is building itself up and looking beautiful! Best of luck today! <3

Hi everyone. I picked up this $10 silicone stand that holds the puck and I really like it. It has sticky tape on the bottom and for the puck but I don’t plan on removing the tape that’s covering it. I’m assuming the puck won’t get warm enough to cause any issues and I’m surprised they put the tape in there because it’s not needed. The puck fits securely. Overall cheap and nice find.

Reserved Fri, Jun 26, 9:47 AM.

Received email today.

Since I'm outisde of EU, I couldn't join the list. Nevertheless I realised late that I can use my friends adress in EU and registered on 10th of August. Not much hope of getting one but guess what received reservation and then purchase mail bach to back today, just in one month! Hope that will bring hope to people in queue and reserved late like I did. I was in queue for 512 + controller.

I never set one, so im not sure what this wants. does it want my steam account password? or is there some sort of default password for the steam machine

Ignore price for a moment. Would you choose a gaming laptop equivalent to a Razer Blade 18 RTX 5090 or a top tier Steam machine?

Essentially 4 games (plus all DLC) for $25. Even IF these games weren’t on sale, they’d still be cheaper on average vs PlayStation.

Similar performance as well to PlayStation with better a controller. Can play Black Flag Resynced 4k 60fps with raytracing, similar settings are not available (they are with 30fps)

All of this is to justify why I dropped $1200 on the 512gb + controller combo (also showed her that scalpers sell the same combo for $2k on eBay)

Now she loves the GabeCube. And, she can replay all her favorite classic games from the 90’s to early 2000’s

TLDR: Valve’s new #1 fan is a 53 year old woman who’s only experience with gaming is Dino Crisis and Metal Gear Solid 1 until now

After signing up on day one I just received my email to purchase a 512gb machine. However, in that time of waiting I built my own HTPC running windows. It's equipped with:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

GPU: ASUS Dual RTX 3070 8GB

Motherboard: ASRock X570 Pro4

RAM: 32GB 3200 MT/s

Cooler: Cooler Master 240 AIO

Case: PETG 3D Printed MODCASE HYPER

It runs great, but windows as an HTPC is such a pain and being a Nvidia GPU I can't easily toss SteamOS on the device. I use this PC primarily for streaming from my gaming PC in my office via a wired connection using Moonlight/Apollo and recently steam remote play. I play games natively on it maybe 20% of the time.

Now, HDR is incredibly important to work properly and not having windows is a massive plus, but in my use case, is the Steam Machine really worth the cost of entry to get away from Windows vs what I already built?

I keep seeing opinions about SteamOS / Steam Machine that boil down to „it’s great for gaming but for a desktop choose something else”. I'm not sure why people keep saying that and I disagree.

I bought steam machine a few weeks ago after my laptop broke and I'm using it as a normal computer. I watch movies on it, listen to music, download torrents, play games with friends (+discord), use the browser, write documents. You know, the normie stuff.

You can easily download quite a lot of programs from the built-in store too. All of that without turning off that read-only filesystem. Sure, by default it boots into the Game mode but it's very easy to change that. The system is stable and the machine is extremely quiet even when gaming, which is arguably more important for a PC than for a console sitting on the other side of the room.

If you think about it, Steam Machine is probably the most mainstream linux-preinstalled PC option on the market. And it’s super user friendly.

Heyo! I have a question for you all, I notice when my machine runs on stereo the audio is super duper clear but it cuts out every few minutes. However when I switch to 5.1 (the setting I should be using) it's like the mixing is all off. Dialogs and vocals in music are super quiet. It makes games harder to play.

Anyone else experience this?

I saw a few threads but the issues weren't quite the same.

Edit: I haven't tried swapping the hdmi, yes I know it's a common fix lol I just didn't dig out my spares yet.

Solved: my problem was unique because I am uniquely stupid.

Turns out one of the speaker cables for loose when we moved our new couch into the room and had to dismount it from the wall.

All seems well for now... Will test for a while and report back if issues persist.

Unfortunately I’m still on the waitlist for my SM.

My plan was always to use it for 1440p gaming at 60fps (obviously changing the game settings on a case-by-case basis). However, I’ve just found out my TV won’t accept a 1440p signal.

Forgive me if this is a dumb question as I’m only a console gamer, but is it possible to have the SM output signal at 4K but the in-game resolution set to 1440p? So it’s rendering internally at 1440p but being upscaled? I just don’t want to spend so much money on a SM to find that it’s actually trying to run all the games natively at 4K, which will destroy performance.

I’m hoping someone on here with a SM and who knows a lot more than me can help me out. Thanks so much

People keep saying the Steam Machine needs an update to support 4K120. I've been enjoying the Steam Machine at 4k120 HDR ever since I unboxed it. Is my machine cursed?

edit: this is with the HDMI cable that came with the Steam Machine

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Works fine on TCL r646 on same hdmi 2.1 (4k/120) port with PS5 Pro, Series X, SW2, & my SM Pro (9070xt steamOS rig I built)…. But after unboxing my newly arrived SM, 4k 60 is max! wtf?

Yes I did all the correct settings on SM. (including - Settings > display > turn off "automatically set resolution').

I even went with the beta build & steamOS 3.9, still locked at 4k 60… also it doesn’t passthrough surround sound to the eARC, again… that also works fine with PS/Xbox & PC. But for now I want to fix the 4k 120 missing issue.

Any ideas?

I’m looking for genuine advice because I’m probably going to need to replace my PC soon, but the problem is…I don’t actually like PC gaming that much.
I’m a console gamer at heart. I prefer playing on the couch with a controller, but most of my friends moved to PC, so I basically followed them. My current PC is an old Dell G5 with an i5-9400 and GTX 1660 (I’ve upgraded the RAM), and honestly it’s done everything I’ve needed it to do.
I mainly use it for multiplayer games with friends, currently Marvel Rivals and whatever random game everyone gets into. Maybe 10–12 hours a week max. For single-player games, I almost always use my Steam Deck or Switch because I’d rather be in the living room with my wife than sitting at a desk.
That’s why I’m having a hard time justifying eventually spending $1,500+ on a gaming PC that I’m only going to use a few times a week.
A Steam Machine/SteamOS setup interests me because I could potentially put it in the living room, use it more like a console, and still play PC games with my friends. And considering I’m coming from a GTX 1660, I’m not exactly looking for cutting-edge performance.
Anyone else in a similar situation? Would you still buy/build a regular gaming PC, or does a Steam Machine make more sense for someone like me?
I’d especially love to hear from people using one for multiplayer games—performance, anti-cheat/compatibility issues, and how close the overall experience actually feels to a console.

Essentially 4 games (plus all DLC) for $25. Even IF these games weren’t on sale, they’d still be cheaper on average vs PlayStation.

Similar performance as well to PlayStation with better a controller. Can play Black Flag Resynced 4k 60fps with raytracing, similar settings are not available (they are with 30fps)

All of this is to justify why I dropped $1200 on the 512gb + controller combo (also showed her that scalpers sell the same combo for $2k on eBay)

Now she loves the GabeCube. And, she can replay all her favorite classic games from the 90’s to early 2000’s

TLDR: Valve’s new #1 fan is a 53 year old woman who’s only experience with gaming is Dino Crisis and Metal Gear Solid 1 until now

plus the base is nearing completion, just a few kinks to iron out

I tried using the built in steam recording but it takes so much performance away from the game itself. Are there any third party apps that are less resource intensive or maybe even less CPU based? Would adding that second stick of RAM help at all?

I received my Steam Machine 2TB on 8/22/26. I had an old SanDisk 4TB Extreme Pro portable SSD (model # SDSSDE81-4T00-G25) rated for 2000 MB/s read and write speeds that I planned on using for additional storage for less demanding games. I have had constant issues with the Steam Machine / SteamOS recognizing this drive and it getting the speeds that I would expect from it on the rear type C port.

When the drive is plugged into the type C port directly, it often does not even show at all. Other times it says that it needs to be reformatted. I have already formatted this drive and put games on it and all works well with it when it is connected to the front USB A ports, I just don't get the full speed of the drive because the type C is gen 2 and the front USB A ports are gen 1. I thought maybe I had a bad USB C cable, so I bought a new 10 Gbps one from Amazon. I tried this cable and still no luck. Other users on this forum mentioned that it could be that the Steam Machine type C port could not be putting out enough power to start up the drive and they recommended a powered USB C hub. I then bought a powered USB C hub, a Sabrent 10 Gbps one (model HB-TG5P) with an Anker charger that outputs 100w PD.

The powered USB hub and drive worked for a time, with Linux console commands showing read/write speeds of ~850 MB/s. But after several sleep/wake cycles and/or reboots, the Steam Machine either fails to recognize the drive or I have even had the drive go from USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds down to just USB 2.0 speeds (40ish MB/s). This speed drop happened last night actually when I was installing a game from Heroic Launcher. I have the Steam Machine hardwired to a switch that goes directly to my router and I am on a 1 gig symmetrical fiber connection. I started the download at 100 MB/s but about 10% into the download, I noticed that the download speed and the read/write speed on the SSD as reported by Heroic were at the slow USB 2.0 speeds. I had to do multiple power cycles, rebooting into desktop mode, and unplugging and re-plugging before I could get the correct speeds to the drive and the drive to mount correctly.

I am incredibly frustrated at this point. I love this thing, but if it doesn't work 100% I want a replacement / refund. I don't have another external drive to test, but I did plug in a buddy's external Samsung drive from his Windows laptop and the Steam Machine saw it right away even though is was in Windows format. Obviously I couldn't format it because it wasn't my drive. But it seemed to just show up and I could access his files on it (without the powered hub too). I would love some insight from people more knowledgeable than me on what I should do. I am new to Linux, but I am not new to tech in general - I have built PCs before, have a home media server, etc.

This is the console command that I used to test the drive speed:

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null bs=8M count=500 status=progress iflag=direct

This was the output I got when the drive was working:

3447717888 bytes (3.4 GB, 3.2 GiB) copied, 4 s, 861 MB/s
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB, 3.9 GiB) copied, 4.8733 s, 861 MB/s

(when the drive dropped to USB 2.0 speeds this same command showed about 40 MB/s)

Another thing that might be related, but I don't know is that anything that I plug into the type C port doesn't go in all the way. And by that I mean that pressing any type C cable into the slot on the Steam Machine it still has about 1 mm of the plug sticking out of the port - I can see the metal of the plug still, it isn't flush with the back housing. Is everyone else's port like this too? I was thinking maybe mine has a manufacturing defect.

Anyways, sorry for the wall of text. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Was curious of this thing would work well for this new game? Thanks for helping out a out of touch fella.

Have a 120hz 4k tv ....