News - PiixL G-Pack VESA mountable Steam Machine aims for funding

[HEXUS]

Firm will launch a Kickstarter campaign at the end of this month.

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[cptwhite_uk]

Didn't Steam's streaming feature kill a large part of the market for this? Combined with the fact it's going to be ridiculously expensive. It's going to be a £600-700 device competing to replace a £350 console. While I like the idea on paper, commercially I just can't see this being anything but a massive failure.

[DemonHighwayman]

I'd love a gander at the cooling in this, if it can indeed house a 780ti and a 4790k.

[R4P70R]

Think about PC games with -80% reduction. You can't get this with console.
But you're right, streaming feature is killing the "high performance steam machine vs good pc streaming and bad perf steam machine to display"

[azrael-]

How are they going to cool this adequately and quietly? Also, what if your tv's VESA mounting holes are already otherwise occupied. Say for a wall mount, for instance.

[Kushan]

This is my main concern as well. I like the idea of this, but my TV is already mounted to the wall. If they somehow had VESA supports on both sides so you could have both mounted to the wall, that'd be cool, but I doubt the frame would be strong enough.

EDIT: Actually I'm confused now because reading their site, they say this:

WILL IT FIT MY TV?
Yes! G-Pack fits any TV which diagonal display size is between 37″ and 70″, and some 32″ are compatible as well. Please check this topic again soon as we’ll upload more material to check if your TV fits with G-Pack! In terms of weight we tested it to over 400kg without even starting to bend our brackets, so we’re perfectly confident in recomending it for TVs up to 100kg in weight!!

I don't understand why they're talking about the weight of the TV, I thought this mounted to the back of the TV but it seems the TV mounts to it?

[shaithis]

Yeah, it looks like it sits between the wall (or mount) and the TV. Really really good idea, prices and cooling will obviously decide how fast the uptake is.

[outwar6010]

This is my main concern as well. I like the idea of this, but my TV is already mounted to the wall. If they somehow had VESA supports on both sides so you could have both mounted to the wall, that'd be cool, but I doubt the frame would be strong enough.

EDIT: Actually I'm confused now because reading their site, they say this:

WILL IT FIT MY TV?
Yes! G-Pack fits any TV which diagonal display size is between 37″ and 70″, and some 32″ are compatible as well. Please check this topic again soon as we’ll upload more material to check if your TV fits with G-Pack! In terms of weight we tested it to over 400kg without even starting to bend our brackets, so we’re perfectly confident in recomending it for TVs up to 100kg in weight!!

I don't understand why they're talking about the weight of the TV, I thought this mounted to the back of the TV but it seems the TV mounts to it?

I think you mount it to the tv and then the whole unit to the wall.

[Corky34]

Didn't Steam's streaming feature kill a large part of the market for this? Combined with the fact it's going to be ridiculously expensive. It's going to be a £600-700 device competing to replace a £350 console. While I like the idea on paper, commercially I just can't see this being anything but a massive failure.

And if you don't have a decent PC to stream from then what ?
I do agree though that it's probably going to cost a lot more than a conventional OEM gaming PC.

[Jingee]

Who's going to fund this on Kickstarter? You'll have to submit hundreds of pounds to get one!