That Steam logo is the only outward sign that this is a Steam Machine and not an Alienware Alpha.
Valve’s Linux-based Steam Machines gaming initiative might be struggling to make much of a dent in the massive PC gaming space so far. That hasn’t deterred Dell, though, which is introducing new Steam Machines with more powerful graphics hardware through its Alienware line this week.
As reported by IT World, a $749 Alienware Steam Machine system will feature an Intel Core i5 Skylake CPU, an Nvidia GTX 960 GPU, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. For $899, you can upgrade that basic configuration with a Core i7 CPU and a 1TB hard drive.
Alienware is also keeping around the current, ultra-low-end, $449 Alienware Steam Machine, which sports a Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a custom Maxwell graphics card that “performs similarly to the NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 860M.”
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Source: Ars Technica – Alienware doubles down on Steam Machines, don’t ask us why