Before you buy a Steam Machine, you need to know about its RAM issue

The first batch of Steam Machine hardware is shipping with a single 16GB RAM stick. That means lower performance, but easy ...

Upgrading Valve’s Steam Machine to 64GB RAM and 4TB Storage

Explore a complete teardown of Valve's Steam Machine, including a step-by-step guide to upgrading the system to 64GB of RAM ...

The memory crisis is so bad, Valve had to negotiate really hard to secure Steam Machine supply

One day, we'll laugh about all this.
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Valve Was Forced Into Making A Weird Hardware Decision With Steam Machine

Valve’s Steam Machine is finally launching next week, but the journey to this point hasn’t been easy. The living-room PC has ...

Steam Machine benchmarks show Valve's single RAM stick setup can cost up to 20% performance

Valve's decision to ship its latest Steam Machine with a single memory module is drawing closer scrutiny as early testing suggests that choice costs the system some performance. Benchmarks show that ...
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Steam Machine would be 15.3% faster in Baldur’s Gate 3 if it didn’t have single-channel memory

Valve’s Steam Machine leaves some performance on the table in CPU-heavy games, as shown by tests using dual-channel DDR5 RAM.

The Steam Machine's biggest flaw is its price tag, and the memory crisis is once again to blame

A great shame.