This $1,400 Steam Machine alternative has a small desktop GPU

what if Valve steam machine Was it a 3.8-liter tower instead of a 3.8-liter cube, with a desktop-class Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU instead of an AMD RX 7600 — plus a more powerful CPU and many faster ports? Well, it will cost you approximately $1,500 and you will be contacted Miniforum AtomMan G1 Pro.

Minisforum is one of the only companies shipping these powerful discrete GPUs in mini PCs, and Earlier AtomMan G7 PT It’s the closest thing anyone has sold to Valve’s own specifications. But the new G1 Pro might be a better contender now that it has an integrated power supply (like Valve’s) and even stronger components.

The most surprising feature is the full but compact desktop graphics card – see how cute it is in the demo below! — that fit over the top of the structure. (Minisforum doesn’t claim to be upgradeable, just FYI, but it boasts that it offers the full 145 watts of power you’ll get in other 5060 desktop cards.)

And in “Beast Mode,” Minisforum says it can run the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU at 100W while the GPU remains at 145W. You also don’t get one but two M.2 2280 slots for NVMe SSD storage, two SO-DIMM slots for up to 96GB of DDR5 RAM, and five Display outputs (2x DP2.1, 1x DP 1.4, and 2x HDMI 2.1) for up to four displays simultaneously.

It’s on sale now in 32GB and 1TB variants for $1,440, shipping in mid-January — which is honestly starting to look like a good deal now then RAM prices are out of control. There’s also a version stripped of your RAM and storage for $1,040, though it’s not available to order yet.

Valve still isn’t talking about the price yet, but I hope it’s more affordable than this one. However, Valve says it has put a lot of work into cooling, noise, and wireless connectivity, and the Linux drivers are still more mature on the AMD GPU side if you Consider the bazette Or install SteamOS. New video from GamersNexus Does it include RTX 5060 desktop Linux benchmarks, maybe you can check?