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I like to watch movies and to play video games, from my sofa.
I happen to have a lot of good movies on my old desk computer (whose disk is almost full), as well as a lot of good games in my Steam library. However I cannot really enjoy them while sitting at my desk (that I associate with work).
I am considering the following solutions:
- For movies, a "Media Center", a machine with enough disk space to store a lot of movies whose video/audio output I can connect to my TV.
- For games, a "Steam Machine", or a PC with specs good enough to provide a satisfying experience with recent games, that I also want to connect to my TV (I am not sure if SteamOS would be a good system in that case).
As I do not have a lot of room left next to the TV, I am looking for a compact hardware that could fulfill both those requirements. What kind of hardware should I look into ?
I am not aware of the recent trends, so I would also like to know if there are keywords that could help me more. For example, would a "mini barebone PC" be something compatible with a high-end GPU ? Can a "Steam Machine" be used as a media server ? What exactly is a "game streaming" machine?
Possibly related question(s):
- Streaming Games from PC to TV
- Recommended small form factor gaming PCs?
wip
Posted 2015-09-07T16:36:18.107
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Thank you for your suggestion. Do you know if it would be possible to add a disk, or to replace the one provided with the machine (biggest option was 2TB from what I saw on their site). Also in the future would upgrading the GPU be an easy task? – wip – 2015-09-07T17:04:38.607
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@wil It is easily possible to replace the disk, but for more than 2TB I would advise you to buy an external hard drive. The GPU can be upgraded, just buy one that fits the case. ;) Btw Steam Alpha also comes with Windows 8.1.
– Talorias – 2015-09-07T17:16:01.197