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    • bbigfordB
      bbigford @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      I have not had a NEW desktop in well over a desktop

      Guessing you meant decade, haha. Not a bad build! I'm very curious to see how the controllers hold up. Reviewers were complaining that the concave shape made it awkward instead of filling your palms like an Xbox controller, feeling very "light and hollow", andbeing pressed into using the iconic D-pads falling a little short, making the experience a little off-putting since you can't use dual sticks (great for FPS game obviously when going sideways/diagonal). Preference though, of course.

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller
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        Close to down voting you for lack of feeds and speeds! Good lord man, you should know better 😉

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        • coliverC
          coliver
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          I'm really interested to see what you have to say. I am really tempted to pick up the Link and Steam controller next month. I may hold off though if this works well.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @coliver
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            @coliver said:

            I'm really interested to see what you have to say. I am really tempted to pick up the Link and Steam controller next month. I may hold off though if this works well.

            I want to get the Lync but it just does not appear like it is going to be practical for us to travel with one right now. So that toy is going to have to wait for half a year at least since I will not be back in the US after December until June and even then we are not sure where we will be.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Specs:

              • Intel Core i5-6400T (quad-core, 2.2 GHz, up to 2.8 GHz)
              • 8GB
              • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
              • 4 HDMI2.0
              • 1TB 2.5“ SATA hard drive
              • Dual GigE Ethernet
              • 802.11ac/b/g/n
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              • bbigfordB
                bbigford @coliver
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                @coliver said:

                I'm really interested to see what you have to say. I am really tempted to pick up the Link and Steam controller next month. I may hold off though if this works well.

                I'm very curious to see how the Link goes. Obviously not a replacement for the PC which is already purchased, merely an addition to social gaming when you have friends/family over.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @bbigford
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                  @BBigford said:

                  @coliver said:

                  I'm really interested to see what you have to say. I am really tempted to pick up the Link and Steam controller next month. I may hold off though if this works well.

                  I'm very curious to see how the Link goes. Obviously not a replacement for the PC which is already purchased, merely an addition to social gaming when you have friends/family over.

                  Us too. But with the travel we don't foresee a need for it so going to skip that for now. We really want one, though. Looks like a great idea, basically a video extender for Steam.

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @BBigford said:

                    @coliver said:

                    I'm really interested to see what you have to say. I am really tempted to pick up the Link and Steam controller next month. I may hold off though if this works well.

                    I'm very curious to see how the Link goes. Obviously not a replacement for the PC which is already purchased, merely an addition to social gaming when you have friends/family over.

                    Us too. But with the travel we don't foresee a need for it so going to skip that for now. We really want one, though. Looks like a great idea, basically a video extender for Steam.

                    This is basically my use case for it... I would like to be able to shove my gaming PC in a corner somewhere and be basically headless. Then I can flip it and the Link on and play from my couch. I've found that I don't have as much time for gaming of late so this could help in the situation.

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                    • StrongBadS
                      StrongBad
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                      This looks pretty awesome. But SteamOS is Linux, how many games is it going to be able to play at this point? I love the idea, but that seems like a pretty huge limitation.

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver
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                        A huge amount of games. Mostly older and indie games but there are more and more everyday. I think/hope once the Steam Machines start to catch on that will push the AAA devs to either develop for them.

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver
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                          Here are the ones for Steam.

                          http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=&sort_by=_ASC&os=linux&page=1

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                          • Reid CooperR
                            Reid Cooper
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                            Maybe the more meaningful question is.... which games can't be run on it?

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller @Reid Cooper
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                              @Reid-Cooper said:

                              Maybe the more meaningful question is.... which games can't be run on it?

                              GTX960 + quad core - I can't think of any.

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                              • Reid CooperR
                                Reid Cooper
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                                Because of Linux, not the hardware 😉

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                                • MattSpellerM
                                  MattSpeller @Reid Cooper
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                                  @Reid-Cooper said:

                                  Because of Linux, not the hardware 😉

                                  lol

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                                  • MattSpellerM
                                    MattSpeller @Reid Cooper
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                                    @Reid-Cooper https://steamdb.info/linux/

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                                    • bbigfordB
                                      bbigford @Reid Cooper
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                                      @Reid-Cooper said:

                                      Maybe the more meaningful question is.... which games can't be run on it?

                                      Minecraft. It isn't powerful enough to run Minecraft.

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