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vacendak Nov 16 @ 12:19pm

Steam Machine, about heat dissipation

As the title says, heat dissipation.. The cube looked small and they stated it was "quiet". Most laptop manufacturers just throw you to the wolves and let you fry your hardware or realize you need external cooling. I wonder (hoping, because I do, and want to trust Steam) how they have addressed this issue sufficiently. Looking at the video and thinking of the rules of thermodynamics, I can’t see how you would be able to remove the heat created from a GPU that will preform how they say and stay “quiet”.

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_I_ Nov 16 @ 12:24pm

weak hardware does not make much heat

Haruspex Nov 16 @ 2:36pm

About 60% of that cube is heatsink. Shouldn't be a problem.

shoopy Nov 16 @ 4:31pm

The unit is small but the cooler is huge, bigger than what a PC normally uses.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Nov 16 @ 5:00pm

Originally posted by shoopy:
The unit is small but the cooler is huge, bigger than what a PC normally uses.

Depends on the brand/model.

SalvadorSIX7 Nov 16 @ 5:10pm

Originally posted by shoopy:
The unit is small but the cooler is huge, bigger than what a PC normally uses.

And it's an exhaust cooler meaning most of the hot air gets shot out of the back plus we have TDP controls wouldn't surprise me if we could lower it for better thermals although I doubt it will have this issue