{"id":2207,"date":"2014-01-16T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cyberpowerpc.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:36:08","slug":"how-about-a-399-cyberpower-steam-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/how-about-a-399-cyberpower-steam-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How about a $399 CyberPower Steam Machine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Done your research on AMD&#8217;s highest end of Kaveri APUs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/01-kaveri-die-shot_575px-1.jpg\" alt=\"01 - Kaveri Die Shot_575px\" class=\"wp-image-2208\" \/><figcaption>Source: AMD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest end of AMD&#8217;s offering, the A10-7850K, comes packed with an integrated AMD Radeon R7 GPU. Now, despite the negative connotation of using an integrated GPU from the days of electronic yore, the integrated Radeon R7 can pull some impressive numbers on games like Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608741.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608741.png\" alt=\"60874\" class=\"wp-image-2211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608741.png 650w, https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608741-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608801.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608801.png\" alt=\"60880\" class=\"wp-image-2213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608801.png 650w, https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/608801-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benchmarks courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anandtech.com\/show\/7677\/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anandtech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the real question is, how does this affect the CyberPower Steam Machine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberpowerpc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/steammachine_black.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/steammachine_black-1.jpg\" alt=\"steammachine_black\" class=\"wp-image-2150\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-Kaveri, the bare minimum AMD-powered CyberPower Steam Machine will be back with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Processor:<\/strong> AMD A6-6400K 3.90 GHz (<strong>$<\/strong><b>60 via <a href=\"https:\/\/pcpartpicker.com\/part\/amd-cpu-ad640kokhlbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCPartPicker<\/a><\/b>)<\/li><li><strong>Graphics:<\/strong> AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 (<strong>$200 via <a href=\"https:\/\/pcpartpicker.com\/search\/?cc=us&amp;q=r9+270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCPartPicker<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, by abandoning the discrete GPU and upgrading to a Kaveri:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Processor:<\/strong> AMD A10-7850K 3.70 GHz (<strong>$190 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newegg.com<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a difference of roughly&nbsp;<strong>$70<\/strong>&nbsp;in price. Still, this is just factoring the change from CPU\/GPU to the highest-end Kaveri CPU. Consider the most inexpensive in the Kaveri line but still running the integrated Radeon R7 GPU, the A8-7600:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Processor:<\/strong> AMD A8-7600 3.10 GHz (<strong>$120 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anandtech.com\/show\/7677\/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anandtech<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Priced at&nbsp;$70 below the A10-7850K yet still packing the same Radeon R7 integrated GPU, the A8-7600 drops the Steam Machine&#8217;s price down by <strong>$140<\/strong>. This means with Kaveri, the entry price to Valve&#8217;s wild ride can potentially start well below <strong>$349<\/strong> with the A10-7850K and just over&nbsp;<strong>$250<\/strong> with the A8-7600.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, downgrading to the A8-7600 will choke up CPU performance (though GPU performance will be similar, if not the same), and in games dependent on the CPU (read: Civilization 5 and co.), the performance hit can severely limit your fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Absolute price minimum aside, adopting the A10-7850K Kaveri will bring the already-low $499 price tag on the CyberPower Steam Machine even further down. And while games probably cannot be played at over 60 FPS on a 1080p resolution, benchmarks and frame tests at lower resolutions can and will stably play at well over 30 FPS and in some cases come just short of 60 FPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you don&#8217;t have to take our word for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/toms-skyrim-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/toms-skyrim-1.png\" alt=\"tom's skyrim\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/toms-bioshock-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/toms-bioshock-1.png\" alt=\"tom's bioshock\" class=\"wp-image-2247\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benchmarks courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/reviews\/a10-7850k-a8-7600-kaveri,3725.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Done your research on AMD&#8217;s highest end of Kaveri APUs? The highest end of AMD&#8217;s offering, the A10-7850K, comes packed with an integrated AMD Radeon R7 GPU. Now, despite the negative connotation of using an integrated GPU from the days of electronic yore, the integrated Radeon R7 can pull some impressive numbers on games like&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/how-about-a-399-cyberpower-steam-machine\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How about a $399 CyberPower Steam Machine?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2724],"tags":[58,673,770,1217,67,1415,1510,1580,1597,1637,1976,1978,2016,2107],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amd","tag-cyberpower","tag-cyberpowerpc","tag-gaming-desktop","tag-gaming-pc","tag-integrated-gpu","tag-kaveri","tag-low-cost","tag-maximizing-power","tag-minimizing-cost","tag-steam","tag-steam-machine","tag-superior-performance","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15281,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/15281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}