French LDLC PC Box steps up as a bigger, more powerful rival to Valve’s Steam Machine
LDLC’s PC Box, originally dubbed the Stim Machine, has been quietly renamed to serve as a French challenger to Valve’s Steam Machine. It sports a larger chassis with a Ryzen 5 8400F CPU and Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU, potentially delivering higher frames but likely being louder and less suited for a living room. Unlike Valve’s unit, the PC Box requires users to install SteamOS themselves. Price starts at €999.99 for a kit or €1039.99 assembled, while Steam Machine’s 512GB model sits around €1039 (sans controller) and the 2TB model at €1359, making it a pricey comparison as hardware specs diverge.