ZOTAC Announces SN970 Intel Skylake Steam Machine

ZOTAC was among many different companies showing off Steam Machines at GDC this year. Although weirdly named the SN970 this Steam Machine is no joke featuring an unspecified 6th-generation Intel Skylake CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU.

ZOTAC SN970 Steam Machine

Other premium features include 4 HDMI outputs and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Other connections include a HDMI in, four USB 3.0 ports (2 front, two back), two USB 2.0 ports, audio connections on the front, card reader on the front and you also get 802.11ac WiFi.

ZOTAC SN970 Steam Machine

Also under the hood you will have 8GB of DDR3, a 64 GB M.2 SSD and a 3.5-inch 1TB mechanical hard drive. SteamOS will be preloaded on the device as well. Below are the official stats from Zotac:

Key Features
– SteamOS preloaded
– NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970M MXM graphics
– 4 x HDMI 2.0, supports 4K UHD @ 60Hz

Specifications
– 6th Gen Intel Processor
– NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970M 3GB GDDR5
– 8GB DDR3 SODIMM
– 64GB M.2 SSD
– 1 x HDMI in
– 2D/3D NVIDIA Surround
– Dual Gigabit Ethernet
– 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
– 1 x 2.5” 1TB HDD
– 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
– Mic-In, Stereo Out
– SD/SDHC/SDXC Card Reader

No pricing or release date has been announced.

Source: PC Perspective | News Archive

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