Quiet PCs are great, and most of the early ones were completely quiet. This seems like a solution looking for a problem.
And even if we deduct another $80 for the LED panel not present on the special Maven case, we’re still impressed by the value Steiger Dynamics offers the high-end PC market. If you subtract the $49 overclock fee and $99 cable service, Steiger only has about $189 in mark-up. The price for this machine is only $330 over the self-built option, with us using the closest-matching $400 OrigenAE case.
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM ($110) CyberLink PowerDVD 14 Ultra ($59) Overclocking (4.3 GHz at 1.17 V) $49 Custom single sleeved power supply / drive cables and management $99 Two-year parts replacement, 45-day free shipping, lifetime tech support Optional three-year parts, three-years free shipping, lifetime tech (add $199)
Seasonic SS-660XP2: 660 W Modular, 80 PLUS PlatinumĢx USB 3.0, Headphone, Microphone, SD Card InterfaceĢx 92 mm Intake (side), 1x 140/120 mm Exhaust (top)Ħx SATA 6Gb/s (Shares SATA-E, M.2), 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0Ģx PCIe 3.0 (16+0 or 8+8 paths), 1x PCIe x2 (long), 2x PCIe x1 (Shares M.2)Ĥx DDR3-1333 to DDR3-3200 (all standard capacities) WD Red WD30EFRX 3 TB, 5400 RPM, 64 MB CacheĬorsair H60 (CW-9060007-WW) Closed-Loop Liquid
The low-end LEET Pure series starts at $1798, while one could splurge more than $10000 on the highest-end LEET Reference with maxed out specs. The LEET series is quite high end, with the premium being justified by an exclusive custom chassis and liquid cooling solution. By integrating the functionality of a desktop PC, gaming console, cable TV STB, Blu-ray player and NAS into one unit, they are implementing device convergence of a different kind.
Steiger Dynamics aims at consolidating the various devices in the living room with the LEET series.