Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop

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Valve has enabled users to build their own Steam Machine using SteamOS 3.8 on their desktop PCs, opening up customization possibilities. The update improves compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms, facilitating broader hardware support for gaming.

If you don't get lucky with Valve's Steam Machine reservation system, you can make your own Steam Machine instead. Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." Alongside that improved compatibility, Valve is giving gamers the green light to install SteamOS on their own desktops. In an interview with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said Valve has been "rolling out improvements to [SteamOS] so it's more compatible wit … Read the full story at The Verge.