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

The Verge · Jun 22, 2026, 5:05 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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 Steam OS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." Steam OS 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 Steam OS 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.

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