An Upgradeable, Customizable All-In-One: The Dell Inspiron 27 7000


The past year has been a pretty big one for all-in-one computing systems, and Dell just announced their own big upgrade to the AIO world. While many people may think an all-AMD AIO is a strange direction to go in, at this week’s Computex in Taipei, Dell unveiled just that very thing.

In addition to several other products making their way to shelves just in time for this year’s back to school season, Dell is now the first to offer an AIO with AMD’s new Ryzen CPUs. For you DIYers out there, it may excite you to hear that Dell has incorporated a nearly unheard of feature into the new Inspiron 27 7000 – it is fully upgradeable, and surprisingly simple to do. Removing just two screws will get you access to the storage, while another three get you right at the motherboard. Plus, this VR-ready all-in-one features Dell’s “infinity Edge” design, which is comprised of just a sliver of super-thin bezels along the top and sides, with a thicker bottom to house some of its features. In addition to providing a sleek looking display, it lends a more premium overall look to the entire PC.

The 27-inch Dell Inspiron 7000 is nothing if not customizable. To start with, you have your choice of two top-notch processors in either the AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Ryzen 7 1700. To help highlight that gorgeous, near-bezelless edge, you can opt for one of the best graphics chips on the market in either the Radeon RX560 or RX 580 Polaris. The display screen comes standard with 1080p resolution, and can be upgraded to an optional 4K HDR10 display with spectacular color reproduction. Any configuration can be supplemented with up to 32GB of RAM and spinning hard drives as large as 1TB, plus solid-state boot drive combos up to 256GB PCle SSDs.

The ports have multiplied, as well as shifted position slightly. The Inspiron 27 7000 now includes four USB 3.1 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and one USB Type-C port. A pair of HDMI ports (one in, one out) provides a no muss, no fuss VR setup. And of course, you still have your standard dual-band AC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1. The one thing it does seem to be missing, though, is Thunderbolt 3 support; a strange move, given all the other exciting upgrades. Also causing some confusion is the placement of the webcam. Unfortunately, Dell opted to house it in a far from ideal location, setting it just under the screen. This is an especially odd move considering that the AIO is equipped with an infrared camera for Windows Hello login on Windows 10. I’ll be curious to see how that will affect the handy facial recognition feature.

The Inspiron 27 7000 starts out at $1,000 for the 4-core Ryzen 5 1400 processor and 4GB Radeon RX 560 GPU, and can be configured and customized well above the $1,500 mark, depending on what features you deem necessary. For a VR-ready all-in-one, this comes in surprisingly low on the pricing scale. Plus, it even comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse.

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