The MSI AG270 is an All-in-One (AIO) PC built in a 27-inch, 1920×1080, multi-touch display. The series is split into two models, the AG270 2PC and the higher-end AG270 2PE. Both are billed as gaming devices and, with a GeForce GTX 870M (2PC) or a GeForce GTX 880M (2PE), they fit the bill. The 880M, for instance, is basically a desktop GeForce 680 with 8GB of frame buffer (!!) and a slight underclock.
Two processor options are available, the i7-4860HQ and the i7-4700HQ. MSI does not state whether one (or both) models has a choice, or if the higher-end processor (4860HQ) is always in the higher-end PC (AG270 2PE) and the lower-end processor (4700HQ) is always in the lower-end PC (AG270 2PC). Users will get 2TB of storage and "up to" 3 mSATA SSDs. Yamaha will provide the two 5W speakers. BigFoot (owned by Qualcomm) provides the Ethernet and Wireless N through their Killer DoubleShot network adapter. It also has a DVD and BluRay reader/writer built-in.
MSI does not discuss pricing and availability, directly, and instead point to their retail partners.
I hope you guys get one and
I hope you guys get one and take it apart. I’m curious to see if the guts are more laptop than desktop.
And I don’t know why they
And I don’t know why they still haven’t figured out how to fit a full size vid card to these. Just have a bracket on the back for the vid card and connect it with a high quality ribbon cable or Pcie slot like Samsung’s smart tv upgrade module.
27 inch display at 1080p? No
27 inch display at 1080p? No thank you.
8gb of vram is just stupid
8gb of vram is just stupid hell even 4gb would be over kill for this resolution.
Hey, I’d like my GeForce 670
Hey, I'd like my GeForce 670 to have 8GB of framebuffer (and so would Windows 7, apparently, according to its error messages). All the RAM there ever was.
It does definitely seem like
It does definitely seem like over-kill. But since this is a Gaming AIO, you want to have a beefy frame buffer if you want to add more monitors. Would that defeat the purpose of AIOs? I don’t think so, but someone else (obviously) might disagree.
Only 4 USBs? and are those
Only 4 USBs? and are those HDMI in or out, or one of each?
I really hope this is the
I really hope this is the lower-end model.
How will you go about
How will you go about upgrading the CPU, and GPU?
Many of these companies will add a huge price premium for the form factor, even though they are making people give up so much to have it.