I think Zepi just wants to be able to swap the stand out for a more flexible option. What I'm scratching my head about is that the stand is attached with something that superficially looks like a standard VESA100mm mount; but closer inspection only shows two screws (in the top positions) not 4. I suppose it's possible the monitor has 4 threaded holes but the stand uses a pair of smooth pegs on the bottom spots to speed assembly; but it looks like MSI went out of its way to make the stand non-swappable.
I misunderstood the case design. I thought the whole computer was inside what is actually the GPU-case.
I was basically thinking of a pc-case that works as a vesa-compatible monitor-stand hiding the computer behind the monitor, but allowing swapping of monitor / gpu.
That'd be an interesting idea, I've seen an NUC type box that was intended to sit between the panel and stand with a pair of 100mm vesa mounts on opposing faces.
OTOH I suspect the biggest problem with scaling it up would be that you'd quickly exceed the maximum loading for the stands hinge if you hang 10 lbs of PC in addition to the 10lbs of monitor on it. Heavier duty stands could be made; but you'd probably have to replace the one that came with your monitor to do this.
On the gripping hand, Gigabyte's AIO demo is an MITX case built into the back of a monitor. Unfortunately its using what appears to be a built in non-adjustable stand. To support the extra load it's got a really big footprint as well. Almost as big as the 34" monitor its built into; while normal 30" monitors can get by with a stand only marginally bigger than 20" ones.
The thing hanging off the back is the GPU box. Although it's using a full power desktop CPU; they appear to've gone with a laptopesque internal layout for size reasons instead of making space for an mITX board. That leaves the GPU as the only part that is really upgradable; moving it to a semi-external box makes accessing it easier while still leaving all the guts in the monitor safe. It also opens the door for making a non gaming IGP model with minimal physical changes to the design.
Reading the introduction just gave me an idea of the market for external graphics card in the future which is now made convenient with USB type-C and with decent bandwidth.
I don't see the point of these AIO's. Why not just put a midsize tower on your desk behind the 27inch monitor? I do that, and it fits well. So why the premium on behind monitor desk space?
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TesseractOrion - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Can you do a comparison with the Maingear AIO? The latter has a more interesting (to me, at least) 34" superwide display but obviously costs more.nathanddrews - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Not G-Sync?BrokenCrayons - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Look, it's a Gateway Astro all over again! Except with a *slightly* faster than 400Mhz Celeron CPU.zepi - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Rip the monitor off and replace it with Vesa-compatible display mount. Pretty please?WorldWithoutMadness - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
So a normal desktop?DanNeely - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
I think Zepi just wants to be able to swap the stand out for a more flexible option. What I'm scratching my head about is that the stand is attached with something that superficially looks like a standard VESA100mm mount; but closer inspection only shows two screws (in the top positions) not 4. I suppose it's possible the monitor has 4 threaded holes but the stand uses a pair of smooth pegs on the bottom spots to speed assembly; but it looks like MSI went out of its way to make the stand non-swappable.zepi - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
I misunderstood the case design. I thought the whole computer was inside what is actually the GPU-case.I was basically thinking of a pc-case that works as a vesa-compatible monitor-stand hiding the computer behind the monitor, but allowing swapping of monitor / gpu.
DanNeely - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
That'd be an interesting idea, I've seen an NUC type box that was intended to sit between the panel and stand with a pair of 100mm vesa mounts on opposing faces.OTOH I suspect the biggest problem with scaling it up would be that you'd quickly exceed the maximum loading for the stands hinge if you hang 10 lbs of PC in addition to the 10lbs of monitor on it. Heavier duty stands could be made; but you'd probably have to replace the one that came with your monitor to do this.
On the gripping hand, Gigabyte's AIO demo is an MITX case built into the back of a monitor. Unfortunately its using what appears to be a built in non-adjustable stand. To support the extra load it's got a really big footprint as well. Almost as big as the 34" monitor its built into; while normal 30" monitors can get by with a stand only marginally bigger than 20" ones.
dsraa - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Why is there a fire extinguisher attached to a monitor??? That just looks stupid.DanNeely - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
The thing hanging off the back is the GPU box. Although it's using a full power desktop CPU; they appear to've gone with a laptopesque internal layout for size reasons instead of making space for an mITX board. That leaves the GPU as the only part that is really upgradable; moving it to a semi-external box makes accessing it easier while still leaving all the guts in the monitor safe. It also opens the door for making a non gaming IGP model with minimal physical changes to the design.zodiacfml - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Reading the introduction just gave me an idea of the market for external graphics card in the future which is now made convenient with USB type-C and with decent bandwidth.Dug - Friday, January 15, 2016 - link
Razer already did. Look up Razer Blade Stealth.Sttm - Monday, January 18, 2016 - link
I don't see the point of these AIO's. Why not just put a midsize tower on your desk behind the 27inch monitor? I do that, and it fits well. So why the premium on behind monitor desk space?