Gadgetory

here's a question why don't we see more gaming all-in-one desktops I'm Dan Ackerman and this is the msi AG 270 it is a very rare beast indeed it is an all-in-one desktop which means it's got the computer components and a big monitor built in together in one package kind of like Apple's iMac but it's targeted at PC gamers usually you see a big bulky traditional desktops or even gaming laptops you're certainly seeing a lot of those lately but we very very rarely have ever seen a dedicated gaming all-in-one what we have in this case is essentially a very high-end gaming laptop this has essentially laptop components it's got a high-end intel core i7 processor but a mobile version and it's got nvidia geforce gtx 980m graphics card that's the high-end Nvidia graphics card right now but again the mobile version not the big bulky desktop version all packed into a 27-inch display so you get performance that's on par with super high-end gaming laptops from Sue's or origin or alienware not really the same level as a dedicated gaming desktop but I'll tell you for playing current games at high settings at 1920 by 1080 the resolution of this display it actually works out fine there's a couple of other things I really like about this display one it's got a matte coating on it so it's not overly glossy so you're not going to get a lot of glare from lights in the room and it's got a nice kind of muted look to it and it's a touchscreen something that you see an all-in-one sometimes but you see on gaming systems rarely especially high-end gaming systems so the fact that I've got just a standard Windows 8 touchscreen interface on here just antolín it makes as much more usable as an everyday PC besides just a gaming system unlike things like the iMac which are very slim and light and put their screens on these delicate you know telescoping arms this guy just sits flat on the desk it's heavy it's just got one big plastic kickstand and you can tilt it back a little bit and throw it a little bit and that's about it does pack in a an optical drive this particular configuration has a blu-ray drive and you get a standard set of ports connected with the back kind of like a TV would have you've also got the same mounting screws you would need to mount let's say a flat-screen TV so you could put this on a wall if you wanted to now of course all this unique charm does not come cheap this particular configuration is 2699 but keep in mind it's got two terabyte of hard drive space a separate 256 gig SSD the blu-ray drive the super high-end processor and graphics card you could knock out a few of those features get it down closer to around $2,000 a gaming all-in-one is not for everybody as somebody very rightly described it as a gaming desktop you can never upgrade but I found it be a lot of fun to use especially because it combines pretty high in gaming parts and a touchscreen and a matte display all things I like to see and I very rarely get to see them together I'm Dan Ackerman and that is the msi AG 270