Dell's Inspiron 27 7000 Arrives With VR Support, AMD Ryzen & Upgradable Innards

Dell has announced a new all-in-one PC, the Inspiron 27 7000, on Tuesday during Computex 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan. The upcoming AIO PC is designed to be VR-ready, user upgradable and is now available starting at $1,000.

The Inspiron 27 7000 comes with 27-inch IPS display which carries over Dell’s “Infinity Edge” design. This gives the AIO PC very thin bezels on the top and sides, and just elaves a thicker chin. The body of the computer is plastic, and is just over two inches thick.

Under the hood, it’s being powered by AMD’s newly announced Ryzen processors. Consumers have can choose between the Ryzen 5 or the Ryzen 7. This also makes Dell’s new AIO one of the very first PCs to use AMD’s new processors, according to The Verge.

For graphics, the Inspiron 27 7000 can be configured to come with AMD’s Radeon RX 560 or the RX 580. It’s highly recommended to go with the Radeon RX 580 for those who want to use the new machine for virtual reality gaming.

There’s also a $1,300 combo which bring in the Ryzen 7 processor with the 8GB Radeaon RX 580. This configuration should be enough for smooth 1080p full HD gaming and VR. Consumers can also opt in for the upgraded Inspiron 27 7000 which comes with 4K HDR display, but that would cost $1,500. The basic model, which costs $1,000, only comes with the Ryzen 5 processor and the 4GB RX 560 GPU.

The Inspiron 27 7000 most impressive feature has to be its upgradability. Users will only have to take off two screws to access the storage, and another three to get to the motherboard, according to PC World. AIOs typically don’t offer this feature, so it’s great to see that Dell is doing it for the new Inspiron 27 7000.

AMD says that it will support the AM4 motherboard platform through 2020. This means that users could simply wait a few years so that they can fully upgrade the Inspiron 27 7000 with the latest CPU/GPU.

The upgradability feature also comes in handy since the basic model of the Inspiron 27 7000 only comes with a 1TB 5400rpm drive. Consumers can simply go ahead and get the basic model and upgrade their storage to the faster SDD.

As for ports, the Inspiron 27 7000 come siwth one USB Type-Port, four USB 3.1 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI-in, HDMI-out, and SD card reader, and ethernet jack and a headset jack. The only thing missing here is Thunderbolt 3 support.

Dell’s Inspiron 27 7000 is already impressive, but might not go so well for the budget conscious. This is also why Dell has the smaller 23.8-inch Inspiron 24 5000 which starts at $700. Users will still get the same Infinity Edge Design, but just in a smaller body.

Like its 27-inch big brother, the Inspiron 24 5000’s innards are configurable letting users swap out the CPU, RAM and storage. However, the only thing that can’t be changed on this machine is the RX560 GPU, according to Engadget. This particular model isn’t really being marketed to the PC gaming crowd. It’s only standout feature is that users can have it configured to come with a touchscreen display, something that’s not available on the Inspiron 27 7000.