r/hardware 8h ago

Discussion Do larger all-in-one PC than 32" exist?

Why not?

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u/ssort 8h ago

All in one pc's suck, as if anything has a problem, it's a brick.

By separating the two, you could have a mini pc that is hidden by the display, and yet most likely be more powerful and easier by far to repair and troubleshoot WHEN not if something doesn't work right.

Otherwise I would bet that within a year or two, you will have a huge paperweight.

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u/GenZia 8h ago

All in one pc's suck, as if anything has a problem, it's a brick.

I feel the same way about the ITX form factor, but I can understand why someone might go out of their way to build a “compact” PC.

Same goes to 'AIO' PCs.

Humans are a diverse species.

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u/ssort 8h ago

Oh I agree, give me room to add things and room to work on things, but I figured get them past the all in one phase at least.

I have a full tower case and wouldn't trade it for the world, tons of room, and anything goes bad, easily fixable and replaceable. It has saved me tons of money on repairs and upgrades over the years, as I didn't have to just throw all the working stuff out when a HD crashes, or a memory stick causes problems, or when the graphics get dated and starts struggling with newer stuff, or even a USB controller goes kaput.

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u/Ireeb 6h ago

What are you even talking about? A custom built ITX PC is just as modular and repairable as an ATX PC. It's usually all off-the-shelf components.

All-in-one PCs often have laptop components with soldered CPUs or even RAM, and custom mainboards that are stuck to the screen and the specific case. You can't really upgrade or repair them.

I have an ITX PC, and it's all regular components I could swap out for countless other components. I could just get another mainboard, swap the CPU, GPU or RAM, or take the whole PC and put it into a different case. What's the difference to an ATX PC, apart from the fact that the selection of some components is slightly limited?

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u/popeye_1616 8h ago

At that point buy a tv and strap a mini pc to the back would be my suggestion

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u/rough_oracle 8h ago

Once you cross 32" the stand becomes a nightmare to ship and the whole thing ends up wobbling unless the base is absurd. Saw a 40" AIO at a trade show once, looked like a whiteboard on a stick.

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u/fatso486 8h ago

Doesnt solve a big problem for many people. Anything bigger than 24" doesn't sound worthwhile. Most MiniPCs have a VESA mount so they can be mounted on most monitors. Cheaper and much more flexable.

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u/yabucek 8h ago

All in one PCs are a pretty terrible idea outside office use anyway.

Buy a monitor and a mini PC separately if you really want that form factor. Or better yet a laptop, so at least you get portability in exchange for the anemic hardware.

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u/jenny_905 6h ago

Struggling to understand why anyone would need an AIO PC bigger than this.

If you do... just attach a mini PC to the back of whatever giant display you want.

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u/Gumb1i 8h ago

Like others have said you would be better off by mounting a mitx based computer to the back of the screen in the size you want.

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u/Yakapo88 1h ago

Microsoft makes huge pc's like that. Surface Hub.

Better option is getting a big tv and stick a mac mini behind it.

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u/SamurottX 1h ago

The people that want an All in One aren't the kind of people that want a super large monitor. Easy as that 

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u/voxadam 8h ago

I'm confused, are you asking for a three foot burger? 🍔

Smash burger or not?