- A Chinese manufacturer, Seaviv, has unveiled a new all-in-one PC
- The AideaOne R27 is a premium all-in-one like Apple’s iMac, but with a big difference
- It’s built around AMD’s powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, supported by an eye-opening amount of RAM
AMD’s flagship Strix Halo chip is the powerful engine of a new all-in-one PC that has been unveiled in Asia.
As reported by VideoCardz, Chinese manufacturer Seaviv has unveiled the AideaOne R27 all-in-one PC, which is built around a 27-inch 4K display and AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor (which has found a home in plenty of mini PCs and handhelds).
The hardware components are in the display’s stand, a different approach to placing them behind the display than with a typical all-in-one device.
The AideaOne R27 is a premium-looking PC and is listed at 21,999 yuan in China, which is about $3,170 in the US. It’s a big step up from the Apple iMac M4, which starts at $1,299 / £1,299 / AU$1,999, but the R27 packs some seriously powerful components to justify the price.
Not only does Seaviv’s all-in-one PC have the juicy 16-core Ryzen chip, which incorporates a Radeon 8060S integrated GPU, but it’s also packed with 128GB of RAM – which itself costs a small fortune these days – as well as a 2TB SSD.
The RAM crisis has led to an unprecedented price increase on memory kits, so all in all, the $3,000 price tag isn’t that surprising. After all, this is an all-in-one PC that can tackle demanding productivity and gaming tasks with performance results similar to an Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU.
However, it is a niche product, obviously enough – and not one that the average consumer will be able to afford, certainly not compared to Apple’s iMac.
Analysis: The OLED factor
There is a notable weak point with the AideaOne R27, and it is not only the availability of the device outside of Asia (about which we have no information). This downside is that the all-in-one PC has a fairly pedestrian display in the form of a standard 60Hz IPS display.
That may seem like something of a mismatch given the rest of the beefy specification, but it’s likely a reflection of the intended use – meaning productivity, and those working with AI locally (given the huge chunk of RAM inside).
It will do games and facilitate creative work, of course, but an OLED display – which is gradually becoming more affordable and common for PC displays – would be much better for that kind of use.
OLED naturally provides much better contrast and color accuracy than a regular LED, while also delivering a more impactful, more immersive picture. There’s also no backlighting with OLED, as the technology relies on individual self-illuminating pixels (allowing for really deep black levels).
Maybe in the future we’ll see an all-in-one built around the powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with an OLED screen to give Apple something to think about. Of course, the price would remain a question mark over such an all-in-one, which would certainly not be cheap.
I admire niche products, like this AideaOne R27 PC, that try to do something different with its peppy hardware and the approach of building the components into the stand, rather than the screen.
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