i don't know what's most shocking about this thing the fact that it's so
stealthy and clean the fact that it's made by dell or the fact that it costs
just six hundred dollars which is a little over half of what apple charges
for their monitor stand which doesn't have a computer in it what a
value and it gets so much better i mean look
at this thing it's a full-fledged computer in here and it really does pop
apart that easily for maintenance it's even got space for a two and a half inch
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the first time anyone outside of dell heard about the optiplex 7070 l trump
was in a press release back in august 2019 and you guys might be thinking
that's a long time ago didn't you guys miss the review window for this by
almost two years great question dell positioned this as a first of its kind
concept hiding a complete pc inside a
monitor stand for a clutter-free zero footprint desktop kind of like an
all-in-one but with the ability to upgrade the display and the pc
separately and also choose any mounting system that you want thanks to the
included vasa adapter also inside the box are all the cables
that you'll need to get up and running with any monitor that has a displayport
connection and a built-in usb hub so most of them if you've got a display
though that runs off of usbc that's even more awesome because not only can you
use a single cable for your display signal and your usb hub but the computer
module can be powered straight off of the display as long as it supports usb
power delivery now the 27 inch lg ultra gear that we're using doesn't have type
c so we're gonna have a bit of cable clutter but it's still pretty good and a
nice bonus is that unlike the basic stand that lg provides dell's pro stand
here pivots from side to side and can rotate in either direction
dell really has had monitor ergonomics down for a long time and it shows here
and this isn't even the only option you can get a large version for up to 40
inch displays a fixed stand for 24 inch and under wall mounts and offset vase
amounts for attaching to arms the setup process is super easy they list five
steps on the stand itself and that's all it takes to get you going however it
should be noted that once you set it up it's nearly impossible to plug cables
into the main ports without disassembling the whole thing though to
be fair that is pretty minor since it is so quick and easy to do can i do it
without looking
just push the latch pull up and then unclip the module
and then do that in reverse to get it back together
but all we've talked about so far is the stand itself
what about the pc right
the pc well it's old um
the thing is this kind of got lost in the warehouse and we kind of completely
forgot about it until we did a big inventory on it first the good news
there's a two and a half inch saturday here that is super easy to get to just
one screw and digging deeper oh so hard
we find two easy access ddr4 sodium slots and a 30 millimeter NVMe capable
m.2 there's actually a second m.2 slot
here if you wanted to add more storage but it's got a wi-fi card in it right now
and you probably want wi-fi unless you don't i mean it does have Ethernet so
it's up to you and whatever you want to do dell has an excellent service manual
that has guides on how to access and replace everything complete with part
numbers man this is just something you don't see
on consumer-grade machines these days like
clearly we have the technology right
this is one of the reasons that Anthony's old computer shop really liked
selling off-lease optiplexes and vostros just
so much easier to work with to a limit as for the CPU
it's not replaceable and because we sat on our butts for so long we're looking
at an 8th gen Intel core i7 8665u which
is a quad core coffee lake mobile CPU with a max turbo of 4.8 gigahertz now
thankfully ours isn't configured for TDP down or the base clock would be just 800
megahertz so let's do a quick 10-minute cinebench run and see what it looks like
actually not bad it scored about as well as a 15 watt 11th gen core i7 and the 28
watt version score is about 26 higher than that so it's actually not as slow
as you might think of course though performance isn't what
we came here for because it's outdated so let's talk about
thermals this is actually one scenario where Intel's definition of TDP really
comes in handy because dell is able to let the CPU run hot for the 26 seconds
short duration turbo saturate the cooler and then dial it back we can actually
see that in our package power readings where the short duration is 51 watts and
the long duration is the stated 25 watt TDP which it comfortably handles
indefinitely at around 85 degrees or so just like our insulated water bottle
comfortably handles your hot beverages lttstore.com the fan has a reasonably
smooth ramp up although sadly it has a bit of an annoying wine to it but
thankfully the display actually blocks a fair bit of its high pitch so if you've
got an hvac system or a desk fan running you probably won't hear it at all it
does seem like they could have done a bit more with the cooling though if they
didn't have to cater to monitor ARM setups though at the end of the day this
is a business machine and businesses to really like their monitor arms and they
like their upgrades so you can actually still buy the 8th gen version that we
have here for a decent discount get subscribed by the way because we've got
a video on some really interesting CPU deals we found coming up but dell also
offers a modern upgrade that features 11th gen parts called the optiplex 7090
ultra it still caps out at 4 cores but now the cpus are 28 watt and have a much
higher base frequency of 3 gigahertz with xc graphics and a Thunderbolt 4
connector meaning that conceivably you could have one of these all-in-ones with
an external GPU curiously they've decided to add a full-size displayport
connector but it doesn't take up any extra space thanks to stacking the usb
type a's i guess including a type c to displayport cable cost more than just
retooling the design and as far as pricing goes by the way it's not
actually that much more expensive starting at 7.49 although for a similar
trim to what we have here you are looking at spending over a thousand
dollars leading to my final question for dell
why the hell isn't this a consumer thing you've got inspiring all-in-ones with
similar hardware and stowaway webcams but they only come with 1080p displays
so we're locked to that for no apparent reason and not only that once they're
obsolete they effectively become paperweights you can't even repurpose
the display without a major hack jog i mean logistically it can't be easy to
manage so many skus for the same stupid all-in-one wouldn't it actually be more
efficient to have a modular approach like this which you have already
engineered where you just bundle the display with the machine and snap the
parts together for this really basically all-in-one experience i mean
imagine how simple your warranty repairs would be pull the cover off remove the
module slap a new one in test it ship it back and then refurb whatever needs
fixing on the module you removed you've already got the concept it works
it's not perfect and it might not be for everyone but for anyone who's looking
for an all-in-one to save desk space and looking at the number of all-in-ones on
the market there's clearly a lot of those people this makes so much sense it
gives consumers choice it gives consumers an upgrade path and it even
reduces eventual e-waste dell bring this to the consumer market
because if you don't you know someone else will especially now that we've made
a video about it but you know what else i will do is pull off smooth segways to
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