ASUS brings first Snapdragon all-in-one to Best Buy with two new AiOs
ASUS has made three desktop PCs available at Best Buy in the United States, anchored by the V400 AiO — the first all-in-one desktop to ship with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X platform. Alongside it, the company is also launching the V600 AiO, a larger AMD-powered touchscreen machine, and the ExpertCenter P700 Mini Tower aimed at small businesses. All five SKUs across the three product lines are on sale immediately, with prices ranging from $649.99 to $1,199.99.
The V400 AiO (VM441QA) is the headline launch. Built around a Snapdragon X1-26-100 chip — an eight-core Arm-based processor running at up to 3.0 GHz — the machine brings the Arm-on-Windows architecture that reshaped the thin-and-light laptop market into the all-in-one form factor for the first time. ASUS pairs the chip with Qualcomm's Hexagon NPU, rated at 45 TOPS, to support on-device AI tasks including camera enhancement for video calls and AI-assisted photo editing, all processed locally without cloud connectivity. The 23.8-inch FHD touchscreen, 16 GB LPDDR5X memory and a 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD round out the specification, with the unit retailing at $649.99.
The broader line-up
The V600 AiO (VM670) takes a different path, relying on AMD's Ryzen AI 7 350 or Ryzen AI 5 330 processors. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 variant ships with 32 GB DDR5 memory and a 1 TB SSD for $1,199.99; the Ryzen AI 5 330 model carries 16 GB and a 1 TB SSD at $999.99. Both share a 27-inch FHD touchscreen with a 93% screen-to-body ratio and a 50 TOPS NPU, and both include an HDMI-in port that allows the display to double as a secondary screen for a laptop — a practical addition for hybrid-working households.
The ExpertCenter P700 Mini Tower (PM700MK) brings the same AMD Ryzen AI 5 and AI 7 options into a compact commercial-oriented chassis. ASUS touts MIL-STD-810H durability certification and its ExpertGuardian security suite as selling points for small businesses replacing ageing Windows 10 hardware ahead of Microsoft's end-of-support deadline in October 2025. Two PCIe 4.0 expansion slots — wired at x8 and x4 electrical — leave room for a discrete GPU if the integrated AMD Radeon graphics prove insufficient. Pricing runs from $749.99 to $849.99.
Market context
The all-in-one PC market has been under pressure for several years, squeezed between premium laptops above and budget mini-PCs below. Qualcomm's push to extend its Snapdragon X ecosystem into desktops and all-in-ones is a deliberate attempt to replicate the energy-efficiency narrative that helped Arm-based silicon gain traction in mobile and, more recently, ultrabooks. Apple's transition to Apple Silicon demonstrated the ceiling for this argument — its iMac line commands significant market share — but Windows-on-Arm equivalents have faced persistent driver and application-compatibility friction.
Microsoft's Copilot+ PC initiative, which mandates a minimum 40 TOPS NPU to qualify for on-device AI features in Windows 11, is now the primary specification battleground for consumer PC vendors. Both the V400 (45 TOPS) and V600 (50 TOPS) clear that threshold, and the on-device AI positioning — emphasising local processing with no cloud dependency — responds directly to consumer concerns about data privacy that have trailed cloud-reliant AI features since their introduction.
ASUS did not disclose sell-through targets, channel margins, or commit to availability beyond the Best Buy exclusive. The retail-exclusive launch model limits near-term reach but simplifies the go-to-market for a new form-factor category that will need prominent in-store placement to establish consumer awareness.