HP All-in-One Desktop 27-ct2009, Ryzen AI 7 350, 16GB, 1TB SSD, Shell White/Dark Grey

A tidy home office all-in-one with a big screen and silent cooling. Weak graphics and ports mean it's a one-trick pony, but it does that trick well.

The Ryzen AI 7 350 sits right around the middle of the pack for CPUs, which is honestly fine for this kind of machine. 16GB of DDR5 keeps a dozen browser tabs and a few apps running without stutter. The real surprise is the integrated Radeon graphics, which land in the bottom 15% of our database. That's not a surprise because it's bad, it's a surprise because HP still ships a 27-inch desktop with graphics this weak in 2025. Don't plan on anything beyond light photo editing.

Against the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, this HP isn't even in the same conversation, the Mac is a workstation for creators and this is for email and meetings. The Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS and ASUS ROG GM700 are gaming machines with dedicated GPUs, so they'll crush this HP in anything graphical. The Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 is a more traditional tower that gives you upgrade options this all-in-one simply doesn't have. If you want a clean desk and basic productivity, the HP works. If you want any headroom, look at the Dell.

Pricing is all over the place in Canada, from CAD 1,170 to CAD 1,700 across three listings. At the low end, this is a reasonable deal for a tidy home office setup. At the high end, you're paying too much for mid-range internals. If you're buying, hunt for the listing near CAD 1,170 and skip anything above CAD 1,400.

The HP All-in-One 27-ct2009 is a clean, cable-free desktop for people who just want email, spreadsheets, and video calls without a tower under the desk. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 and 16GB of DDR5 handle everyday multitasking fine, and the 1TB SSD means you won't be deleting files to make room. But don't let the 'AI' branding fool you, this is a home office machine, not a powerhouse.

If you want to play games, edit video, or run anything graphically demanding, this isn't it. Go get a machine with a dedicated GPU like the Lenovo Legion or ASUS ROG instead. If you want upgrade options, skip the all-in-one form factor entirely and grab a tower like the Dell.

Buy it if you want a simple, quiet, cable-free desktop for home office work and you find it near the CAD 1,170 mark. The 27-inch FHD screen, 1TB SSD, and 16GB of RAM cover the basics well. Just know you're buying a productivity appliance, not a computer you'll grow into.