# Framework aio desktop?

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/framework-aio-desktop/57399>\
**Category:** Creators & Developers\
**Tags:** project\
**Created:** [September 7, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-aio-desktop/57399 "2024-09-07T22:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![luca\_nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@luca\_nguyen](https://community.frame.work/u/luca_nguyen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-aio-desktop/57399/1 "2024-09-07T22:21:06Z")

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Alright so, lately I’ve been thinking about a framework AIO desktop for a while now and had only made plans for it since I don’t have any resources for the actual building part. But would it be technically possible? My plans is to build something that has a build quality like the iMac yet the repairability like a FW Laptop. My plans is to put the mainboard right into the stand thing idk what it’s called the little rectangle thing to stand the AIO and would it be possible to cram a mainboard connecting to a dongle that stick out to have all the ports into one place and to connect to a pcie slot inside of the thing and have a low profile maybe 4060 idk. I’m worried about the cooling situation though. If I sound like I’m talking straight gibberish maybe I am I have no experience with building a computer. So I’m still trying to figure things out before I actually start working on it but I am currently in a situation where I can’t actually do it so maybe it’ll be out for a long while. 🙂

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**Author:** ![XenoCow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/xenocow/32/318_2.png) [@XenoCow](https://community.frame.work/u/XenoCow)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-aio-desktop/57399/2 "2024-09-08T01:37:24Z")

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[Here’s someone who already made one](http://community.frame.work/t/framework-aio-desktop/25939), so I think it’s possible for sure. There are also people who have already made pseudo-all-in-ones already by sticking a mainboard onto the back of a monitor. Similarly, someone is working on [a 2-in-1 here](http://community.frame.work/t/project-inquiry-framework-2-in-1/47740).

You might be able to easily modify an off-the-shelf monitor if it has enough room in the back and then cut a few holes in the chassis to install the USB-C ports to extend to the outside (plus a power button, see [Input Connector Shim](http://community.frame.work/t/input-connector-shim-for-power-switch-usb-2-0-and-leds/21430) for a way to do that).