Can you run an external Graphics card dock on an Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF? Would the m2 slot work?

[yourmuse]

I would like to know if I got a external graphics card dock if it would run on the Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF computer.  Most of these docks run on the m2 slot for laptops so I see this has an m2 slot but that is for storage, and it does have a wifi slot as well, so can someone let me know if there is a way to run an external graphics card for this?

[banhien]

@yourmuse 

Both M.2 lot for storage and M.2 slot for wifi adapters are slow (the one for wifi is much slower). Their speed are not fist enough for a video card.

Regards.

[NonSequitur777]

@yourmuse,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

You have come to the right place.

The short answer to your question is a resounding YES.

Don't waste your M.2 NVMe SSD slot -even though it would work well using an EXP GDC Graphics Card "Beast" Dock at PCIe x4 speeds:

Rather, use a 24-pin ATX power adapter card to power an external graphics card, such as this one:

You see, the HP EliteDesk 800 G3/G4/G5 SFF were legacy HP desktop upgrade projects of mine.  Here is the link to the G4 upgrade: Solved: Upgrading HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF - Page 2 - HP Support Community - 8523990 and the G5: Solved: Upgrading HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF - HP Support Community - 8545942.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[NonSequitur777]

@yourmuse,

@banhien is correct that when you use the M.2 WLAN slot with the NGFF M.2 A/E Key adapter, your PCIe graphics card speed will slow way down to x1:

This M.2 WLAN graphics card adapter does work as I have shown in my most recent legacy upgrade project: Upgrading an HP EliteDesk 800 65W G3 Desktop Mini (DM) PC - HP Support Community - 8679113, but at reduced GPU performance:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777