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12-19-2020 05:38 PM - edited 12-19-2020 05:39 PM
I recently bought a HP Pavillion gaming PC that came with an HP Erica motherboard. TG01-0023w
I read about this page https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06429270
I do not want to upgrade the computer. I want to downgrade. I want to put the cheapest possible CPU in it and give it away to family. Due to it being a bad gaming PC (noisy PSU, hot, cramped case when HDD added, proprietary PSU, no fan control software, etc etc.). I have already moved the CPU and GPU onto a better board by another maker.
But my question involves support for "AMD Athlon 300UGE, 3.6 GHz Base frequency, 4 MB cache, Dual core (Picasso)"
Is that a type error in the HP document? because I can't Google any information on a AMD Athlon 300UGE.
There's a AMD Athlon 300G and a Athlon 3000G that I could buy. But no such thing that I can tell as a 300UGE. Searches for it refer to HP documents only.
Thanks.
12-20-2020 07:04 AM - edited 12-20-2020 07:07 AM
hi
it's curious, I also find no results for this processor
there is a list at AMd, but I haven't read everything:
https://www.amd.com/fr/products/specifications/processors/7746,7696,2571,2586,2601,2611,3376,9221
And yet, we find for example this model:
https://support.hp.com/ee-en/document/c06456441
Processor Type | AMD Athlon |
Processor | AMD Athlon™ 300UGE with Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphics (3.4 GHz base clock, 4 MB cache, 2 cores) |
but in the Hp reference site we find this:
L65248-001 Il n'est pas possible de commander cette pièce : HP Part Partners peut vous aider. Cliquez ici.
Processor - uP, Athlon 300GE,3.4GHz,35W
RoHS: COMPLY_2.06
https://www.amd.com/fr/products/apu/amd-athlon-300ge#product-specs
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12-20-2020 08:09 AM - edited 12-20-2020 08:11 AM
Thanks, but I'm still confused because the 300GE is clocked at 3.4ghz and the 3000G is clocked at 3.5ghz.
And the mythical 300UGE is supposed to be clocked at 3.6ghz.
I suspect like you said that they meant the 300G because other B450 chipsets support the 300G and that's basically what the Erica is, a "prominatory B550-a" which is a a B450 with support for some third gen Ryzens.
But its really confusing and I just would like to reuse the computer rather than throwing it away.
But I also don't want to buy a CPU that won't work with the last BIOS update.
12-20-2020 10:10 AM
Unfortunately, I can only give you an answer after research, and with the documents at our disposal
I fully understand your confusion, and indeed cannot guarantee that my answer is correct.
The best I can advise you would be to contact HP directly
https://store.hp.com/us/en/LiveHelpView?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&storeId=10151
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12-22-2020 10:08 AM
I don't promise you anything @Jay891 ..
I asked if it was possible to get help from an HP expert!
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