Pavilion TP01-2227c CPU Upgrade

[rv4mike]

What options do I have to upgrade the CPU in my Pavilion TP01-2227c 

Product number : 318A0AA#ABA

[NonSequitur777]

@rv4mike,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

You are asking the right question in the right forum.

Your HP Pavilion TP01-2227c (318A0AA) as fitted with the Stark motherboard (SSID: 8860) and an Intel Core i5-11400.

According to HP's official upgrade specs, you can only upgrade your PC with 65-watt processors such as the i7-11700 or i7-11700F (without iGPU). Not mentioned, btw, are these fine 65-watt processors: i9-11900 and the i9-11900F.

Now, just across HP's TP01-2xxx jealously guarded Reservation Boundary are some stellar 95-watt processors, such as the i7-11700K, i7-11700KF, i9-11900K and the i9-11900KF, which I believe are/should be compatible with your desktop.

Why do I think they are? In my HP Pavilion TP01-3003w upgrade project, I was able to install an i5-12600KF (10-Cores, 16-Threads, 2.80 GHz up to 4.90 GHz, 125-watt TDP, max turbo power 150-watt) without any issues whatsoever, even though according to HP's TP01-3xxx specs it couldn't be done. Then I decided to go a little bit further, because, well, why not, with an i7-12700KF (12-Cores, 20-Threads, 2.70 GHz up to 5.00 GHz, 125-watt TDP, max turbo power 190-watt TDP). Now, here I ran into a problem with my PC crashing. However, I quickly figured out that by throttling/limiting the input wattage to this processor using a freeware program called QuickCPU to 150-watt allowed my TP01-3xxx PC to run just fine! -Actually, more than just fine: HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-3xxx Performance Results - UserBenchmark.

Reason why I bring this up, is because it is very likely that your TP01-2xxx will allow processors up to 95-watt (probably beyond that) to run in your PC.

Only thing to keep in mind that higher-wattage processors create more heat -thus upgrading your heatsink and improving overall airflow through your case is in order as I did with my upgrade project -which should also apply to your PC.

DISCLAIMER: I cannot guarantee that the aforementioned Intel Core 11th gen 95+ watt TDP "K" processors are compatible with your PC.

However, sometimes taking some risks could be fun, as I was the first one with the TP01-3xxx platform to show that you can run higher wattage "K" processors!

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[NonSequitur777]

@rv4mike,

And then there are the graphics card upgrade possibilities:

You can upgrade your 310-watt power supply with any of these power supplies -depending what GPU you are aiming for:

400-watt: p/n: L04618-800 / 942332-001

500-watt: p/n: L05757-800 / 901759-013

650-watt: p/n:  L57253-003 / L36049-003

Also, using an M.2 NVMe SSD as your primary (boot) drive.

Using at least 2x16 RAM -up to 2x32GB RAM.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777