Upgrading HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF Part II

[marlow05]

Hello people!

I am highly surprised to see that there are actually people trying to do the same thing as I am, upgrading a HP office PC.

Glad to see that this forum is also fairly recent because I have another question to add to the discussion.

I have a HP ProDesk 600 G5 SFF, with 32gb RAM, an i7-8700 and an AMD Radeon RX6400 LP that I have installed on my own (it works flawlessly with the 180w PSU, that I have not changed). However as a user before has mentioned the 65w cooler ramps up quite easily and can be quite distracting, I get that it works but it's not so great on my ears.
So I have been wondering, can anyone here recommend a good CPU cooler that has a 95w TDP which can contain the heat of the i7? I have been playing some games and through MSI Afterburner I could roughly tell that the CPU was clocking down and maxing out at 70-75c, constantly drawing 65w. I am not the biggest nerd on these numbers but I get the feeling that it could theoretically do more but it just gets too hot. Even if not, I would still appreciate a cooler that runs quieter and more efficiently.

This is my first ever post here so I apologise for any mistakes.

[KAHBOOM]

• Scythe Big Shuriken 3, I'm using this now and it fits the case fine and is quite. Also currently using 8700k with 32gb and a GTX 1650 GDDR6

[NonSequitur777]

@marlow05,

That would be the 95-watt CPU cooling fan/heatsink combo with p/n: L04397-001 (L30413-001) "HP Heatsink Gen Intel 95W Ent18 S / HP SPS-HEATSINK INTEL95W ELITEDESK800 G4 SFF".

You can purchase these units, but they are pricey -but they work well, even with the i9-9900KS (127 watt TDP) as installed at the moment in my HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF.

Here is a purchase option via eBay-Germany: https://www.ebay.de/itm/266158020081?hash=item3df84115f1:g:kloAAOSwVjFkAzqz&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4D8....

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[marlow05]

Thank you for your reply,

I have taken a look at similar coolers earlier but I am wondering, won't these types of cooler trap in the heat? Since the stock 65w cooler has some kind of exhaust that leads the hot air out, logically this wouldn't work with a cooler like that which isn't from HP.

Or am I getting this wrong?

Kind regards.

[marlow05]

@NonSequitur777

Thank you for your reply, but sadly these are reaaaally pricy around here.

However I'll keep those in mind in case other coolers won't fit or do the task.

I appreciate it nonetheless.

[NonSequitur777]

@marlow05,

The 95-watt heatsink/cooling fan combo I referenced is an HP part: HP PartSurfer.

You are correct about having to augment/boost the airflow through your case.

This what I did: I added two additional cooling fans, one situated on top of the case centered above the heatsink pushing air down (in) the desktop, and one situated outside the rear panel blowing air into the case.  The heatsink's cooling fan blows the accelerated air to the front through the heatsink:

And this desktop is also placed on a laptop cooling pad, as I noticed that the bottom of the desktop in the area right below the CPU was getting toasty as well.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[marlow05]

Hello again,

that's an interesting way of solving it, I admire the effort.

I have taken a look at low profile coolers now, fitting the socket of this motherboard and have thought on doing the following:

I have found a be quiet! low profile fan (Shadow Rock LP  CPU-Cooler - 120mm to be more specific) that is approximately 75.4mm in height. Around the same height of the entire PC.

My idea now is to cut a hole right where the fan will be, since it would suffocate otherwise, to ensure that it will breathe in fresh air from the top.

It's rated at 130w TDP, so in theory it shouldn't break a sweat trying to cool the i7-8700. I would also be going from 80mm to 120mm meaning that ultimately more air will be moved which would increase airflow. If everything goes by plan, the air should just go out by the back of the case. However I could be wrong on this as I am no professional PC builder.

I apologise if I have made this thread be about my PC, but I felt like many Youtubers that have made this PC be a "budget gaming PC" have mostly failed to address the CPUs temperatures while gaming. I have seen temperatures hover at around 90c in some of the benchmarks, so just in case someone does this and realises their PC is turning into an oven while gaming, they could find this thread and have most of their questions be solved. I guess this is the main reason of pages like these to begin with.

Thanks again!

 

[yavor-ivanov]

Can you please show some photos how Scythe Big Shuriken 3 is fitting in the case. 

Did you do any mods? Did you have to remove the mainboard to install the new cooler? 

I want to upgrade my HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF , but I don't want to cut the case ... I am interested in solution that will fit.

Original cooler shown in the ebay link is a lot more expensive.

[KAHBOOM]

I can post some pics tomorrow, at work currently. You have to mod the CPU bracket standoffs. So the case currently has them build in, you would either have to push them down or cut them out and that it. It is a little higher than the stock cooler but much wider, doesn't hit the ram or the GPU. I'll post pics tomorrow. Yes you would have to remove the motherboard unless you went to the hardware store and picked up some shorter screws that fit the bracket which would also be an option.

[KAHBOOM]

 

 

 

 You can mount it either closer to the side of the case like I did or turn it the opposite way where it is closer to the GPU. It works either way.