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Dear Forum,
My latest HP legacy desktop Upgrade project pertains to an HP ProDesk 600 G3 MT (Micro Tower) which I just purchased very inexpensively via eBay, where you can purchase them for dimes if not nickels to the dollar.
[EDIT:] The other HP desktop Upgrade project I just started -concurrently, is the HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF: Re: Upgrading HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF - HP Support Community - 8545942, while I am waiting for the HP ProDesk 600 G3 MT to show up.
Incidentally, this is my first foray into the larger, more spacious HP "Tower" or "Mini Tower" desktop series.
The idea is to create a bad@ss gaming platform aka the best performing global HP ProDesk 600 G3 MT as per UserBenchMark [dot] com, but this time around having both the power supply and the graphics card parked inside the chassis.
The HP ProDesk 600 G3 MT I purchased is "barebones" -meaning it will ship without the CPU, RAM, or drive(s).
The processor I am going to use is the i7-7700K, RAM will be 4 x 8GB of Samsung DDR4 2400 MHz, and the primary (boot) drive will be an M.2 NVMe SSD -for speed, of course.
The graphics card I am thinking about for this project will be at least a GTX 1070 Ti 8GB -yet to be determined.
The challenge is going to be the power supply. The OEM HP power supply that is fitted in this desktop likely is a trifling 180-watt PSU (HP p/n: 901763-001). This is going to be scrapped, because honestly: 180 watt is barely sufficient to run this PC's basic power needs without the addition of a discrete graphics card.
Now, according to: HP ProDesk 600 G3 Microtower Business PC - Specifications | HP® Customer Support, there is a 250-watt power supply (HP p/n: 901760-002 or: 901760-004). But this doesn't even come close to what I am going to need.
In addition, I have it on good authority that there is even a compatible 400-watt power supply available (HP p/n: 942332-001), but likewise, this is still not good enough. I need at least a 600-watt ATX power supply providing at least one 8-pin PCIe power cable. I will make this happen one way or another.
Kind Regards,
NonSequitur777
