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Dear Forum,
In addition to my most current HP EliteDesk 800 G3 65W DM upgrade project, decided to start another HP legacy upgrade project, with one of the most affordable, upgradeable and configurable HP desktops available at the moment via eBay -an HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation:
This particular unit -which I got a little cheaper ($20) than the Seller's asking price ($230.99), comes with a 500-watt power supply (HP p/n: 901759-013 "Power Supply - TWR, 500W ENT17, 90% EFF, 12V") and an i7-8700K processor, which I need for my soon-to-be-created HP EliteDesk 800 G4 65W DM upgrade project.
For sure, an i7-8700K (3.70 GHz up to 4.70 GHz, 6-Cores, 12-Threads, 95-watt TDP) is plenty good for serious gaming, as I have one fitted in my HP ProDesk 600 G4 MicroTower.
The configurability of an HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation is in part related to its compatibility to be fitted with either 8th or 9th gen Intel (Xeon) processors as specified here: HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation Specifications | HP® Customer Support.
One of the most affordable yet powerful (gaming) 9th-gen Intel processors available today online -flying a bit under the Radar, so to speak, is an Intel i5-9600K (3.70 GHz up to 4.60 GHz, 6-Cores, 6-Threads, 95-watt TDP), and ordered one:
As mentioned, the HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation I purchased comes with a 500-watt power supply (equipped with one 6+2-pin and one 6-pin PCIe power cables), which provides sufficient juice to power graphics cards up to an RTX 3060 Ti or thereabouts, but I wanted to pair this rig with an RTX 3070 or RTX 3070 Ti -yet to be purchased, which requires at least a 600-watt PSU.
The aforementioned HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation specs link also reveals that there happens to be a 650-watt power supply (HP p/n: L36049-003 / L57253-003 "SKO-PSU 650W WS19 EPA90"), which I also purchased. The least expensive unit I could find online -by a long shot, was through AliExpress:
Of course, other incidentals such as drives, RAM, signature added (RGB) cooling fan, etc. will be purchased when I get to it.
Btw, I am building this gaming unit for one of my sons as a birthday present.
Kind Regards,
NonSequitur777
