I have an HP victus 15L (i5 13th, arc a380) it only has a 350watt psu, can I upgrade to i7 13700?

[Michaelcloudz]

So the i7 13700(non k) has the same TDP as the i5 13400, however it has a pl2 of higher than that. Just wondering if my 350watt PSU will handle that? My GPU is the arc a380 and I currently have 64gb of ddr4 ram and 256gb ssd but that's it. I'm not going to be upgrading anything else after this. Can it handle the upgrade from the i5 13400 to the 13700 non k?

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Michaelcloudz 

Welcome back to the Forum.

HP normally lists verified CPU upgrades at the specific PC's MB support site.

Since you haven't provided a specific product number I can only guess the 13700 will run on your PC's MB.

The 13700 may never hit (PL2), or if it does it will not stay there very long, due to thermal limits imposed by the, I'm guessing, 65 watt TDP CPU cooler HP installed at the factory.

Plus the Arc A380 comes in at only a 75 watt TDP.

Again, 13700 compatibility is a guess without checking your PC's MB support site.

Regards

[Michaelcloudz]

It's the HP victus 15l tg02-1000 and it had those customizations I listed:)

[Michaelcloudz]

My main concern was if the PSU 350 watt can handle it

Full list of specs

Victus by HP 15L Gaming Desktop PC

BU RCTO Victus TG02-1 UMA H670 US

Front Bezel Ceramic White Metal with 350 W 80 Plus Bronze certified power supply

CKIT Victus 23C1 CTO US

23C1 Cycle AV

PC Game Pass DA 3M

Intel® Arc™ A380 Graphics (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated)

256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

No HDD

HP 310 White Wired Keyboard and mouse combo

Security Software Trial

8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (2 x 4 GB)

Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth®️ 5.3 compatible combo (supporting gigabit data rate)

No Additional Office Software

Windows 11 Home Core

OSLOC US

Ceramic white

Intel® Core™ i5-13400 (up to 4.6 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 20 MB L3 cache, 10 cores, 16 threads)

FLAG EPEAT

FLAG ENERGY STAR Qualified

I am only upgrading the i5 to an i7. Is this enough information? Otherwise I have the serial number too 🙂 thank you for your quick replies!!

[Bill_To · Accepted solution]

Greetings @Michaelcloudz 

Thanks for the additional info.

Your PC's configuration options are Here.

The MB specs are Here.

HP sized the power supply and installed a suitable CPU cooling option based upon your CPU and graphics card selections at purchase. I have found it is wise to upgrade to the best component options HP offers at purchase.

The 13700 will work with your MB's BIOS.

The 13700, since it is a non-"K" version, should work with the 350 watt PSU and the installed CPU cooling solution.

Again, the existing PSU and the existing CPU cooler may limit sustained CPU (PL2) turbo boost.

You may have to upgrade both of the above components to get the best CPU performance using the 13700.

Regards

[Michaelcloudz]

Thank you I was thinking of getting a better cooler such as a noctua or a silver soul 135 from thermal right but I'm not sure if it will fit. I will check but I believe that should help with the cooling situation. I suppose if I have to I could upgrade the PSU but I will see. I will probably purchase the 13700 then, thank you, much appreciated:)

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Michaelcloudz 

My pleasure.

Yes, see how things go using the 13700.

Regards