Great video! I recently got one of these, model nr. 2755nd. Mine came with Windows 11 Home, a 256Gb Samsung M.2 NVMe drive, a 1Tb Toshiba HDD, and 2 sticks of 8Gb RAM. Got it for 499,- euro. It still has the 180W PSU though, but I've seen replacements from HP up to 500W for around 50 bucks if needed. I like it a lot, it's perfect for my personal use and that for only a quarter of the price of my previous (13 year old!) PC build. The HDD and fans are a bit too loud for my liking though. I've ordered a 2Tb SATA SSD to replace the HDD and a 92mm and a 80mm Noctua Redux to replace the case fan and CPU fan. I still have to check inside the PSU how easy it is to swap out that fan but I'll probably replace that with a tiny Noctua as well. Cheers from the Netherlands!
@@GlennBerrySQL Thanks! As it turns out there was a 70mm fan in the PSU and I couldn't find a silent 70mm fan. But the CPU got about 5 degrees hotter with the Noctua fan compared to the stock fan so I put back the original CPU fan (mine's from Coolermaster), removed the PSU fan out of the casing entirely and ziptied the 80mm Noctua to the front of the PSU inside the PC case. It's a little bit janky, but now the PC is completely silent and the PSU stays cooler this way than with it's original fan. I still get pretty high CPU tempts under full load though (90C), so I'll probably replace the CPU cooler with a Noctua L9a soon. Just not looking forward to take the entire motherboard out of the case to mount the Noctua back-plate, lol
Not sure if anyone mentioned it but there is an App from AMD called Ryzen Master that will allow you to fix your DDR4 Ram problems, it actually writes the settings to the bios that HP doesn't allow you to do.
Glenn... Thank you for the review. I purchased this exact model a few days prior to seeing this review. You mentioned the sata connection. I would like to add a 1tb ssd hard drive, can that be installed in the case as is? 2.5" sata ssd without a lot of issues? Is there one you would recommend? Also, I was a bit confused regarding the ram upgrade as you went through it - very thorough but a lot of info. If I purchased the crucial 16gb ram as listed by you, that would work alongside the existing ram? Used to build computers a long long time ago and didn't want to upgrade without knowing so your video is very helpful, and you definitely look like you know your stuff. Thanks in advance
You should be able to easily add two more SATA drives to this system, since there are two empty SATA ports on the motherboard. They could be 2.5" or 3.6" drives, although 2.5" drives would be easier. If you want to add another stick of DDR4-3200 RAM, it needs to have the exact same specs as the original stick (as far as CL timings) or else it will run at a slower speed (like DDR4-2666). Good luck!
Thank you for this video. I bought this system from Home Depot.. Its a pretty good system but some features on my Adobe programs dont work because of the graphics card. I guess thats the downfall from this cpu. I still manage to get buy for photo editing and graphic design projects though.. I will definetly add another stick of ram to it and make sure its the same stick from your link you provided... I want to add a hard drive to it to.. Is there one you recommend for this cpu with at least 1 or 2 tbs?
I see a 4,6,8,10TB, would those also compatible with this unit. My 256GB drive is full and I need another hard drive. I believe I heard you are able to put in multiple hard drives in at once, is this true? I would like to send over my hard drive data over to a new hard drive and have two storages@@GlennBerrySQL
great video, love the dashound. Have a hp pavilion desktop tp01-2000na 8gb system on order, which memory supplier is best to match the hp memory 1 x 8gb or should i get two new sticks.plan to do 2 x 8gb or 2 x 16gb (subject to cost) home pc -work. simple applications and some war craft or similar. many thanks
This particular SKU comes with one 16GB stick of DDR4-3200 RAM. 16GB is actually enough for most games and most general usage. The problem with only one stick of RAM is that you are running in single-channel mode, which reduces your memory bandwidth. If you can afford one more 16GB stick of RAM, you will be in dual-channel mode. Make sure to get a stick of RAM with identical specifications to the one that is already in the system, so that it will run at the full DDR4-3200 speed.
@@GlennBerrySQL should i buy more from hp, have seen available from kingston and crucial. Value ranges ok, is any manufacture better ? (Ireland so limited choice on suppliers)
@@paulleighton5025 The brand of the RAM doesn't matter as much as the exact specifications that are shown on the existing stick that is in the system now. It should be DDR4-3200, and the CAS Latency (CL) is probably 19 or 21 (which is pretty loose). You want another stick that exactly matches what you already have.
My wife has one of these and I'm looking to try and get a gtx 1080 put into it. In theory it could fit but I'd have to upgrade the power supply. Thoughts?
I would not do that. The stock power supply can't handle it, plus the card probably won't fit in the case. If you really want an expandable, upgradeable system, I would remove the CPU, RAM, and storage from this system and put those parts into a better standard case with a better standard motherboard and a better power supply.
You question is somewhat unclear. If your old machine is running Windows 7 or Windows 10, you shouldn't have a problem transferring your files (such as pictures, videos, etc.) to your new machine. Explaining how to do that is not what this video is about though.
@@GlennBerrySQL Thanks, I understand that. I have backup of my whole computer on a external hard drive. Would that allow me to transfer to the new computer.
@@wayneowen850 You should be able to plug a USB external hard drive into the new system and copy your files over to it. This means things like pictures, videos, and documents. You won't be able to copy programs over though. You would have to reinstall them on the new system.
Hi, would you still recommend this hp pc one year later? It sells at Best Buy for $800+. I have a 12 year old iMac 24" and was thinking of buying the new Mac Studio Max. I do mainly word processing but would like to try some video editing. I don't play video games on computers. The Mac Studio is $2200 with one terabyte ssd, but it's much better built and probably much more reliable than the hp Ryzen 7. Which one would you buy? I would appreciate your advice.
Well, those two machines are not really very comparable or even in the same class. I you want to spend less money than $2200, you can buy or build a PC that would be great for word processing and light video editing for less than half of that. The HP in this video would work (especially if you add a second stick of RAM).
If you want your RAM to run at the full DDR4-3200 XMP speed, the second stick needs to have the exact same specifications as the first stick. HP does not expose a BIOS setting to mess with the memory timings like DIY motherboards do.
Is the PSU a standard ATX form factor? I might need to replace it with something that has a bit more oomph. It doesnt use proprietary connectors does it?
No, this is a proprietary form factor, with proprietary connectors to the motherboard. Your best bet is to see if you can buy a power supply from HP that was aimed at one of the gaming SKUs that uses this same chassis.
@@GlennBerrySQL Thanks for the replys. They sent me a pic of the inside and its actually the 310W version, and its has 1 PCIe 6+2 cable. The 1660 super is around 120-125w and the 5600G is a 65W processor. At 185-190W on paper, I think it should work out. Id feel better if it were a 400W, but we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
Dear Mr. Berry, I would like to first thank you for the excellent video. I want to buy this PC so I would ask you to answer one question for me. Is the motherboard here HP name: Erica6 SSID: 8906 with the B550A chipset? If so, is there a possibility of connecting SATA ports to the HDD because I have two old HDDs that I would like to fit into this system. If there are no SATA ports for the HDD, are there SATA ports for the SSD? Thanks in advance for your reply and I wish you many more good videos. Greetings Mickey
You can add a small, low power GPU that only draws power from the PCIe slot. There is no PCIe power connector for a higher power GPU. You could try to use a SATA power to PCIe power adapter, but the power supply in this unit has a pretty lower power capacity.
Hi Glenn, My older dell gave out so I bought the computer you have there because I felt I had to out of panic. I am not a Tec person. Someone I know is and he said this is the one I should get. I am starting to have buyers remorse. I am not a gamer I just need it for home use, email youtube and going through the internet. Just t let you I can hear this computer running when it is quiet , is this something to be concerned about? Do you think the Dell in this same class is better? I would appreciate any advice you would give. Thank you, Jeff
This is a fairly small case with mediocre ventilation, but it should be fine for daily use with a Ryzen 7 5700G. Everyone has a different tolerance for fan noise. If you are very sensitive to noise, building a machine from parts would let you pick components that are less noisy.
I have the same computer. How likely is it to work if I buy one stick of 16gb memory and put it in, using the original also, to get 32gb. Would mixing memory be stable? I've never tried it. Thanks!
The stock RAM is DDR4-3200 CL22, so if you get a second stick, you want to get one with identical stats, so that your memory is still running at 3200MHz after you upgrade. It will still work if you don't do that, but you will lose some performance.
The problem is the power supply capacity. You could replace the APU with a 65-watt TDP CPU. I would not go any higher. An RX550 would probably work too.
I was looking at a similar model at Costco -- TP01-2327c. I presume it's the same case. It has a built-in 256GB SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD pre-installed. I wanted though to add still more hard drive capacity. Can something like this take a third drive and, if so, can that drive be a SCSI drive? SCSI tends to be larger and cheaper.
I presume you mean a SATA drive, not SCSI? Most of these small HP systems have two open SATA ports and SATA power connectors. This is in addition to the M.2 slot on the motherboard.
@@GlennBerrySQL No, actually. I have another PC with an 8TB internal SCSI drive and wanted to be able to switch PCs if I needed to. It's in an old Dell XPS machine and I installed the 8TB drive ages ago so I'm fuzzy on what I had to do. I think I needed to install a SCSI board in one of the slots and that provided the data connector. I think the power connector was through the regular motherboard. Is the M.2 slot what the SSD plugs into? So that would mean two non-SSD drives.
@@bruceguthrie9137 These small HP machines have an M.2 NVMe slot on the motherboard for an M.2 NVMe SSD (which is your boot drive). You can also have two SATA drives (HDD or SSD). I have never heard of SCSI hard drives with anything like an 8TB capacity. The largest I have ever seen is 300GB.
But it looks like SATA drives are similarly priced so maybe it's time to just buy a new drive. SCSI tends to be faster than even SSD so it's got some pluses.
Should every PC these days accept 8TB SATA drives if they accept SATA drives? I contacted Dell about something and they were saying 2TB was the limit which sounded bizarre.
Probably not, at least without some effort. There is no PCIe power connector for a GPU. I think you can get an adapter to go from a SATA power connector to a PCIe power connector. But the power supply in this unit does not have a lot of reserve capacity.
@@GlennBerrySQL Im in the same boat, do you think with an adapter i could put a GTX 1660 super in there? Are there 2 sata power connectors available or just one? I found a 2xsata to 1xpcie 8pin adapter. I want to donate this gfx card to my friends gamer son who has a very similar model with the 5600G.
@@shansen008 There are two SATA power connectors, but the power supply is only 180 watts (at least for this exact SKU). I don't think a 1660 Super would be a good idea.
Having one stick of RAM is very common for OEM systems, but at least it is easy to fix. For these HP systems, it is important that you get a second stick that has identical DDR4-3200 CL22 timing, so that it runs at XMP speed.
@@khalidhalba Your system will recognize and use that RAM, but it will be running at the default JEDEC speed of 2133 MHz. If you want to be able to run at DDR4-3200, you have to get a second stick just like the one stick that came with the system (which is DDR4-3200 CL22). If you try to use CL16 or CL18, it will fall back to 2133 MHz. You can check this with CPU-Z.
@@daviddavis5689 HP (like many large OEMs) does not do a very good job of disclosing what exact components are used in a particular model system. They are also "subject to change" based on pricing and availability.
So it has room for a full-size GPU but the power supply wouldn't handle it, and there are no 6-pin PCI connectors anyway. Darn.. Great value-- for some like me, buying computers for my 4 children something like is almost perfect, especially considering the price (multiplied by 4). I'm sure the integrated GPU will handle Minecraft and Roblox just fine, but in 3-5 years I'm sure my kids' gaming needs will demand more. Bummer!
