This video made upgrading the PSU on the z230 VERY easy. The drill measurements took some time to markup and get correct, but it WORKS! I was able to install a 600watt PSU from EVGA to power my video card. Thank you for the guide!
Did you need any extra special cable for the motherboard's 4-pin CPU Power connector? Or could you simply use the CPU connector coming from your PSU? Thanks!
Tom Crook I was able to fit a gigabyte dual slot gtx 1080 (11.5 inch length card) just fine when I removed the black plastic piece inside the front of the case (this is actually a video card brace mount from HP if you buy a high end factory video card from them). I have maybe 2.5 inches to spare after I did that. This should be able to fit 99% if not all cards on the market. The spacing of the sata and misc cables are just out of the way that a dial slot card fits fine. If you have one of the newer 2.5 slot video cards then you may have issues with that. But case size wise, most cards will fit fine.
What I'm seeing here is (currently) 23,000 people who've watched this video. That seems like 23,000 potential customers for custom laser cut X2xx chassis to standard ATX PSU adapter plates. Maybe made in alloy or powder coated steel? Even if only 500 people decided to buy them, I'd think that they could still be made cheap enough to produce and post for what would be seen as a reasonable cost all round.
Hello, thank you for your great video! The link for the 24 Pin to 18 in the video does not work. Would you please send post a link to this in the comments or update the link in the description to the 24 Pin to 18 you recommend for the power supply you recommend! Thank you!
there is 1 pin in the 18 pin connector that needs 11v... how did you solve that with the 24pin to 18pin adapter because every standard atx psu has no 11v output... its maybe a stupid question... the previous question about the 24 pin connector - the 4 does not work... to much pins still... i orderd a adapter to make everything work. i build the complete system in a aftermarket case
I'm looking at getting this motherboard I got a 4790 for free and this board seems like it's got all the expansion slots I need. Thanks for this since I did notice the power connector looked odd
I'm using a Diablo tech ATX power supply and I've got the adapter I'll plug it up to the power slots the 4 pin. and the 24 pin to 18 pin on HP 230 workstation 16 GB of RAM and installing a RTX 2060 KO ultra gaming card. Board lights up press the power button it beats four times and then blinks for time s nothing comes on no power to the fans nothing.
I've done this, followed your guide and I can't get my pc to power up. The PSU I have came with a tester and it works perfectly just not when connected to my pc. I'm guessing my 24-18 adapter has broken or something. So far it's been a bit of a money pit of a pc, I only want to use a gtx970 and I've had no luck with it so far!!
Applied this also on a HP Z230 workstation with a Corsair RM650x power supply. Same result so it works great, thanks for this tutorial! To bad i cant visite your website because i live in the Netherlands, looks like the website can only be visited when you live in the u.s. ☹
I'm looking at doing this for a Z220. One thing that concerns me however, is as well as the proprietary psu having an 18 pin plug for the motherboard, it also has a dedicated 4 pin plug which attaches to the motherboard in a different area to supply power to the cpu. So how do I get power to the cpu if standard CPUs dont offer the 4 pin plug?
My pc starts beeping and flashing red when I boot it up unless I put the old psu back. 😔 Update: I didn't know you could plug the cpu power in the wrong direction. Oops. 🤷♂️
Does the motherboard have standard ATX spacing on the screws? This is a great tutorial, but I'm kinda considering just getting a new case instead of drilling into the old one, would serve well as an upgrade path once the CPU gets old and has to be replaced.
We aren't sure if the Z230 system board had standard ATX screw holes. Swapping to an ATX chassis would be a good option if the screw holes line up. We agree, drilling through the chassis isn't ideal.
@@kitakanal5107 Yeah. The screw spacing is standard ATX, but the cooler is mounted directly into the HP case and the mounting holes for it are non-standard, so you can't just swap to a different cooler. You can, however, just grab four nuts and screw the cooler directly onto the PCB, that's how the system I worked on has been running for the past two years. (Unfortunately I don't know the specs of the thread, was just lucky enough to find four matching nuts in a bin of random old computer parts.)
Hi!! I have a Z230 SFF with XEON AND 32 RAM, idlove to upgrade mi graphic card but i wan to use a Gigabyte GTX 1660 wich uses a 450w PS, fabric SFF ps is a 240 w Model: ps 4241 1 ha, how can i find a SFF PS with 450w? Thanks!!!
Hola tengo una pregunta para y espero puedas responderlo, para mejorar el coler del procesador, quisiera saber otro coler mejor para cambiarlo cual me recomendarías.
Ok so i have a z220 cmt workstation i need an aftermarket cooler so i can swap my setup to a different case i ordered the cooler master hyper T4 for LGA 1155 turns out its not the same size as an LGA 1155 MOTB, Does ANYONE have a suggestion that doesnt make me need to buy a new MOTB
I scored an HPZ 620 and HPZ 230 recently. I want to build the 230 for a light gaming machine but I'm in a bit of in a jam as my HPZ 230 PSU died and I want to install a higher wattage non HP ATX PSU but am told it will be a hassle because of the 18 pin power connection on the MB, and all non HP PSU's are 24 pin. Even though there are adapters available like used here, there is something about the OE PSU producing a higher stand by voltage? then the 5v most non HP PSU's produce. Some say that after such a swap they must use the new ATX on/off switch instead of the computers original on/off button, others say they had no success. So I'm trying to find info on this issue if you or anyone can chime in some advice it would be appreciated thanks.
Hi does anyone know the pinout for the front panel connector I have a good idea from tracing wires but they is a red and white wire what ends and is tie wraped to the front panel metal chassis is that a temperature sensor wire? It has a small black Bob where both wires go into
The Z210 would require the same 24 Pin to 18Pin adapter Cable. We can't verify that any certain ATX power supply will work in the Z210 yet because we haven't tested it yet. Thanks for commenting!
I have a z200 and I wanted to install a 500w PSU, I bought a generic 24 to 20 pin adapter but it didn't work. Should I buy one special for HP computers?
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hello i have a question on how i can change psu in my hp z240. because the motherboard is not 24pin but only 6pin. btw great videos😎 hope you can help me, Thank you in advance
The Z230 doesn't have a PCI cooling fan. This can cause the GPU to run a bit hot under heavy load. You could consider adding some aftermarket cooling to keep the GPU cool.
Is there any way to replace a 250W PS in a HP ProDesk 600 G4 MT with a minimum 400W? Can't seem to find how anywhere, nor get any response from HP Support.
@@GreenPCGamerscom Don't know enough to try myself to be honest but I submitted for a quote on your web site, if there's anything at all you can do. Thanks.
Hi! Nice video BTW. I'm trying to do the same with my z230 can someone send me a pinout of the power supply adapter because I bought one on ebay and it doesn't power my system at all. Thanks
The actual adapter that we use is posted on greenpcgamers.com.www.greenpcgamers.com/technology/hp-z230-gaming-computer-and-other-hardware-upgrades/Look for the "24 Pin Female to 18Pin Male Adapter" link.
Thanks for this very nice detailed video! I have a Z230 and would like to upgrade my video card with an XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+. The EVGA 750W Gold PSU is out of my budget though. Would a 550W work with that graphics card?
I have rx 580 8gb installed on my z230 but..on 400w psu and whenever I run a more demanding program the pc just shuts down all of a sudden.I was planning to do this but lots of people say that power adapter cables are not safe to use
i recently bought this workstation and im running it with rx 570 4gb but it shutdown randomly after 4 to 5 hours while gaming?? is it bcz of low psu? plz answer..
I have this pc hp z230 i7 4790k with 360W psu I want to pair it with rx 570 with but shopkeeper told me that you can't change your psu bcz hp z230 don't support others psu
@@GreenPCGamerscom thanks for the reply. I received my 1050 ti this morning and installed it. Unfortunately it didn't work and pc refused to boot up showing the blue screen of death and error code 0xc00000225. This cheap pc build is turning into an expensive one haha. Thanks for the advice though mate
@@GreenPCGamerscom ok so if i want to swap out the case for a different one do i need to get a micro atx case or a atx case? i have the same one as in the video
@@GreenPCGamerscom can you upgrade the power supply for the Hp z230 Small form factor model or is it only possible on the larger tower model? And if you can upgrade the power supply on the SFF model whats the max Wattage you can take it up to? I want to upgrade my graphics card so I can play modern games on medium settings at the very least.
@@GreenPCGamerscom 400W is not so big but it's 80+ Gold. At least useful for a single VGA, I think. I added RX470 for Mining(It was really cheap in Japan) and rewrited to RX580 on Z230. 40W for browsing and 200-ish W for 3D mark. not so bad
