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HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop: Ryzen 3 5300G, GTX 1660 Super, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD

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$640

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HP.com has HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop on sale for $639.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member mrphi76 for finding this deal.

Note: Estimated shipping date will be shown in cart.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Go to HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop
  2. Click Customize & Buy
  3. Under Graphics card, select the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated) +$90
  4. Click Add to Cart
  5. Price in cart will be $639.99 + Free Shipping
Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
  • 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory (2x4GB)
  • 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • Windows 11 Home
  • HP Wired Keyboard + Wired Optical Mouse

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $100 lower than the list price.
    • This price matches a recent Frontpage Deal.
    • Refer to the forum thread for alternative configuration ideas & offer discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 1-year limited warranty.
  • About this store:
    • HP.com offers a 30 day return policy for most products. See the HP.com returns page for additional details.

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Written by mrphilbin
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HP.com has HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop on sale for $639.99 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member mrphi76 for finding this deal.

Note: Estimated shipping date will be shown in cart.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Go to HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop
  2. Click Customize & Buy
  3. Under Graphics card, select the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated) +$90
  4. Click Add to Cart
  5. Price in cart will be $639.99 + Free Shipping
Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
  • 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory (2x4GB)
  • 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • Windows 11 Home
  • HP Wired Keyboard + Wired Optical Mouse

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $100 lower than the list price.
    • This price matches a recent Frontpage Deal.
    • Refer to the forum thread for alternative configuration ideas & offer discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 1-year limited warranty.
  • About this store:
    • HP.com offers a 30 day return policy for most products. See the HP.com returns page for additional details.

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KiltedOne
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Ship date end of March, dang
PlatinumButterfly
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I took a quick look at eBay and 1080 (non-Ti) cards in working condition are still usually selling for $500. Local sale prices (for cash) would probably be more like $400. So, if you assume the high end value for the 1080, that makes the rest of the PC $350

A 6700K sells for at least $100-150... and that is just the CPU by itself with no cooler or anything. For used RAM and PSU, I'd say $50 each. Used small SSD, only $25 b/c really this is only for Windows OS/boot drive and you'll need to buy another SSD to actually install games. Cooler I consider a freebie on a completed system. Who knows when the AIO may fail. Air tower coolers are more reliable long-term IME (I have one over 10 years old still running with the original fan).

I know a lot of other replies here say that the total value should be $500 but that is too low unless they are all finding used 1080s for cheaper than what I'm seeing. I'd say a 1080 by itself in working condition is worth $400-500.

Personally ... I'd estimate the total value at $750 if you assume the 1080 is worth $500. Or $650 if you assume the 1080 is $400.

BUT - That assumes you are okay with buying an older PC. That RAM is almost 2 generations old at this point and the CPU is pretty long in the tooth. Over time, you'll be spending more money on electricity due to the inefficiency of the CPU not to mention you'll probably peg the CPU easily depending on what you are doing.

If it were me personally... I'd rather buy a used 1080 for a full $500 and buy a brand new CPU and do a fresh build. Or for that matter, just swallow $800 and get a 3060Ti from a scalper if $500 for a 1080 is your reference point. The 3060Ti is noticeably more powerful than a 1080, can do Ray Tracing, and also far more energy efficient as well. With an AMD CPU, you can run a 3060 Ti on a 500W PSU no problem. I'm running dual GPUs on a 600W PSU this very moment and I've never even pulled 500W from the wall even during a stress test.
Harlequinnut
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I'm still waiting on my HP envy desktop that I ordered on Dec 1 and was supposed to ship out Dec 22, now revised to Jan 4 shipping. I am not sure if that's gonna happen.

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Jan 4, 2022
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DealZillaNY
Jan 4, 2022
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Quote from PlatinumButterfly :
I took a quick look at eBay and 1080 (non-Ti) cards in working condition are still usually selling for $500. Local sale prices (for cash) would probably be more like $400. So, if you assume the high end value for the 1080, that makes the rest of the PC $350

A 6700K sells for at least $100-150... and that is just the CPU by itself with no cooler or anything. For used RAM and PSU, I'd say $50 each. Used small SSD, only $25 b/c really this is only for Windows OS/boot drive and you'll need to buy another SSD to actually install games. Cooler I consider a freebie on a completed system. Who knows when the AIO may fail. Air tower coolers are more reliable long-term IME (I have one over 10 years old still running with the original fan).

I know a lot of other replies here say that the total value should be $500 but that is too low unless they are all finding used 1080s for cheaper than what I'm seeing. I'd say a 1080 by itself in working condition is worth $400-500.

Personally ... I'd estimate the total value at $750 if you assume the 1080 is worth $500. Or $650 if you assume the 1080 is $400.

BUT - That assumes you are okay with buying an older PC. That RAM is almost 2 generations old at this point and the CPU is pretty long in the tooth. Over time, you'll be spending more money on electricity due to the inefficiency of the CPU not to mention you'll probably peg the CPU easily depending on what you are doing.

If it were me personally... I'd rather buy a used 1080 for a full $500 and buy a brand new CPU and do a fresh build. Or for that matter, just swallow $800 and get a 3060Ti from a scalper if $500 for a 1080 is your reference point. The 3060Ti is noticeably more powerful than a 1080, can do Ray Tracing, and also far more energy efficient as well. With an AMD CPU, you can run a 3060 Ti on a 500W PSU no problem. I'm running dual GPUs on a 600W PSU this very moment and I've never even pulled 500W from the wall even during a stress test.
Screw scalpers, just keep checking Microcenter as they are mostly only $100 more than retail/pre-pandemic prices
Jan 4, 2022
414 Posts
Joined Dec 2011
Jan 4, 2022
airbiggs
Jan 4, 2022
414 Posts
So should i buy? Need a gaming desktop for the kids. Any suggestions/deals?
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Jan 4, 2022
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Joined Sep 2016
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JC-NY
Jan 4, 2022
40 Posts
I bought one with similar configuration except with Ryzen 5 4600G CPU for $632 back in Nov 25 (price dropped to $610 a week after I ordered). Estimated shipping has changed to Jan 14, and HP already charged to my CC the moment I placed the order.
Jan 4, 2022
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sockrobot
Jan 4, 2022
2 Posts
Anyone know what memory i should add, bought some 32 gb 3200mhz xmp but only runs 2667mhz.
Jan 4, 2022
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sockrobot
Jan 4, 2022
2 Posts
Anyone recommend some memory for this machine, bought a 32 gb 3200mhz kit, but will only run 2667mhz.
Jan 4, 2022
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mystwu2
Jan 4, 2022
207 Posts
I bought this PC back in the Black Friday week of 2021. I got this PC on December 24, 2021.

I made a short video with my iPhone 7 Plus.

Here is the link

https://youtu.be/3ioAdrg8YYs

I hope this video helps you all to make up your mind on buying this PC.
Jan 4, 2022
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TheKingofDeals
Jan 4, 2022
3,373 Posts
Looking to replace an aging Dell XPS desktop from 2015. Not doing any gaming. Mainly for backup of pictures, plex steaming and tuner along with home security monitoring.
Would like to be able to connect 2 SATA HD and if possible create copy of the primary HD that has OS in case of failure. It seems most of these have M.2 SSD instead of Sata. I was able to easily do this on my current Desktop with 2 Sata SSD but curious if any one has any recommendation for the M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive.
It appears from briefly researching Dell XPS is still a good choice outside of my building my unit.
Though it is bit costlier that this HP model. Any recommendations appreciated!

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Jan 5, 2022
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TealWriter9822
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Quote from SamS :
Biggest problem with i7-7700: no support for Windows 11.
That's not a problem at all.
Jan 5, 2022
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saiga6360
Jan 5, 2022
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Quote from TheKingofDeals :
Looking to replace an aging Dell XPS desktop from 2015. Not doing any gaming. Mainly for backup of pictures, plex steaming and tuner along with home security monitoring.
Would like to be able to connect 2 SATA HD and if possible create copy of the primary HD that has OS in case of failure. It seems most of these have M.2 SSD instead of Sata. I was able to easily do this on my current Desktop with 2 Sata SSD but curious if any one has any recommendation for the M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive.
It appears from briefly researching Dell XPS is still a good choice outside of my building my unit.
Though it is bit costlier that this HP model. Any recommendations appreciated!
This particular HP desktop has 3-4 SATA ports so no problems there. I have one SATA SSD already added and I recently upgraded the M.2 SSD to the 1 TB Samsung EVO Plus. I wish I had waited on the Crucial sale so I could get the 16 GB RAM upgrade for less, but oh well. No issues so far.
Jan 5, 2022
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DevMartin
Jan 5, 2022
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Quote from SkillfulTest374 :
Anyone know what memory i should add, bought some 32 gb 3200mhz xmp but only runs 2667mhz.
I had some of these [amazon.com] like yours and used Ryzen Master to put in each of the timings individually. Worked well enough.
Jan 5, 2022
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TheKingofDeals
Jan 5, 2022
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Quote from saiga6360 :
This particular HP desktop has 3-4 SATA ports so no problems there. I have one SATA SSD already added and I recently upgraded the M.2 SSD to the 1 TB Samsung EVO Plus. I wish I had waited on the Crucial sale so I could get the 16 GB RAM upgrade for less, but oh well. No issues so far.
Thank for that!
Where can I find the specs on # Sata ports. Number of 3.5 HD it will hold?
Also the PCie slots etc?
Jan 5, 2022
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Roller_m
Jan 5, 2022
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very useful share Applause
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mystwu2
Jan 5, 2022
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Quote from TheKingofDeals :
Thank for that!
Where can I find the specs on # Sata ports. Number of 3.5 HD it will hold?
Also the PCie slots etc?
According to my youtube video, there are only two free SATA ports(one blue and one white), two power plugs for the two SATA devices(from 400W 80-gold power supply) and one free PCIe x1 on this motherboard. I'd say the most SATA SSD u can put into this tower is 2. But if u want to go rogue(i.e. ducktape HDDs and things together, install a SATA PCIe card), I'd say sky is the limit.

But for real tho, you can fit at least one HDD into this case without any problem.
Fitting two HDDs may be a bit hard cuz the case is too small. I am not sure if there is enough mounting area for 2nd HDD.
Jan 5, 2022
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saiga6360
Jan 5, 2022
211 Posts
Quote from mystwu2 :
According to my youtube video, there are only two free SATA ports(one blue and one white), two power plugs for the two SATA devices(from 400W 80-gold power supply) and one free PCIe x1 on this motherboard. I'd say the most SATA SSD u can put into this tower is 2. But if u want to go rogue(i.e. ducktape HDDs and things together, install a SATA PCIe card), I'd say sky is the limit.

But for real tho, you can fit at least one HDD into this case without any problem.
Fitting two HDDs may be a bit hard cuz the case is too small. I am not sure if there is enough mounting area for 2nd HDD.
Agree, but you can probably mount a second HDD below that black mesh looking thing if it can support the weight (screw or velcro). There's definitely space under there.

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Beer_Money
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Will this run VR games or nah..?

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