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HP Pavilion Desktop TG01-2170m PC: AMD Ryzen 3 5300G, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, RX 5500 Expired

$500
$699.99
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HP has HP Pavilion Desktop TG01-2170m PC on sale for $499.99. To earn Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 4-Cores, 8-Threads (4.0GHz Base / 4.2GHz Boost) Processor
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-3200 SDRAM
  • 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon RX 5500 Graphics (4GB GDDR6 dedicated)
  • Realtek Canary ac 2x2 + Bluetooth 5 M.2 2230 PCI-e+USB WW with 2 Antennas
  • HP black wired keyboard w/ volume control & wired optical mouse kit
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 4x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x HDMI-out 1.4
    • 1x audio-in
    • 1x audio-out
    • 1x microphone
    • 1x RJ-45

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Base Link: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp...-3v2z3av-1

Alternatively you can get configure it with Ryzen 5 5600G [+$100], GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics [+$40], 8GB DDR4, 256GB PCIe SSD @ $639.99 - 5% off via 5MDSHP = $607.99 + F/S

Spec:
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ryzen 3 5300G 4C/8T 4 GHz (4.2 GHz Boost, 12MB Cache) Or Ryzen 5 5600G 6C/12T 3.9 GHz (4.4 GHz Boost, 20MB Cache)
  • 8GB (4GBx2) DDR4 3200 MHz Ram
  • 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
  • RX 5500 4GB GDDR6 Graphics or GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • HP black wired keyboard with volume control and wired optical mouse kit
  • Realtek Canary ac 2x2 +Bluetooth 5 M.2 2230 PCI-e+USB WW with 2 Antennas
  • 1000 Mbps RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Shadow black front bezel, Acid Green Chrome logo with 400W Power supply
  • 13.14 lbs
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Last Edited by Teaser38 May 27, 2022 at 06:02 PM
Don't get the default RX 5500. [techpowerup.com] Either the cheaper and faster 1650 Super (-$10) or the much faster 1660 Super (+$40) are better deals.

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This is true.

However, for $500 you're getting a really weak gaming PC with tiny 256gb of storage. An Xbox Series X makes a lot more sense from a gaming-only perspective. Especially since this thing isn't going to have much for upgrade options with a proprietary 400 watt PSU and motherboard.
They also have an option for the 1650 super for actually -$10 less.

1650 is a bit better performance overall than RX5500

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05-27-2022 at 09:52 AM.
05-27-2022 at 09:52 AM.
Watch out for these machine's. You can't upgrade the mother board case and power supply with off the self parts unless you purchase directly from HP. These are OEM and junk. This is not a good deal they had cheaper a while ago.
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05-27-2022 at 11:32 AM.
05-27-2022 at 11:32 AM.
Anyone know how you can add another m.2 drive to these computers for gaming?
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05-27-2022 at 05:53 PM.
05-27-2022 at 05:53 PM.
Quote from MrGrumble :
Anyone know how you can add another m.2 drive to these computers for gaming?
One m.2 slot only. You can add an x1 m.2 card for 900 Mbps and/or a couple SATA drive.
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05-27-2022 at 05:58 PM.
05-27-2022 at 05:58 PM.
Quote from Teaser38 :
One m.2 slot only. You can add an x1 m.2 card for 900 Mbps and/or a couple SATA drive.

I am wondering if best move is doing m.2 in enclosure for usb c drive
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05-27-2022 at 06:01 PM.
05-27-2022 at 06:01 PM.
Quote from MrGrumble :
I am wondering if best move is doing m.2 in enclosure for usb c drive
It's an option. You get pretty much PCIe 3 x1 speed.
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MaKlounkee
05-28-2022 at 08:51 PM.
05-28-2022 at 08:51 PM.
In the specs it lists "Realtek Canary ac 2x2 + Bluetooth 5 M.2 2230 PCI-e+USB WW with 2 Antennas."

So it's an m.2 pcie wifi/bluetooh combo card with 2 antennas, but what the heck does "USB WW" mean?

Deal is meh. Graphics card is worth something like $130ish, and prices keep dropping, I think it will continue.
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05-28-2022 at 09:10 PM.
05-28-2022 at 09:10 PM.
Quote from MrGrumble :
Anyone know how you can add another m.2 drive to these computers for gaming?
Quote from Teaser38 :
One m.2 slot only. You can add an x1 m.2 card for 900 Mbps and/or a couple SATA drive.
I believe there is an open PCIe x1 slot above the graphics card.

Correct me if I am wrong but if so then one of these should work...

https://www.amazon.com/MZHOU-Cont...r=1-3&th=1

Bandwidth through a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot maxes out at 985MB/s (around 8000 Mbps)
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06-01-2022 at 11:18 AM.
06-01-2022 at 11:18 AM.
If this isn't a great deal, can someone point me to another pre built around $500 that's better?
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06-02-2022 at 06:05 PM.
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Quote from ilikesoup :
If this isn't a great deal, can someone point me to another pre built around $500 that's better?
It's worth the $40 upgrade to GTX 1660 Super. It's 30% faster than the RX 5500 so it's much better bang for the buck. Or if money is tight you can "downgrade" to the GTX 1650 Super to save $10 even though the GTX 1650 Super is slightly faster than an RX 5500.
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06-03-2022 at 05:48 AM.
06-03-2022 at 05:48 AM.
Quote from MaKlounkee :
I believe there is an open PCIe x1 slot above the graphics card.

Correct me if I am wrong but if so then one of these should work...

https://www.amazon.com/MZHOU-Cont...r=1-3&th=1

Bandwidth through a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot maxes out at 985MB/s (around 8000 Mbps)

Thanks I upgraded my graphics card to a 6600xt and covered the pcie slot completely with the fans. Good news is that the usbc drive enclosure i got on Amazon works well. I'm getting that speeds that are close to 900 mbps if not better not sure how to best test it? I bought a drive that is rated much higher maxes at allegedly 5,000mps so it runs cool. This should buy me some more time.

I also upgraded the machine to 32gig of ram which made little difference for some reason.
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06-03-2022 at 08:34 AM.
06-03-2022 at 08:34 AM.
Quote from MrGrumble :
Thanks I upgraded my graphics card to a 6600xt and covered the pcie slot completely with the fans. Good news is that the usbc drive enclosure i got on Amazon works well. I'm getting that speeds that are close to 900 mbps if not better not sure how to best test it? I bought a drive that is rated much higher maxes at allegedly 5,000mps so it runs cool. This should buy me some more time.

I also upgraded the machine to 32gig of ram which made little difference for some reason.
Adding RAM isn't going to necessarily improve gaming performance much. It depends on the game and how much RAM it needs, and how much RAM is being used by other programs that are running. RAM only becomes a performance issue when there is not enough of it.

As far as testing the external SSD speed, you can just copy files to and from the drive and look at the file transfer window to get a ballpark speed. There are freeware utilities that can give a more precise measurement, e.g. ATTO Disk Benchmark LINK [majorgeeks.com]

Seems like the drive is working fine if you are seeing transfers around 900 megabytes per second. (Note there is often mix-up between megabits/gigabits per second and megabytes/gigabytes per second. When abbreviated, generally lowercase b is used for bits and capital B for bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte.)
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