HP has
Victus by HP 15L Desktop (TG02-0325m) on sale for
$429.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
BabyBubba for finding this deal.
Specs:- AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6 cores, 12 threads (3.9GHz Base / 4.4GHz Boost) Processor
- 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 MHz RAM
- 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon RX 6400 Graphics (4 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
- Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- 1x USB Type-C 5Gbps signaling rate
- 2x USB Type-A 10Gbps signaling rate
- 2x USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate
- 1x headphone/microphone combo
- 4x USB 2.0 Type-A
- 1x audio-in
- 1x audio-out
- 1x microphone
- 1x RJ-45
Top Comments
TBH, I am not crazy about this deal. I liked some of your other deals more (even if they were refurbished). This is not really for gaming: the RX 6400 isn't doing anything here which the iGPU in the CPU couldn't do (except not take away from the system RAM). For productivity use, it's fine, but I would prefer an i5 CPU for that.
Ultimately, it doesn't compare to your recent HP with Ryzen 7 5700G / 32GB DDR4 / Radeon RX 6600XT for $510, Acer with Intel Core i5-12400 for $288 and maybe even the HP with Ryzen 5 5600G / 12GB DDR4 for $319 deals.
I am hoping I am not sounding too negative here. My point is: We've seen better values, from your own deals including.
(If I am not mistaken and correct me if I am wrong)
The AM4 motherboard only supports 65W CPUs. This means CPU like 5950x, 5900x, 5800x etc will not be supported.
The CPU 5300G, 5600G and 5700G only support PCIe 3.0, not the faster PCIe 4.0, not the fastest PCIe 5.0. This means your GPU or M.2 SSD will be limited to PCIe 3.0 speed, even if they can do the 4.0 or 5.0 speed.
The case, power supply and motherboard are in a HP special form factor. Not ATX, mATX, ITX etc. So, if you want to upgrade one of the three items, you have to upgrade all three at once.
There are only two RAM slots, there is no way to put 4 sticks of DDR4 RAM into this PC. Just two sticks allowed.
The BIOS/UEFI of the motherboard offers very limited features. No typical ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte overclocking features supported.
The case is very small. It's good if you dont have much room but there is no way to fit a 3 fans GPU into this case. You should be able to fit a 2 fans GPU into the case if you remove the metal mash net thing. The default GPU is a one fan only GPU.
I personally think in 2023 December, you should not buy this PC. DIY build one should be a better idea.
But if you dont have time, need one right now and ship fast to your home for whatever reason, then go for it.
I'm even flattered that you can rattle off most of the computer deals I've posted in recent months haha
I also agree about the RX 6400; That's why I nudged buyers towards the attractively priced GPU upgrade options in the description.
Anyways, nice to see ya and have a good day.
Oh and let me add this...it's not negativity to give your honest informed opinion. We need more of that in the comments.
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I think it got close to $300 before they switched to this model. (I got it for $200 at a local Walmart.) I suspect if you wait this will get cheaper. The most recent news points to a new series of APUs from AMD coming out in the spring. This will most likely be replaced in the first quarter or at least the first half of 2024. And when it is it will be clearances at Big box stores.
When you get to the Spring this will be a 3 year old CPU with a 2 year old bottom tier GPU. The new APUs integrated graphics will come close to beating this GPU. It really should be cheaper.
(If I am not mistaken and correct me if I am wrong)
The AM4 motherboard only supports 65W CPUs. This means CPU like 5950x, 5900x, 5800x etc will not be supported.
The CPU 5300G, 5600G and 5700G only support PCIe 3.0, not the faster PCIe 4.0, not the fastest PCIe 5.0. This means your GPU or M.2 SSD will be limited to PCIe 3.0 speed, even if they can do the 4.0 or 5.0 speed.
The case, power supply and motherboard are in a HP special form factor. Not ATX, mATX, ITX etc. So, if you want to upgrade one of the three items, you have to upgrade all three at once.
There are only two RAM slots, there is no way to put 4 sticks of DDR4 RAM into this PC. Just two sticks allowed.
The BIOS/UEFI of the motherboard offers very limited features. No typical ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte overclocking features supported.
The case is very small. It's good if you dont have much room but there is no way to fit a 3 fans GPU into this case. You should be able to fit a 2 fans GPU into the case if you remove the metal mash net thing. The default GPU is a one fan only GPU.
I personally think in 2023 December, you should not buy this PC. DIY build one should be a better idea.
But if you dont have time, need one right now and ship fast to your home for whatever reason, then go for it.
I bought one of these bargain "gaming computers" from HP last year and immediately bought some additional RAM. At that point I realized there is zero configuration available in BIOS (XMP for example) and the RAM I just bought was running at default JEDEC spec. Then the video card died. So disappointed.
I bought one of these bargain "gaming computers" from HP last year and immediately bought some additional RAM. At that point I realized there is zero configuration available in BIOS (XMP for example) and the RAM I just bought was running at default JEDEC spec. Then the video card died. So disappointed.
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looking to just host a plex server on it, but it needs to be able to handle high bitrate 4k HDR files locally and off-network
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looking to just host a plex server on it, but it needs to be able to handle high bitrate 4k HDR files locally and off-network
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