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Victus by HP 15L Desktop: Ryzen 5 5600G, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, RX 6400 Expired

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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
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Important Update: Slickdeals user TimR4241 has found this same HP with a 512GB SSD on a Costco deal for $399.99 + $14.99 shipping. Obviously a better deal if you have Costco access. Give him some love in the comments! Link:

https://www.costco.com/hp-victus-...18540.html

HP has the New HP Victus 15L Gaming Desktop TG02-0325m Ryzen 5 5600G (6-Core, 12 Threads 3.9GHz up to 4.4GHz) 8GB DDR4 Radeon RX 6400 4GB GDDR6 256GB NVMe WiFi WIndows 11 Home for $429.99. Shipping is free. Choice of Micro Silver or Ceramic White color at this price.

An entry level gaming desktop with 500W power supply and reasonably good upgrade options.

Upgrades available when ordering to NVIDIA RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6 ($110), NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 ($170), and NVIDIA RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6X ($180). I included these graphics card options here because they seem to be compelling upgrade deals at substantially lower than market prices, even with the adjustment for trading up from the RX 6400.

Windows 11 Home
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600G (3.9 GHz up to 4.4 GHz , 16 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 threads)
8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (2 x 4 GB)
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
No HDD
AMD Radeon™ RX 6400 Graphics (4 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
500 W 80 Plus Bronze certified power supply
Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 5 combo
No Additional Office Software
McAfee Livesafe (30 day)
No Included Keyboard

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp...hp-15l-gam
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LOL. I had actually come here early but then went down a rabbit hole of cascading side tracks. Facepalm

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. Thumbup
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A few things to know for people want to buy this,

(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.
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I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, and I agree that this isn't in super duper hot deal territory. However, when someone needs to buy the market may not present anything better at the time in their price range, so sometimes it's nice to know about some of the better prices available.

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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nithos
12-14-2023 at 02:42 PM.
12-14-2023 at 02:42 PM.
Quote from BabyBubba :
CPU Mark scores are substantially better on the 5600G at 19.9K versus the i7-8700 at 12.9K. That alone should make a noticeably faster PC, especially when multitasking. Plus all the accoutrements that come with several years of tech improvements to USB, motherboard design, wifi, etc. I would expect similar improvement with graphics performance, even though this HP admittedly has a low end GPU by today's standards. The gaming community has made even the cheapest modern graphics pretty darn good compared to a few years ago.

Another thought...if you're running 32GB of RAM, you could and maybe should consider taking advantage of the 5600G's onboard graphics, which are quite respectable for the non-gaming user, and sell the RX 6400 on eBay ($130 or so) to recoup some of your initial investment. Of course I'd make sure that's possible with this motherboard before considering it an option.
I do most gaming on consoles. I recently offloaded Plex/Sonarr/SABNzbd off to a Beelink N100, so it's mostly just used for Rocksmith, Youtube and remoting into my work PC when needed.

The Precision 3630 just arrived today from Dell Refurbished posted here the other day, but sounds like it might be worth the $60 upcharge to go with the Costco deal (with maybe another $60 in the future to bring the RAM up).

Edit: Scratch that, looks like Dell Refurb has a restocking fee and doesn't cover shipping. Guess I will stick it out.
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12-14-2023 at 03:59 PM.
12-14-2023 at 03:59 PM.
Quote from nithos :
I do most gaming on consoles. I recently offloaded Plex/Sonarr/SABNzbd off to a Beelink N100, so it's mostly just used for Rocksmith, Youtube and remoting into my work PC when needed.

The Precision 3630 just arrived today from Dell Refurbished posted here the other day, but sounds like it might be worth the $60 upcharge to go with the Costco deal (with maybe another $60 in the future to bring the RAM up).

Edit: Scratch that, looks like Dell Refurb has a restocking fee and doesn't cover shipping. Guess I will stick it out.
Oh I thought it was a desktop you've had for a while and were considering replacing. Looks to be a mid 2018 model or thereabouts, this Victus looks to be early 2022. But I don't knock on 5 year old Dells; they're workhorses.
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12-14-2023 at 04:18 PM.
12-14-2023 at 04:18 PM.
Picked up this last July from Walmart for $399 with a 512 GB SSD. Found another 8 gig of RAM on eBay for $20 to even it out at 16G. Some weird things about it like the HP Intel cpu cooler on the 5600G I doubt you could build anything with a legit copy of windows 11 for $400. See how long it lasts.
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12-14-2023 at 04:45 PM.
12-14-2023 at 04:45 PM.
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Oh I thought it was a desktop you've had for a while and were considering replacing. Looks to be a mid 2018 model or thereabouts, this Victus looks to be early 2022. But I don't knock on 5 year old Dells; they're workhorses.
My previous Dell refurb got corrupted during a Windows update, clean install didn't even do the trick. Since it was too old for Win11, I figured I would just take the opportunity to upgrade to a newer machine.
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12-14-2023 at 05:17 PM.
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My previous Dell refurb got corrupted during a Windows update, clean install didn't even do the trick. Since it was too old for Win11, I figured I would just take the opportunity to upgrade to a newer machine.
Sounds like a corrupted BIOS, since that's close to all that's left when Windows is removed. Depending on the age of it, some OEM motherboards can be had dirt cheap and that may have been the easiest fix. I have 4 Dell desktops and thankfully have never had a problem like that (or any other problems; they've been rock solid for years). Probably just bad luck paying you a visit.

Just for grins, I went on eBay to see what a used OEM motherboard for one of my older Dells would cost. $13 shipped, and the old boy has bunches of them. After a certain age that hardware becomes all but worthless.
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12-15-2023 at 02:35 AM.
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Can anybody recommend a good and cheap up grade for the 256GB memory. Thanks…..
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12-15-2023 at 10:04 PM.
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I have an AMEX offer of $150 off $999. Anyone want to split this with me? We can build 2 of them to be just over $500 each.
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leechungsr
12-15-2023 at 10:07 PM.
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An ancient 1070 system will have over 100% better GPU performance. Not worth "gaming" on this.
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An ancient 1070 system will have over 100% better GPU performance. Not worth "gaming" on this.

??? no rtx
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12-16-2023 at 08:07 AM.
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I don't really see why this has a 6400 in it, that card is marginally better than the 5600g iGPU. Otherwise, it looks like a fairly decent computer.
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dowork
12-16-2023 at 12:17 PM.
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My Costco order just came in. The desktop is just in a brown box with styrofoam padding. No retail packaging. Is that normal?
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My Costco order just came in. The desktop is just in a brown box with styrofoam padding. No retail packaging. Is that normal?
yes, that is normal , similar to getting it directly from the Manufacture.
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yes, that is normal , similar to getting it directly from the Manufacture.

Thanks. I bought the RAM you recommended too
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Thanks. I bought the RAM you recommended too
Cool,, should be a pretty easy install. But if you need more space and room , there is a video to show how and what to remove for future upgrades.
https://youtu.be/rKyLdGMqezw?si=7...eLZTc&t=86
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Can this PC enough to play Diablo 4?
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