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  • Converting an off-lease business pre-built into a gamer. Is it worth it? No!

    Test system Number 1 - HP EliteDesk 800G4 SFF system. Built in 2016

    Config as purchased - Intel Core i5-4570
    8 GB DDR3 RAM
    500 GB SATA Mechanical drive

    Upgraded specs - Intel Core I7-4790K
    24 GB DDR3 RAM
    120GB SATA SSD Primary Drive
    1TB WD Blue Storage Drive
    MSI GeForce GTX-1050ti 4GB GDDR5 LP GPU
    EDUP PCIe 1X WIFI Add on card
    Windows 10 Home

    Overall Passmark Benchmark score - 4480 points.

    Test system Number 2 - HP ProDesk 400G4 Mini Tower system. Built in 2022

    Config as purchased - Intel Core I5-7500
    8 GB DDR4-2400 RAM
    128GB SATA SSD Primary Drive
    2TB WD Blue Storage Drive

    Upgraded Specs - Intel Core I7-6700K
    24GB DDR4-2400 RAM
    128 GB SATA SSD Primary Drive
    2TB WD Blue Storage Dr.
    MSI GeForce GTX-1050ti 4GB GDDR5 Full Size GPU
    Intel M.2 Dual channel/Bluetooth WIFI card
    Windows 10 Home

    Overall Passmark Benchmark score - 4236

    Yes! You are seeing this correctly! The 4th gen system has better overall performance specs then the 6th or 7th gen system! The biggest limitations to these systems are their cases, power supplies and mainboards. These components are all proprietary and are grossly underpowered. There is no cables on either power supply to power any add on components. The fact that the 6th/7th gen system is very under-performing was very surprising to me.

    So, as you can see - Don't waste your time and money on these systems because they will not give you the performance you are looking for. Save your money and build a system from scratch.

    The components in the ProDesk were transferred to a custom case, a used 650 watt power supply and a used Asrok Z170 Extreme 4 MATX motherboard. The new Passmark specs after the rebuild were almost 5000! Just changing those three components made a huge difference in performance! Don't assume just because a system is newer it will be faster! This test proves otherwise. Don't waste your time.

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    SFF system
    Yes, probably not worth the effort for a small form factor case.

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