A friend of mine that lives in another state has this computer:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/docume...wcHSLW-Dcn-Uac4HzS7bbPCymaaXTcCbZyP8Q3JuLVpuY
It's the Ryzen 3 version with the RX550. Her budget was very tight, got this back around fall or so of last year. I am looking to do a couple of upgrades for her while we stop in to see them coming back from a trip.
I have found pics of the inside of the Intel version, but cannot seem to find any of this particular model with the video card installed. I do not want to ask her to open the box in that she is not technical. Worst case I can attempt to walk her through it but am trying to avoid that.
The literature I can find indicates that on this chassis we can drop in an R5 1600 without having to swap the power supply. It says the 1700 will not fit, which I can only assume is an issue of cooler height. The same mobo will take it in the larger Pavilion case.
By appearance with the Intel equipped machine it looks like I will need a 3.5 to 2.5 drive adapter to outfit this with an SSD for her. It has an M.2 slot, but I happen to have SSD I can gift her.
I am also trying to find out if the 8GB of RAM installed is (1) stick, or 2x4GB like I assume it is. I cannot seem to locate details on that aspect either.
Can any of you Google Foo me a pick of the AMD equipped machine, or happen to have one you can fill in the blanks for me on this?
Thank you
https://support.hp.com/us-en/docume...wcHSLW-Dcn-Uac4HzS7bbPCymaaXTcCbZyP8Q3JuLVpuY
It's the Ryzen 3 version with the RX550. Her budget was very tight, got this back around fall or so of last year. I am looking to do a couple of upgrades for her while we stop in to see them coming back from a trip.
I have found pics of the inside of the Intel version, but cannot seem to find any of this particular model with the video card installed. I do not want to ask her to open the box in that she is not technical. Worst case I can attempt to walk her through it but am trying to avoid that.
The literature I can find indicates that on this chassis we can drop in an R5 1600 without having to swap the power supply. It says the 1700 will not fit, which I can only assume is an issue of cooler height. The same mobo will take it in the larger Pavilion case.
By appearance with the Intel equipped machine it looks like I will need a 3.5 to 2.5 drive adapter to outfit this with an SSD for her. It has an M.2 slot, but I happen to have SSD I can gift her.
I am also trying to find out if the 8GB of RAM installed is (1) stick, or 2x4GB like I assume it is. I cannot seem to locate details on that aspect either.
Can any of you Google Foo me a pick of the AMD equipped machine, or happen to have one you can fill in the blanks for me on this?
Thank you