[SOLVED] CPU upgrade for HP Pavilion Slimline S5-1114

[LooseCaboose]

Hi, I recently got a Pavilion S5-1114 and was wondering what is the best CPU that can go into it? It currently has a Pentium G620.

 

[stonecarver]

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Deskt...grading-CPU-for-S5-1114-Slimline/td-p/8578864

 

[LooseCaboose]

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Deskt...grading-CPU-for-S5-1114-Slimline/td-p/8578864

So the I7-2600S is the best? I checked the CPU upgrade website in the reply and do not trust it. I need a better source confirming the best CPU and whether it is limited to 65W or not.

 

[stonecarver]

That link and solution was to help you in your investigation and research in the best CPU to fit your PC and upgrade.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html

TDP
i7 2600s ---65 W as per intel.com

The age and the fact the PC being a SFF/ slimline not much but a little wiggle room doing any upgrades on them models.

 

[LooseCaboose]

That link and solution was to help you in your investigation and research in the best CPU to fit your PC and upgrade.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html

TDP
i7 2600s ---65 W as per intel.com

The age and the fact the PC being a SFF/ slimline not much but a little wiggle room doing any upgrades on them models.

Yeah I came here for help because I couldn't find much useful information on this PC and HP scrubbed it from their support site. An old thread on here had a dead link to the S5-1414 support page which was thankfully archived. That support page showed the 1414 motherboard could support almost any 2nd or 3rd gen Core CPU but that motherboard looks a bit different from the one in my 1114.

 

[stonecarver]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/ls8j2w/hp_pavilion_slimline_s51114_desktop_pentium_g620/

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-Slimline-s5-1414-Dual-Core/product-reviews/B00CH2KW7A

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-ref...memory-1tb-hard-drive/4615058.p?skuId=4615058

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Just some pages with info on that model HP.

It gets weird for us on the consumer side the issue between the i7-2600 "working on a system vs the i7-3770 one came out in 2011 and the other 2012 but not all systems that came with a i7-2600 "Pentium G620" same gen had the right bios information to switch it out for a i7-3770.

Same 1155 motherboard same memory.

But you can run a i7-2600 in the newer system " motherboard" from 2012.

So my rule of thumb is when dealing with these older board is to look at the BIOS.

If the motherboard only offers BIOS " now considered legacy" and NO UEFI I lean toward the i7-2600.

If it has both legacy Bios and UEFI than again if this was a full desktop model I might go for the i7-3770.

But here is the catch 22, they all do it Dell, HP most OEM's on there smaller models stretch out the older platform meaning your model might have never moved to UEIF and even if it did might not have the correct BIOS to go past the 2nd gen CPU's.

And just an FYI the difference between the i7 2600 vs the i7 3770 is very little.

Also the difference between the i7-2600s vs i7-2600 as far as intel's ARC there the same just 65 watts vs 95 watts.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html

The only difference is the i7-2600s base clock is 2.80 GHz vs 3.40 but boost is the same between both CPU's

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html
I tried to give you as much information to help you with your project on a 13 year old HP SlimLine

Just a HUGE FYI if your motherboard has a PCI-e slot it most likely is 35 watts and NOT like a desktops 75 watt to that port. Just stopping a future headache if you try to add GPU other than a basic office model in there.

 

[LooseCaboose]

Thanks! After going over some of the links I think I've found the motherboard supports the 2nd gen Cores but there seems to be problems with the 3rd gen even though those are listed as supported. As for GPUs the PCI-e slot appears to be 75W but it does not support newer GPUs without a workaround due to no UEFI support. I had an idea to update this office PC with some better hardware but I'll skip this one as it seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Not to mention the PSU is 220W alone.