upgrading hp elite 8300

[Buni]

and power supply's and cpu's that will work with a hp elite 8300 ?

[changed parts]
(gpu gtx 1050 ti 4gb low-profile)
(ram 12gb ddr3)

[𝔇ave]

what cpu does it currently have?

product page just says 2nd and 3rd gen intel processors so the best you can get on that platform is an i7 3770

[Buni]

yea ill get one of those (currently i have a 300 watt power supply) should i upgrade ?

also where would i find a i7 3770 ?

[𝔇ave]

Originally posted by WAH:

yea ill get one of those (currently i have a 300 watt power supply) should i upgrade ?

shouldn't need to upgrade power supply as long as you don't intend to upgrade your GPU

Originally posted by WAH:

also where would i find a i7 3770 ?

ebay or second hand computer parts store is your only hope.

find out the model of your motherboard and google to see if it supports the i7 3770 because some OEM boards don't support higher tdp cpu's

[Buni]

how do u find out ur motherboard ?

[𝔇ave]

https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

download cpu-z and once installed go to the mainboard tab

[Buni]

yea

Hewlett-Packard 3397 ???

[𝔇ave]

HP 657094-001

does that look familiar? have a look at the board if cpu-z is not reading it

[Buni]

yea

[𝔇ave]

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/HP-8300-Elite-SFF-CPU-Upgrade-to-i7-3770K/td-p/6695524

apparently the board does support the i7 3770 but it was advised in that post ^ to get the i7 3770s which is a lower tdp cpu.

[Buni]

it looks familiar

[𝔇ave]

also it was mentioned a bios update might be needed so before removing your old cpu update the bios via hp's website

[Buni]

where would i buy this cpu

[𝔇ave]

what cpu have u got in there now? an upgrade might not even be needed

[𝔇ave]

Originally posted by WAH:

where would i buy this cpu

you won't get one new so ebay 2nd hand is pretty much the only easy option. they go for around $150 AUD

[Buni]

can we talk over private text chat (it would be easier)