I will be maintaining a list of components that have been successfully upgraded in the description. If you have had any success stories, please comment below and I will gladly add your experience to this list. A big thank you to all my viewers and subscribers! Much obliged 🎩 to all my viewers. Like. Share. Subscribe. Enjoy. Support links ☕ BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/accessrandom 🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/accessrand0m ► Subscribe: ua-cam.com/users/accessrandom _ Due to popular demand, I've made some measurements on the video card (which has also been updated in the description under "Graphics"). The length of the RX 580, measured from the back of its plate to the edge of the card, is 7 1/16". The length of the case is *approximately* 10" - in other words, that would be the longest card that can fit. I didn't measure the width of the RX 580 but it's the standard width of a card that takes two slots. _ ► Please note that there is no need to remove the DVD cover as shown in the video. _ Thx to Ye Wang: No need to pry the DVD cover "like you did there on 2:25, instead [it] has a black plastic quick release tab (seen in 1:43), you can press it in and push the entire optical drive out of the front panel..." _ Also: thx to tinmania: "HP recommends: Before removing the drive cage, unplug the two cables connected to the rear of the optical drive, press the lever on the rear of the drive, and simply slide it out to the front (no screws). Reverse when reassembling." _ ► A note about the PCIe x1 Slot. _ Thx to jofrejkd: You can't use the PCIe slot to install a sound card if you use an NVMe in M.2 slot: "To be clear, the port can be used if... using sata drive... The M.2 NVMe is faster because it actually steals the PCIe ports pipeline... if you install a sound card, it will show it in device manager but the system won't find it" See jofrejkd's comment for workaround. _ ►M.2 SSD _ Thx to tinmania: HP's site lists SSD as NVMe but is actually SATA (MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1). Replaced it w/ a 500GB Crucial NVMe SSD (CT500P1SSD8) _ Thx to Richard Burns: 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (Crucial P1 CT1000P1SSD8) works in a Pavilion 690-0067c _ Thx to Jon Kingsbury: Addlink S70 512GB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 works in a 690-0022na _ ►Power Supply _ Thx to Stephen Craig: in a 690-0067c, upgraded from 310W to 400W (HP part L04618-800) _ Thx to Jon Kingsbury: in a 690-0022na, upgraded to a 500W (HP part L05757-800). Slight misalignment of screws - only one fits - but fits in latch and doesn't move in chassis. _ Thx to PinoyPhantom: in a 690-0067c, upgrade to a 500W (HP part L05757-800). Could only secure the PSU with the top left screw. It has a 6+2 pin connector so you dont need an 8 pin adapter (please see corresponding graphics card update in description). _ ►Case Fan _ Thx to Joe Candelaria: replaced existing case fan with 92 mm be quiet! fan. _ Thx to S6.: 2 x 92mm Noctua NF-A9 PWM 25MM in case. Along with Noctua CPU fan (see following section), temps are ~65°C. _ ►CPU Fan _ Thx to Jake Wagner: upgraded to Freezer 12 (removed the drive cage) in a 690-0024 - idle temps ~25C, full load stress test at ~65C _ Thx to S6.: Noctua NH L12S, with pipes up and fans at bottom in push mode. Along with Noctua case fans (see previous section), temps are ~65°C. _ Thx to Terry Parrott: “First thing you need to know is... the hold down spacing is for an Intel 115X." An AM4 cooler won't fit _ “The case fan sucks air out of the case but the [inlets] are... blocked by the rack holding the HDD and Optical drive... temps run up to 85C+ playing Fortnite. _ “The only way to improve that is to remove the rack... and even then it only drops to around 80C under load. So I removed the rack and replaced the Freezer 11 LP with a Freezer 12. _ “Two problems... 1) the PWM fan for the Freezer 12 isn't recognized by the motherboard and 2) the M3 [fasteners] that come with the kit are too long. _ "So here's what you have to do... 1) order a Freezer 12 and 92mm case fan 2) go to Home Depot and buy 2 packs of M3-0.5 x 16mm Socket Cap [fasteners], one pack of M3 flat washers, 6" zip ties 3) remove the rack entirely 4) plug in the 92mm fan and set it aside (because it’s a hassle with the cooler in place) 5) replace the CPU cooler with the Freezer 12 using the [fasteners from] Home Depot 6) zip tie the 92mm case fan to the Freezer 12 on the RAM side blowing through the cooler toward the back of the case _ "Temps maxing out at 65C under full load... Downside is you lose the HDD & optical... and end up with [an opening] in the front of the case… AMD says the max safe temp for Ryzens is 70C and this was the only way I could get the temps to stay that low.” - ►Reducing CPU temperatures Thx to epc for the following tip on reducing CPU temps: 1 easy modification to increase the cooling of this PC: move the 3.5" HDD from the top to the bottom of the rack. This gives a direct path of air flow going from the top of the rack, past the CPU heat sink / fan, then to the case fan in the rear. On my system (690-0067C), this reduces the CPU temperature by 5 degree C as measured by CPUID HWMonitor. _ Thx to KayBassYT: After removing the cage and losing the optical, I ziptied the sata drive at the bottom of the case against the front mesh plate and it's sitting there stable. I put in a Noctua NH L9x65 cpu cooler/fan. With stock case fan and no intake fan yet (I ordered one just now), the temperature range is 33~47C. This is a HUGE improvement from 55~70C @ 28 ambient @ only 5~15% cpu utilization. - ►Phased Upgrade Notes _ Thx to drunkdonkeydude for the following write-up: Priority upgrades - RAM, Get at least 2x8 2666mhz (The fastest this mobo can support unfortunately) SATA or M2 SSD Drive. Make that your boot drive. I went with a PCI-E 4.0 backwards compatible m2 drive to use in future builds. Mind you this mobo only supports 2 of the 4 PCI lanes the m2 drive could utilize, so your M2 drive will be running a lot slower then it could. Its probably still faster then a SATA SSD though. Either of them is a HUGE upgrade over the crappy HDD. I had to unplug the hard disk when putting windows on the new drive for it to boot properly, then I was able to set the HDD up as a secondary large storage. _ Those will be your most important and easiest upgrades out of the box. Next will be a CPU or GPU if you want to keep going. Read the description to see what others have gotten away with. You only have about 10 inches of clearance and not a lot of power to spare. My unit had a 400w PSU. This limits our choices. So I went with a RTX 2060 super, figuring the GFX card will come to whatever future machine I build. The CPU is also tricky. This motherboard does not support the X version of the ryzen chips. Because of power limitations and motherboard limitations, realistically your best options are a R5-2600 or a R7-2700. You could also look into 1000 series chips if you would like but those arent all supported either. Since this motherboard cannot overclock, I went with an R5-2600 for its higher base clock speed and comparable performance in games. You could potentially get a nice deal on a CPU right now as 3000 series Ryzens are doing well and folks will want to get rid of their old ones. Sadly we cannot use those new 3000 series CPUs. But worry not! _ If a new SSD and RAM upgrade are phase 1, and a new GFX card and CPU are phase 2, and you've come this far and still are considering the future of your invested machine, then consider phase 3: A new case, motherboard, and power supply. I would go with a newest chipset that can still support your Ryzen 2000 series CPU if you can. Like perhaps the x570 later this year or next year when prices have come down a bit. A new motherboard will give us a lot of improvements and features over HP's proprietary customized junk. More slots for RAM, expansion, potentially more ports, incorporated cooling, THE ABILITY TO NOW OVERCLOCK OUR CPU FREELY. A new Power Supply to facilitate this new case and board will also mean being able to support a whole bunch of expansions and devices and overclock that graphics card without fear of overdrawing from HP's weak 300-400w PSU You may also want to buy faster 3000mhz DDR4RAM at this point to replace our old 2666 mhz RAM. Better RAM speed/timing will get you bigger yields over marginal OCs in many cases with Ryzen CPUs. _ If you've gotten to or past phase 3 and have moved all your expensive components to a new case/board, did your overclocking, or decided its not for you, and are ready to embrace the future...Well, you're pretty free at this point. You could buy a 4000 series Ryzen (5000 series?). You could buy a RTX 3080ti or 3660ti or whatever is relevant at the time. Better coolers for more overclock tinkering. _ tl;dr 4 phase upgrade plan to turn our dinky prebuilt storebought mass produced PC into an unbeatable titan of the future. - ►CMOS Reset Notes - Thx to Chris for an important note about re-setting the CMOS: Before upgrading make sure you update the latest BIOS and make sure you are very patient since this computer is extremely hard to upgrade. Make sure you clear the CMOS before you install your new components since this motherboard is so stubborn recognizing new components which I made the mistake of not clearing the CMOS which made the PC not boot at all and cause a boot loop. To reset the CMOS it is very hard to do without removing the GPU out of the computer so make sure you do that and remove the battery from the PC for a couple of minutes and put it back on. When you finally boot with the new CPU make sure you press Y which will Reset the fTPM which will remove user accounts but not the data on the drive windows is installed on and you can always add back the user accounts if you want.
I have upgraded the RAM with another 8GB module (since the existing 8GB is one module, not two 4GB modules--thankfully). I bought the module from Amazon, and it matches the specs of the existing RAM: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0734V4SSR It was recognized fine, and runs in dual channel mode at 2666MHz, as it should.
if I buy a WD hard drive, will it come with screws to mount it? I don't think it does, i've seen unboxings on youtube. Would I need to buy a sata data cable to connect to the board? if so, which one. Where do I get these screws and what size are they
Just ordered to be what I understand is the original ram that came with the box: Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD on amazon here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F72RJYN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 UPDATE:. JUST INSTALLED AND COMPARED THE RAM. SAME EXACT ONE.
I know I’ve asked a lot of questions on this video- all I have to say now is thanks so much! I had this PC and in the past week, I added a Ryzen 7 2700, 16GBs and today a 1TB SSD. Thanks a lot!
Hi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
Regarding the optical drive, at 2:33 in the video. You don't have to pop/pry off the front cover. HP recommends: Before removing the drive cage, unplug the two cables connected to the rear of the optical drive, press the lever on the rear of the drive, and simply slide it out to the front (no screws). Reverse when reassembling. I like that method since you don't risk breaking a tab on the plastic cover, as I have seen reported.
For what its worth at this later date, I have the latest model of this same sort of setup but with a 3700x and an rx550. Similar proprietary 310W supply and motherboard. The power supply has a 6+2 power connector for a gpu, so I have 150W plus the 75W from the slot for a gpu. At the wall power measurements (subtract for PS inefficiency) with both cpu and gpu pegged was ~120W. The PS is a dual rail, so half the supply heads to the motherboard connectors and half going to that gpu connector. The RX550 draws ~50W full tilt, so the power demands for the cpu/motherboard/peripherals is around 70W. Here's what I did. Add second stick of the same 2666 ram. I did tests with 3200 which the mobo is supposed to support, but it stubbornly wants 1.2v memory and anything I did involving 1.35v memory cut the speed to 2133. I software overclocked the 3200 memory and memory benchmarks improved. Overall system performance, however, did not. The second stick of ram enabled dual channel and huge cpu and memory performance boosts. It was $32. Added a short RX570 (both not tall and not long). The big drive cage in the video above no longer is in there, but it still has a smaller black mesh thing that I could find no purpose for, so I just removed it as it was blocking airflow a bit. With that out, you might get a long card in, but with it in, the gpu power connectors were rubbing against the cheese grater black mesh panel. $99. You could go 1650, 1650 super, rx5500, plausibly an rx5600 or a 1660. As long as the gpu power is < 150w, you should be fine. Additionally, the cpu cooler has way too small of a heatsink and I just saw an interesting video talking about cpu heatsinks and the newer AMD chips that are 'chiplet' or monolithic pieces of silicon. In the old days, most of the heat from a cpu came from near the center, now its all over the surface of the chip. Many heatsinks have a round contact point. BAD for these AMD designs. When I removed the old cooler, yep, round contact point, very bad thermal paste application (all over the place, some of the cpu not covered). I had an old i7 cooler I used water cooling on laying around, the cooler is intel spaced, not amd spaced, so after removing the old cooler and cleaning the paste off the chip, the new one screwed right in, no problem. And it has a square contact point. Much larger spire heatsink as well. I found that running the cpu hard (folding@home anyone) was driving the cpu up to 100% and I was seeing cpu temps in the mid to upper 80C range. Not what I like to see. With this new one (spire is about twice the size) a square contact and good thermal paste application, this dropped to 75-77C at the max. Much better. Free because I still had that old cooler laying around. I also replaced the case fan with a same size cpu fan from another cooler, better quality and moves more air. Also free. Sometimes hoarding old electronics pays off! So don't sweat the power supply even at 310W. You're good to go with anything gpu wise other that super high end cards like a 2070 or 2080 or 5800.
@@accessrandom Thats the one! Got it for $368 plus tax late last year. Was $550, they said it had a 1tb drive it didn't have and gave me $50 back for that, and I got 20% cash back plus office depot and credit card rewards. Steal of a deal. One thing I'll mention regarding the 3700x in particular is it seems that the cpu firmware/bios/OS power settings still aren't settled. Folks with huge radiator water coolers are able to maintain a low (~30C) idle temp but most people including those using the AMD Wraith are seeing 50C at IDLE and almost 90C at full load. I installed two different coolers yesterday, a much larger heat sink model with a bigger fan, and an Aidos tall radiator/heat pipe model. Neither one reduced the idle and load temps very much, but that i7 bigger heat sink cooler I replaced the OEM one with works quite well, doesn't take up much space in the case, and is definitely better than stock. Seems there are issues with overboosting and overvolting the cpu that happen automagically in the cpu, causing the higher temps. Its really easy to replace the cooler in this. No need to pull the mobo at all. I just unscrewed the old one, cleaned the cpu, applied fresh paste and screwed the new one on. So my key takeways from this were to not bother trying to get faster ram than 2666 to work, its a waste of time but definitely install a second stick for dual channel. Replace the stock cooler with a bigger heatsink; the one it comes with is only 1/2"! I'm pleasantly surprised at how much GPU this can take, just watch the height of the card. And that "small" 310W supply is more than enough for most mid range to upper mid range gpu's. Fairly quiet machine also, unless you run folding@home with both a cpu and a gpu load...
@@tfharper That's a great deal 👍 It's a curious combination of a high-end processor with a not-as-high graphics card (heck, most of the cost is in the CPU). I'm wondering if the general airflow within the case isn't carrying the heat out as efficiently as it should. Pinning your comment - thanks for the great info.
@@accessrandom Well that was the thing, the "experts" all said it was a stupid machine because it was cpu heavy and had a weak PS and GPU. Well, it can take a much bigger gpu, the PS isn't an issue and even the old RX550 played a surprising number of admittedly lower end games, but it played Doom 2016 quite well, which surprised me. When I put the RX570 in it, I put the RX550 in my HTPC, which was a great upgrade over the intel 530 integrated graphics I had. Nope, the case flow isn't the trouble with the cpu heat. I had the side off and a 12" fan blowing right at the mobo. Not even a flinch in heat. As I understand it, the new Ryzen "PBO" (precision boost) overvolts and overboosts to levels that aren't well controlled by air based coolers, even humongous well regarded ones like that Aidos tower cooler I tried. Only folks not complaining about it have the big 120-140mm water coolers. Apparently AMD is okay with the cpu running up to 90C with PBO to get max performance. I'm not really that okay with it though. However I'm a bit stuck momentarily. You need Ryzen Master to turn PBO off and that won't run if you're using hyper-v, which I definitely use. So I might have to make a boot usb to run ryzen master once to turn it off, as its on by default. If you look at places like anandtech or even AMD's own forums in the cpu sections, everyone is having heat problems with the 8+ core cpu's, even with AMD's wraith cooler and high end pastes. The combination gives "I have to build it myself" and "everything has to be a gaming machine with 200fps" folks the creeps. But considering that the vast majority of PC users don't game or don't game much, and the longevity such a SKU has for that 'grandma pc' you'll never have to replace or replacing that ten year old desktop that's still 'okay', or for workstation types that just want cpu and a gpu that'll transcode all day and drive multiple displays. Its actually pretty tough to beat for those sorts of needs. I replaced a ~5 year old HP prebuilt 6700 machine with it. Over twice the cpu, much faster SSD, stuck a 5tb HDD in it and its my daily driver and plex server.
@@tfharperI have the rx 550 model and I would like to know, if you can upgrade the rx 550 to a Rx 580. If not what would you recommend as an upgrade? I just want to be able to play games like Jedi fallen order and Plague tale at a consistent 60 fps in 1080p no matter the settings.
Thank you so much for this video. Ive got the Ryzen 7 2700 version. Its my first PC. I have watched this video several times already! And thank you to all the comments, Im learning allot
Correction to video... no, you cannot use the pcie slot to install a sound card. The m2 ssd uses that pipeline, it's not functional while using the ssd. Can use external USB sound card, use the hdmi or digital ports in graphics card to carry digital sound, or plug 5.1 surround jacks to mic and line in ports on rear and pc will auto configure into output ports. You can access by going into REALTEK visual interface. I own the 690-0034 model with Ryzen 2700. I upgraded the ssd to a larger size and it's western digital black edition. I reconfigured ports on rear to act as audio out for my 5.1 speakers as I stated above. Works great.
@@accessrandom sure thing... To be clear, the port can be used if switches to using sata drive, (ssd or hdd). The M.2 NVmE is faster because it actually steals the pcie ports pipeline... So if you install a sound card, it will show it in device manager, but the system won't find it and will refuse to install software for it. I have my workaround for sound utilizing the rear ports as I stated (set up in the visual interface for realtek), but one can use external USB sound card or use HDMI or even digital port to sound receiver\compatible speakers (provided video card has those) .
Thank you! I had to paraphrase a little bit because I'm hitting the 5000 character limit for the description, but I think I've captured the main points. Thanks again.
1 easy modification to increase the cooling of this PC: move the 3.5" HDD from the top to the bottom of the rack. This gives a direct path of air flow going from the top of the rack, past the CPU heat sink / fan, then to the case fan in the rear. On my system (690-0067C), this reduces the CPU temperature by 5 degree C as measured by CPUID HWMonitor.
@@kennethpacheco1716 No need to modify the rack. The rack is designed to be able to mount two 3.5" hard disks: one in the top (the factory default position), and one in the bottom, which is empty. Just disconnect the cables from the hard disk. Unscrew the 4 screws. Note the location of the 4 corresponding mounting holes on the disk. Match those 4 holes on the disk to 4 holes in the bottom of the rack. The 4 holes on the rack are marked "C" I believe. Reinstall the screws and reconnect the cables. Note the hard disk orientation is different in the bottom rack; it will rotate 90 degrees. Also note HP glues paper washers to those holes on the rack. Take care those paper washers don't drop into the machine as you unscrew / screw.
I found this video very helpful when disassembling and upgrading my HP. I put 16GB of RAM and a 256GB M.2 drive in mine. A few comments though: 1) I was unable to pop the cover of the DVD drive using the method shown no matter what kind of tool I used. I ended up popping the drive tray out in the open position and prying the cover off from the end instead of the side. The tabs that hold it on look pretty fragile and I'm not sure how many removals they can survive. 2) The M.2 drive isn't an NVMe it's a SATA. (two notches in the end, not one) I don't know if the motherboard will accept an NVMe also, but the sites I checked all said SATA.
Glad you found it helpful and thanks for your comments. One viewer has posted the official way of removing the DVD bezel - you can find it in the description (I believe it comes from the HP service manual). Good observation on the M.2 SSD - at one point in time, the spec was listed as an M.2 NVMe, which was very misleading.
@@skinniyp 1) Make sure you bought the correct RAM. It should be DDR4 (do you know what the timings are?) 2)Pull them out and put them back in again. sometimes they don't get seated correctly 3)If it still doesn't work, try each stick individually and see if the computer boots
What are the brands/models of the memory? I may need to list these in the description as something that is incompatible with the HP. Also - have you tried the memory in a different system (if possible)?
ok it arrived and I have installed it but now I will watch yout other video on the ssd on the dell laptop. Thank you so much you deserve the best!!! Thanks
@@accessrandom so basically, you can buy another 2.5 hard drive and it would fit next to the oem one but in the opposite direction. Also, what happens if I get a new ssd to replace the stock one, wouldn't i lose windows 10 as the while thing is installed on the ssd
Yes, that's correct - you can add an additional 2.5" or 3.5" hard drive or 2.5" SSD and mount it opposite the existing 1TB HDD. You can also replace the existing 128 GB M.2 SSD, which has Windows on it, with a larger M.2 SSD, but you would need to re-install Windows on the new SSD; alternatively - and a bit more complicated - is that you could clone Windows from the existing to the new (you'd need an M.2 enclosure to connect the new SSD to a USB port so you can perform the clone). Hope that makes sense...
Hey accessrandom, me again. I sold my hp 690 for about $500, and spent another $120 on a dell prebuild with an rx 580 that more powerful than this one, has a ryzen 2700, and a full 1 year warranty. I think this is going to be better for me as its just as loud as the HP but i get better components. This pc is also a lot easier to upgrade physically, and im planning on adding a 1660 super in the future. For the 4 months i had the HP for, it wasnt bad, but i still want something more futureproof
access random i mostly got it for the better cpu and upgradability, so far the cpu temps are way better than the hp, since theres plenty of vents for air to enter. GPU temps are about the same, this model uses a blower style RX 580. Im going to add an ssd later, as well as a better gpu. Thanks for the help again back when i had my HP
I have the Ryzen 7 version of this (model 690-00xx) with 16 GB of RAM. It's awesome for video editing. Going to upgrade to 32 GB of RAM soon. Nice video, it definitely helped me figure out how to access the RAM slots.
@@SpyderBlackOfficial I replied to this a few days ago with a link to the RAM that I used, but my reply must've been deleted. So here's the description of the RAM that I bought from Newegg: G.SKILL Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-32GIS
Hi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
Ok, I have the 590-p0020 with the same motherboard. I have seen reports of people upgrading the PSU. Based upon my research, power is only delivered via the two four pin connectors. The proprietary connector at the bottom is a PSU fan connector. So, I would imagine you probably could put an sfx PSU in it with those connectors along with a jumper for the 24 pin.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You'll find lots of information from other viewers in the description and the pinned comment, where I keep track of successful upgrades.
3:08 motherboard *does* support intergrated graphics. My dad took my pc to use for work. I took the graphics card out and the black plastic part on the motherboard hdmi port and then I tested it. Windows automatically installed drivers and it works 100%.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know it at the time I recorded the video, but I've tried it myself shortly thereafter and can confirm. When you remove the video card, the BIOS will automatically switch to the internal graphics (even though there's no settings for it).
Excellent video, really like the detailed explanations and the sequence in how to get to the different components safely. Answered a lot of questions I had, and surely without doubt, for countless other people with this system that are thinking of upgrading components. Thank you and please keep up the great work. Greatly appreciated.
its been about 7 months since i had the 690-0010 and i greatly recommend you upgrade the gpu and ram in this system the rx550 is not meant for 1080p gaming at all and the one stick of ram greatly hinders your performance. i upgraded to a gtx 1650 and added another 8gb stick of ram and performs so much better now.
@@kevinjuarez5796 I've kept track of successful upgrades from viewers in the "Graphics" section of the description. It looks like a couple people were able to upgrade to the 1660 Super.
I have bought a newer version of this pc and i’m really glad that all the parts are removable and accessible i’ve gotten it for a steal so if I ever want to fix some of the thermal issues I have I can just transplant it into another case thanks for this video I saw all I needed to know
PLEASE HELP. I purchased the HP Pavilion 690-0020 and it doesn't come with an ssd. I created a backup device using an empty 128gb sd card. I put the sd card into a usb adapter. Then I changed some setting so now I can select it as a legacy boot device (Labeled "generic usb device"). When I select it to boot the pc, it doesn't boot, it does something else like "attempting to repair pc" or something like that. I would really appreciate any help I would really like to use an ssd in this computer. Is it possible that the motherboard just doesn't support usb booting and I need to use a cd to boot the pc? Thanks in advance!
With the HP recovery manager, you can create recovery media (in my case, I created a set of four recovery DVDs using the DVD writer - I believe you can a USB disk though I'm not 100% sure about that). Once you do that, you can boot to the DVD and restore the factory image to the SSD. I recommend that you physically disconnect the hard drive before restoring to the SSD.
thanks for this video i got the upgraded virsion of this pc with i5 9th gen and a geforce 1660 but only came with 8 gb of ram and wanted to upgrade glad it doesn't look to difficult
Thanks for the video! I've been looking to get an additional stick of ram for my machine but I had no clue how to even start or how much more I could add.
Hey I'm back after a couple of years haha, Replaced the Ryzen 5 2400G to a Ryzen 7 2700. Changed the RAM from 24gb to 32gb of Samsung memory running 2666mhz dual channel. Also upgraded the SSD to the stock crappy 128gb SATA SSD to a 500gb Samsung 980 m2 nvme beast. Before upgrading make sure you update the latest BIOS and make sure you are very patient since this computer is extremely hard to upgrade. Make sure you clear the CMOS before you install your new components since this motherboard is so stubborn recongnizing new copoments which I made the mistake of not clearing the CMOS which made the PC not boot at all and cause a boot loop. To reset the CMOS it is very hard tto do without removing the GPU out of the computer so make sure you do that and remove the battery from the PC for a couple of minutes and pt it back on. When you finally boot with the new CPU make sure you prress Y which will Reset the fTPM which will remove user accounts but not the data on the drive windows is installed on and you can always add back the user accounts if you want. Next up is a GPU upgrade when GPU prices go down.
@@Chris-eq6jbHi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
This is my pc , and it is very incredible . I buy it for 500 € and it is : -Small - Sober and beautiful - Gtx 1050 2gb - 8gb ddr4 2666 -Amd ryzen 5 2400g with vega 11 - Disk reader - don't make noises - Wifi integrated - Windows 10 64bits -1 to - SSD
On my HP 690-0067C, I have replaced the stock Radeon RX 550 graphics card with MSI GTX 1650 Super Ventus XS OC. The new card fits physically. The stock HP power supply can handle it. The new card's fans are much quieter, and the performance is obviously much, much better than RX 550. The new card is more power efficient, but the system as a whole is now generating more heat. CPU temperature is up, not due to higher utilization, but due to hotter air inside the case. The metal case cover near the graphics card is much warmer to the touch. So my next upgrade will be replacing the case fan.
I have one of these, its a HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0028b. Got it from Arron's years back. Funny part about it, no graphics card, no SSD, no nothing. Over a thousand dollars for a metal box and some flashing lights.
quality vid, i just upgraded my 0020, it's the one released earlier that year and actually has integrated graphics capable.. it's lacking the nvme ssd, i upgraded with an old regular ssd.. and yes, you'll need a bracket, except what i did was simply switch the hdd to the other side of the cage.. and then above the disc player, there's screw holes to mount an ssd directly.. again, thanks for the vid.. the only thing is the plastic giftcard did not work for me LoL! use a paperclip to press the extra button inside the front pinhole, and pry the disk cover off by hand 😂 🤣
How did you get the ssd to work, I tried the same thing, but the computer won't let me boot from an sd card or a usb stick, so how did you do it please?
I bought the Ryzen 7 version and upgraded my ram and its a beast! Selling the old sticks of 2x8GB if anyone wants to match originals and upgrade to 16GB. $35 per stick. Also the power supply on mine is proprietary but there is a 500w version of the same power supply with the same connector. I have no need to upgrade the power supply though so I haven't done it. Just the RAM and went NVME and boy are my benchmarks goood!
My man from slickdeals. How much faster is that nvme compared to the sata that came with the machine and hp lied about. We should be compensated for all this. We got scammed by hp
@@naegleriafowleri1715 I think it's much faster but to be honest I upgraded both the hard drive and the RAM basically at the same time. But from a user bench standpoint that standard config was 70% 78% 80% and with just the two upgrades went to 68% 113% 107% I could probably OC in ryzen master and tweak that 68% for gaming but I am not that pro yet and will get there one day. But to be at UFO for the other two categories was major for my use
@@naegleriafowleri1715 outside of overclocking and trying to find better cooling somehow no other plans unless a better GPU that can fit comes a long and then I'll also upgrade to the 500w power supply. I hope someone here finds some awesome cooling options as that's what I want to find before I OC.
I was able to put an HP 500w SFF PSU into my HP Pavilion 690-0067c. However, I could only secure the PSU with the top left screw. I was also able to install a Gigabyte 1070 Mini ITX into my system. Edit: The model number for the PSU is L05757-800 you can find it in the HP parts store. It has a 6+2 pin connector so you dont need an 8 pin adapter.
@@accessrandom It was a pretty tight fit because the 6+2 pin connector stuck out a little. You kinda have to jam the cables in to fit the cage. Note that the PSU does not correctly fit in the case and that you can only secure it with one screw.
I got this same model from wal-Mart lol just to dip my feet in the PC world and I love it will never go back to console how ever it could b a lil faster witch I’ll prob do soon it’s a grate PC for anyone just getting into PC gaming iv even done a bit of streaming off it and it’s really good for the money u payed
Thanks for the video, it allows me to do a safe upgrade. Mine is an Intel (690-0015D) with a very ugly and noisy Nvidia. GPU HP GTX1060 3GB -> HP MAUL RX480 4GB (Other GPUs face a power and size constraint, and the bracket on the cage) RAM Samsung 8GB -> HP V6 16GB M.2 WD 120GB -> HP EX900 1TB Unplugged: ODD (No use for it and please do not remove using a card, there is a lever behind to push it out) Removed: HDD 1TB (Too noisy and slow) Possible perfect fit to the ones in the video (Wish that spec was available in my market) PSU 310W Gold -> 400W Platinum HP MAUL RX480 -> HP DOOKU RX580 (Look exactly the same, couldn't find one)
Thank you for the information. May I add it to the description and pinned comment with credit to you? Just to confirm: are the part numbers 910485-002 for the RX 480, 7EH68AA#ABB for the memory, and 5829743809 for the M.2 SSD?
Did anybody ever find a work around to disable the onboard video. This is an issue that I was running into with it using 2GB out of 8GB for onboard graphics with no way to disable it in lieu of the RX550 card being installed in it. See info below: Thanks to Josh Patterson for the following note: the integrated Vega graphics on the Ryzen 5 2400G dedicates a portion of the system memory without giving you the ability to disable the APU in the BIOS.
Unfortunately, I don't think anyone has a workaround for that. I'll keep the description updated if I hear anything differently. Personally, I added another 8 GB module but that is not really a workaround...
@@accessrandom Alright, well, thanks for the reply. It seems so logical and normal and yet HP loves to cripple their BIOS/UEFI settings to a ridiculous level.
I think HP might be able to update the bios so that the bare minimum is stolen from the system Ram, but I don't know what that bare minimum would be or even if HP will ever address this. I added Ram as well, was going to anyways because of dual channel benefits.
Priority upgrades - RAM, Get at least 2x8 2666mhz (The fastest this mobo can support unfortunately) SATA or M2 SSD Drive. Make that your boot drive. I went with a PCI-E 4.0 backwards compatible m2 drive to use in future builds. Mind you this mobo only supports 2 of the 4 PCI lanes the m2 drive could utilize, so your M2 drive will be running a lot slower then it could. Its probably still faster then a SATA SSD though. Either of them is a HUGE upgrade over the crappy HDD. I had to unplug the hard disk when putting windows on the new drive for it to boot properly, then I was able to set the HDD up as a secondary large storage. _ Those will be your most important and easiest upgrades out of the box. Next will be a CPU or GPU if you want to keep going. Read the description to see what others have gotten away with. You only have about 10 inches of clearance and not a lot of power to spare. My unit had a 400w PSU. This limits our choices. So I went with a RTX 2060 super, figuring the GFX card will come to whatever future machine I build. The CPU is also tricky. This motherboard does not support the X version of the ryzen chips. Because of power limitations and motherboard limitations, realistically your best options are a R5-2600 or a R7-2700. You could also look into 1000 series chips if you would like but those arent all supported either. Since this motherboard cannot overclock, I went with an R5-2600 for its higher base clock speed and comparable performance in games. You could potentially get a nice deal on a CPU right now as 3000 series Ryzens are doing well and folks will want to get rid of their old ones. Sadly we cannot use those new 3000 series CPUs. *But worry not!* _ If a new SSD and RAM upgrade are phase 1, and a new GFX card and CPU are phase 2, and you've come this far and still are considering the future of your invested machine, then consider phase 3: A new case, motherboard, and power supply. I would go with a newest chipset that can still support your Ryzen 2000 series CPU if you can. Like perhaps the x570 later this year or next year when prices have come down a bit. A new motherboard will give us a lot of improvements and features over HP's proprietary customized junk. More slots for RAM, expansion, potentially more ports, incorporated cooling, THE ABILITY TO NOW OVERCLOCK OUR CPU FREELY. A new Power Supply to facilitate this new case and board will also mean being able to support a whole bunch of expansions and devices and overclock that graphics card without fear of overdrawing from HP's weak 300-400w PSU You may also want to buy faster 3000mhz DDR4RAM at this point to replace our old 2666 mhz RAM. Better RAM speed/timing will get you bigger yields over marginal OCs in many cases with Ryzen CPUs. _ If you've gotten to or past phase 3 and have moved all your expensive components to a new case/board, did your overclocking, or decided its not for you, and are ready to embrace the future...Well, you're pretty free at this point. You could buy a 4000 series Ryzen (5000 series?). You could buy a RTX 3080ti or 3660ti or whatever is relevant at the time. Better coolers for more overclock tinkering. _ *tl;dr* 4 phase upgrade plan to turn our dinky prebuilt storebought mass produced PC into an unbeatable titan of the future.
@@sethrandir If you've done every other upgrade you can, then you would shop for a motherboard, case, and power supply together. Getting your parts out of HP's shoebox case will expand your options dramatically for future upgrades. __ So you can shop for any motherboard as long as: -It fits the case you are shopping for -It can fit whatever drives, GFX card, and other upgrades you may have put into your HP machine -It can fit whatever you think you might want to acquire down the line (networking/USB expansion, cooling systems, more drives, bigger GFX card) -(Of course make sure the case and power supply your looking at can potentially support all this too!) -Any other built-in features you might want - built in wifi, what sort of ports are available, etc. -AM4 CPU Support - While AMD is technically letting some B450 motherboards update BIOS to support new 4000 series Ryzen processors, it will involve taking away support from older Ryzen CPUs (entirely optional). If you're savvy with BIOS this is an option. I would rather not fuss with it. Some viewers have 1000 series Ryzens and some have 2000 series. Some have integrated graphics on their processors. For this I can't tell you what motherboard or what chipset you should look into getting. I was considering an x570 board to accompany the Ryzen 5 2600 I'm replacing the stock CPU with, because x570 supports 2000 series Ryzen CPUs, *and* the upcoming 4000 series Ryzens. I wouldn't have to mess with updating BIOS. This gives my CPU an upgrade path to go into the future with, as well as the added bonus of actually letting the Ryzen 2600 be overclocked on the new board (unlike HP's) until then. __ Not a bad deal at all. Sadly x570 boards run a little more expensive right now. And new releases always have some uncertainty. That is why this is a final upgrade step. Its something to keep on your radar while you shop for other parts of your PC, but not something to actively look for for another year or so, unless an amazing deal falls out of the sky.
HP Pavilion 790 Gaming Desktop has a very similar front panel design that has a laptop size optical drive but with a slightly larger dimension case . You don't need a plastic card to pry open the optical drive's front cover like you did there on 2:25, instead the optical drive has a black plastic quick release tab (seen in 1:43), you can press it in and push the entire optical drive out of the front panel, so that way the entire optical drive module can slide out (there is no screw or SATA cable to hold the drive).
@@naegleriafowleri1715 Yes, the back of the slim DVD-RW drive looks just like a 2.5inch SSD drive, SATA connector and SATA power connecter next to each other. It doesn't use any screws to fix the drive so you can push it out from the inside with a little of force: take a look at this eBay item's picture, you will what I am talking about. ebay.us/ZM2Y8F
AXD 210 Lol I have one with the RX 580, my only gripe is that with some games I get a blank black screen for a couple of seconds every now and then. I would assume the gpu isn’t getting enough power is why it happens, but I’m going to buy a new case, motherboard and bigger power supply and possibly cpu cooler to see if the extra air flow and power will help with it.
John Lee yeah how’d it turn out? Mine is doing the same thing.. I also suspect the power supply. My screen won’t turn on at all now. I’ve seen some videos about cleaning the ram so I’ll try that tomorrow.
Great video, I have the same desktop and I upgraded the RX 580 to an RX 6650 XT and even though it is a bigger card, it easily fit into the case. The 6650 XT runs well with the built in 400 watt PSU, but a 550 watt PSU would definitely be much better. Sadly though the HP motherboard only supports HP power supplies which are much more expensive than regular PSUs, so it would be more worth it to just replace the motherboard and use a regular PSU. I'm also thinking of replacing the 128GB ssd with a 1TB ssd, because it can barely fit a few programs with Windows installed on the same drive.
Hi !! I've a few questions regarding this upgrade (as i want to upgrade it myself) : How's the temps ? (because the case is a hotbox, my RX580 reaches 80+ °C ) The 400W PSU works well with it even at full charge ? Is it Plug&play ? Did you upgrade anything else in the PC ? like the CPU or a bigger HDD ? Thanks !
Anyone know if it's possible to transition everything inside to a different case? I understand it's a custom size motherboard but I hate the stock case and cooling system that it comes with.
I didn't really check the mounting holes on the motherboard to see if they had standard spacings for standard cases. I'll need to defer to other viewers who may have had experience with this - anyone?
SAME HERE CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IM TRYING TO SWITCH CASES BUT DONT KNOW FOR SURE THE MOTHERBOARD WILL LINE UP PERFECTLY WITH MY NEW CASE SOMEONE TELL ME PLZ
I upgraded my cpu to the R5 1600. Only $80 at Microcenter. Had to keep the stock cooler though. When changing the cpu, I noticed that HP did a terrible job of applying the thermal paste, it was all over the place and uneven. After changing the cpu, cleaning off and reapplying Artic MX4 thermal paste, the temps were much better. Though temps will never be great given the poor airflow of the case. Also added another 8gb of Gskill Aegis 2666 Ram. Works great.
Thanks! I've added your comments - I had to abridge it a little bit because I'm coming up against UA-cam's 5000 character limit, but I've captured the main ideas.
I got the one with the Ryzen 7 2700 and 16gb of ram and I absolutely love it. The only real difference between this one and mine is more ram and a Ryzen 7 2700 which btw is a really good processor.
@@accessrandom your video helped me a lot, please keep it up so that I can reference it later. I have it saved in my videos. The 690-0024 is the exact same aside from the processor and the extra ram.
I probably got mine at the same time. What type of videos would you like to see? My holiday spending is a bit depleted so it may be a while before I upgrade anything ;)
Upgrade was a success to a ASUS TUF 1660 ti although I would recommend the RX 6600 in 2022. Make sure you purchase a 6 to 8 pin cable adapter since you only have one 6 pin. It may not fit at first but there will be a lever to remove a small black piece on the bottom of the black HDD + DVD drive black cage. Remove that and you are all set. Temps were much lower and you can barely hear the computer. The 1660ti maxed out on 65 degress while the RX 580 maxed out on 88 and throttled. I also was able to OC mine pretty highly. CPU temps were a bit hotter probably because due to the size of the GPU there was less airflow in the case and performed a tad bit slower.
Mine is the same Except it has an Nvidia GeForce GTX1050 with AMD Ryzen 5 2400 Vega. So basically the same except mine has an Nvidia Graphics card which is crazy. Nvidia and AMD in one PC? Like they made it like that. It's great...really is.
@@benmarsico9403 yes, power consumption could potentially be the only issue. But modern cards such as the 1660 use more or less than the rx580. You should be good!
@@primeshowinc it didn't. I bought the HP pavilion Gaming Desktop with that already inside of it brand new. HP makes different kinds with different specs
There is some conflicting information out there - a reviewer at the best buy site is adamant that it's a non-standard PSU, while HP (who has an official presence there) says that it's a standard SFF. I'll need to revisit the power supply in the future as I didn't take a close look at it when I opened it up.
great post , HP motherboards don't support anything lol, new motherboard that fits that CPU and you are set, even if it means reinstalling a new copy of windows 10
Very good video, but these PC's are throw aways, HP doesn't allow upgrades, mainly because of how the storage partition is, so flashing the BIOS doesn't help. It's only set up to accept what's in it. Unfortunately changing it will cause the PC to be erratic or not work at all. Even more memory modules are finicky. Also you can NOT replace the 400w PSU in this, so hardcore gaming is out of the question unless you want to fry the pc. It also uses an HP motherboard, which wouldn't even cost about $30. So everything is cheap. The one they are "attempting" to sell at walmart has a 1660TI (minimal 450w psu), with a 256gb SSD and an I5 9400F for $579. Sounds like a good deal, but read the horrid reviews these PC's get. Some don't even get ANY 4 or 5 star reviews. They are THAT bad. Hope this helps!
Thanks - after having played with it for a year now, I agree. Other than certain memory modules with very exact specifications, the addition of another hard drive or SSD, and possible upgrades of the video card (within the power requirements), it's a challenge to upgrade this model. You can see some of the limitations and testimonials of certain commenters in the description - especially Terry Parrot's.
@@accessrandom yeah it's really disappointing because I really wanted to get that model with the 1660 TI, and you know the engineers at HP had to know that card requires at least 500 watts. But oh well there are a lot of good companies out there :-). Also it's good to see that yours is lasting at least, lots of complaints that I've seen the computer doesn't even last a few days or weeks.
Jeremy Freeman i also considered getting that model, as i saw it on Walmarte Black Friday ad. You’re absolutely right about all of that. I already sold mine (amd variant) and bought a dell machine. Didnt have the 1660ti but at least it won’t overheat itself
Happy new year 🎉 Unfortunately, I didn't check the hole patterns on the motherboard to see if they were ATX/mATX standard - I'll need to check the next time I'm inside. However, the motherboard and power supply are highly non-standard so I believe they were custom-made for the case.
Successfully upgraded the GPU from a 4 GB RX 580 to an 8 GB Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 using a 6-to-8 pin adapter. I had to removed the black GPU bracket attached to the black drive cage. It was held in place with just one screw and then I pushed on the tabs on the other side to remove it. I also moved my HDD to the bottom of the case for better airflow and my boot SSD I have just resting on the bottom of the case. I already upgraded the CPU a couple years ago to a Ryzen 5 2600 and the RAM to 2 sticks of 8 GB, 16 GB total. With the disk drive removed, my idle CPU temp is around 55 degrees now. If anyone has any suggestions on covering the disk drive slot with some kind of dust protection, please let me know.
Well, I've gone and done it now! While in the process of upgrading the M.2 SSD to a WD Black 1TB NVME...I fried the mother board. Thought I'd share so people can learn from my mistake. The Bios on this computer has a real hard time recognizing hardware changes. you basically have to clear the CMOS every time and because of the GPU placement the easiest way to do that (which actually works) is to remove the button battery on the motherboard. I forgot to do that when I swapped the M.2 drive so it wasn't recognized when I started back up. While kicking myself for forgetting to do that the first time...I got in a hurry...and...forgot to unplug the computer before popping out the button battery...which flipped itself across the inside of the case and shorted out the board when it landed coming in contact with both the board and the PSU. :( Computer is dead...I went through a long series of tests but the best I could get was that the LED on the power button will come on as soon as I plug it in but nothing else works. Unplugging the PSU fan controller connection (small 8pin) from the MB results in the case fan and the CPU cooler fan to come on...but nothing else works. I have now completely disassemble the computer, removing everything from the case, and ordered a new motherboard and case (because the new MB won't fit). In doing so, I discovered I'm also going to need a new PSU as I don't think the one that came with this computer can be used with another motherboard due to the presence of the PSU fan controller connection which doesn't exist on commercial off the shelf motherboards. I did find an exact replacement sunflower motherboard online...but it cost $368 from china!!! I also found an exact replacement PSU online...for $218!!! These custom proprietary parts are ridiculously expensive. So in the next week I will be setting up a new PC using a new B450M Gaming Plus motherboard, new 450w PSU, new Case, and all the other components from this PC...the 2400G, Freezer 12, RX580-4gb, 16gb Samsung RAM, 1TB WD Black M.2 NvME SSD drive, and 1TB WB Black 2.5" SATA SSD drive. Wish me luck...I sure hope the CPU wasn't fried when the board shorted!
Doh! Sorry to hear that - those replacement prices are criminal. At least most of your components will carry over to the new computer. Best of luck to you!
So i would like to upgrade my storage. Can i just add another hard drive or do i need to replace the entire hard drive EDIT: Nevermind i dint watch the full video lol. Thank you so much for this video, by far this is the best video to look at for my computer. Could you provide a link to an adapter so i can mount it, i have the exact computer you have.
Thank you 🙏 Glad you found the video helpful. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an appropriate adapter so I simply used some velcro to mount it. Alternatively, you can line up the holes on the hard drive to the holes on the cage, and at least two will match up (it's not ideal, but it would hold it securely).
The problem that needs to be addressed is upgrading your M.2 since the bios wont support booting from another HDD. u cannot select another HDD to boot from to copy over OS and files to new M.2
Thanks for the tip - I wasn't aware that this HP didn't support booting to the SATA interface. Do you mind if I add this to the pinned comment with credit to you? What you could do is restore the factory image after replacing the M.2 SSD as shown in one of my other videos (ua-cam.com/video/cVRVgrOl1M8/v-deo.html) or clone the existing SSD to the new one using the same procedure as this video ua-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/v-deo.html (except you would use an M.2-to-USB adapter instead of a SATA-to-USB).
Great video mate. Do you know if the stock cooler can support a ryzen 5 2600? And if not, i can't seem to find any market coolers that fit the form of the motherboard screw placement.
Thank you. It's a strange motherboard - even with a Ryzen chip, the mounting holes for the fan are for the Intel 115X (there's more information about it in the pinned comment under "CPU Fan").
Glad you found it helpful. The case can be upgraded but there are some caveats - the motherboard and power supply need to be moved together since they are both non-standard (and are matched with each other). I haven't checked the mounting hole pattern on the motherboard so I'm not certain if it will mount in a standard xATX/ITX case. Unfortunately, I haven't had any reports of viewers moving the system to another case.
Thank you 👍 I've been keeping track of viewer's successful upgrades with brands/models in the "Graphics" section of the description and it looks like a couple people have had success with a few 1660 models (no reports of the Ti variant though).
I got this PC two months ago, it's alright so far but I'm definitely upgrading my CPU, RAM, and Ram. Thinking about getting a Ryzen 7, 1700x or a 2700x, idk yet. Upgrading from an RX580 to either a GTX 1060 or 1070, depending on the PSU as well. For the ram, i might just get another ram stick or get two 8gb ram sticks
Very ambitious...and I understand the allure of upgrading what you have...but if you upgrade the CPU, GPU, and RAM what did you pay for? The motherboard and case ventilation are the weakest links here and that's pretty much all you're left with from the original purchase.
This is such a great video with super helpful info! I have this exact PC with the Ryzen 5 2400G. I know this is an older video, but I'm hoping someone might know if this can be upgraded to a Ryzen 5 3600?
I got the 690-0084. It came with an i5 8400, GTX 1060 3gb, 256 SSD, 1tb HDD, 1 8gb 2666 DDR4, and a 400w PSU with 8-pin. added a second 8gb 2666 DDR4, and just recently upgraded my GPU to an EVGA GTX 1660 ti SC ultra. keeping my i5 8400 for now. note on the EVGA, I had to take off the plastic piece that was on the cage to fit it over the GPUs power connector. from what I've seen, you can go up to at least an RTX 2060 super as far as Nvidia cards go on the 690 series.
Thank you for the info. If you can send me model numbers for the RAM, I can add it to the description with credit to you. I assume the EVGA is 06G-P4-1667-KR?
I don’t need to any time soon but I’m wondering for the future if it would be possible to transfer these specs into a new case for when I eventually upgrade. Also great video
Thank you. Unfortunately, I didn't check to see if the motherboard's mounting holes were a standard ATX pattern. I will need to check the next time I go inside. The motherboard and power supply are highly customized because the pin-outs to and from the power supply are non-standard. You'll want to avoid using a normal, standard power supply with the HP's motherboard (and vice versa). Other components are standard parts, like the graphics card, SSD, memory, and hard drive.
Just half upgraded this pc! I have the ryzen 3 model, i upgrade it to a gtx 1060 6gb (originally came with a rx 550) put on it 8 GB of ram more and added an SSD of 500gb now just need to upgrade the cpu but I’ll be waiting for the new Octa-core ryzen 3600 that launches sometime In summer for $180
I just updated the description yesterday based on a viewer's experience with the CPU fan. Apparently, the punch outs on the motherboard aren't even for AMD CPU fans - they're for Intel - so be careful about that. May I ask what model number nVidia card you upgraded to, and may I add that to the description with credit to you?
Great video! I've just purchased the same pc with Ryzen 5 2600 and 1060 3gb (model number: 690-0014nl). Do you think I will be able to upgrade with an m.2 ssd and a second 8gb dimm of ram, and if so do you have any suggestions as regards brand and specifications ? I am a bit worried about the power supply because it seems to be 310W only and I'm not sure whether it would sustain the additional load... What do you think ?
HP's website indicates that the 690-0024 and the 690-0014nl use the same Sunflower motherboard, so you should be able to add an M.2 SSD and another memory module. I've listed SSD and RAM models that have worked for other viewers in the description. The power consumption of an M.2 SSD is typically
@@accessrandom Thanks a lot ! As regards the ram module do I have to stick with 2666mhz or can I buy an higher clocked one ? I am also having some concerns about the temps, what are normal numbers for this machine ? My gpu hovers around 85C during gaming and the cpu gets as high as 87C (under heavy load, in game 70-75) should I worry about the longevity of my components ? And if so could you please suggest me some solution ? Thank you ;)
Sure thing. If you're adding a memory module to the existing one, I would try to match the specs (you can see successful models used under the "Memory" section). If you're replacing the existing one, then you can use faster RAM but it will downclock (see the "Replacement Memory" section). I think the heat is a real concern. A viewer named Terry Parrott detailed his solution - again, see the description under "CPU Fan" but it is quite involved and requires the removal of the HDD and optical drive.
@@accessrandom Thanks for your patience ! So if I want to lower the temps (on the cpu only though, it seems...) I have to completely replace the cpu cooler and remove the hdd/dvd bay ? What about changing the exhaust fan (or maybe both fans) with a more efficient model ? The pc is brand new and I'd like not to void the warranty with aggressive modification of the specs... I tried to look into undervolting but Throttlestop doesn't appear to be compatible so I don't know what to do, how do you manage your personal rig ?
I have't really done much so far - I've simply removed the CPU fan and re-applied thermal paste to it. What I plan to do in the future is cut out a hole on the side panel with a dremel and mount another exhaust fan (the problem is finding the time to do it!)...
If i would add a SSD to the sata port, what adpater do i need? You said "You may need an adapter to mount it" which one are you talking about? Also - What do i use to mount it? Thanks for all the help on this video, had this desktop for over a year and have been upgrading it ever since.. Still new to computers
By the adapter, I simply mean some type of container that has the correct mounting holes so that it lines up with the holes on the cage. Personally, I used velcro to mount it because I wasn't able to find one.
I am upgrading cpu and possibly psu, I have a 180w 80+ gold psu and was wondering if there is a 650 watt psu for the lincs motherboard? I have an HP Pavilion 690 0035no, gtx 1650 lp 4gb, i3 8100 4 core 4 threads, 16gb ram corsair vengance 2400mhz and one samsung 8 gb 2400!
Unfortunately, the power supply is non-standard (with custom pin-outs to match the non-standard motherboard). In the pinned comment, I've listed the successful upgrades from other viewers (under "Power Supply"), but the only ones that have worked are OEM parts from HP.
Are all HP Pavillion PCs about the same size? The one I want has a GTX 1650 super. I was wondering if that would probably fit RTX graphics cards for if I wanted to upgrade later on? Maybe a RTX 3060ti or 2060 depending on what is available.
All of the cases in the 690 family are the same size - but other lines look to be different (like the 790 series). All of the ones referenced in the description and pinned comment are in the 690 family. Others like the TG series are different.
Hey i got the hp pavilion 690-0008ng and want to upgrade the power supply for a new graphiccard can u help me out by showing which would fit (i have a 310watt right now want to upgrade to a 500watt power supply)
I have been keeping track of successful power supply upgrades in the pinned comment under "Power Supply". Unfortunately, it's a non-standard PSU so the only replacements that have worked are HP OEM parts.
Just saying right now if you want to upgrade your gpu that is over 400w you will need a new power supply which also need a new motherboard because the stock one does not come with the regular psu specifications.
Thanks for the info. That's correct - the PSU is non-standard (users who've upgraded the PSU had to go directly through HP for their OEM power supplies as seen in the pinned comment).
If it's a 690 series Pavilion, you can use one of the cards I've documented in the description (I've been keeping track of successful upgrades from other viewers).
Awesome - thank you. I see two models on Amazon - one with GDDR5 and the other with GDDR6. Would you happen to know which one yours is? Also - do you mind if I add this to the description with credit to you?
I have the Ryzen 3 2200g version of this PC. Runs everything I throw at it and I'm happy with it. The fans are loud in my opinion and I was looking to just put all the parts into an entirely new case to make it more customizable friendly and replace the fans and get a better graphics card possibly. Is this possible? I looked around and people are saying the power supply and motherboard are built to fit in this PC. If you know can you explain why? Thank you and very good video!
Thank you 🙏 I think most people may be referring to the mount holes on the motherboard - I didn't really check to see if they had standard spacings for standard cases. The PSU also seems to be non-standard - it's dimensions are 2.8125 x 2.9375 x 6.25 inches or 71.4375 x 74.6125 x 158.75 mm. Other considerations are that the motherboard and power supply must be matched with each other. For example, the power connector for the power supply has a non-standard pin configuration on both the motherboard and PSU, and on the motherboard side, the CPU fan mounts are drilled for Intel, even though it's a Ryzen CPU (!)
Have gotten a lot of use from this computer the last year . Just upgraded cpu to ryzen 5 1600 AF. It's basically a 2600...6c\12threads, way better performance than the 2400g. I also reclaimed the ram that had been reserved by the 2400g so now it's 15.9gb instead of 14.9.
Good to know that we can upgrade to a faster first-gen Ryzen. May I ask how you reclaimed the RAM? Also - can I add your CPU replacement to the description with credit to you?
@@accessrandom absolutely, please add my info to the description if you would like. I also did the CPU cooler modification explained by the other person so there is now the freezer 12 and I have completely removed the hard drive rack. Max CPU temp under full load never goes above 68 now. Also, I believe I was confused about the ram thing because I see others in the video description mentioned the same thing, I e. When the CPU is replaced the computer no longer reserves RAM for the igpu from the 2400 g.
I will be maintaining a list of components that have been successfully upgraded in the description. If you have had any success stories, please comment below and I will gladly add your experience to this list. A big thank you to all my viewers and subscribers!
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Due to popular demand, I've made some measurements on the video card (which has also been updated in the description under "Graphics"). The length of the RX 580, measured from the back of its plate to the edge of the card, is 7 1/16". The length of the case is *approximately* 10" - in other words, that would be the longest card that can fit. I didn't measure the width of the RX 580 but it's the standard width of a card that takes two slots.
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► Please note that there is no need to remove the DVD cover as shown in the video.
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Thx to Ye Wang: No need to pry the DVD cover "like you did there on 2:25, instead [it] has a black plastic quick release tab (seen in 1:43), you can press it in and push the entire optical drive out of the front panel..."
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Also: thx to tinmania: "HP recommends: Before removing the drive cage, unplug the two cables connected to the rear of the optical drive, press the lever on the rear of the drive, and simply slide it out to the front (no screws). Reverse when reassembling."
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► A note about the PCIe x1 Slot.
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Thx to jofrejkd: You can't use the PCIe slot to install a sound card if you use an NVMe in M.2 slot: "To be clear, the port can be used if... using sata drive... The M.2 NVMe is faster because it actually steals the PCIe ports pipeline... if you install a sound card, it will show it in device manager but the system won't find it" See jofrejkd's comment for workaround.
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►M.2 SSD
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Thx to tinmania: HP's site lists SSD as NVMe but is actually SATA (MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1). Replaced it w/ a 500GB Crucial NVMe SSD (CT500P1SSD8)
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Thx to Richard Burns: 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (Crucial P1 CT1000P1SSD8) works in a Pavilion 690-0067c
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Thx to Jon Kingsbury: Addlink S70 512GB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 works in a 690-0022na
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►Power Supply
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Thx to Stephen Craig: in a 690-0067c, upgraded from 310W to 400W (HP part L04618-800)
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Thx to Jon Kingsbury: in a 690-0022na, upgraded to a 500W (HP part L05757-800). Slight misalignment of screws - only one fits - but fits in latch and doesn't move in chassis.
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Thx to PinoyPhantom: in a 690-0067c, upgrade to a 500W (HP part L05757-800). Could only secure the PSU with the top left screw. It has a 6+2 pin connector so you dont need an 8 pin adapter (please see corresponding graphics card update in description).
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►Case Fan
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Thx to Joe Candelaria: replaced existing case fan with 92 mm be quiet! fan.
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Thx to S6.: 2 x 92mm Noctua NF-A9 PWM 25MM in case. Along with Noctua CPU fan (see following section), temps are ~65°C.
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►CPU Fan
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Thx to Jake Wagner: upgraded to Freezer 12 (removed the drive cage) in a 690-0024 - idle temps ~25C, full load stress test at ~65C
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Thx to S6.: Noctua NH L12S, with pipes up and fans at bottom in push mode. Along with Noctua case fans (see previous section), temps are ~65°C.
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Thx to Terry Parrott: “First thing you need to know is... the hold down spacing is for an Intel 115X." An AM4 cooler won't fit
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“The case fan sucks air out of the case but the [inlets] are... blocked by the rack holding the HDD and Optical drive... temps run up to 85C+ playing Fortnite.
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“The only way to improve that is to remove the rack... and even then it only drops to around 80C under load. So I removed the rack and replaced the Freezer 11 LP with a Freezer 12.
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“Two problems... 1) the PWM fan for the Freezer 12 isn't recognized by the motherboard and 2) the M3 [fasteners] that come with the kit are too long.
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"So here's what you have to do...
1) order a Freezer 12 and 92mm case fan
2) go to Home Depot and buy 2 packs of M3-0.5 x 16mm Socket Cap [fasteners], one pack of M3 flat washers, 6" zip ties
3) remove the rack entirely
4) plug in the 92mm fan and set it aside (because it’s a hassle with the cooler in place)
5) replace the CPU cooler with the Freezer 12 using the [fasteners from] Home Depot
6) zip tie the 92mm case fan to the Freezer 12 on the RAM side blowing through the cooler toward the back of the case
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"Temps maxing out at 65C under full load... Downside is you lose the HDD & optical... and end up with [an opening] in the front of the case… AMD says the max safe temp for Ryzens is 70C and this was the only way I could get the temps to stay that low.”
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►Reducing CPU temperatures
Thx to epc for the following tip on reducing CPU temps: 1 easy modification to increase the cooling of this PC: move the 3.5" HDD from the top to the bottom of the rack. This gives a direct path of air flow going from the top of the rack, past the CPU heat sink / fan, then to the case fan in the rear. On my system (690-0067C), this reduces the CPU temperature by 5 degree C as measured by CPUID HWMonitor.
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Thx to KayBassYT: After removing the cage and losing the optical, I ziptied the sata drive at the bottom of the case against the front mesh plate and it's sitting there stable. I put in a Noctua NH L9x65 cpu cooler/fan. With stock case fan and no intake fan yet (I ordered one just now), the temperature range is 33~47C. This is a HUGE improvement from 55~70C @ 28 ambient @ only 5~15% cpu utilization.
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►Phased Upgrade Notes
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Thx to drunkdonkeydude
for the following write-up:
Priority upgrades -
RAM, Get at least 2x8 2666mhz (The fastest this mobo can support unfortunately)
SATA or M2 SSD Drive. Make that your boot drive. I went with a PCI-E 4.0 backwards compatible m2 drive to use in future builds. Mind you this mobo only supports 2 of the 4 PCI lanes the m2 drive could utilize, so your M2 drive will be running a lot slower then it could. Its probably still faster then a SATA SSD though. Either of them is a HUGE upgrade over the crappy HDD. I had to unplug the hard disk when putting windows on the new drive for it to boot properly, then I was able to set the HDD up as a secondary large storage.
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Those will be your most important and easiest upgrades out of the box. Next will be a CPU or GPU if you want to keep going. Read the description to see what others have gotten away with. You only have about 10 inches of clearance and not a lot of power to spare. My unit had a 400w PSU. This limits our choices. So I went with a RTX 2060 super, figuring the GFX card will come to whatever future machine I build.
The CPU is also tricky. This motherboard does not support the X version of the ryzen chips. Because of power limitations and motherboard limitations, realistically your best options are a R5-2600 or a R7-2700. You could also look into 1000 series chips if you would like but those arent all supported either. Since this motherboard cannot overclock, I went with an R5-2600 for its higher base clock speed and comparable performance in games. You could potentially get a nice deal on a CPU right now as 3000 series Ryzens are doing well and folks will want to get rid of their old ones. Sadly we cannot use those new 3000 series CPUs. But worry not!
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If a new SSD and RAM upgrade are phase 1, and a new GFX card and CPU are phase 2, and you've come this far and still are considering the future of your invested machine, then consider phase 3: A new case, motherboard, and power supply. I would go with a newest chipset that can still support your Ryzen 2000 series CPU if you can. Like perhaps the x570 later this year or next year when prices have come down a bit. A new motherboard will give us a lot of improvements and features over HP's proprietary customized junk. More slots for RAM, expansion, potentially more ports, incorporated cooling, THE ABILITY TO NOW OVERCLOCK OUR CPU FREELY. A new Power Supply to facilitate this new case and board will also mean being able to support a whole bunch of expansions and devices and overclock that graphics card without fear of overdrawing from HP's weak 300-400w PSU You may also want to buy faster 3000mhz DDR4RAM at this point to replace our old 2666 mhz RAM. Better RAM speed/timing will get you bigger yields over marginal OCs in many cases with Ryzen CPUs.
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If you've gotten to or past phase 3 and have moved all your expensive components to a new case/board, did your overclocking, or decided its not for you, and are ready to embrace the future...Well, you're pretty free at this point. You could buy a 4000 series Ryzen (5000 series?). You could buy a RTX 3080ti or 3660ti or whatever is relevant at the time. Better coolers for more overclock tinkering.
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tl;dr 4 phase upgrade plan to turn our dinky prebuilt storebought mass produced PC into an unbeatable titan of the future.
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►CMOS Reset Notes
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Thx to Chris for an important note about re-setting the CMOS:
Before upgrading make sure you update the latest BIOS and make sure you are very patient since this computer is extremely hard to upgrade. Make sure you clear the CMOS before you install your new components since this motherboard is so stubborn recognizing new components which I made the mistake of not clearing the CMOS which made the PC not boot at all and cause a boot loop. To reset the CMOS it is very hard to do without removing the GPU out of the computer so make sure you do that and remove the battery from the PC for a couple of minutes and put it back on. When you finally boot with the new CPU make sure you press Y which will Reset the fTPM which will remove user accounts but not the data on the drive windows is installed on and you can always add back the user accounts if you want.
I have upgraded the RAM with another 8GB module (since the existing 8GB is one module, not two 4GB modules--thankfully).
I bought the module from Amazon, and it matches the specs of the existing RAM:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0734V4SSR
It was recognized fine, and runs in dual channel mode at 2666MHz, as it should.
if I buy a WD hard drive, will it come with screws to mount it? I don't think it does, i've seen unboxings on youtube. Would I need to buy a sata data cable to connect to the board? if so, which one. Where do I get these screws and what size are they
Normally you will need to buy a SATA data cable and the screws, which are usually just sold as hard drive mounting screws. They are #6-32 screws.
Just ordered to be what I understand is the original ram that came with the box: Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD on amazon here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F72RJYN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
UPDATE:. JUST INSTALLED AND COMPARED THE RAM. SAME EXACT ONE.
@@accessrandom how many m.2 slot are there? can i put another m.2 ssd
Great overview. I appreciate reviews of computers but knowing the internals and upgradability for these pre builts are really helpful. Thanks.
I know I’ve asked a lot of questions on this video- all I have to say now is thanks so much! I had this PC and in the past week, I added a Ryzen 7 2700, 16GBs and today a 1TB SSD. Thanks a lot!
That's a lot of upgrades! Happy to have helped - thanks for the update 👍
did you retain the stock cpu cooler?
@@accessrandom Will a Ryzen 7 2700x work?
@@josefbecker3267did yu find out if yu can upgrade the cpu while keeping stock cooler?
Hi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
Regarding the optical drive, at 2:33 in the video. You don't have to pop/pry off the front cover. HP recommends: Before removing the drive cage, unplug the two cables connected to the rear of the optical drive, press the lever on the rear of the drive, and simply slide it out to the front (no screws). Reverse when reassembling.
I like that method since you don't risk breaking a tab on the plastic cover, as I have seen reported.
Thanks again! 👍😃 Someone had notified me of that earlier but I will add your text to it in the description.
@@accessrandom maybe make a video on how to do it?
I feel like im watching How Its Made.... I LOVE IT
Lol 😀 but I can't hold a candle to Brooks Moore. Much obliged 🎩
@@accessrandom 🤣🤣🤣
For what its worth at this later date, I have the latest model of this same sort of setup but with a 3700x and an rx550. Similar proprietary 310W supply and motherboard. The power supply has a 6+2 power connector for a gpu, so I have 150W plus the 75W from the slot for a gpu. At the wall power measurements (subtract for PS inefficiency) with both cpu and gpu pegged was ~120W. The PS is a dual rail, so half the supply heads to the motherboard connectors and half going to that gpu connector. The RX550 draws ~50W full tilt, so the power demands for the cpu/motherboard/peripherals is around 70W.
Here's what I did.
Add second stick of the same 2666 ram. I did tests with 3200 which the mobo is supposed to support, but it stubbornly wants 1.2v memory and anything I did involving 1.35v memory cut the speed to 2133. I software overclocked the 3200 memory and memory benchmarks improved. Overall system performance, however, did not. The second stick of ram enabled dual channel and huge cpu and memory performance boosts. It was $32.
Added a short RX570 (both not tall and not long). The big drive cage in the video above no longer is in there, but it still has a smaller black mesh thing that I could find no purpose for, so I just removed it as it was blocking airflow a bit. With that out, you might get a long card in, but with it in, the gpu power connectors were rubbing against the cheese grater black mesh panel. $99. You could go 1650, 1650 super, rx5500, plausibly an rx5600 or a 1660. As long as the gpu power is < 150w, you should be fine.
Additionally, the cpu cooler has way too small of a heatsink and I just saw an interesting video talking about cpu heatsinks and the newer AMD chips that are 'chiplet' or monolithic pieces of silicon. In the old days, most of the heat from a cpu came from near the center, now its all over the surface of the chip. Many heatsinks have a round contact point. BAD for these AMD designs. When I removed the old cooler, yep, round contact point, very bad thermal paste application (all over the place, some of the cpu not covered). I had an old i7 cooler I used water cooling on laying around, the cooler is intel spaced, not amd spaced, so after removing the old cooler and cleaning the paste off the chip, the new one screwed right in, no problem. And it has a square contact point. Much larger spire heatsink as well. I found that running the cpu hard (folding@home anyone) was driving the cpu up to 100% and I was seeing cpu temps in the mid to upper 80C range. Not what I like to see. With this new one (spire is about twice the size) a square contact and good thermal paste application, this dropped to 75-77C at the max. Much better. Free because I still had that old cooler laying around. I also replaced the case fan with a same size cpu fan from another cooler, better quality and moves more air. Also free. Sometimes hoarding old electronics pays off!
So don't sweat the power supply even at 310W. You're good to go with anything gpu wise other that super high end cards like a 2070 or 2080 or 5800.
Thanks for the detailed write-up. This would be really helpful for others - is the model number the TP01-0066 with a silver case by any chance?
@@accessrandom Thats the one! Got it for $368 plus tax late last year. Was $550, they said it had a 1tb drive it didn't have and gave me $50 back for that, and I got 20% cash back plus office depot and credit card rewards. Steal of a deal.
One thing I'll mention regarding the 3700x in particular is it seems that the cpu firmware/bios/OS power settings still aren't settled. Folks with huge radiator water coolers are able to maintain a low (~30C) idle temp but most people including those using the AMD Wraith are seeing 50C at IDLE and almost 90C at full load. I installed two different coolers yesterday, a much larger heat sink model with a bigger fan, and an Aidos tall radiator/heat pipe model. Neither one reduced the idle and load temps very much, but that i7 bigger heat sink cooler I replaced the OEM one with works quite well, doesn't take up much space in the case, and is definitely better than stock. Seems there are issues with overboosting and overvolting the cpu that happen automagically in the cpu, causing the higher temps. Its really easy to replace the cooler in this. No need to pull the mobo at all. I just unscrewed the old one, cleaned the cpu, applied fresh paste and screwed the new one on.
So my key takeways from this were to not bother trying to get faster ram than 2666 to work, its a waste of time but definitely install a second stick for dual channel. Replace the stock cooler with a bigger heatsink; the one it comes with is only 1/2"! I'm pleasantly surprised at how much GPU this can take, just watch the height of the card. And that "small" 310W supply is more than enough for most mid range to upper mid range gpu's. Fairly quiet machine also, unless you run folding@home with both a cpu and a gpu load...
@@tfharper That's a great deal 👍 It's a curious combination of a high-end processor with a not-as-high graphics card (heck, most of the cost is in the CPU). I'm wondering if the general airflow within the case isn't carrying the heat out as efficiently as it should. Pinning your comment - thanks for the great info.
@@accessrandom Well that was the thing, the "experts" all said it was a stupid machine because it was cpu heavy and had a weak PS and GPU. Well, it can take a much bigger gpu, the PS isn't an issue and even the old RX550 played a surprising number of admittedly lower end games, but it played Doom 2016 quite well, which surprised me. When I put the RX570 in it, I put the RX550 in my HTPC, which was a great upgrade over the intel 530 integrated graphics I had.
Nope, the case flow isn't the trouble with the cpu heat. I had the side off and a 12" fan blowing right at the mobo. Not even a flinch in heat. As I understand it, the new Ryzen "PBO" (precision boost) overvolts and overboosts to levels that aren't well controlled by air based coolers, even humongous well regarded ones like that Aidos tower cooler I tried. Only folks not complaining about it have the big 120-140mm water coolers. Apparently AMD is okay with the cpu running up to 90C with PBO to get max performance. I'm not really that okay with it though. However I'm a bit stuck momentarily. You need Ryzen Master to turn PBO off and that won't run if you're using hyper-v, which I definitely use. So I might have to make a boot usb to run ryzen master once to turn it off, as its on by default. If you look at places like anandtech or even AMD's own forums in the cpu sections, everyone is having heat problems with the 8+ core cpu's, even with AMD's wraith cooler and high end pastes.
The combination gives "I have to build it myself" and "everything has to be a gaming machine with 200fps" folks the creeps. But considering that the vast majority of PC users don't game or don't game much, and the longevity such a SKU has for that 'grandma pc' you'll never have to replace or replacing that ten year old desktop that's still 'okay', or for workstation types that just want cpu and a gpu that'll transcode all day and drive multiple displays. Its actually pretty tough to beat for those sorts of needs.
I replaced a ~5 year old HP prebuilt 6700 machine with it. Over twice the cpu, much faster SSD, stuck a 5tb HDD in it and its my daily driver and plex server.
@@tfharperI have the rx 550 model and I would like to know, if you can upgrade the rx 550 to a Rx 580. If not what would you recommend as an upgrade? I just want to be able to play games like Jedi fallen order and Plague tale at a consistent 60 fps in 1080p no matter the settings.
Thank you so much for this video. Ive got the Ryzen 7 2700 version. Its my first PC. I have watched this video several times already! And thank you to all the comments, Im learning allot
You're welcome, and thank you. Glad you found the video useful. 👍
Correction to video... no, you cannot use the pcie slot to install a sound card. The m2 ssd uses that pipeline, it's not functional while using the ssd. Can use external USB sound card, use the hdmi or digital ports in graphics card to carry digital sound, or plug 5.1 surround jacks to mic and line in ports on rear and pc will auto configure into output ports. You can access by going into REALTEK visual interface.
I own the 690-0034 model with Ryzen 2700. I upgraded the ssd to a larger size and it's western digital black edition. I reconfigured ports on rear to act as audio out for my 5.1 speakers as I stated above. Works great.
That's a great catch - do you mind if I add it to the description (with credit to you)?
@@accessrandom sure thing... To be clear, the port can be used if switches to using sata drive, (ssd or hdd). The M.2 NVmE is faster because it actually steals the pcie ports pipeline... So if you install a sound card, it will show it in device manager, but the system won't find it and will refuse to install software for it. I have my workaround for sound utilizing the rear ports as I stated (set up in the visual interface for realtek), but one can use external USB sound card or use HDMI or even digital port to sound receiver\compatible speakers (provided video card has those) .
Thank you! I had to paraphrase a little bit because I'm hitting the 5000 character limit for the description, but I think I've captured the main points. Thanks again.
@@accessrandom no problem
1 easy modification to increase the cooling of this PC: move the 3.5" HDD from the top to the bottom of the rack. This gives a direct path of air flow going from the top of the rack, past the CPU heat sink / fan, then to the case fan in the rear. On my system (690-0067C), this reduces the CPU temperature by 5 degree C as measured by CPUID HWMonitor.
Thank you. Do you mind if I add your tip to my pinned comment, with credit to you?
@@accessrandom Sure, go ahead!
@@echopapacharlie Done, added to the pinned comment - thank you!
How did you do that? Did you modified the rack?
@@kennethpacheco1716 No need to modify the rack. The rack is designed to be able to mount two 3.5" hard disks: one in the top (the factory default position), and one in the bottom, which is empty. Just disconnect the cables from the hard disk. Unscrew the 4 screws. Note the location of the 4 corresponding mounting holes on the disk. Match those 4 holes on the disk to 4 holes in the bottom of the rack. The 4 holes on the rack are marked "C" I believe. Reinstall the screws and reconnect the cables. Note the hard disk orientation is different in the bottom rack; it will rotate 90 degrees. Also note HP glues paper washers to those holes on the rack. Take care those paper washers don't drop into the machine as you unscrew / screw.
I found this video very helpful when disassembling and upgrading my HP. I put 16GB of RAM and a 256GB M.2 drive in mine.
A few comments though:
1) I was unable to pop the cover of the DVD drive using the method shown no matter what kind of tool I used. I ended up popping the drive tray out in the open position and prying the cover off from the end instead of the side. The tabs that hold it on look pretty fragile and I'm not sure how many removals they can survive.
2) The M.2 drive isn't an NVMe it's a SATA. (two notches in the end, not one) I don't know if the motherboard will accept an NVMe also, but the sites I checked all said SATA.
Glad you found it helpful and thanks for your comments. One viewer has posted the official way of removing the DVD bezel - you can find it in the description (I believe it comes from the HP service manual). Good observation on the M.2 SSD - at one point in time, the spec was listed as an M.2 NVMe, which was very misleading.
Alan Hobson I just bought two 8gb sticks and inserted them both and turned on the pc and nothing happens the power button just blinks wtf do I do ?
@@skinniyp
1) Make sure you bought the correct RAM. It should be DDR4 (do you know what the timings are?)
2)Pull them out and put them back in again. sometimes they don't get seated correctly
3)If it still doesn't work, try each stick individually and see if the computer boots
What are the brands/models of the memory? I may need to list these in the description as something that is incompatible with the HP.
Also - have you tried the memory in a different system (if possible)?
@@pegr
Mushkin Enhanced Source M.2 2280 250GB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDSR250GB-D8
ok it arrived and I have installed it but now I will watch yout other video on the ssd on the dell laptop. Thank you so much you deserve the best!!! Thanks
Good video... enjoyed the added power wrench sound effects when using screwdriver. Nice touch.
Thanks man. No one wants to see me use a screwdriver for 2 minutes so I use that in all my recent videos :)
@@accessrandom so basically, you can buy another 2.5 hard drive and it would fit next to the oem one but in the opposite direction. Also, what happens if I get a new ssd to replace the stock one, wouldn't i lose windows 10 as the while thing is installed on the ssd
Yes, that's correct - you can add an additional 2.5" or 3.5" hard drive or 2.5" SSD and mount it opposite the existing 1TB HDD. You can also replace the existing 128 GB M.2 SSD, which has Windows on it, with a larger M.2 SSD, but you would need to re-install Windows on the new SSD; alternatively - and a bit more complicated - is that you could clone Windows from the existing to the new (you'd need an M.2 enclosure to connect the new SSD to a USB port so you can perform the clone). Hope that makes sense...
access random but isn’t the recovery on the sata hard drive so just swap the ssd snd do a recovery, though you would lose whatever you have.
Yes, that's correct - you can always do a recovery onto the SSD.
Hey accessrandom, me again. I sold my hp 690 for about $500, and spent another $120 on a dell prebuild with an rx 580 that more powerful than this one, has a ryzen 2700, and a full 1 year warranty. I think this is going to be better for me as its just as loud as the HP but i get better components. This pc is also a lot easier to upgrade physically, and im planning on adding a 1660 super in the future. For the 4 months i had the HP for, it wasnt bad, but i still want something more futureproof
Good deal - I think that was the smart thing to do. The HP is going to be for a certain niche gaming market where upgradeability isn't a priority...
access random i mostly got it for the better cpu and upgradability, so far the cpu temps are way better than the hp, since theres plenty of vents for air to enter. GPU temps are about the same, this model uses a blower style RX 580. Im going to add an ssd later, as well as a better gpu. Thanks for the help again back when i had my HP
I have the Ryzen 7 version of this (model 690-00xx) with 16 GB of RAM. It's awesome for video editing. Going to upgrade to 32 GB of RAM soon. Nice video, it definitely helped me figure out how to access the RAM slots.
Glad you found the video useful. Thank you 🙏
Which ram did you go with. I have the same exact pc
@@SpyderBlackOfficial I replied to this a few days ago with a link to the RAM that I used, but my reply must've been deleted. So here's the description of the RAM that I bought from Newegg: G.SKILL Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-32GIS
Hi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
@@Shrulii Sorry, I don't know the answers to your questions. I've never upgraded the CPU or graphics card on a gaming desktop.
The sound effects while removing the screws had ne busting a gut laughing 😂
You just have to be careful with the torque when putting them back on 😀
The video wasn't what I was looking for but your comment kept me around. It was exactly what I expected. 😂
Torqued em bud... lol
busting a what?
Bust a…. n u t ?
Ok, I have the 590-p0020 with the same motherboard. I have seen reports of people upgrading the PSU. Based upon my research, power is only delivered via the two four pin connectors. The proprietary connector at the bottom is a PSU fan connector. So, I would imagine you probably could put an sfx PSU in it with those connectors along with a jumper for the 24 pin.
I have this computer and wanted to learn how to upgrade it safely and surely. This helps alot. Thx.
You're welcome, and thank you. Glad you found it useful.
Def adding this video link to my notes and cloud for later use. HUGE THANK YOU
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You'll find lots of information from other viewers in the description and the pinned comment, where I keep track of successful upgrades.
3:08 motherboard *does* support intergrated graphics. My dad took my pc to use for work. I took the graphics card out and the black plastic part on the motherboard hdmi port and then I tested it. Windows automatically installed drivers and it works 100%.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know it at the time I recorded the video, but I've tried it myself shortly thereafter and can confirm. When you remove the video card, the BIOS will automatically switch to the internal graphics (even though there's no settings for it).
Love the sound effect while unscrewing :). Nice Video like and subscribed
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Much obliged 🎩 Happy to have you here. I thought it would be better to shorten those parts rather than show 10 to 15 seconds on each screw :)
Excellent video, really like the detailed explanations and the sequence in how to get to the different components safely. Answered a lot of questions I had, and surely without doubt, for countless other people with this system that are thinking of upgrading components. Thank you and please keep up the great work. Greatly appreciated.
Many thanks for the kind words 🙏
if you knew how much you helped me
Happy to help - thanks for the feedback 🍻
its been about 7 months since i had the 690-0010 and i greatly recommend you upgrade the gpu and ram in this system the rx550 is not meant for 1080p gaming at all and the one stick of ram greatly hinders your performance. i upgraded to a gtx 1650 and added another 8gb stick of ram and performs so much better now.
Thanks for the info - this will be helpful for others who have the 690-0010.
do you think ill be able to upgrade to 1660 super
@@kevinjuarez5796 I've kept track of successful upgrades from viewers in the "Graphics" section of the description. It looks like a couple people were able to upgrade to the 1660 Super.
Mine came with a 1660 super whats the max you can go is my question
Do you think I can use G.SKILL Trident Z ram ddr4 8GB x 2 3600 megahertz with the Sunflower motherboard or do I have to upgrade.
I have bought a newer version of this pc and i’m really glad that all the parts are removable and accessible i’ve gotten it for a steal so if I ever want to fix some of the thermal issues I have I can just transplant it into another case thanks for this video I saw all I needed to know
Glad you found it useful - yeah, this is a good bang for the buck for most of the parts. Transplanting them is a good plan. 👍
PLEASE HELP. I purchased the HP Pavilion 690-0020 and it doesn't come with an ssd. I created a backup device using an empty 128gb sd card. I put the sd card into a usb adapter. Then I changed some setting so now I can select it as a legacy boot device (Labeled "generic usb device"). When I select it to boot the pc, it doesn't boot, it does something else like "attempting to repair pc" or something like that. I would really appreciate any help I would really like to use an ssd in this computer. Is it possible that the motherboard just doesn't support usb booting and I need to use a cd to boot the pc? Thanks in advance!
With the HP recovery manager, you can create recovery media (in my case, I created a set of four recovery DVDs using the DVD writer - I believe you can a USB disk though I'm not 100% sure about that). Once you do that, you can boot to the DVD and restore the factory image to the SSD. I recommend that you physically disconnect the hard drive before restoring to the SSD.
@@accessrandom Ok I will try the dvd's because when I tried using a usb stick it didnt work
well thats calming yet informative
thanks for this video i got the upgraded virsion of this pc with i5 9th gen and a geforce 1660 but only came with 8 gb of ram and wanted to upgrade glad it doesn't look to difficult
Sure thing. Yeah, the 690 series of the Pavilion are pretty much the same except in terms of the housing. Only the internals vary...
What power supply did you use for that? I can not find a power supply that has enough wattage for that does not have 24 power pin for motherboard
@@davidcaldera6768 i was wondering the same :( i wanna upgrade my gpu but the current psu is too low to support the rtx gpu's.. :/
Thanks for the video! I've been looking to get an additional stick of ram for my machine but I had no clue how to even start or how much more I could add.
You're welcome, and thank you. I'm glad you found the video useful 👍
Very helpful, thank you.
These vids are awesome. I have this PC and have upgraded based on you vids. Perfect
Much obliged 🎩. Glad you found my videos helpful 👍
Hey I'm back after a couple of years haha, Replaced the Ryzen 5 2400G to a Ryzen 7 2700. Changed the RAM from 24gb to 32gb of Samsung memory running 2666mhz dual channel. Also upgraded the SSD to the stock crappy 128gb SATA SSD to a 500gb Samsung 980 m2 nvme beast. Before upgrading make sure you update the latest BIOS and make sure you are very patient since this computer is extremely hard to upgrade. Make sure you clear the CMOS before you install your new components since this motherboard is so stubborn recongnizing new copoments which I made the mistake of not clearing the CMOS which made the PC not boot at all and cause a boot loop. To reset the CMOS it is very hard tto do without removing the GPU out of the computer so make sure you do that and remove the battery from the PC for a couple of minutes and pt it back on. When you finally boot with the new CPU make sure you prress Y which will Reset the fTPM which will remove user accounts but not the data on the drive windows is installed on and you can always add back the user accounts if you want. Next up is a GPU upgrade when GPU prices go down.
Thanks again! Lots of good info, especially about resetting the CMOS. Do you mind if I add that to the pinned comment with credit to you?
Yea sure
@@Chris-eq6jb Done - thanks!
@@Chris-eq6jbHi, ii have the 690-0020 and ii want to know if ii can upgrade to the ryzen 7 3700x or can ii only upgrade to the ryzen 7 2700 also can ii make these upgrades without changing the stock cpu cooler? Ii also want to know if ii can upgrade my rx 580 4gb to a gtx 1660 ti 6gb
This is my pc , and it is very incredible .
I buy it for 500 € and it is :
-Small
- Sober and beautiful
- Gtx 1050 2gb
- 8gb ddr4 2666
-Amd ryzen 5 2400g with vega 11
- Disk reader
- don't make noises
- Wifi integrated
- Windows 10 64bits
-1 to
- SSD
Wich pc?
the fans gets louder over time
On my HP 690-0067C, I have replaced the stock Radeon RX 550 graphics card with MSI GTX 1650 Super Ventus XS OC. The new card fits physically. The stock HP power supply can handle it. The new card's fans are much quieter, and the performance is obviously much, much better than RX 550. The new card is more power efficient, but the system as a whole is now generating more heat. CPU temperature is up, not due to higher utilization, but due to hotter air inside the case. The metal case cover near the graphics card is much warmer to the touch. So my next upgrade will be replacing the case fan.
Thanks again for the great info. Do you mind if I add your comment to the description under the "Graphics" section to your credit?
@@accessrandom Yes, please! Thank you for organizing the information for all the HP users out there.
@@echopapacharlie Done, and thank you again! Much appreciated...
very calming voice and very straightforward. wonderful video.
Thank you 🙏.
I have one of these, its a HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0028b. Got it from Arron's years back. Funny part about it, no graphics card, no SSD, no nothing. Over a thousand dollars for a metal box and some flashing lights.
Lol!
quality vid, i just upgraded my 0020, it's the one released earlier that year and actually has integrated graphics capable.. it's lacking the nvme ssd, i upgraded with an old regular ssd.. and yes, you'll need a bracket, except what i did was simply switch the hdd to the other side of the cage.. and then above the disc player, there's screw holes to mount an ssd directly.. again, thanks for the vid.. the only thing is the plastic giftcard did not work for me LoL! use a paperclip to press the extra button inside the front pinhole, and pry the disk cover off by hand 😂 🤣
Thank you! This will be very helpful for others (esp. the tip about the DVD/CD player).
How did you get the ssd to work, I tried the same thing, but the computer won't let me boot from an sd card or a usb stick, so how did you do it please?
@@chriscuddy633 maybe push Esc a bunch of times on start up, and go into bios and make sure the boot device is usb and not the hard drives
Perfect. Thanks for this info!
You're welcome, and thank you.
I bought the Ryzen 7 version and upgraded my ram and its a beast! Selling the old sticks of 2x8GB if anyone wants to match originals and upgrade to 16GB. $35 per stick. Also the power supply on mine is proprietary but there is a 500w version of the same power supply with the same connector. I have no need to upgrade the power supply though so I haven't done it. Just the RAM and went NVME and boy are my benchmarks goood!
My man from slickdeals. How much faster is that nvme compared to the sata that came with the machine and hp lied about. We should be compensated for all this. We got scammed by hp
@@naegleriafowleri1715 I think it's much faster but to be honest I upgraded both the hard drive and the RAM basically at the same time. But from a user bench standpoint that standard config was 70% 78% 80% and with just the two upgrades went to 68% 113% 107% I could probably OC in ryzen master and tweak that 68% for gaming but I am not that pro yet and will get there one day. But to be at UFO for the other two categories was major for my use
Capturing Perfection Photography damn you alien now. Any more plans?
@@naegleriafowleri1715 outside of overclocking and trying to find better cooling somehow no other plans unless a better GPU that can fit comes a long and then I'll also upgrade to the 500w power supply. I hope someone here finds some awesome cooling options as that's what I want to find before I OC.
Capturing Perfection Photography why not just get rid of the motherboard and psu and transfer everything to a new case?
Very helpful! Exactly what I was needing to assist in upgrading my pc!
Thank you for this video, it really helped in finding and installing some new memory!
You're welcome - glad you found the video helpful 👍
I was able to put an HP 500w SFF PSU into my HP Pavilion 690-0067c. However, I could only secure the PSU with the top left screw. I was also able to install a Gigabyte 1070 Mini ITX into my system.
Edit: The model number for the PSU is L05757-800 you can find it in the HP parts store. It has a 6+2 pin connector so you dont need an 8 pin adapter.
Thank you! Do you mind if I credit you in the description and the pinned comments, and is the model number GV-N1070IXOC-8GD for the GTX 1070?
@@accessrandom Yes, I am pretty sure the model number is correct. I don't mind being credited in the description. Thank you!
@@accessrandom It was a pretty tight fit because the 6+2 pin connector stuck out a little. You kinda have to jam the cables in to fit the cage. Note that the PSU does not correctly fit in the case and that you can only secure it with one screw.
@@pinoyphantom9423 Done! Thank you 👍
What do you do with the cpu? Leave it as is wouldnt it drag down the 1070?
I got this same model from wal-Mart lol just to dip my feet in the PC world and I love it will never go back to console how ever it could b a lil faster witch I’ll prob do soon it’s a grate PC for anyone just getting into PC gaming iv even done a bit of streaming off it and it’s really good for the money u payed
What FPS do you get playing fortnite?
@@DAMDAM333_ was pretty round good 100 120(internet not the best) now my sound wont work in my head set idk what happen only on the one game fortnite
@@blueberrycrush5420 it's probably a glitch from the game thanks for responding!
@@DAMDAM333_ yea n.p
Custom motherboard, hope that never breaks.
Thanks for the video, it allows me to do a safe upgrade. Mine is an Intel (690-0015D) with a very ugly and noisy Nvidia.
GPU HP GTX1060 3GB -> HP MAUL RX480 4GB (Other GPUs face a power and size constraint, and the bracket on the cage)
RAM Samsung 8GB -> HP V6 16GB
M.2 WD 120GB -> HP EX900 1TB
Unplugged: ODD (No use for it and please do not remove using a card, there is a lever behind to push it out)
Removed: HDD 1TB (Too noisy and slow)
Possible perfect fit to the ones in the video (Wish that spec was available in my market)
PSU 310W Gold -> 400W Platinum
HP MAUL RX480 -> HP DOOKU RX580 (Look exactly the same, couldn't find one)
Thank you for the information. May I add it to the description and pinned comment with credit to you? Just to confirm: are the part numbers 910485-002 for the RX 480, 7EH68AA#ABB for the memory, and 5829743809 for the M.2 SSD?
Did anybody ever find a work around to disable the onboard video. This is an issue that I was running into with it using 2GB out of 8GB for onboard graphics with no way to disable it in lieu of the RX550 card being installed in it. See info below:
Thanks to Josh Patterson for the following note: the integrated Vega graphics on the Ryzen 5 2400G dedicates a portion of the system memory without giving you the ability to disable the APU in the BIOS.
Unfortunately, I don't think anyone has a workaround for that. I'll keep the description updated if I hear anything differently. Personally, I added another 8 GB module but that is not really a workaround...
@@accessrandom Alright, well, thanks for the reply. It seems so logical and normal and yet HP loves to cripple their BIOS/UEFI settings to a ridiculous level.
I think HP might be able to update the bios so that the bare minimum is stolen from the system Ram, but I don't know what that bare minimum would be or even if HP will ever address this. I added Ram as well, was going to anyways because of dual channel benefits.
@@accessrandom apu takes up 2gb of ram now but u can go to the bios and turn off amd free play and that will free up 1gb of the 2gb its taken up
Thanks for the tip. I looked into my BIOS and didn't see that option. Perhaps we have different versions? My BIOS is 8433 vF.21.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR A GOD SENT!
Great video keep it up
Thanks, appreciate it.
Priority upgrades -
RAM, Get at least 2x8 2666mhz (The fastest this mobo can support unfortunately)
SATA or M2 SSD Drive. Make that your boot drive. I went with a PCI-E 4.0 backwards compatible m2 drive to use in future builds. Mind you this mobo only supports 2 of the 4 PCI lanes the m2 drive could utilize, so your M2 drive will be running a lot slower then it could. Its probably still faster then a SATA SSD though. Either of them is a HUGE upgrade over the crappy HDD. I had to unplug the hard disk when putting windows on the new drive for it to boot properly, then I was able to set the HDD up as a secondary large storage.
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Those will be your most important and easiest upgrades out of the box. Next will be a CPU or GPU if you want to keep going. Read the description to see what others have gotten away with. You only have about 10 inches of clearance and not a lot of power to spare. My unit had a 400w PSU. This limits our choices. So I went with a RTX 2060 super, figuring the GFX card will come to whatever future machine I build.
The CPU is also tricky. This motherboard does not support the X version of the ryzen chips. Because of power limitations and motherboard limitations, realistically your best options are a R5-2600 or a R7-2700. You could also look into 1000 series chips if you would like but those arent all supported either. Since this motherboard cannot overclock, I went with an R5-2600 for its higher base clock speed and comparable performance in games. You could potentially get a nice deal on a CPU right now as 3000 series Ryzens are doing well and folks will want to get rid of their old ones. Sadly we cannot use those new 3000 series CPUs. *But worry not!*
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If a new SSD and RAM upgrade are phase 1, and a new GFX card and CPU are phase 2, and you've come this far and still are considering the future of your invested machine, then consider phase 3: A new case, motherboard, and power supply. I would go with a newest chipset that can still support your Ryzen 2000 series CPU if you can. Like perhaps the x570 later this year or next year when prices have come down a bit. A new motherboard will give us a lot of improvements and features over HP's proprietary customized junk. More slots for RAM, expansion, potentially more ports, incorporated cooling, THE ABILITY TO NOW OVERCLOCK OUR CPU FREELY. A new Power Supply to facilitate this new case and board will also mean being able to support a whole bunch of expansions and devices and overclock that graphics card without fear of overdrawing from HP's weak 300-400w PSU You may also want to buy faster 3000mhz DDR4RAM at this point to replace our old 2666 mhz RAM. Better RAM speed/timing will get you bigger yields over marginal OCs in many cases with Ryzen CPUs.
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If you've gotten to or past phase 3 and have moved all your expensive components to a new case/board, did your overclocking, or decided its not for you, and are ready to embrace the future...Well, you're pretty free at this point. You could buy a 4000 series Ryzen (5000 series?). You could buy a RTX 3080ti or 3660ti or whatever is relevant at the time. Better coolers for more overclock tinkering.
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*tl;dr* 4 phase upgrade plan to turn our dinky prebuilt storebought mass produced PC into an unbeatable titan of the future.
Thanks for the awesome, detailed upgrade plan. Do you mind if I append it to my pinned comment with credit to you?
What motherboard will fit?
@@accessrandom I don't mind at all!
@@sethrandir If you've done every other upgrade you can, then you would shop for a motherboard, case, and power supply together.
Getting your parts out of HP's shoebox case will expand your options dramatically for future upgrades.
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So you can shop for any motherboard as long as:
-It fits the case you are shopping for
-It can fit whatever drives, GFX card, and other upgrades you may have put into your HP machine
-It can fit whatever you think you might want to acquire down the line (networking/USB expansion, cooling systems, more drives, bigger GFX card)
-(Of course make sure the case and power supply your looking at can potentially support all this too!)
-Any other built-in features you might want - built in wifi, what sort of ports are available, etc.
-AM4 CPU Support - While AMD is technically letting some B450 motherboards update BIOS to support new 4000 series Ryzen processors, it will involve taking away support from older Ryzen CPUs (entirely optional). If you're savvy with BIOS this is an option. I would rather not fuss with it. Some viewers have 1000 series Ryzens and some have 2000 series. Some have integrated graphics on their processors. For this I can't tell you what motherboard or what chipset you should look into getting. I was considering an x570 board to accompany the Ryzen 5 2600 I'm replacing the stock CPU with, because x570 supports 2000 series Ryzen CPUs, *and* the upcoming 4000 series Ryzens. I wouldn't have to mess with updating BIOS. This gives my CPU an upgrade path to go into the future with, as well as the added bonus of actually letting the Ryzen 2600 be overclocked on the new board (unlike HP's) until then.
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Not a bad deal at all. Sadly x570 boards run a little more expensive right now. And new releases always have some uncertainty. That is why this is a final upgrade step. Its something to keep on your radar while you shop for other parts of your PC, but not something to actively look for for another year or so, unless an amazing deal falls out of the sky.
Thank you, and done! I've appended it to the pinned comment (I actually ran into a character limit in the description so I couldn't add it there).
HP Pavilion 790 Gaming Desktop has a very similar front panel design that has a laptop size optical drive but with a slightly larger dimension case . You don't need a plastic card to pry open the optical drive's front cover like you did there on 2:25, instead the optical drive has a black plastic quick release tab (seen in 1:43), you can press it in and push the entire optical drive out of the front panel, so that way the entire optical drive module can slide out (there is no screw or SATA cable to hold the drive).
Thank you for the info. I'll add this to the description, with credit to you.
@@accessrandom thank you for your high quality video content!
@@yewang2361 how is the drive connected to the pc then? when you slide in, is plugs into a socket?
@@naegleriafowleri1715 Yes, the back of the slim DVD-RW drive looks just like a 2.5inch SSD drive, SATA connector and SATA power connecter next to each other. It doesn't use any screws to fix the drive so you can push it out from the inside with a little of force: take a look at this eBay item's picture, you will what I am talking about. ebay.us/ZM2Y8F
@@yewang2361 pic doesn't show the cables though, id rather see a video of my man access random doing this
This video helped me install a new hard drive into mine, was pretty straight forward, thanks!
You're welcome, and thank you 👍🙏
Azunyan best girl
@@pandrific3469 respect ✊
Just purchased this PC for $549! Along with hp 25x monitor for $219 !
Nice! 👍
Same here lol now the price is back to around $800
@@TehUltimateSnake I returned this model and got the ryzen7 2700 16gb 128ssd 1tb HDD rx580 model for $699!
@@TheEgb18c im getting that same one with the 2700 but its like 1000 bucks :( whered you buy it or was it on sale?
@@jgarcom8 Best buy ! In January there was a sale
I have the 690-0010 and i successfully upgraded to an RTX 2060 mini and also upgraded my PSU to a 500w,i will probably do a video one day.
Please do! You are the first to report a successful power supply upgrade.👍
Yes please do it bru
@@royeah8419 already did
@@pegr i dont own that pc anymore
Did you do that upgrade with the original mobo?
Damn, I just found out I have a 1050 and thought had a rx 580 lol
AXD 210 Lol I have one with the RX 580, my only gripe is that with some games I get a blank black screen for a couple of seconds every now and then. I would assume the gpu isn’t getting enough power is why it happens, but I’m going to buy a new case, motherboard and bigger power supply and possibly cpu cooler to see if the extra air flow and power will help with it.
John Lee how’d it turn out ?
John Lee yeah how’d it turn out? Mine is doing the same thing.. I also suspect the power supply. My screen won’t turn on at all now. I’ve seen some videos about cleaning the ram so I’ll try that tomorrow.
Can i change the motherboard with a different brand? Or do i need to buy a new psu?
Great video, I have the same desktop and I upgraded the RX 580 to an RX 6650 XT and even though it is a bigger card, it easily fit into the case.
The 6650 XT runs well with the built in 400 watt PSU, but a 550 watt PSU would definitely be much better. Sadly though the HP motherboard only supports HP power supplies which are much more expensive than regular PSUs, so it would be more worth it to just replace the motherboard and use a regular PSU.
I'm also thinking of replacing the 128GB ssd with a 1TB ssd, because it can barely fit a few programs with Windows installed on the same drive.
Hi !! I've a few questions regarding this upgrade (as i want to upgrade it myself) :
How's the temps ? (because the case is a hotbox, my RX580 reaches 80+ °C )
The 400W PSU works well with it even at full charge ? Is it Plug&play ?
Did you upgrade anything else in the PC ? like the CPU or a bigger HDD ?
Thanks !
I have a similar build that has a Ryzon 3 2200g with Vega 8 graphics with a b350 motherboard...I don't know what power supply it has though
Oh you are talking about the 590 one
My brother has the same one however the PC refuses to use the integrated Vega graphics
@@whiskeyTX mine uses it but only 1gb of vram
Processor is upgradeable to Ryzen 2700. Ryzen processors with an X at the end are not supported.
Thats all fine and dandy except that processor is like $250 right now which is half the cost of what i paid for this pc 😂
Be careful of heat...the 2400G already gets way too hot
@@terryparrott9426 could re-application of thermal paste help w\that? I haven't taken off the fan to see how it looks
Anyone know if it's possible to transition everything inside to a different case? I understand it's a custom size motherboard but I hate the stock case and cooling system that it comes with.
I didn't really check the mounting holes on the motherboard to see if they had standard spacings for standard cases. I'll need to defer to other viewers who may have had experience with this - anyone?
Alec Weltz did you figure out if you could?
SAME HERE CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IM TRYING TO SWITCH CASES BUT DONT KNOW FOR SURE THE MOTHERBOARD WILL LINE UP PERFECTLY WITH MY NEW CASE SOMEONE TELL ME PLZ
@@sorinzo3902 yeah same want to case swap but I think you need to buy a other motherboard because this is a custom fittings
I upgraded my cpu to the R5 1600. Only $80 at Microcenter. Had to keep the stock cooler though. When changing the cpu, I noticed that HP did a terrible job of applying the thermal paste, it was all over the place and uneven. After changing the cpu, cleaning off and reapplying Artic MX4 thermal paste, the temps were much better. Though temps will never be great given the poor airflow of the case. Also added another 8gb of Gskill Aegis 2666 Ram. Works great.
Good find about the thermal paste. Do you mind if I add that to the description with credit to you? Also - do you have the model number of the RAM?
@@accessrandom Sure no problem. Gskill F4-2666C19S-8GIS
Thanks! I've added your comments - I had to abridge it a little bit because I'm coming up against UA-cam's 5000 character limit, but I've captured the main ideas.
What kind of gpu would I be able to put In here?
Success upgrade with mom. RAM ADDED 16GB SAMSUNG 2666 MHZ DUAL CHANNEL.
Awesome - thank you. Do you mind if I add this to the description with credit to you? Just to make sure - you added two sticks for a total of 32 GB?
Only one.
I got the one with the Ryzen 7 2700 and 16gb of ram and I absolutely love it. The only real difference between this one and mine is more ram and a Ryzen 7 2700 which btw is a really good processor.
Agreed. If you got them at holiday pricing, these HPs are/were a great deal.
@@accessrandom I think that I paid $800 for mine, the actual price was $1050 but it was a weeked sale at Best Buy and mine is the 690-0034
@@accessrandom your video helped me a lot, please keep it up so that I can reference it later. I have it saved in my videos. The 690-0024 is the exact same aside from the processor and the extra ram.
I probably got mine at the same time. What type of videos would you like to see? My holiday spending is a bit depleted so it may be a while before I upgrade anything ;)
and those are about the only 2 things that can be upgraded lol
I replaced the boot SSD on mine with a 250GB SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD
Thanks for the info. Was this an additional drive or did it replace the existing HDD?
@@accessrandom The existing SSD
How did you go about reinstalling the OS? Fresh install of windows without the other stuff HP puts on, or just recover it?
I cloned the drive.
Probably the best upgrade video ever lol thanks man and thanks for the description very helpfuk
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏👍
Upgrade was a success to a ASUS TUF 1660 ti although I would recommend the RX 6600 in 2022. Make sure you purchase a 6 to 8 pin cable adapter since you only have one 6 pin. It may not fit at first but there will be a lever to remove a small black piece on the bottom of the black HDD + DVD drive black cage. Remove that and you are all set. Temps were much lower and you can barely hear the computer. The 1660ti maxed out on 65 degress while the RX 580 maxed out on 88 and throttled. I also was able to OC mine pretty highly. CPU temps were a bit hotter probably because due to the size of the GPU there was less airflow in the case and performed a tad bit slower.
Thanks for the follow-up! - I've added your comment to the description.
Mine is the same Except it has an Nvidia GeForce GTX1050 with AMD Ryzen 5 2400 Vega. So basically the same except mine has an Nvidia Graphics card which is crazy. Nvidia and AMD in one PC? Like they made it like that. It's great...really is.
Would a 1660ti be compatible with this? I know there are other variations with Nvidia cards
@@benmarsico9403 yes, power consumption could potentially be the only issue. But modern cards such as the 1660 use more or less than the rx580. You should be good!
How much did it cost to add on
@@primeshowinc it didn't. I bought the HP pavilion Gaming Desktop with that already inside of it brand new. HP makes different kinds with different specs
Can u upgrade to gtx 1060 or gtx 1070 plz answer me back
Can you upgrade the power supply ?
There is some conflicting information out there - a reviewer at the best buy site is adamant that it's a non-standard PSU, while HP (who has an official presence there) says that it's a standard SFF. I'll need to revisit the power supply in the future as I didn't take a close look at it when I opened it up.
access random ok thanks for the response
access random and for the graphic card in my computer there is more space than you (im french so dont be rude with my english)
access random and I have thé project to upgrade to a gtx 1050ti and continue your great job
Pas de problème, let me know how the upgrade to the 1050ti goes.
anyone found an 8gb rx580 to fit in this case?
Also, is the power supply of 400W enough to run said 8GB rx580?
My hp pavilion 690-00xx has an rx 580 8gb not sure about power supply though
Got the same version for only $600 about a month ago. Planning on upgrading the memory soon.
Go with adata xpg 3000 and it will run at 2666 , same as stock speed
thank you so much! you made it a lot easier to understand :)
You're welcome, and thank you.
great post , HP motherboards don't support anything lol, new motherboard that fits that CPU and you are set, even if it means reinstalling a new copy of windows 10
Yeah, the more I work with this motherboard the more I see its limitations (and downright weird compatibility issues).
Very good video, but these PC's are throw aways, HP doesn't allow upgrades, mainly because of how the storage partition is, so flashing the BIOS doesn't help. It's only set up to accept what's in it. Unfortunately changing it will cause the PC to be erratic or not work at all. Even more memory modules are finicky. Also you can NOT replace the 400w PSU in this, so hardcore gaming is out of the question unless you want to fry the pc. It also uses an HP motherboard, which wouldn't even cost about $30. So everything is cheap. The one they are "attempting" to sell at walmart has a 1660TI (minimal 450w psu), with a 256gb SSD and an I5 9400F for $579. Sounds like a good deal, but read the horrid reviews these PC's get. Some don't even get ANY 4 or 5 star reviews. They are THAT bad. Hope this helps!
Thanks - after having played with it for a year now, I agree. Other than certain memory modules with very exact specifications, the addition of another hard drive or SSD, and possible upgrades of the video card (within the power requirements), it's a challenge to upgrade this model. You can see some of the limitations and testimonials of certain commenters in the description - especially Terry Parrot's.
@@accessrandom yeah it's really disappointing because I really wanted to get that model with the 1660 TI, and you know the engineers at HP had to know that card requires at least 500 watts. But oh well there are a lot of good companies out there :-). Also it's good to see that yours is lasting at least, lots of complaints that I've seen the computer doesn't even last a few days or weeks.
Jeremy Freeman i also considered getting that model, as i saw it on Walmarte Black Friday ad. You’re absolutely right about all of that. I already sold mine (amd variant) and bought a dell machine. Didnt have the 1660ti but at least it won’t overheat itself
Great video mate!
Much appreciated!
Hello and happy new year! Is possible to change the motherboard with a micro atx on this case? And change the psu after that ofc? Thanks in advance!
Happy new year 🎉 Unfortunately, I didn't check the hole patterns on the motherboard to see if they were ATX/mATX standard - I'll need to check the next time I'm inside. However, the motherboard and power supply are highly non-standard so I believe they were custom-made for the case.
Successfully upgraded the GPU from a 4 GB RX 580 to an 8 GB Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 using a 6-to-8 pin adapter. I had to removed the black GPU bracket attached to the black drive cage. It was held in place with just one screw and then I pushed on the tabs on the other side to remove it. I also moved my HDD to the bottom of the case for better airflow and my boot SSD I have just resting on the bottom of the case. I already upgraded the CPU a couple years ago to a Ryzen 5 2600 and the RAM to 2 sticks of 8 GB, 16 GB total. With the disk drive removed, my idle CPU temp is around 55 degrees now. If anyone has any suggestions on covering the disk drive slot with some kind of dust protection, please let me know.
Well, I've gone and done it now! While in the process of upgrading the M.2 SSD to a WD Black 1TB NVME...I fried the mother board. Thought I'd share so people can learn from my mistake.
The Bios on this computer has a real hard time recognizing hardware changes. you basically have to clear the CMOS every time and because of the GPU placement the easiest way to do that (which actually works) is to remove the button battery on the motherboard. I forgot to do that when I swapped the M.2 drive so it wasn't recognized when I started back up. While kicking myself for forgetting to do that the first time...I got in a hurry...and...forgot to unplug the computer before popping out the button battery...which flipped itself across the inside of the case and shorted out the board when it landed coming in contact with both the board and the PSU. :(
Computer is dead...I went through a long series of tests but the best I could get was that the LED on the power button will come on as soon as I plug it in but nothing else works. Unplugging the PSU fan controller connection (small 8pin) from the MB results in the case fan and the CPU cooler fan to come on...but nothing else works.
I have now completely disassemble the computer, removing everything from the case, and ordered a new motherboard and case (because the new MB won't fit). In doing so, I discovered I'm also going to need a new PSU as I don't think the one that came with this computer can be used with another motherboard due to the presence of the PSU fan controller connection which doesn't exist on commercial off the shelf motherboards. I did find an exact replacement sunflower motherboard online...but it cost $368 from china!!! I also found an exact replacement PSU online...for $218!!! These custom proprietary parts are ridiculously expensive.
So in the next week I will be setting up a new PC using a new B450M Gaming Plus motherboard, new 450w PSU, new Case, and all the other components from this PC...the 2400G, Freezer 12, RX580-4gb, 16gb Samsung RAM, 1TB WD Black M.2 NvME SSD drive, and 1TB WB Black 2.5" SATA SSD drive. Wish me luck...I sure hope the CPU wasn't fried when the board shorted!
Doh! Sorry to hear that - those replacement prices are criminal. At least most of your components will carry over to the new computer. Best of luck to you!
So i would like to upgrade my storage. Can i just add another hard drive or do i need to replace the entire hard drive
EDIT: Nevermind i dint watch the full video lol. Thank you so much for this video, by far this is the best video to look at for my computer. Could you provide a link to an adapter so i can mount it, i have the exact computer you have.
Thank you 🙏 Glad you found the video helpful. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an appropriate adapter so I simply used some velcro to mount it. Alternatively, you can line up the holes on the hard drive to the holes on the cage, and at least two will match up (it's not ideal, but it would hold it securely).
The problem that needs to be addressed is upgrading your M.2 since the bios wont support booting from another HDD. u cannot select another HDD to boot from to copy over OS and files to new M.2
Thanks for the tip - I wasn't aware that this HP didn't support booting to the SATA interface. Do you mind if I add this to the pinned comment with credit to you?
What you could do is restore the factory image after replacing the M.2 SSD as shown in one of my other videos (ua-cam.com/video/cVRVgrOl1M8/v-deo.html) or clone the existing SSD to the new one using the same procedure as this video ua-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/v-deo.html (except you would use an M.2-to-USB adapter instead of a SATA-to-USB).
Great video mate. Do you know if the stock cooler can support a ryzen 5 2600? And if not, i can't seem to find any market coolers that fit the form of the motherboard screw placement.
Thank you. It's a strange motherboard - even with a Ryzen chip, the mounting holes for the fan are for the Intel 115X (there's more information about it in the pinned comment under "CPU Fan").
This helped a lot.
Also, do you know if a case upgrade is possible? Especially regarding GPU's, the current case is very limiting.
Glad you found it helpful. The case can be upgraded but there are some caveats - the motherboard and power supply need to be moved together since they are both non-standard (and are matched with each other). I haven't checked the mounting hole pattern on the motherboard so I'm not certain if it will mount in a standard xATX/ITX case. Unfortunately, I haven't had any reports of viewers moving the system to another case.
Do u think a 1660 ti will fit in the case? Nice vid btw!!
Thank you 👍 I've been keeping track of viewer's successful upgrades with brands/models in the "Graphics" section of the description and it looks like a couple people have had success with a few 1660 models (no reports of the Ti variant though).
Thanks didn’t realize it was in the description
@@accessrandom Are all Hp pavillions upgradable like one with i3
I got this PC two months ago, it's alright so far but I'm definitely upgrading my CPU, RAM, and Ram. Thinking about getting a Ryzen 7, 1700x or a 2700x, idk yet. Upgrading from an RX580 to either a GTX 1060 or 1070, depending on the PSU as well. For the ram, i might just get another ram stick or get two 8gb ram sticks
Very ambitious...and I understand the allure of upgrading what you have...but if you upgrade the CPU, GPU, and RAM what did you pay for? The motherboard and case ventilation are the weakest links here and that's pretty much all you're left with from the original purchase.
Check your motherboard specs,according to HP site the X variant of ryzen cpus arent supported in the Hp pavilion 690-0010 using sunflower MOBOS
This is such a great video with super helpful info! I have this exact PC with the Ryzen 5 2400G. I know this is an older video, but I'm hoping someone might know if this can be upgraded to a Ryzen 5 3600?
I got the 690-0084. It came with an i5 8400, GTX 1060 3gb, 256 SSD, 1tb HDD, 1 8gb 2666 DDR4, and a 400w PSU with 8-pin.
added a second 8gb 2666 DDR4, and just recently upgraded my GPU to an EVGA GTX 1660 ti SC ultra. keeping my i5 8400 for now.
note on the EVGA, I had to take off the plastic piece that was on the cage to fit it over the GPUs power connector. from what I've seen, you can go up to at least an RTX 2060 super as far as Nvidia cards go on the 690 series.
Thank you for the info. If you can send me model numbers for the RAM, I can add it to the description with credit to you. I assume the EVGA is 06G-P4-1667-KR?
@@accessrandom That is the EVGA I have.
As for the Ram: Crucial RAM 8GB DDR4 2666 MHz CL19 Desktop Memory CT8G4DFRA266
@@viper20396 Added them to the description. Thank you! 🙏
I don’t need to any time soon but I’m wondering for the future if it would be possible to transfer these specs into a new case for when I eventually upgrade. Also great video
Thank you. Unfortunately, I didn't check to see if the motherboard's mounting holes were a standard ATX pattern. I will need to check the next time I go inside. The motherboard and power supply are highly customized because the pin-outs to and from the power supply are non-standard. You'll want to avoid using a normal, standard power supply with the HP's motherboard (and vice versa). Other components are standard parts, like the graphics card, SSD, memory, and hard drive.
@@accessrandom ok thank you so much
Just half upgraded this pc! I have the ryzen 3 model, i upgrade it to a gtx 1060 6gb (originally came with a rx 550) put on it 8 GB of ram more and added an SSD of 500gb now just need to upgrade the cpu but I’ll be waiting for the new Octa-core ryzen 3600 that launches sometime In summer for $180
Also had anyone tried to upgrade the fan? And if upgraded to a new CPU are we able to use the cpu fan you get wen buying any ryzen processors?
I just updated the description yesterday based on a viewer's experience with the CPU fan. Apparently, the punch outs on the motherboard aren't even for AMD CPU fans - they're for Intel - so be careful about that. May I ask what model number nVidia card you upgraded to, and may I add that to the description with credit to you?
Great video! I've just purchased the same pc with Ryzen 5 2600 and 1060 3gb (model number: 690-0014nl). Do you think I will be able to upgrade with an m.2 ssd and a second 8gb dimm of ram, and if so do you have any suggestions as regards brand and specifications ?
I am a bit worried about the power supply because it seems to be 310W only and I'm not sure whether it would sustain the additional load... What do you think ?
HP's website indicates that the 690-0024 and the 690-0014nl use the same Sunflower motherboard, so you should be able to add an M.2 SSD and another memory module. I've listed SSD and RAM models that have worked for other viewers in the description. The power consumption of an M.2 SSD is typically
@@accessrandom Thanks a lot ! As regards the ram module do I have to stick with 2666mhz or can I buy an higher clocked one ? I am also having some concerns about the temps, what are normal numbers for this machine ? My gpu hovers around 85C during gaming and the cpu gets as high as 87C (under heavy load, in game 70-75) should I worry about the longevity of my components ? And if so could you please suggest me some solution ? Thank you ;)
Sure thing. If you're adding a memory module to the existing one, I would try to match the specs (you can see successful models used under the "Memory" section). If you're replacing the existing one, then you can use faster RAM but it will downclock (see the "Replacement Memory" section). I think the heat is a real concern. A viewer named Terry Parrott detailed his solution - again, see the description under "CPU Fan" but it is quite involved and requires the removal of the HDD and optical drive.
@@accessrandom Thanks for your patience ! So if I want to lower the temps (on the cpu only though, it seems...) I have to completely replace the cpu cooler and remove the hdd/dvd bay ? What about changing the exhaust fan (or maybe both fans) with a more efficient model ? The pc is brand new and I'd like not to void the warranty with aggressive modification of the specs... I tried to look into undervolting but Throttlestop doesn't appear to be compatible so I don't know what to do, how do you manage your personal rig ?
I have't really done much so far - I've simply removed the CPU fan and re-applied thermal paste to it. What I plan to do in the future is cut out a hole on the side panel with a dremel and mount another exhaust fan (the problem is finding the time to do it!)...
If i would add a SSD to the sata port, what adpater do i need? You said "You may need an adapter to mount it" which one are you talking about? Also - What do i use to mount it? Thanks for all the help on this video, had this desktop for over a year and have been upgrading it ever since.. Still new to computers
By the adapter, I simply mean some type of container that has the correct mounting holes so that it lines up with the holes on the cage. Personally, I used velcro to mount it because I wasn't able to find one.
access random alright thanks!
also, wont i need a a power cable from the power supply to connect to the ssd..? Do u know how many are on the power supply/ how many are available
Sure, there's a power cable right on the cage next to the square vents, as seen at the 5:12 mark.
thank you so much i was able to upgrade my RAM from 8 to 16
Fanstastic - thank you for the feedback 🙏
Did u mix the ram? Or get new 16gb ram
@@armaghanwaqar7517 i mixed it
I am upgrading cpu and possibly psu, I have a 180w 80+ gold psu and was wondering if there is a 650 watt psu for the lincs motherboard? I have an HP Pavilion 690 0035no, gtx 1650 lp 4gb, i3 8100 4 core 4 threads, 16gb ram corsair vengance 2400mhz and one samsung 8 gb 2400!
Unfortunately, the power supply is non-standard (with custom pin-outs to match the non-standard motherboard). In the pinned comment, I've listed the successful upgrades from other viewers (under "Power Supply"), but the only ones that have worked are OEM parts from HP.
just got the SSD to become the main boot drive on my computer. Now I have a hard drive and SSD and my pc is running the fastest it has ever been!
Fantastic - thanks for the feedback 👍
Are all HP Pavillion PCs about the same size? The one I want has a GTX 1650 super. I was wondering if that would probably fit RTX graphics cards for if I wanted to upgrade later on? Maybe a RTX 3060ti or 2060 depending on what is available.
All of the cases in the 690 family are the same size - but other lines look to be different (like the 790 series). All of the ones referenced in the description and pinned comment are in the 690 family. Others like the TG series are different.
Hey i got the hp pavilion 690-0008ng and want to upgrade the power supply for a new graphiccard can u help me out by showing which would fit (i have a 310watt right now want to upgrade to a 500watt power supply)
I have been keeping track of successful power supply upgrades in the pinned comment under "Power Supply". Unfortunately, it's a non-standard PSU so the only replacements that have worked are HP OEM parts.
Thanks. thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 7 2700
Sure - according to HP's product specs, the 690-0024 will take a Ryzen7-2700.
Just saying right now if you want to upgrade your gpu that is over 400w you will need a new power supply which also need a new motherboard because the stock one does not come with the regular psu specifications.
Thanks for the info. That's correct - the PSU is non-standard (users who've upgraded the PSU had to go directly through HP for their OEM power supplies as seen in the pinned comment).
Thanks I just got a very simpler pc mine did not come with a gpu so I was looking at how I could upgrade from the integrated graphics
If it's a 690 series Pavilion, you can use one of the cards I've documented in the description (I've been keeping track of successful upgrades from other viewers).
Just upgraded this bad boy with a EVGA 1650 super SC ULTRA. It was successful. It was a tight fit and I had to remove the cage to fit it in.
Awesome - thank you. I see two models on Amazon - one with GDDR5 and the other with GDDR6. Would you happen to know which one yours is? Also - do you mind if I add this to the description with credit to you?
access random GDDR6 and yes you can add this to the description.
@@justinnguyen6772 Done! Thank you. 🙏
I have the Ryzen 3 2200g version of this PC. Runs everything I throw at it and I'm happy with it. The fans are loud in my opinion and I was looking to just put all the parts into an entirely new case to make it more customizable friendly and replace the fans and get a better graphics card possibly. Is this possible? I looked around and people are saying the power supply and motherboard are built to fit in this PC. If you know can you explain why? Thank you and very good video!
Thank you 🙏 I think most people may be referring to the mount holes on the motherboard - I didn't really check to see if they had standard spacings for standard cases. The PSU also seems to be non-standard - it's dimensions are 2.8125 x 2.9375 x 6.25 inches or 71.4375 x 74.6125 x 158.75 mm. Other considerations are that the motherboard and power supply must be matched with each other. For example, the power connector for the power supply has a non-standard pin configuration on both the motherboard and PSU, and on the motherboard side, the CPU fan mounts are drilled for Intel, even though it's a Ryzen CPU (!)
access random thank you this is very helpful!
Love this channel
Thanks much! 👍
Have gotten a lot of use from this computer the last year . Just upgraded cpu to ryzen 5 1600 AF. It's basically a 2600...6c\12threads, way better performance than the 2400g. I also reclaimed the ram that had been reserved by the 2400g so now it's 15.9gb instead of 14.9.
Good to know that we can upgrade to a faster first-gen Ryzen. May I ask how you reclaimed the RAM? Also - can I add your CPU replacement to the description with credit to you?
@@accessrandom absolutely, please add my info to the description if you would like. I also did the CPU cooler modification explained by the other person so there is now the freezer 12 and I have completely removed the hard drive rack. Max CPU temp under full load never goes above 68 now. Also, I believe I was confused about the ram thing because I see others in the video description mentioned the same thing, I e. When the CPU is replaced the computer no longer reserves RAM for the igpu from the 2400 g.