HP Pavilion upgrades

[Repur22]

Hi i was wondering if i can get some tips on what i should upgrade on my HP Pavilion, i got it as a gift for Christmas in 2019.Here is what it comes with Processor: 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 Processor, 6-Core, 2.80GHz. Video graphics: NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1060 (3 GB GDDR5 dedicated). Memory: 8 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (upgradable to 64 GB). Solid-state drive: 256 GB SSD. I added a 1tb SSD that's it.

[freeagent]

Start off with a nice case and a good CPU cooler 

[Fasauceome]

A second 8GB dimm, possibly a used i7-8700, and when graphics card prices become normal, something nice that you can afford.

[Mark Kaine]

41 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Start off with a nice case and a good CPU cooler 

I think the case is really nice, if you like green lol, but yeah the cooling is prob abysmal. 

[freeagent]

7 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

I think the case is really nice, if you like green lol, but yeah the cooling is prob abysmal. 

Oops sorry  

 

The case is nice, outside of that I'm not really sure

 

Just enjoy it 

[LogicalDrm]

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Can you tell which model this is? OEMs have issue with non-ATX standard parts. This might limit some upgrades, like mobo, case and PSU.

[Bitter]

A different motherboard and a better CPU cooler and if possible add another case fan or a different case entirely. HP seriously cripples their CPU's in their boards by strictly adhering to the Intel power limits that clamp the CPU down to very strict clock speeds. Boards from non OEM's don't have those limits or they can be bypassed to allow the CPU to run at full turbo speeds and have the CPU power delivery to handle it safely if you upgrade the CPU later on. Using software called Intel XTU you can raise the power limits within some safe margins to get more performance out of what you have but keep in mind that the CPU cooler, case airflow, and the board VRM (CPU power supply on the board) are very much sub-par.

 

With a non OEM board that CPU can run...

Frequency  ?  2800 MHz Maximum turbo frequency 4000 MHz (1 core) 3900 MHz (2, 3 or 4 cores) 3800 MHz (5 or 6 cores)   But with the HP board it'll burst up to those speeds for a few seconds then throttle back down to 65W and whatever clock speed that is,  likely the base 2.8Ghz. If you're gaming and under steady load you're probably running at base clock speed most of the time and that's not spectacular. The 3GB 1060 isn't fantastic either but it's livable right now. Depending what games you play or what you use it for you may see some substantial gains raising the limits with XTU. I did a little tune up with someones HP Omen running an i7 8700 in it with XTU and was able to get them about 20% better frame rates in whatever game they were playing, Witcher maybe I don't recall I don't play many recent games.

[Repur22]

I am still learning about all the term and getting to understand pc talk lol but here is everything i am running 

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