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Differences between HP Elitedesk 800 and Prodesk 600 and 400 Mini

Buyers of the different generations of used and new HP Mini Desktop PCs tend to be unaware of the differences between the HP Elitedesk 800 and the HP Prodesk 600 or 400. After all, the key characteristics such as the … Continue reading

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Business Class PCs with Intel 8th generation CPUs

Business Clas PCs with Intel 8th generation CPUs comprise Lenovo M720q and M920q, HP Prodesk 400, 600 and Elitedesk 800 G4 Mini as well as Dell 3060, 5060 and 7060 micro. This 8th generation CPUs is significant in that Microsoft … Continue reading

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The Intel i3-7100t CPU

The Intel i3-7100t CPU is part of Intel’s 7th generation offering which first came out in early 2017. It has 2 cores and 4 threads and runs with a clockspeed of 3.4Ghz. As with other CPUs with a suffix t, … Continue reading

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Intel 7th Gen CPUs Tiny PCs

The Intel 7th generation CPUs for most tiny PCs generally ranges from the i3-7100t to the i7-7700t. The exceptions are the HP Elitedesk 800 G3 Mini 65W version and the Dell 7050 micro version with power adapter requirements of 90W … Continue reading

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M.2 SATA and NVME SSDs

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of PCs using M.2 mass storage devices. In addition, there is a mass storage device known as mSATA which is broader than M.2. However mSATA has largely fallen out of favour with … Continue reading

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Mass Storage Devices: HDDs and SSDs

Mass storage devices are used in PCs for the operating system and data files. Since the entire Windows 10 or 11 operating system files can add up to a significant amount, mass storage devices in these PCs seldom have sizes … Continue reading

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Mini Desktop PCs using Intel 6th Generation CPUs

Moving up from mini desktop PCs with Intel 4th generation CPUs, the next level is PCs using Intel 6th generation CPUs. For some strange reason, Intel produced a very limited lineup of 5th generation CPUs which were mainly targeted at … Continue reading

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Why buy a Mini PC with Ryzen R5 Pro 2400GE?

PC buyers may have come across listings of the HP Elitedesk 705 G4 Mini Desktop PC with a Ryzen 5 Pro 2400GE cpu. The first question on their mind is the question of how the AMD processor compares with the … Continue reading

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Mini Desktop PCs using Intel 4th Generation CPUs

One of most popular business class is the HP Elitedesk 800 G1 Mini as shown above. This PC uses the Intel 4th generation CPUs which are removable in the LGA1150 socket. Although the Intel 4th generation CPUs came out as … Continue reading

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What does Lenovo M93 Tiny, HP Prodesk 600 G1 Mini and Dell 9020 Micro have in common?

Those looking to purchase a PC are spoilt for choice. Whether online or at a local mall, offers for laptops or desktops are plentiful. If they are on a tight budget, they can consider buying a used laptop or a … Continue reading

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