HP ProDesk 600 G2 Mini - Teardown, Upgrade and Benchmarks

In this video we will take a closer look at the HP ProDesk 600 G2 Mini . We will start with an overview, followed by a full teardown and re-assembly while installing an NVMe SSD and upgrading the memory . Finally I will also test the performance of this small PC and compare it to similar models.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - Connectivity
02:01 - Internal overview
02:18 - Teardown/Disassembly
05:15 - Motherboard overview
05:46 - Components overview
06:09 - Re-assembly
09:34 - First boot and BIOS beep codes
10:34 - BIOS Setup
11:18 - Windows 11 installation
12:24 - CPU Benchmarks
13:28 - Disk performance
14:28 - Wifi and network performance
15:19 - Conclusion

[@dash8brj]

Used to use one of these as my router/firewall. I then passed it onto a friend after fitting a 512Gb NVME for Windows and a 2Tb Sata SSD for his data. He loves the little thing and its way faster than his old pc :)

[@ivodimov1709]

Перфектно представяне на машинката. Ще си взема една . Мисля да и добава дискретна видео карта . Благодаря за видеото .

[@deamondeathstone1]

I just bought the micro tower Prodesk 600 G2, no NVME slot available on the motherboard though. You wouldn't happen to know if the fans are standard PWM? Because I'm thinking about replacing both the cpu cooler and the exhaust fan.

[@jensdbe]

Not 100% sure but I think these are all 4-pin fans, which typically are PWM.

[@ipo3nk]

only few 4pin fan are not standard PWM (some apple product). in dell motherboard, some fan needed to spin up to 4000rpm at startup (will be normal after boot), if not, they will appear as cpu fan eror at boot.

[@jumpmaster5279]

One question Can I use a 4 tb nvme, 4tb ssd and use it like a portable offline media pc

[@jensdbe]

Sure, that shouldn't be a problem, looks like a good use case.

[@dyl_nnn]

Been a while since I've been here. I also really want to buy a mini desk, and do things to it. But it'll probably just sit on my desk 😂😔

[@jensdbe]

This is recognizable... I just love how these look and the potential which is there. Putting them in an actual use case is something else :)

[@paulwarner5395]

Thanx for the video. I thought that the i5 - 6500 CPU was not Win 11 compliant only 8000 series and above. Nice little PC though.

[@jensdbe]

That's also what I thought but without any workaround, the installer was not complaining and allowed me to install Windows 11 without any further issues. I believe I noticed that before on another 6th gen CPU as well. In any case, it works as expected.

[@HUNTER_XT_]

can i use it for playing old games like GTA SA or PES 2013 with low settings. or maybe some times vedio edit... my principal usage for browsing. watching. and office things of course... and some times old games like PES 2013 CAN IT RUN LIGHTGAME LIKE FREE FIRE IS IT GOOD HELP ME

[@jensdbe]

Both GTA SA and PES 2013 should run fine with this CPU and the integrated graphics as far as I can see. You might have issues getting them to work with newer Windows versions though. Video editing will not be super-fast but with a bit more RAM and the fast NVMe drive, it should be doable for casual-use. The rest should all be fine as well.

[@darrell5997]

Were can i source the sata ribbon connector ? My salvaged unit did not have one.

[@jensdbe]

Not sure but a quick search gives some hopeful results on Aliexpress/Amazon. I searched for "hp mini sata ribbon cable".

[@darrell5997]

@@jensdbe thanks I was able to locate one on Amazon.

[@jonathanmarshall3974]

Would you be interested in reviewing a M715Q with Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE?

[@jensdbe]

I'd love to. Would be nice to see how that AMD platform compares to all the Intel alternatives in these small PCs.

[@28KKaann]

7xxx cpus should be supported by the chipset right? . installed a 7500t but getting a black screen. i wonder if the cpu is faulty or i need to reset the bios?

[@jensdbe]

The chipset might support it but the BIOS does not. As far as I know and read, this PC unfortunately does not work with 7th gen Intel Core CPUs

[@28KKaann]

@@jensdbe thx. Forced obsolescence I guess.

[@SjscheatBlogspot]

600 g2 avail to be upgrade wifi to ax210 ?

[@jensdbe]

Sure, you can upgrade the M.2 wifi adapter to a Wifi 6 model without issues as far as I know.

[@romamix2157]

Can I upgrade the processor for i7 7700t?

[@jensdbe]

As far as I know only 6th generation Intel Core CPUs are supported. the i7 7700T is a 7th generation CPU so most probably it will not work.

[@shake_well]

How is windows 11 working in 6th gen cpu. Is that an official windows 11 ?

[@jensdbe]

It's an unmodified installer and it did not complain at all about the CPU. Not the first time I see this on a 6th gen Intel Core CPU. Even if you would be running into the hardware check, it's pretty easy to work around this. (Did some videos on that earlier).

[@shake_well]

Thanks I'll check it out

[@yuan.pingchen3056]

What can this machine do at this moment? It doesn't even have two SATA ports to use as a trueNAS storage server...

[@jensdbe]

Not everything is about storage :) It can be used just like any other desktop (office work, browsing, watching video's,...) or as a small server running containers/VMs. For gaming or mass storage it obviously isn't well-suited.