HP EliteDesk 705 G4 Mini Desktop Computer: AMD Quad-Core Ryzen 5 Pro 2400GE upto 3.8GHz, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)

My system came pretty well cleaned. It had something oily on part of the top, but that wiped off, though some had gotten into the dust screen so that had to be removed to clean. There were no scratches on the system, and everything seems in good working order.As most other reviews have mentioned, mine came with the Ryzen pro 5 2400g, which is a 65W part, vs. the 2400ge which is 35W TDP but lower clocked. The top is covered in mesh for better airflow, probably because the 2400g does get hot in this little machine. Running a stress test, I was able to get it up to 93C but the cooling system, in a room at 68F, was able to keep it there so it never throttled (which it should do if it gets to 95C) and maintained just under 3.6ghz on all 4 cores (the base clock). Stressing a single core, it will go up to 3.9ghz, so it could be that others who were having issues with performance might have some problem with their system.It came with 8GB of SK hynix DDR4 2666mhz RAM and a 256GB (older) Samsung PCI-E SSD. I got the SATA drive cage as well, which does have a fan for both its drive and the PCI-E drive that sits under the fan. I actually had a 16GB DDR4 3200mhz RAM set not being used, so I put that in and the system sees it as 2933mhz, which is the maximum RAM frequency supported for this CPU without overclocking, which this system does not do. So, I'd recommend at least picking up a second stick to get the benefits of dual channel which is supported, but if you buy all new RAM, I'd recommend picking up the faster stuff as well as it'll handle it.My system came with the HDMI module so it has 1 HDMI and 2 display ports. Accessories were a very generic USB wired keyboard, a very generic USB wired mouse, a mini USB wireless dongle and a mini USB bluetooth dongle. You can put a PCI-E wireless/bluetooth module in this system, so that might be a better option. Keep in mind that this system has antenna for the PCI-E wireless/bluetooth module, but does not come with the module, and you will most likely (I had to, someone else mentioned this as well) have to remove the motherboard to get to the antenna wires, as they seem to have been tucked underneath. To remove the motherboard, you have 4 screws plus the 3 that hold the heatsink onto the CPU. The problem here is that you shouldn't remove the heatsink without cleaning and reapplying thermal paste, so you basically will have to rebuild the system to install the wireless module properly.The power adapter this comes with has been mentioned at least once before. Mine was not a HP OEM power brick, but a generic one. It had the right barrel connector, but it's a 90W 19V 4.7A adapter. It appears the OEM adapter should be a 19.5V 4.62A, but finding the OEM 90W adapter is tough unless you want to spend a lot. My system does immediately power on when plugged in as others have mentioned, but you can turn it off and it will stay off, and seems to run ok on the generic adapter.One thing I think someone else mentioned, but the first generation Zen processors (Ryzen 1000 and 2000 series) are not on the Windows 11 supported CPU list, and you will be blocked from upgrading to Windows 11 on this machine. It does have TPM 2.0, so it's just the CPU that is blocking you. Microsoft does have instructions for getting around this, by entering a registry entry to tell the installer to allow unsupported CPUs, but Windows updates still will not let you upgrade directly. You'll need to download the installer/updater from Microsoft then run that. It does appear that upgrading from the installer works, though people were originally saying you would have to install fresh. Anyway, doing this, you have to agree that you are fine with possible issues and lack of driver support, so do it at your own risk I guess.

I have bought two of these machines so far, and maybe will buy another. Seller was Shinobi PC. Ok, please remember that these are refurbished items. Read the descriptions carefully. Configurations are different. Some have HDMI, some don't. I think they all come with external wi-fi that works fine. Some come with keyboard and mouse. others don't. Some have Intel processors, and others have AMD. Some have m.2 SSD and others 2.5" SATA SSD. The ones that come with m.2 SSD might be missing the SATA drive tray. I found one for a few dollars on eBay. One of my machines has 8GB of memory, the other 16GB. Bottom line. Study the description and pictures carefully to avoid disappointment.Now, for the icing on the cake: support. I am still having trouble porting over my old windows 10 system on a 2.5" SATA drive I added to the first one I bought. So, it now will boot from either the supplied m.2 SSD or the added SATA SSD. I am having driver issues on the SSD I added. I contacted the vendor for help a few days ago. So now, each day, he is giving me new advice, new suggestions and helping me with trouble shooting. And even made it clear they would accept a return request. Now, that is over the top and much appreciated. I would give more stars if I could.

I bought two computers. It comes with all of the peripherals needed which is very nice, and they function good. One problem though is that one of the two has a broken wireless card. I installed the same Linux distro on both and verified that the two are running completely identical hardware, therefore it must be the card since the other works. I tried to find a workaround to get the wireless to be recognized, but to no avail.

Turns out to be a great little PC for retro gaming. Item was clean and in like new condition..

My 8 year old son bought this computer with some early Christmas money ; Hes always liked messing around with various operating systems and system types as well as building and already had an older micro pc ( optiplex 3020m ) but wanted something a little more updated.He got what he paid for but with some pretty major caveats which ill go over.So the good and the bad .Condition and shipping.It came in about a 10 days it was in good condition , powers on and runs better than his prior mini thanks to the APU .It had a generic wired keyboard and mouse and generic power brick with unspecified wattage which powers on the system as soon as its plugged in without pressing the power button ( these systems don't really like non original power bricks in many cases )The CPU was a Ryzen 2400g not a 2400GE which was a positive; problem is it doesn't run above 3.4 GHZ ever and the base clock is 3.6 so i tried a different power brick original hp product I had since the bios has no option to increase the TDP it did stop it from powering on by itself when plugged in but didn't help with the CPU running way below specs.Internal Storage :It came with a caddy for a SATA drive with a cooler on it many referbs don't come with caddys in my experience which was good .The bad it it was advertised with a PCi-e SSD which was is somewhat misleading and while its possible this thing is running sata over pci-e I didn't bother to test since it was the most generic sata SSD I have ever laid eyes on KingFast ,not Kingspec or Kingston but Kingfast and unlike most other reviewers it was SATA not NVME .Ram:It did come with the advertised quantity of ram 8 gigs of Samsung 2666 MHz ddr4 which is what it was advertised with however don't get your hopes up on getting extra as others have mention that oversight on their part has clearly been remedied the system log in my sons actually said the ram configuration had been changed 5 days after I ordered it leading me to believe after seeing all those bragging about getting extra they finally decided to start cracking these open to take out the extra stick others were getting now let me be clear this isn't a bad thing I did get what I paid for as far as the ram is concerned I just don't want others thinking they will win some kind of Amazon internet lottery when they are definitely checking now .WIFI and Bluetooth:Advertised with WiFi and Bluetooth I know some got dongles and some an internal card .I got a very bad WiFi dongle that only supports 2.4 GHz and disconnects constantly with no Bluetooth i didn't care about the dongle and its not worth the time waiting on a Bluetooth adapter but it's worth mentioning for those who mightAs An Aside i would like to suggest people steer clear of these hp mini PCs, at least from this generation and go with maybe a Dell or Lenovo with similar specs these things get extremely hot they definitely do not have adequate cooling a 2400g maybe with a 2400ge they would be cool properly but with this configuration ( 65watt apu ) even with new thermal paste this thing is thermal throttling constantly which isn't the sellers fault just a bad design on HPs part .The Takeaway is I am not trying to discourage you from buying from this seller ( the item was shipped at a reasonable speed and was after all for the most part what it was advertised as .I just want people to know you will get exactly what is listed in some cases a slightly different processor as they have realized their folly with not checking under the cover maybe you will get lucky maybe you won't ( I am thinking you won't because of the system log change after I ordered mine ) however the hp product itself is lacking when compared to alternatives Inability to get the CPU to full speed and overheating .Ryzen Master doesn't work with this computer either and I can't find a fan control anywhere to at least turn it up .