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HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini vs G4 Mini
HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini vs G4 Mini
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Part 3 of a series called “Generations” which compares subsequent generations of the HP EliteDesk 800 Mini. In this segment we compare the G3 to the G4.
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@handmedowntech Will you be doing a G4 vs G5 video? Anxious for that one 😀
I've been experimenting with an M.2 to mini SAS SFF-8087 expansion card installed in the second 2280 M.2 slot in the G4. This card has an ASMedia ASM1064 chip that bridges NVMe to 4 SATA ports thru the 8087 connector and a fanout cable that provides 4 SATA connectors. You can route the fanout cable outside the case thru the hole located behind the flexio option port. So far appears to work, and the cover for the G4 even fits because the 8087 is mounted horizontally. So this hack provides a way to direct connect an external array of 4 mechanical hard drives to the G4 if you want to create a NAS or backup server.
@handmedowntech, thank you for the video. Please confirm that in the G4 you cannot have 2 x m.2 2080 and the HDD cage at the same time. I was planning to go with that configuration, but is the first time I have heard that it cannot be done? If so, why? Isn't the cage clear of the NVMe all the time? Please let me know, thanks!
Don't know about the G3, but the G4 absolutely works with 64GB of RAM, despite HP's specifications. I have three G4's with 64GB – should be great for zfs.
Wish they had HDMI.
Excellent once again. I would suggest the G3 is now wallowing in the wind a bit – I would either go G2 or G4 unless the G3 was a very good price. One thing I've yet to do is work out which power supplies are demanded by the system as the hardware is loaded up, and how the motherboard components cope with the increased power and cooling required as it's the same power mosfets on the board having to regulate 65W or 150W, I believe the auxilliary fan mounting is slightly different to the G2 but I haven't tried it – some are sold as G2 only, others for G2,3,4 and 5 – and it will also certainly be required with 2 or 3 m.2 devices installed, but without physically trying one there's no way of telling. One interesting test would be, as power and cooling requirement increases, can the improved airflow design of the G4 keep fan speed (and noise) under control in such a small case? Perhaps noise is potentially a benefit of the G3 over the G2?