HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini - 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9500T 6-Core up to 3.70 GHz, 16GB DDR4 Memory, 256GB NVMe SSD, WiFi-6, Bluetooth 5.0, Intel UHD Graphics 630, windows 11 Pro (Renewed)

Overall I'm happy with this. My definition of "renewed" for a computer means it's been opened up, inspected, dust and dirt removed, cleaned, tested. I had reason to open this and I doubt it was opened. It still had a lot of dust in the fan. It works though. It's very quiet until you really make it work. Bigger issue, after the installed Windows 10 was activated, it posted MANY warnings about viruses on the machine. Glad I hadn't installed the included wifi adapter with which Windows could have connected to my home network and possibly wreaked havoc. I ended up booting this with a Linux flash drive. Machine runs well. It's fast enough to play 4K 60fps video with just a very minor amount of stutter. I haven't bothered running an anti-virus on the installed M.2 drive yet. I don't use Windows much so I don't really need it. I'll get to it eventually though. The 3mm headphone port on the front is flaky. I have to pull out and push in the plug every time I boot it. Fan did start winding up when playing the 4K 60fps videos. Fan doesn't get annoying when it's on. I really like the compact size. For the money it's just about an unbeatable deal. I will put a one terabyte drive in this once I've run it a while and have tested it thoroughly. (ETA: 5/2/2024) Reinstalled the M.2 drive that came with this. Neither Microsoft Defender nor Avast anti-virus could remove whatever was on it. It was almost like any ability of these two programs to do anything was stopped. I pulled the drive and snapped in. No one needs that kind of issues. Scary stuff.

Excellent for the price. The EliteDesk 800 G5 was clean, no fingerprints, dust, or dents. There was an actual Intel WiFi and Bluetooth card installed with the antenna connected properly. The SSD was Samsung, although a bit well used. Even the fans were clean and the keyboard and mouse were decent quality. The only very minor complaint is there was no original HP RAM. It had one Kingston module and one from Ramaxel, so not matched modules. Everything is present and works though, which is well above average for a refurb at this price. I've purchased at least ten refurb mini computers over the past five years. This is the first one I've received that didn't have any case damage or missing components. At six cores and with good power management, it's a perfect media center PC, and can be used as a primary desktop if you don't plan to do any gaming or 3D modeling work. I've even got one setup for my wife with additional RAM and a larger SSD for music production and photo editing.

I purchased three of these for a home lab project. All three worked without any issues. Things I noticed: - They were all clean (no dust inside) with minimal scratches or damage to the case - The BIOS was unlocked (no password to modify/update) - They all had different BIOS versions - They all had Wi-Fi cards (one had an antenna ripped off - one star deducted from the review) but they were different brands - They all had different brand SSD's (storage capacity as advertised) - They all had different brand RAM (memory capacity as advertised) - They all came with VGA connections on the flexible expansion port - There were 3 USB Wi-Fi/Bluetooth adapters, 3 keyboards, and 3 mice included but they were all low quality. They probably work (I didn't test them) but I would not expect them to last long. - The computers were packed in nice heavy pneumatic plastic bags. Think industrial bubble wrap. They all booted right up and ran through the Windows setup process. After a few minutes and answering a few questions the Windows 11 desktop came up and they ran great. Since I am using them in a home lab I broke them all down as soon as I had verified everything was working. I pulled out the VGA expansion card, Wi-Fi cards, and Wi-Fi antennas. The thermal compound on all three processors was dried up, while I had them apart I cleaned it up and put new thermal compound in them. I added second NVME drives to all three and upgraded the RAM in all three. The new hardware was immediately recognized and ran as expected. After testing them I reset the BIOS, updated the BIOS, and reloaded the operating systems to something more home lab friendly than Windows 11 (Proxmox). As long as you know what you are getting these are great little computers. Awesome for someone that just does web browsing, email, and light document processing. They are even better for folks in the home lab community. Don't expect to be doing any heavy gaming or intense applications and you will not be disappointed.

This is the third HP mini I have seen renewed by Amazon. The first is a G3 and is very good. The second, a G4, was awful and sent back, the OS was corrupted and physically very sloppily renewed. This G5 is great, everything fell into place nicely and is now running Windows 11. It did not come with a HDD caddy. A nice touch is that the 16 gigs of ram is in one module. I believe that buying renewed computers is a bit of a crap shoot, some will be bad, and will need to be sent back, but most will be good, in need of a little work, but well worth the effort. Do your home work, check which CPUs will do Windows 11. Read the listing carefully, plain "SSD" is likely a off brand SATA device, etc. good luck

I ordered one with hdmi, Bluetooth5, and wifi6. This computer did not have any of these. It had two display ports and a vga connector. It does not have hdmi anywhere. The bluetooth and wifi come in the form of a usb dongle that they put in the box with it that will use up one of the usb ports. It was also put into a box with no padding, and that box was put into a larger box with no padding so it could just thump around will being shipped. I can't say if it works because I didn't open it, but with the lack of padding who knows. Don't buy from this seller, they either don't know what they are selling or they are scamming you.

I will be buying more. They are excellent for the purpose I am buying them for. They are as advertised and work flawlessly so far.

Needed a cheap "office" PC and wow, this worked nicely. Everything was delivered as advertised. One note, the Windows 10 install seemed odd... Defender found a trojan and I meant to screenshot. I ended up wiping the drive and putting Windows 11 on it anyway... It activated with no problem. I may get a second one to use as a Plex server! Has multiple internal drive options and with RAM being so cheap, it's easy to put 32 GB in it (over kill for an office PC).

Ordered the HP EliteDesk 800 G5 DM on 8/31/24 and it was delivered overnight on 9/1/24. The DM was wrapped in a plastic bag and was very clean inside and out. While waiting for the item to be delivered, I was reading the other reviews from this posting. I read all the lower rating reviews first as they tend to be honest and informative of any issues. The item/listing gets 2 stars for the speed of delivery and how clean the unit was. Now for the faults of this listing...The DM was wrapped in plastic keeping the unit clean during shipping. The way the DM was packed has a lot to be desired. There was not any additional packaging keeping the item from "flopping" around inside the box allowing it and the power supply to bang into each other. The pictures in the listing show the "configurable slot" with an HDMI port installed. This unit comes with a VGA port installed...who uses VGA anymore??? The listing also shows a keyboard and mouse...neither of which are included. The listing states WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0...the USB dongle included does state Bluetooth 5, but it is only WiFi 5. The other reviews indicated a Virus was detected by Windows Defender after Windows was setup. As a cautionary step, prior to even powering on the computer, I removed the M.2 NVME drive and connected it to an external reader and ran a virus scan on the drive. Sure enough as stated in the other reviews, a virus was detected (See image attached to review): Virus:Win32/Floxif - This Virus has been around since at least 2012. The Microsoft Security Intelligence website lists the following: Virus:Win32/Floxif is a family of viruses that infect Windows executable and DLL files to download and install other malware onto your computer. Alert level: severe I will not use the M.2 NVME drive that is included in the unit! I have a brand new 1TB Samsung M.2 NVME drive I am using with a clean install of windows 11. Final thoughts...It is a good little computer and the appearance is clean. The one I received, I would say is 99% defect free. It's shameful the seller appears to be knowingly providing a refurbished OS (Windows 10) with Malware intentionally included. Just as shameful, it appears Amazon has not taken any actions against the seller for providing Malware laced computers and help protect their customers.