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This is something that I don't personally recommend anyone do with their 8300 USDT, but there may be someone out there with the USDT that wants to game with their 8300 mini pc. I just discovered today that you can run an external AMD or Nvidia GPU (macOS compatible) from the mini PCI-e slot. Gaming with HD4000 graphics is very limited at best.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GDC-Beast-...775381&hash=item2f17fabde5:g:l~QAAOSwbgpar49v
I've seen one Youtuber (modstek) modify his 8300 USDT (AMD version) and use an external GTX 1050 via the mini PCI-e slot. He probably used a much more powerful external power brick than what HP sells for the 8300. It looks like a proprietary 220W Dell branded power brick with an 8 pin power connector. Dell power brick on Ebay This powers just the graphics card. If you look closely he's using another external power brick that powers the motherboard and CPU. He doesn't mention that in the video.
Again, if you want to game the easiest way is to just buy the 6300/8300 SFF or CMT instead. The PSU in those can handle a 1050 Ti or RX560 quite easily. The PSU and graphics card are internal and the built in cooling is much better too. That being said, you could do the following mod and use this as a portable X-box like gaming system. It's not a very elegant solution and by the time you buy all the extra adapters it will cost about the same or more than one of the SFF HP desktops.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GDC-Beast-...775381&hash=item2f17fabde5:g:l~QAAOSwbgpar49v
I've seen one Youtuber (modstek) modify his 8300 USDT (AMD version) and use an external GTX 1050 via the mini PCI-e slot. He probably used a much more powerful external power brick than what HP sells for the 8300. It looks like a proprietary 220W Dell branded power brick with an 8 pin power connector. Dell power brick on Ebay This powers just the graphics card. If you look closely he's using another external power brick that powers the motherboard and CPU. He doesn't mention that in the video.
Again, if you want to game the easiest way is to just buy the 6300/8300 SFF or CMT instead. The PSU in those can handle a 1050 Ti or RX560 quite easily. The PSU and graphics card are internal and the built in cooling is much better too. That being said, you could do the following mod and use this as a portable X-box like gaming system. It's not a very elegant solution and by the time you buy all the extra adapters it will cost about the same or more than one of the SFF HP desktops.
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