HP Elite 8300, Core i5-3570, 8GB, 1TB HDD, Black/Silver
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (6th percentile)
- Below average gpu (8th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | 64 bit Quad-Core Processor |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
| PSU | 240 |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 12 |
| DisplayPort | 1 Display Port |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 8 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP Elite 8300 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | Dell Desktop ECT1250 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM | MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 64 bit Quad-Core Processor | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | Intel Core i9 14900KF | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 4096 | 2048 | 8192 | 2048 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 2500 | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Intel UHD Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | sff | sff | mid-tower | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | 240 | - | 850 | 180 | 850 | 750 |
| OS | Windows 8 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Elite 8300 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 95.3 | 46.3 | 70 | 6.2 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.4 | 93.1 | 78.1 | 88.4 | 98.1 | 70 | 100 |
| Dell Desktop ECT1250 Compare | 88.4 | 58.7 | 81.8 | 74.5 | 82.8 | 70 | 99.1 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.9 | 89.3 | 96.5 | 84.2 | 99.2 | 11.6 | 94.8 |
| MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare | 92.4 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 90.5 | 82.8 | 37.3 | 99.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall35.8
- AI/LLM7
- Gaming4.8
- Portability45.5
- Creator8.9
- Business36.4
- Developer26
- Home Office33.2
- Workstation18.8
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