HP EliteDesk 800 G4, Core i5-8500, 16GB, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Black/Silver

The HP EliteDesk 800 G4 is a refurbished office workhorse with a six-core i5, 16GB RAM, and a fast NVMe SSD. It's top-tier for value and ports, but the integrated graphics are bottom-of-the-barrel. If you need a cheap, reliable Windows 11 Pro desktop for work, buy it. If you want to game, look elsewhere.

The i5-8500 is a six-core chip from 2018, and it sits around the 30th percentile in our CPU rankings. That sounds mediocre, but for everyday office work it's plenty. The 256GB NVMe SSD is the real star here, Windows boots fast and apps snap open. Storage overall lands mid-pack at the 54th percentile, mostly because that 1TB HDD is slow spinning rust. RAM is the weak spot at the 32nd percentile, 16GB is fine for now but there's not much headroom. The GPU is the elephant in the room: 8th percentile. Don't expect to play anything beyond Solitaire or maybe some very light indie titles.

Against the Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5, the EliteDesk is bigger and older but way cheaper. The Dell OptiPlex 3070 SFF is its closest rival, similar specs and similar price, but the HP has more USB ports and that USB-C port which the Dell often lacks. The Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus and BOSGAME P3 are tiny modern boxes with much better integrated graphics, but they cost significantly more. If you need GPU performance, skip the HP entirely. If you need cheap and reliable office compute, it's hard to beat.

At USD 216 in the US, this is a steal for a Windows 11 Pro desktop with an SSD. Canadian buyers should shop around, prices range from CAD 300 to CAD 340 across four listings, and the Newegg refurb listing at CAD 300 is the best deal we found. For that money you're getting a business-grade machine that'll handle daily office work without breaking a sweat. Just remember you'll need to add a keyboard, mouse, and WiFi adapter if you need them.

The HP EliteDesk 800 G4 is a refurbished small form factor desktop that punches way above its price tag for office work. You get a six-core i5-8500, 16GB of DDR4, and a snappy 256GB NVMe SSD plus a 1TB hard drive for bulk storage. It runs Windows 11 Pro out of the box, which is a nice touch for a machine this cheap.

It's not a gaming rig, not even close. The integrated Intel UHD 630 graphics land in the bottom 10% of our database. But for spreadsheets, email, web browsing, and general business tasks, this thing is a quiet little workhorse.

Skip this if you need any kind of graphics performance. The UHD 630 is one of the worst GPUs in our database, so photo editing, video work, or gaming are all off the table. Also skip it if you want a tiny, modern machine that sips power, the SFF case is compact but not mini-PC small, and the 6.71kg weight means it's not exactly portable.

This is a no-brainer for small businesses, home offices, or anyone who needs a dependable Windows 11 machine on a budget. The six-core CPU and NVMe SSD handle everyday multitasking without complaint. Just don't expect to game on it, and budget a little extra for peripherals since HP didn't include them.