HP Elite Tower 680 G9
The upper-tier tower in the Elite 600/680 G9 family, sharing its chassis, CPU line-up and expansion with the Elite Tower 600 G9. Also sold as the '680 G9 PCI' variant, which trades one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot for a legacy PCI slot and offers a front FlexIO dual USB-A module.
Memory
- Slots
- 4 DIMM
- Max
- 128 GB (4 x 32 GB), DDR5-4800 UDIMM
- Config
- Also sold as 8/16/32/64 GB (1-4 x DIMM)
Storage
- Bays
- 2 x 3.5" internal storage + 2 x slim optical drive bay
- M.2 slots
- 3 total: 1 x M.2 2230 (WLAN) + 2 x M.2 2280 (storage)
- SATA HDD
- 1 TB / 2 TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA; 1 TB 7200 rpm 2.5" SATA (data drive only; Windows must boot from an SSD since Nov 2023)
- M.2 NVMe SSD
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe (Value); 256 GB - 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe TLC (256 GB TLC 12th Gen only); 256/512 GB self-encrypting OPAL2 TLC; 256 GB OPAL2
- Optical
- Slim DVD-ROM or DVD-Writer (optional)
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel UHD Graphics 770 (i5-1x500 and above), Intel UHD Graphics 730 (i5-1x400, i3), or Intel UHD Graphics 710 (Pentium Gold/Celeron)
- Discrete options
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 (LHR); NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GDDR6 (13th Gen only); NVIDIA T400 4 GB GDDR6; Intel Arc A380 6 GB GDDR6 (13th Gen only); AMD Radeon RX 6300 2 GB GDDR6
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 4.0 x16 (discrete graphics/storage only)
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x16, wired as x4
- PCIe 3.0 x1
- 2 on the 680 G9; 1 on the '680 G9 PCI' variant
- PCI
- 1 legacy PCI slot (680 G9 PCI variant only)
- M.2
- 1 x M.2 2230 for WLAN/Bluetooth + 2 x M.2 2280 for storage
- Optional cards
- Thunderbolt 3 PCIe card; PS/2 & serial port card (each occupies one rear slot)
- Slot height
- All tower slots are full height
Networking
- LOM
- Intel I219-LM 1 GbE (vPro)
- Optional NIC
- Intel FoxPond I225-T1 2.5 GbE PCIe add-in card
- Wireless
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (2x2) + Bluetooth 5.3 (vPro or non-vPro), or Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) + Bluetooth 5.3; Wi-Fi 6E requires a 13th Gen CPU
Power
- Supply
- Internal 260 W or 400 W, active PFC, 80 PLUS Platinum (90/92/89% efficient at 20/50/100% load, 115 V)
- Input
- 90-264 VAC operating, 47-63 Hz; rated input current 260 W <= 3.1 A, 400 W <= 5.2 A
- PSU fan
- 70 mm variable speed
- Note
- 400 W PSU required for RTX 4060 (PCIe 2x4 power), RTX 3060 12 GB and RTX 3050 8 GB (8-pin)
Ports
- Front
- 4 x USB-A 10 Gbps (1 with charging), 1 x USB-C 20 Gbps (charging), combo audio jack (CTIA/OMTP), SD 4.0 card reader (optional), front FlexIO module with 2 x USB-A 5 Gbps (optional, 680 G9 PCI only), slim optical drive bay (optional)
- Rear
- 2 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 x HDMI 1.4b, 1 Flex I/O port (DisplayPort 1.4a / HDMI 2.1 / VGA / 2 x USB-A 5 Gbps / serial / USB-C 10 Gbps with DP Alt Mode + 15 W), 2 x USB-A 480 Mbps (wake from S4/S5), 3 x USB-A 5 Gbps, 1 x USB-A 480 Mbps, RJ-45, audio line-out/line-in, optional serial port, optional external WLAN antenna, Business Lock slot (optional)
Physical
- Dimensions
- 155 x 308 x 337 mm (6.1 x 12.13 x 13.27 in)
- Volume
- 16.1 L (981.9 cu in)
- Weight
- 6.15 kg (13.56 lb)
- Max supported weight
- 35 kg (77 lb), desktop orientation
Processors
- Intel Core i7-13700
- Intel Core i5-13500
- Intel Core i3-13100
- Intel Core i7-12700
- Intel Core i5-12600
- Intel Core i5-12500
- Intel Core i5-12400
- Intel Core i3-12300
- Intel Core i3-12100
- Intel Pentium Gold G7400
- Intel Celeron G6900