HP EliteDesk 8 Tower G1i
Tower business desktop AI PC built on Intel Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake-S) processors and the Q870 chipset, with 4 UDIMM slots for up to 128 GB DDR5, three M.2 storage slots, a full-height PCIe Gen5 x16 slot for discrete graphics, and an internal 280/400/500 W 80 PLUS Platinum power supply.
Memory
- Slots
- 4 × DDR5 UDIMM, customer-accessible, 2 DIMMs per channel
- Speed
- DDR5-5600 (transfer rates up to 5600 MT/s)
- Max
- 128 GB (4 × 32 GB)
- Configurations
- 8 GB to 128 GB, including 64 GB (2×32) and 128 GB (4×32)
Storage
- Bays
- 2 × 3.5" SATA HDD bay (optional) + 2 × slim optical bay (optional, ODD and removable storage)
- 3.5" HDD
- 1 TB / 2 TB 7200 RPM SATA
- M.2 slots
- 4 × M.2 (1 × 2230 for WLAN/Bluetooth + 3 × 2280 for storage, slot 2 toolless)
- M.2 SSD
- 256 GB–2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (incl. Three Layer Cell); 512 GB/1 TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe Value; 256/512 GB self-encrypting OPAL2
- Optical
- Optional 9.5 mm slim DVD-ROM or DVD Writer
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel UHD Graphics 2Xe, 3Xe or 4Xe, depending on the CPU
- Discrete options
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, RTX 5060 8 GB, RTX 3050 8 GB, RTX A400 4 GB; Intel Arc A380 6 GB; AMD Radeon RX 6300 2 GB — full-height boards, up to 180 W
- Displays
- Support for up to 8 displays via native video ports, a configurable Flex IO port and selected discrete graphics
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe Gen5 x16
- Slot 2
- PCIe Gen3 x16 (wired as x4)
- Slot 3/4
- 2 × PCIe Gen3 x1
- M.2
- 1 × M.2 2230 WLAN/Bluetooth + 3 × M.2 2280 storage, internal
- Flex Port 1
- Choice of dual USB-A 5 Gbps, dual USB-C 10 Gbps (15 W), USB-C 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt 4.0, DisplayPort 2.1/HDMI 2.1/VGA, serial, 1 Gbps fiber NIC, or 2.5GbE RJ-45
- Flex Port 2
- Choice of dual USB-A 5 Gbps or serial
Networking
- Ethernet
- Intel I219-LM 1 GbE LOM (vPro), or optional Intel I226-T1 2.5 GbE adapter
- Wireless
- Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5.4 (vPro or non-vPro), or Realtek RTL8852CE Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax 2×2) + Bluetooth 5.3
Power
- Internal PSU
- 280 W / 400 W / 500 W active-PFC, all 80 PLUS Platinum
- Efficiency
- 90/92/89% at 20/50/100% load (115 V); 91/93/90% (230 V)
- Input
- 100–240 Vac, 50/60 Hz (rated); 90–264 Vac operating
- Cord
- 6.0 ft (1.83 m)
Ports
- Front
- 2 × USB-C SuperSpeed 20 Gbps (charge 15 W), 4 × USB-A SuperSpeed 10 Gbps, combo audio jack, 2 × slim optical drive bays (optional)
- Rear fixed
- 2 × Dual-Mode DisplayPort 2.1 (DP++), 1 × HDMI 2.1, audio line-out (line-in re-taskable), RJ-45, 2 × USB-A Hi-Speed 480 Mbps (wake from S4/S5), 2 × USB-A SuperSpeed 5 Gbps, 1 × USB-A Hi-Speed 480 Mbps
- Rear optional
- Flex Port 1 and Flex Port 2 (see Expansion); optional serial port
- Other
- Integrated keyboard/mouse wire hoop, padlock loop, standard cable-lock slot, optional solenoid lock, power cord connector
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 155 × 308 × 337 mm (6.1 × 12.13 × 13.27 in)
- Volume
- 16.1 L (982 cu in)
- Weight
- 6.22 kg (13.7 lb) standard; up to 7.09 kg (15.6 lb) heavy configuration
Management
- TPM
- TPM 2.0 endpoint security controller (Infineon SLB9672 or Nuvoton NPCT760HABYX); Common Criteria EAL4+ certified; FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified
- Intrusion
- Optional solenoid lock and intrusion sensor
- Cable lock
- Standard cable-lock slot and padlock loop
- BIOS/software
- Power-on and setup passwords, SATA/serial/parallel/USB enable-disable, removable-media write/boot control, optional factory USB port disable; HP Sure Start, Sure Recover, Sure Sense, Sure Run, Sure Admin, Sure Click, Tamper Lock, Secured-Core PC Enable; UEFI Self Certification Level 2.9
Operating systems
- Preinstalled
- Windows 11 Pro; Windows 11 Pro Education; Windows 11 Home; Windows 11 Home Single Language; FreeDOS
- Volume licensing
- Windows 11 Pro (Windows 11 Enterprise or Windows 10 Enterprise available with a Volume Licensing Agreement)
Processors
- Intel Core Ultra 9-285
- Intel Core Ultra 7-265
- Intel Core Ultra 5-245
- Intel Core Ultra 5-235
- Intel Core Ultra 5-225