**Hands-on Review of the HP 5300G Desktop PC**

In this article, we'll take an in-depth look at the HP 5300G desktop PC, specifically its performance and power consumption. Our review focuses on the CPU and GPU performance, as well as the machine's power efficiency.

**Performance Testing with Pre-Installed Games**

The first test we conducted was playing Forza Horizon 4 at 1080p with a mix of medium-low settings. This resulted in an average frame rate of around 67 FPS, which is fully playable and not too demanding on this machine. Next, we attempted to play Skyrim Special Edition, but unfortunately, it proved too intensive for the CPU, requiring us to reduce the resolution to 900p with low-medium settings to maintain a stable 60 FPS.

To showcase some variety in our tests, we also threw in an Injustice 2 fighting game at 900p with a low-medium mix. Although this title occasionally dipped below 59 FPS, it was still virtually undetectable for most players. Last but not least, we tested Dirt 5, which pushed the machine to its limits even when running at 720p with low settings, only managing an average of 49 FPS.

**Emulation Testing**

To demonstrate the machine's capabilities in emulation, we performed some tests using various emulators and consoles. We first started by testing PS2 on PC SX2 Direct X 11 at 1080p, which ran smoothly without any issues. Next, we moved on to Wii U using CEMU Emulator and managed to achieve 60 FPS for most titles, including Breath of the Wild, although even that was capped at 720p due to performance constraints.

Lastly, we tested PS3 emulation using RPCS3 Vulcan and were able to achieve 60 FPS with games like Skate 3, although this may not work for every PS3 game. This demonstrates the machine's potential in playing demanding titles from various gaming platforms.

**Power Consumption Testing**

To gauge the machine's power consumption, we used a kilowatt meter to monitor its power draw while idle and during heavy usage. Idle power consumption was found to be relatively low at 27 watts, with an average of 68 watts during gaming and up to 89 watts when maxing out all four cores and the built-in Radeon 6 graphics card.

During a short 10-minute Cinebench R23 run, we only managed to reach 79°C. While this may seem high for a CPU cooler, it's essential to note that even the smallest coolers can handle temperatures within these ranges. The Ryzen 3 5300G seems well-suited for this machine.

**Conclusion and Future Upgrades**

Our hands-on review of the HP 5300G desktop PC has shown its potential in handling demanding games and applications, albeit with some compromises on resolution or frame rate. While we were unable to find this exact configuration on HP's website, our findings suggest that it could be a suitable candidate for upgrading with a more powerful GPU, such as the GTX 1650.

Overall, the machine's balance between performance, power efficiency, and affordability makes it an attractive option for those looking for a solid mid-range desktop PC.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody it's eta prime back here again today we're going to be checking out this 350 hp pre-built pc powered by the new ryzen 3 5300g unfortunately the 5300g is still oem only even though amd released the 5600g and the 5700g to the public and i really do wish they would release this part i know it's a lower end part we have four course 8 threads with radeon 6 graphics but in my opinion it's still a really good chip and it would have been an awesome budget offering it would have come in cheaper than the 56 or the 57 and i guess that's why amd didn't release it but recently i picked this up from my local office depot and in the past i've done a very similar review on a pc just like this but it was powered by the 5700g and that came with 16 gigabytes of ram for around 550 dollars this one here has the quad core 8 thread 5300 g eight gigs of ram 256 gigabyte m.2 ssd and the price on this was 349 i have not been able to find this exact pc configuration on hp's website but my local office depot actually had three of these in stock so i figured i'd go ahead and scoop one up this unit here does use a proprietary power supply but it's an 80 plus 260 watt so if you did want to throw a gtx 1650 in here it would work out just fine they've added some extra cabling in here so you can add a hard drive down the road but it does come with a pre-installed 256 gigabyte nvme ssd and as for ram this is running in dual channel from the factory we have eight gigs running at 3 200 megahertz so going into this i'm not expecting this to be a high-end gaming machine whatsoever unfortunately we can't overclock this ram we can't add any faster ram and this apu would definitely benefit from it but for 350 dollars and the way pc part prices and gpus are right now i wanted to see if this would be worth it and maybe later on down the road you could throw a gpu in it taking a look at this cooler it does look a bit small but uh given that this is a seven nanometer apu that only runs at 65 watts i think it'll be sufficient for this chip here so before we jump right into testing i did want to mention that i did add an extra hard drive that was the only modification that i've done to this pc i added a 500 gigabyte western digital blue because i had it laying around and i definitely needed a little extra storage so for this video i just really wanted to see if it would be worth picking up a pc like this right now for 350 dollars can it game can we run our emulators on it how well does it handle internet browsing maybe some 4k video playback so i'm going to go ahead and get this thing set up i'm going to install some games some emulators and some benchmarking applications all right so here it is i've had it up and running for a while it's running windows 10 home right out of the box and i did install an extra 500 gigabyte western digital blue drive we do have enough room here for a 2.5 inch drive be it an ssd or a mechanical but i went with a 3.5 inch drive because i had an extra laying around as you can see we have that ryzen 3 5300g four cores eight threads eight gigabytes of ddr4 in dual channel running at 3200 megahertz and the built-in radeon 6 graphics now i always like to check to just to make sure that uh this is running at full speed so we'll run a render test sensors 1700 megahertz so that's what our radeon graphics are running at right now overall this has been a very snappy little setup here uh for web browsing 4k video playback all your basics the 5300g by itself without a graphics card is going to be plenty you can even do some video editing on here photo editing you shouldn't have any issues at all we'll just head up here to 20 000 fish just a little webgl test we're still at 60 we'll go to 30 and that's when it drops down but i mean this little setup here would be great as an everyday desktop for web browsing video playback email checking school work and like i mentioned i mean this will even do some video editing and things like that but i really want to see how this pre-built 350 5300g pc handles gaming and emulation before we jump into that the first thing i always like to do is run some benchmarks and first on the list geekbench 5 single core 1378 multi 4916 actually looking really good for quad core cpu when it comes to the cinebench r23 we got a total multi-core score of 6490 and the final benchmark i ran was 3d mark night raid with a total score of 12 150. we could definitely up this score with faster ram but unfortunately with this pre-built the fastest we can go here is 3200 megahertz so with the benchmarks out of the way let's go ahead and move over to some pc gaming and see how this little apu performs first up we have cs go 1080p with a medium low mix by the end of this run here we had an average of 91 fps really not that bad given that we're at 1080p you could get a lot more out of it at 900p and i would probably suggest playing a lot of these games at 900p on this apu gta 5 did much better than i thought it would we got an average of 66 fps out of this one 1080p normal settings i really wasn't expecting to be able to play this over 60 even at normal settings 1080p i thought i'd have to drop it down but as you can see it's actually performing really well overwatch is a very well optimized game with this here we got an average of 72 fps by the end of this match at 1080p with a mix of medium low settings not bad at all i mean this is definitely fully playable at 1080. i was really hoping we could go into forza horizon 4 over 60 at 1080p and you can do that with very low settings but i wanted to up it a bit so i did a medium low mix 900p and we got an average of 67 fps out of this one going into skyrim special edition i thought we'd have no trouble at 1080p with a low medium mix but unfortunately it looks like this is just a bit too intensive for this little chip here so we had to go to 900p low settings to get 60 out of this one i wanted to throw a fighting game in here so i went with injustice 2 where at 900p with a low medium mix i do see it dipped down to around 59 every once in a while but this is something you'd never notice if you didn't have that fps counter on and finally for the pc gaming side of things we have dirt 5 and this is just one of those titles that really gives these apu's a run for its money i had to drop this down to 720p low and we still can't hit 60. we actually only got an average of 49 fps out of this one now it's time to move over to some emulation and i didn't test anything low in here from psp dreamcast nes it's going to run those at full speed i wanted to go a little higher in so first up we have ps2 i'm using the standalone version of pc sx2 directx 11 back in at 1080p it's running really great here next up we have some wii u using the cemu emulator and i just wanted to show this one off running at 60 and for a majority of the titles that are a little easier to emulate with the cemu emulator you'll be able to do a little bit of an upscale at 60 but when it comes to a game like breath of the wild 720p 30fps is about all we can do with the stock setup here in that 5300g still breath of the wild at 30fps is still very playable and as you can see there are some wii u games that will go to 60. and finally we have some ps3 emulation using rpcs3 vulcan back in this is at 720p basically the native resolution of the ps3 skate 3 here running at 60 but this isn't gonna run every ps3 game at full speed even my high end machine has trouble running god of war 3 but it's still really impressive seeing that this quad-core 5300g can do ps3 with these lower powered pcs i always like to check out total system power consumption from the wall using a kilowatt meter and this one's actually pretty low at idle 27 watts average gaming 68 and the maximum that i could get this to pull while maxing out all four cores 8 threads and the built-in radeon 6 was 89 watts when it comes to average cpu temps idle 39 degrees celsius average gaming 64 and in a 10 minute cinebench r23 run we only hit 79 degrees celsius so even though this cooler does look a bit small it's definitely sufficient for the ryzen 3 5300g so overall i'm actually really impressed with this 350 pre-built we do have enough room in here for like a gtx 1650 we don't have any extra power connectors on that psu but this will support a gtx 1650 and i know throwing one of those in here would definitely up the gaming performance on this machine they're a bit expensive right now and that's really why i wanted to test it in its stock form and i gotta say i really do wish that amd would have released the 5300g alongside the 5600g and the 5700g to the public unfortunately these are still oem only chips like i mentioned i wasn't able to find this exact pc on hp's website but my local office depot had three of these in stock and i figured i'd go ahead and scoop one up so your best bet is to check your local office depot so that's gonna wrap it up for this video if you're interested in seeing this machine with a gtx 1650 installed let me know in the comments below i think i got one that doesn't require power i could slap in this and like i mentioned i know we could get really good gaming performance at least 1080p performance out of this pre-built if you have any questions you know where to leave them and like always thanks for watchinghey what's going on everybody it's eta prime back here again today we're going to be checking out this 350 hp pre-built pc powered by the new ryzen 3 5300g unfortunately the 5300g is still oem only even though amd released the 5600g and the 5700g to the public and i really do wish they would release this part i know it's a lower end part we have four course 8 threads with radeon 6 graphics but in my opinion it's still a really good chip and it would have been an awesome budget offering it would have come in cheaper than the 56 or the 57 and i guess that's why amd didn't release it but recently i picked this up from my local office depot and in the past i've done a very similar review on a pc just like this but it was powered by the 5700g and that came with 16 gigabytes of ram for around 550 dollars this one here has the quad core 8 thread 5300 g eight gigs of ram 256 gigabyte m.2 ssd and the price on this was 349 i have not been able to find this exact pc configuration on hp's website but my local office depot actually had three of these in stock so i figured i'd go ahead and scoop one up this unit here does use a proprietary power supply but it's an 80 plus 260 watt so if you did want to throw a gtx 1650 in here it would work out just fine they've added some extra cabling in here so you can add a hard drive down the road but it does come with a pre-installed 256 gigabyte nvme ssd and as for ram this is running in dual channel from the factory we have eight gigs running at 3 200 megahertz so going into this i'm not expecting this to be a high-end gaming machine whatsoever unfortunately we can't overclock this ram we can't add any faster ram and this apu would definitely benefit from it but for 350 dollars and the way pc part prices and gpus are right now i wanted to see if this would be worth it and maybe later on down the road you could throw a gpu in it taking a look at this cooler it does look a bit small but uh given that this is a seven nanometer apu that only runs at 65 watts i think it'll be sufficient for this chip here so before we jump right into testing i did want to mention that i did add an extra hard drive that was the only modification that i've done to this pc i added a 500 gigabyte western digital blue because i had it laying around and i definitely needed a little extra storage so for this video i just really wanted to see if it would be worth picking up a pc like this right now for 350 dollars can it game can we run our emulators on it how well does it handle internet browsing maybe some 4k video playback so i'm going to go ahead and get this thing set up i'm going to install some games some emulators and some benchmarking applications all right so here it is i've had it up and running for a while it's running windows 10 home right out of the box and i did install an extra 500 gigabyte western digital blue drive we do have enough room here for a 2.5 inch drive be it an ssd or a mechanical but i went with a 3.5 inch drive because i had an extra laying around as you can see we have that ryzen 3 5300g four cores eight threads eight gigabytes of ddr4 in dual channel running at 3200 megahertz and the built-in radeon 6 graphics now i always like to check to just to make sure that uh this is running at full speed so we'll run a render test sensors 1700 megahertz so that's what our radeon graphics are running at right now overall this has been a very snappy little setup here uh for web browsing 4k video playback all your basics the 5300g by itself without a graphics card is going to be plenty you can even do some video editing on here photo editing you shouldn't have any issues at all we'll just head up here to 20 000 fish just a little webgl test we're still at 60 we'll go to 30 and that's when it drops down but i mean this little setup here would be great as an everyday desktop for web browsing video playback email checking school work and like i mentioned i mean this will even do some video editing and things like that but i really want to see how this pre-built 350 5300g pc handles gaming and emulation before we jump into that the first thing i always like to do is run some benchmarks and first on the list geekbench 5 single core 1378 multi 4916 actually looking really good for quad core cpu when it comes to the cinebench r23 we got a total multi-core score of 6490 and the final benchmark i ran was 3d mark night raid with a total score of 12 150. we could definitely up this score with faster ram but unfortunately with this pre-built the fastest we can go here is 3200 megahertz so with the benchmarks out of the way let's go ahead and move over to some pc gaming and see how this little apu performs first up we have cs go 1080p with a medium low mix by the end of this run here we had an average of 91 fps really not that bad given that we're at 1080p you could get a lot more out of it at 900p and i would probably suggest playing a lot of these games at 900p on this apu gta 5 did much better than i thought it would we got an average of 66 fps out of this one 1080p normal settings i really wasn't expecting to be able to play this over 60 even at normal settings 1080p i thought i'd have to drop it down but as you can see it's actually performing really well overwatch is a very well optimized game with this here we got an average of 72 fps by the end of this match at 1080p with a mix of medium low settings not bad at all i mean this is definitely fully playable at 1080. i was really hoping we could go into forza horizon 4 over 60 at 1080p and you can do that with very low settings but i wanted to up it a bit so i did a medium low mix 900p and we got an average of 67 fps out of this one going into skyrim special edition i thought we'd have no trouble at 1080p with a low medium mix but unfortunately it looks like this is just a bit too intensive for this little chip here so we had to go to 900p low settings to get 60 out of this one i wanted to throw a fighting game in here so i went with injustice 2 where at 900p with a low medium mix i do see it dipped down to around 59 every once in a while but this is something you'd never notice if you didn't have that fps counter on and finally for the pc gaming side of things we have dirt 5 and this is just one of those titles that really gives these apu's a run for its money i had to drop this down to 720p low and we still can't hit 60. we actually only got an average of 49 fps out of this one now it's time to move over to some emulation and i didn't test anything low in here from psp dreamcast nes it's going to run those at full speed i wanted to go a little higher in so first up we have ps2 i'm using the standalone version of pc sx2 directx 11 back in at 1080p it's running really great here next up we have some wii u using the cemu emulator and i just wanted to show this one off running at 60 and for a majority of the titles that are a little easier to emulate with the cemu emulator you'll be able to do a little bit of an upscale at 60 but when it comes to a game like breath of the wild 720p 30fps is about all we can do with the stock setup here in that 5300g still breath of the wild at 30fps is still very playable and as you can see there are some wii u games that will go to 60. and finally we have some ps3 emulation using rpcs3 vulcan back in this is at 720p basically the native resolution of the ps3 skate 3 here running at 60 but this isn't gonna run every ps3 game at full speed even my high end machine has trouble running god of war 3 but it's still really impressive seeing that this quad-core 5300g can do ps3 with these lower powered pcs i always like to check out total system power consumption from the wall using a kilowatt meter and this one's actually pretty low at idle 27 watts average gaming 68 and the maximum that i could get this to pull while maxing out all four cores 8 threads and the built-in radeon 6 was 89 watts when it comes to average cpu temps idle 39 degrees celsius average gaming 64 and in a 10 minute cinebench r23 run we only hit 79 degrees celsius so even though this cooler does look a bit small it's definitely sufficient for the ryzen 3 5300g so overall i'm actually really impressed with this 350 pre-built we do have enough room in here for like a gtx 1650 we don't have any extra power connectors on that psu but this will support a gtx 1650 and i know throwing one of those in here would definitely up the gaming performance on this machine they're a bit expensive right now and that's really why i wanted to test it in its stock form and i gotta say i really do wish that amd would have released the 5300g alongside the 5600g and the 5700g to the public unfortunately these are still oem only chips like i mentioned i wasn't able to find this exact pc on hp's website but my local office depot had three of these in stock and i figured i'd go ahead and scoop one up so your best bet is to check your local office depot so that's gonna wrap it up for this video if you're interested in seeing this machine with a gtx 1650 installed let me know in the comments below i think i got one that doesn't require power i could slap in this and like i mentioned i know we could get really good gaming performance at least 1080p performance out of this pre-built if you have any questions you know where to leave them and like always thanks for watching\n"