Hi Everyone,
Another thinclient on sale. Suitable for proxmox or linux mint.
Processor Intel AMD Quad Core GX-415GA 1.5GHz processor
RAM - 8GB
SSD - 32GB
Ports - 4x USB 2.0, 2xUSB 3.0, 2 x Display Port
Connectivity - Display Port, Ethernet.
Operating System - NO OS
Comes without stand
Here's full spec sheet from HP
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04017240?irclickid=TD…
Thanks for that Orrell. In true OzB style, I grabbed a Wyse 5070 recently, without any particular use in mind, was thinking maybe PiHole, but I've got Pi's for that up and running.
Wasn't even sure it would run Win 11, (I saw it did Win IoT, which I've yet to delve into), so I'll stick another Win 11 on it, and maybe put Plex on it, if my old HP N54L NAS conks out.
this is actually an AMD Jaguar architecture, not Intel.
Fun fact: its the same architecture used on the Ps4 and Xbox One.
Thanks, just fixed.
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Would this be better than my old 2009 iMac that runs a Core 2 Duo at 3ghz?
Nope :-) I'd at least get the Dell Wyse. Double the price is still next to nothing.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2081vs3144vs955/AMD-GX-…
Thanks lucky the iMac only cost me $5
The iMac looks prettier and has display. If you have the bigger full-HD model, I guess it makes a cute thin-client running Linux.
What are you using it for? I imagine its quite useless for MacOS now?
@bargaino: I managed to use Opencore Legacy Patcher to upgrade it to Big Sur. Still seems quite usable and strangely quicker than my Surface Pro 3 core i5.
Mostly a spare computer and may try use Garageband for guitar effects and amp simulation.
The spec sheet says it's a mSATA drive, so attempting to add storage would be interesting. I wonder if it has enough space to fit a M.2 adapter?
https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t620/
this is the holy grail for thin client information
i would imagine at this point they are NOT msata - apparently only the 1st year of production
my reading of this is that it supports nvme sata
you might have a old sata 2280 sitting around in your spares box
my reading of this is that it supports nvme sata
There's no such thing as "nvme sata". Those two terms are mutually contradictory.
T620s started off using mSATA drives, but they switched over later to using M.2 SATA drives. So it is possible you could get either, but its most likely to be M.2 SATA. Both mSATA and M.2 SATA drives are getting harder to get and more expensive.
Oh, that's interesting. Can @untech confirm what storage interfaces are available?
Technically you can plug an adapter into an mSATA socket and use an M.2 SATA drive. But it requires the space around it to do it. I did that with an early T630 I ended up with that only had an mSATA socket, but it required butchering another socket that got in the way of the adapter. I don't know whether that's possible with a T620.
See the image here:
https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t620/
If you look you'll see it has the socket for up to a 2280 M.2 SATA drive. And over on the left of the processor is an empty space where the early versions had the socket soldered in place for the mSATA drive.
Technically you can plug an adapter into an mSATA socket and use an M.2 SATA drive. But it requires the space around it to do it.
Yea, I have an old mini-pc I repurposed where by some miracle a M.2 adapter just fit without needing to change anything else. Seriously, the adapter had a narrow tongue for the mounting holes that just barely avoided a component on each side!
Didn't notice there were pictured down the page, thanks. That does clear things up a bit.
What do you ise this for
I have a similar Dell thin client- a Wyse 5070, running Daphile OS (DLNA music server), but people generally use them for things like opnsense/pfsense (router on a stick), Open Media Vault (NAS), home assistant, and/or Docker for microservices.
This particular HP unit may be a bit anemic for some of the following, but gave a looky here and see if ought takes your fancy: https://gitlab.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
Cheaper than a raspberry pi. Not sure if faster than the rPi 5 though
Can I put a home assistant dongle on this?
Absolutely
Always the T620, never the T620 Plus…
that one people are trying to sell for 300, lol. look for a 720q, cheaper and it has a PCIe addon.
There are a lot newer and more useful thin clients than T620s. That's why these are only $36. But if your needs are minimal enough they might suit you.
The next model was the T630s, which also used the same family of low power AMD processors, just faster.
The model after is the T640, which uses a Ryzen, and costs about $160 from ebay. It has socket for an NVMe drive. With a T740 that is bigger, with space for one expansion card slot, an M.2 SATA drive as well as the M.2 NVMe drive, and a laptop type fan to keep its quad-core Ryzen cool. T740s can be bought from the USA on ebay for not much more than $200.
The current generation is the T655, which uses a newer Ryzen still. And it has a similar T755 bigger brother with a seriously powerful Ryzen, a fan to cool it, two M.2 NVMe sockets, and a slot for an expansion card. These are new enough that you can only buy them new. A mini-PC is cheaper and probably better.
anyone know if this is small enough to fit in the arcade machine that jaycar had for sale a few weeks ago?
I need a low-performance PC for software testing. Will I be able to install Windows 10 on this one?
All the HP thin clients like this are just low power PCs. The T620 even comes from HP with an option of Windows 10 IOT, which is the cut down thin client version of Windows 10, so the drivers you need exist. HP makes a pain in the backside of itself though of supplying them in a form that only installs on the version of Windows 10 that it supplies to its customers. You have to install Windows 10, and if it hasn't got the drivers you need, get them from the AMD drivers web site. The T620 and the T630 a close relatives, using different versions of the AMD Jaguar processor, and I know Windows 10 has Jaguar drivers in it.
Me, I'd spend a bit more and get a T640. It uses an M.2 NVMe drives, which saves a LOT of problems, and because it uses a Ryzen it'll run Windows 11. Oh, wait, that's what I do do, for those reasons. Note though there's the same issues with having to get the drivers from AMD's driver site. I have one 256GB NVMe drive with W10 on it, another with W11, I plug in whichever I want, run update, then clone it in case anything goes wrong, and install and test the software.
![[Used] HP T620 Thin Client Quad Core GX-415GA 1.5GHz 8GB RAM 32GB SSD NO OS $36 ($35.10 eBay+) Delivered @ UN Tech eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/60/850160.jpg?h=94d36d75)
Honestly, the recent crop of Dell Wyse 5070 thin clients around the $60 mark will put this to shame and run Windows 11 natively. I’ve built one to put in my motorhome, adding 256GB M.2 SATA for the OS with 2 x 8GB Hynix (Kingston) RAM. Runs surprisingly well and will be perfect for media server duties and a spot of downloading.
All up, for the box with genuine Dell PSU, 16GB RAM and 2 x wifi antennas, $100.