HP ProDesk 2 SFF G1i E Desktop PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-14400 8 GB DDR5-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Windows 11 Pro Black

Product Overview

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For £613.46 ex-VAT, the HP ProDesk 2 SFF G1i is the sort of office desktop that makes sense when you want something dependable, small enough for desks, and easy for IT to standardise. The i5-class CPU and modern platform mean it’s generally happy with the usual B2B workload: Office apps, browser-heavy admin, Teams/Zoom, light accounting/ERP use, and plenty of everyday multitasking. Also, the SFF form factor is a practical win in shared spaces and open-plan offices where “big tower” PCs just don’t fit.

That said, 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD is where I’d be a bit cautious: you can run a lot on that, but if your users keep a lot of tabs open, run virtual meeting tools all day, or do heavier spreadsheet work, it will feel tight faster than you’d like. If this is going into roles like admin/secretarial/student-style workloads, it’s a good-value baseline. If you expect long-term “forget about it” performance across more demanding staff, I’d either push for a RAM/SSD upgrade path or look at a pricier configuration—because the cost of upgrades later (or the pain of slowdowns now) tends to erase the bargain.