Sorry for replying to an old comment, but there's actually a catch there sometimes. Some of these chips are vendor-locked. They can't go to a board from a different manufacturer. Obviously not all of them, but it's better to check around before you buy parts coming from one of these ex-enterprise prebuilts. That said, most people simply buy the whole PC, so I guess it's fine. Another problem would be the limited space for add-ons (like a graphics card) and the similarly limited PSU. 210W is actually pretty decent for a prebuilt this size. HP's SFF prebuilt come with a mere 180W PSU. So you do have to get a little creative there.

i def agree. I enjoy these more. got an hp z440 that I dailey use more then my main rig.

Pls give me a Lenovo think center mini desktop featuring intel core I9 14th gen CPU. it will mean alot for me, bcz presently i cant afford one like this. if you want to send i will give my addrress . advance love from Bangladesh.

honestly doing that is 10 times more fun than buying new parts

Thanks for the info!!

that gpu is a nice upgrade!!

I put the A2000 in, yet I had to cut out the notch a bit larger. I added some U channel door trim on the area that I cut, so that the sharp metal edges would not touch the video card. It works great. I would like to upgrade to a 5800x3D, but I am not sure if it will work with the motherboard that is in there. @@DLMtechgarage

we really do.... hoping the newer technology goes lp.

There was a 1650 G6 low profile on Amazon warehouse for like 150$

Could the M725S’s BIOS support a newer CPU? Something like a 5600G? Would be a hell of an APU setup

@@nickfury1279 The motherboard is a Lenovo OEM and it is locked down to some extent. From what I understand the latest chip set/bios for the M725s may support up to a Ryzen 5 3000 series, and that's a maybe. ...and remember the factory power supply is a low wattage one, probably 210Watts. So you'll want to have a lower power draw CPU in order to run a low profile GPU.

i have the same lenovo computer. Could you tell me if yours can run Warzone and at what settigns.

I never have played COD Warzone but I doubt very much you would be happy running it on this PC even if you added a Ryzen 5 2600, a RX 6400 and 16GB of ram.@@madhureshminoshi4272

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

The XFX version of the 6400 probably would have fit without cutting, too. It's a lot shorter, but does have a slightly worse cooler. The cooler could end up being important in a case with so little airflow, I suppose.

if you can go 1650.... the difference is big.

You could buy driver support will fall off of those well before a 6400

@@trashtronics1700 but realistic the Rx 6400 will be obsolete first cus of it's performance

No you need to upgrade the PSU

@@Nxrth6666 a 1660ti is twice as powerful as an rx6400 and does not require external power.

@@stranger.granger 1660ti has a TDP of 120 watts and requires an 8 pin XD what are you talking about

Thanks for the info... the stutters when customers sea it can break the deal. will try to see if that help.

best tech tool box I ever had!!

Incorrect, even a 3080 only gets a 1-2% difference in pcie3 vs 4... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqp7ibmlztiyfWw.html

@@91ludesit I stand corrected.

yea I should of mentioned that. Thanks!!

Yea wish I would of tested that but this little guy sold quick.

Glad it helped, i think its f1 or f2. havent had a lenovo in a while.

i have the same model and am thinking of upgrading the graphics. Which one do you suggest ?

thanks!

me and the wifes first name and last name, did it cause she was the one that snuck around me and released my first video i recorded pushing me to do this.

Def good tips

As the scene comes up!!!! LOL 😂

🤣

Eh, Fortnite stutters on amd cards right now regardless of cpu.

customer request. I give them the options and pros and cons of both and they always choose 11.

AMD PRO 560 FCH I checked the bios did not see anything for that.

me too

The 6600m is under $185 and its better than 1650 and using 75watts only.

@@lelouchabrilvelda1794 need to see if it is low profile. that is the key for this one.

Thanks

not sure

I agree it would, being honest i did not do enough research going into this card. learning alot from the comments about this card!

a 1650 low profile gpu would work, any one, none in particual id prefer

Yes, it is

u can just a get a 4 dollar adapter

i tried it did not work, ryzen 5 3400g pro is the only one you can upgrade too.

@@DLMtechgarage I wonder if Lenovo has any available firmware that supports it or any 2000 series chips.

I think because of the "PRO" version and Lenovo things. Maybe it's already activated, you can't swap the CPU. I have read about this somewhere before.

@@HairyScrambler I checked and they did not.

I flip them or donate them

Tin snips.

the pc has dispaly ports on the back with the rest of the i/o

nope, full size wont fit and the psu is proprietary to lenovo.

its similar to swap like the m83, I did a video on the channel showing a case swap

I could not, it would not take anything different.

best you can do is max out the ram, put a 1650 in it... m.2 and max out the recommended cpu specs. newere stuff not compbatible.

ive thought about that but hate taking away the live feel of the vide.

I would go with a 650w to play it safe, but that should be a fair combo. the 7400 might bottlneck it and an i7 7700 would be better. You can trust the result from their.

@@DLMtechgarage thank you !

If you plan to game, absolutely get rid of the i5 7400 it is really slow and only 4 cores

1650 lp all day long!!

yup, it supports up to 32gb in dual channel.

ebay

you can clone the old drive to the new driver, downolad windows to a usb and install it, as far as the key, they get linked to the board and windows detects it from their.

@@DLMtechgarage thanks

a little dremel action can make anything work!!

@@DLMtechgarage ok so i actually ended up putting a 6400 in there after doing a similar cut as in this video. Its running pcie 3 with i7 7700 and 16 g ddr4 2400 ram and i got avg 42 fps halo infinite on low settings and on 3d mark night raid i got 26393 does this performance sound right for this build? Would i be able to play any other game on this too if i dont mind low settings and if i wanted better performance should i upgrade gpu or cpu first

@@spiritofthetallhills2037 best gpu options are the 1650 or rtx a200... they are pricey though but run better. the rex6400 suffers as it needs pcie gen 4 support and looses performance if its not in a gen 4.

@@DLMtechgarage i think ill go with an a2000 after a while as i heard that the 1650 runs about the same as the 6400 on pcie 4 so its not as big of an upgrade. Gonna try get my moneys worth out of the 6400 first tho and use it for a couple months maybe uprade later this year. Theres also a 12 gig version of the a2000 but im wondering if it will be overkilll for this although vram requirements seem to be getting pretty high. New star wars jedi game seems to recommend 8 gigs

It will work fine. I did the same with this build and it was solid!

​@@DLMtechgaragedo you think it will have longterm effect?

yea, they look ridiculous but sold like hot cakes... crazy....

ebay... just started searching again and i cant fine them.

works perfectly fine and with no issues!!

will try to look into it

1) it is for the lp gpu's 2) pcie 3 3) I did and it would not work 4) it can work but only for a secondary monitor but not for any performance gains. I went with a SSD cause it was what I had in stock appreciate the questions!!

@@DLMtechgarageI got an AsRock Intel A310 Low Profile, had to do the same cut mod, but the computer doesnt seem to post with the GPU installed. I guess the A310 is too much for the 210W PSU? I'm looking into Flex ATX PSUs but none of them seem to support 12VO motherboards :( Any idea?

ebay

not sure, I tried a ryzen 5 3600 and it would not work. I read somewhere that Lenovo locked the bios, but it also might just need a bios update.

yes

did not think of that for the igpu test. might have to revisit it. thanks!!

Honestly, all dual channel does for you is turn crap into crap + 10 fps (figuratively speaking, and only as far as iGPU). For sure always have two sticks if possible, but if it made that much of a difference, manufacturers wouldn't sell them with 1 stick instead of 2. I'd be more worried about how the iGPU on Ryzen usually steals 2GB of ram so you'd be at 6 GB if you had 8 GB. I wouldn't consider the computer in this video worth putting more than 16gb in. Anyone who has ever in their life had a discrete GPU that had it's own faster graphics memory, an iGPU will never be OK, or enough for you, it's not a video card.

@@itstheweirdguy you are completly right ;p, it will never be an full gpu, but i'm right aswell the merely 10 fps differance that you talk about, can make the differance playable/unplayable, and dont forget the 1% lows on fps they gonna get higher too. Atleast on older architecture i dunno about new, thats why i watch and compare. higher bandwith ram could be the differance making factor this time i've heard about 6000mhz? 7000mhz ?

it don't, highest is the ryzen 5 3400 prog

1650 but make sure it's the low profile version

​@@DLMtechgarage great, thank you for your answer!

i tried and could not get it going.

@@DLMtechgarage I was kinda expecting that, thanks for the confirmation.

I would check lenovos site.

like a year ago, It's one of these deals I stumbled on after browsing ebay for a a while.

heaven benchmark, shadow of the tomb raider, Fortnite.

@@DLMtechgarage I just ran the Heaven one and scored a 7925 on my new build. how does that rate?

@@mrkemblegilstrap not sure, never did the whole score thing, mostly use it for testing.

@@DLMtechgarage well, I must apologize! I was going over my notes and found that I'm a big fat liar. somehow, I said 7925. but, I have 7525 in my notebook. grrrrrr. the reason that I was doing that is because I've noticed a somewhat significant drop in scores. 1st test was 7525. test #2 7048, test #3 7032, test #4 7004. the only thing that I changed between 1 and 2,3,4 was an "upgrade", to windows 11. test 1 had a max fps of 588.2. 2 was 566.5, 3 was 567.8, 4 was 567.3. so, an approximate loss of 20 max fps between test1 and tests2,3,4. I'm going to try to figure out hoe to go back to windows 10 for retesting. these are done with Super Position Unigine 2.0 Heaven.

@@mrkemblegilstrap all good lol... still good scores.

yea, I was just showing ther performance as is the way I got it but you are def right!!!

🤣 ancient tech lol.

also for the low profile , can i instead use gtx 1660 , etc ti mini . will it work the same

as long as it's single slot and requires no supplemental power.

@@DLMtechgarageO thx for respondin , will start checkin gpus out will ask if doubts

@@DLMtechgarageI have a doubt , can rx 6600 fit this pc (kinda off same model m720 sff) since I have i7 8th (no k)gen all stuff bottlenecks the cpu

What Abt rx5500 I can’t seem to find low profile version of this gpus in my country . If u mind can u help me tell which gpus might fit and not. Bottleneck i 7 8700 thanks ❤

yea, its terribly when you go to sell the pc, the customer wants to see the game and then notices the stutters and asks about it.... even on my higher end build it does it.... I have seen that break a deal... personally hate the game lol...

interesting, need to look into that.

ebay, it's like hunting, go be vigilant or miss out on a good deal.

most def, I use it as a spare and runs great with the upgrades.