# Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

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I use my machines mostly for development and don’t need a powerful GPU, just lots of CPU and RAM, and fast storage. I just bought two HP EliteDesk 800 G5 with an i7-9700K and an i9-9900K. Those are 95W TDP processors in an absolutely tiny 1 liter chassis that’s a marvel of engineering, replacing the already fairly small HP Z200 and Z230 SFF workstations I used previously. The second one (I haven’t received it yet) even has dual M.2 NVMe slots.

Here is Geekbench on the i7-9700K, fastest machine I own:

> **[telorast (HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Desktop Mini)
 - Geekbench](https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1826503)**
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> Benchmark results for a HP HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Desktop Mini with an Intel Core i7-9700K processor.

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