The LGA 1151 socket on the HP 18E7 is the (8th and 9th Gen Intel). It will not work with 6th/7th Gen Skylake or Kaby Lake CPUs due to different pinouts and power delivery requirements.
One of the strengths of this board is its four DIMM slots, allowing for a surprisingly high memory ceiling for its age. DDR3/DDR3L SDRAM (Non-ECC). Slots: 4 DIMM slots. Speed: 1600 MHz (PC3-12800). Max Capacity: Up to 32 GB (4 x 8 GB sticks). Architecture: Dual-channel support. Expansion & Connectivity hewlett-packard 18e7 motherboard specs
| Feature | Details | |--------|---------| | | ❌ No – mounting holes and I/O shield are custom | | Standard PSU? | ❌ No – uses external 19.5V adapter | | Standard GPU? | ❌ No – PCIe slot is x16 physical but x4 electrical, low power only | | Standard RAM? | ❌ No – needs DDR4 SODIMM (laptop RAM) | | Windows support | Windows 10/11 (64-bit only) | The LGA 1151 socket on the HP 18E7
The HP 18E7 motherboard supports 4th Generation Intel Core (Haswell) processors. While it uses the standard LGA 1150 socket, the BIOS (specifically versions like ) limits compatibility to specific business-class chips. Supported CPUs: Core i7: i7-4770, i7-4790 Core i5: i5-4570, i5-4590, i5-4670 Core i3: i3-4130, i3-4330 Pentium/Celeron: G3220, G1820 Expansion and Connectivity DDR3/DDR3L SDRAM (Non-ECC)