HP - Pavilion 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - 256GB SSD - Shadow Black

Highly Recommended. Screen is not that bright, sound is not that loud and battery is not that big. Everything else is perfect. build is more than expected for the price. If those cons are ok with you then stop being in the fence and get one. This laptop comes with a Samsung 8Gb 3200mhz sodimm. That's 1 module. which is ideal for me so I can just another module to make it 16Gb. I think the description says 4Gb x2 which is inaccurate. see attached photos. You will see how great the cooling, 2nd empty mem slot, and the HDD hardware that i used to add a 2TB HDD. Those that you read in reviews in the web that the battery size is sacrificed for HDD space is wrong that's for the intel version of this laptop. At $449 for a Ryzen 5 4500U, I am a happy camper.

Exceeded my expectations for the price I paid. Sale price of $450. Snappy although will be adding at least another 8gb of ddr4 since there’s room. Recently got into photography so I needed it for that, didn’t buy it for gaming so I can’t say how that does. Photoshop runs phenomenal. Overall build quality isn’t the best nor the worst. Screen is clear, color is pretty on par. Doesn’t get tooooo bright at below 300 nits I believe, Platic-ky, finger print magnet for sure, but nowadays we all wipe everything down anyways right? For this price with ryzen 5 and nvme ssd, oh man. It goes from off to fully booted and ready to go in less than 15 seconds. it’ll exceed most people’s needs besides pro content creators and hardcore gamers. Definitely recommend for consumers who likes snappy web surfing, streaming and some media content editing. At $450 it’s a steal! Get it while it’s at this price. There are way lower spec laptops going for this price at the moment.

I was thinking on giving if a lower score than 4 but then again if on sale (450) is ok for the price. Pro -Can play games -Is actually not that loud when playing games -Light weight -Upgradeable ram Cons -Bad screen -num key pad doesn't have an LED when you turn it on -Low volume with the speakers -No second hdd bay, i saw a youtube video showing a second expansion port but i guess is not true for the best buy model? -somewhat cheap plastic cover that might be defective like mine, the screw got stripped away and the ring that holds the screw in place was stuck (i posted a pic) Overall is decent for the price on sale

I purchased this laptop on Friday, November 06, 2020. It was a CERTIFIED OPEN BOX. It worked great for the first 2 days and then out of nowhere it started giving me a CMOS checksum error on every boot up. Extremely annoying. I know this may occur after a factory reset so I’m not sure what happened after geek squad did this. I’ll be returning this today, 3 days later.

For those who have been paying attention, most know that AMD has been really competitive since the first Ryzen processors launched in 2017. With the 4000 series laptop and desktop chips, the idea that AMD isn't competitive is GONE. Now, laptop chips from both AMD and Intel have two designations, the u chips(Ryzen 4500U for example) for lower power draw, and the H chips for high performance. H chips will run faster, but draw more power. So, with the basics out of the way, this laptop has a Ryzen 5 4600H processor plus a NVIDIA Geforce 1650 discrete graphics chip(which makes this a gaming laptop). The 4600H is a 6 core, 12 thread chip(4500u is 6 core/6 thread, 4600u is 6 core/12 thread, both have a base speed of 2.1GHz, while this 4600H has a base speed of 3.0GHz, so is close to 50 percent faster just on the base speed. That makes this a faster processor for even basic things, and the discrete graphics helps even more. Another positive about this model is that it does have two slots for RAM, but as it comes, one slot is empty. This means that even though it has great performance out of the box, you can get a 20-30 percent performance boost by upgrading the RAM to 16GB(just add one more 8GB memory module). Wireless performance is decent, 802.11ac, and I am seeing a solid 344Mbps connection speed on the 5GHz side. Not the best, but acceptable. If I was right on top of the router it would be much higher, but 400 feet from the router makes this acceptable in my opinion. The keyboard is good, green backlit and works well. I don't say it is the best keyboard I've ever used, but not bad at all. The display isn't the best IPS screen, but is heads and shoulders above a TN panel. So, all in all, this is a great machine, and if you can get it for the $450 price for the holidays, you would be crazy to skip over this machine. I've been seeing laptops that are lower end in terms of features and performance being sold for $600. Now, I just need to get an 8GB DDR4-3200 memory module to add and it will be perfect for my use for the next four to five years.

The best bang for buck, especially at black friday price of $450. I just picked this up yesterday. I downloaded pcdecrapifier (an older copy) and deleted the bloatware (not a lot, but still some). After all the windows updates, installed overwatch and apex legends, and they play great. The 4600h is so power efficient that the laptop just doesn't get hot (i dont know how efficient the cooling is due to this fact, and the fact that it has a lower end gpu). This is easily superior to the i5 version that wally world has. hd/ram upgrades: There are seven screws on the bottom, After removing them, use a pry tool or guitar pick to pry open the bottom panel (youlll see the thin gap along the edges). once removed, you'll see a 2.5" drive bay, with a plastic hp "place holder". remove the three silver screws, lift out the cage, and unplug the sata/power cable. remove the four black screws from the cage and the plastic hp shroud, and insert your new drive. done. ssd and ram are under the black tape. i have ordered 16gb to replace the 8gb, but so far gaming has not been bottlenecked at 8gb.

I'm giving this the perfect rating because of the outstanding performance at $449! Some have complained about the display being poor. This can be improved by adjusting the radeon settings. Click on the radeon app. Click on the display and click on color located to the right. Click on automatic instead of 6500k. Brightness O Contrast 120 saturation 115. Click off vari-bright, Click on to virtual super resolution. You should see a much more vibrant screen as long as you are directly in front of the screen. Happy gaming!

I'm writing the review on the laptop while saving a video file and it's not even running slow, so that's great! I'm coming off a 2013 Toshiba so this is great for me, and it was 200 bucks cheaper at the cost of a smaller hard drive. You can add more memory and RAM to it, but I don't wanna risk hurting the thing to try myself Best gameplay test I've had is DMC Definitive Edition running at 240fps for those who care about that. The material used to make it makes the laptop feel dangerously fragile, as a heads up, but it's very light, fits easily into a laptop bag.