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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 772 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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94%would recommend to a friend

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Customers have good things to say about the Pavilion 15.6" Gaming Laptop's performance, especially for average gamers, and its affordability. Many appreciate the ease of upgrading the RAM and find the keyboard pleasant to use. However, some customers express concerns about the screen quality and battery life, with a few also mentioning the laptop's hinge.

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  • Cons mentioned:
    Screen quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop for the price

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this laptop on sale for $450. At that price for a Ryzen 5 and GTX 1650 is a great deal. Screen is a TN panel and the colors are fine after some calibration. For those who must have a IPS panel, you're not going to find one at this pricing point. 2 ram slots and 1 is occupied by a 1gb dd4 stick. Keyboard is back lid with green light and cannot be changed. The keyboard itself is probably the weakest part. The area around the keys sink down if you press too hard and the keys can get stuck on the edges. Hard to explain, have you feel it yourself to understand. Overall very happy with the purchase.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Lightning Fast

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Xmas present for High Schooler. Lightning fast and lots of storage. Will add more memory at a later date.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ram, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great laptop, plenty of processing speed and memory. Great for gaming or everyday computer needs. I am very happy with this purchase.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great Gaming Laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Overall performance is awesome, can run most older games on max settings and newer games on minimum. Only issue I had which took me a few days to figure out a fix along with contacting Microsoft 4 times is that when resetting the laptop it ran into an error that kept corrupting the OS. Ended up having to reinstall from a USB drive to fix it completely. Other than that, the only other thing this laptop lacks is hard drive space, which I know it's only a 256 GB SSD, I just dont have the experience to open the laptop up and put a 1 TB drive into it and I cant seem to find any tutorials online.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop for the price!!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great laptop when i got it in thanksgiving for 450$. at that price, I don't think you will get a better laptop. The screen although is not that great. Based on some viewing angles, the colors become white almost. But minor adjustments and calibration plus tilting your screen fixes it. I mostly use this with a monitor and is a pleasure to use. It does not heat up much under most of the esports title games I play. Even on stressful tasks, you can barely feel the heat from this laptop. I thought it would be bulky, but although it looks big it is pretty light to hold. It is made of plastic but has matte like finish which is nice. Might attract some fingerprints but nothing too crazy. The keyboard is good to use, but the trackpad is not the greatest (i come from a macbook pro , hp spectre and thinkpad, so I might have too much expectations). It has a usb-c but the it cannot connect to a monitor through the port as far as I have tried. But it has hdmi port separately for monitors and you can use the usb -c for your hub (which might be minor inconvenience since i have an usb hub with all the ports I need and I end up attaching the hdmi directly to the laptop everytime I switch between a macbook to this laptop). The charger is allegedly one of the best that comes with the laptop, but some games become choppy if the laptop is not plugged in.(maybe due to lack of battery charge ?). Battery on normal use case lasts 8 hours probably, but I use it heavily with games and watching videos so I have no tested this extensively. But overall a great laptop to snag if you get it for 450 - 600. The best part though is you can add another ram with the extra ram slot and a 2.5 inch ssd/hdd bay which is super good. So you can easily make this laptop have another 1tb and 16gig or 32 gig ram easily. The ram is 3200 mhz with cas 22(but does not support XMP because of the ryzen processor so make sure it is a normal ram, the stock ram is the samsung one for 8 gigs). I have played civ 6 extremely well in high settings , fifa 21 in medium, league and other esports titles in high.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Screen quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    ITS OK

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Its hard get a laptop rite now..I use it for work.. pretty fast...no issues...the screen is ok..not so graphic...

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Laptop, change out that awful slow NVME!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this on a super sale before Christmas for $450. For the price, it's an awesome product. Superfast Ryzen 5 4600H processor and nice Graphics card! I change out the subpar cheap 256GB NVME for a premium faster 500GB and now even at 8GB of Ram, this is a beast! What a difference changing out the NVME drive would make. The existing one is slow. Just like in every computer they sell from the manufacturers. So go with the cheapest Drive and change it out yourself. You'll be a Champ for doing it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ram, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Hp gaming laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great entry level gaming laptop Add the extra ram if you can. I added 8gb for a total of 16gb It runs fast and is reliable!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Keyboard
    Cons mentioned:
    Screen quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great price for a good laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    excellent laptop great price. love backlit keyboard.Saw people had isssues with screen can be fixed just useing windows

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Ram

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fastest

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love this one. The ryzen CPU is powerful. I don’t play games. The laptop is super fast when I deal with words and webs.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Price, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast as hell!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Had it for 2 months now and it's fantastic. Have had zero problems and is super fast. A GREAT deal for Black Friday.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great Value for Mid-high gaming

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought on sale and no other competitor had anything relatively close to these specs while being in the same price range. Purchased for a young teen who does a lot of gaming but doesn't need ultra-high settings. The specs perform well for the games he's played on it, CS GO, Overwatch, Skyrim, etc. He's only had it a few weeks, but he uses it all day/night and there isn't an over-heating problem that I usually see with these value gaming laptops. We'll see how long it lasts, but for now the performance and quality are worth the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    HP Gaming Laptop at a reasonable price range

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a well-performed gaming laptop at a reasonable price. Most of games I play can be working smoothly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop buy it

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome laptop, I'm so happy with my purchase very fast, all the games I want to play have played just great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing value for the price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fantastic entry level unit, relatively cheap to upgrade too, after opening it up and seeing an open slot for an extra bay for more ram I added an additional 16gb of ddr4-3200mhz, and to my delight there is an open SATA bay that I added an additional 1tb SSD, the system runs smoothly without any issues, amazing value, great performance! Grab one while it's on sale!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    As per pricewise, this is very good laptop for moderate and upper intermediate gamer. One drawback of this laptop is less storage. If you have external hard drive, so you can use that external hard drive for storage of your other games. Then it gives you more faster respond. If you play only 2 or 3 game, you don't need to any external hard drive. Overall pricewise, look wise, performance wise, It is very good gamming computer.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    decent gaming

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    this laptop runs Sims 4 and Crusader Kings 3, and only lags if its low battery

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    gaming

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice clear picture, fast speed, sleek and nice looking. Excellent for what I want it for.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Screen quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good intro gaming laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    So far this computer is exactly what I needed for my sons birthday present. Set up was easy and computer performance seems fine for what he’ll use it for. As some reviewers mentioned, the screen doesn’t look great unless you are right in front of it. For the price, I can deal with that. I wish the computer felt a little sturdier and less like plastic, but again, I didn’t pay a ton for this machine. I think it will be a great first laptop for my 11 year old and will perform well for his minor gaming/video needs.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Screen quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Top tier budget laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My one complaint on this laptop is the TFT screen is lower quality than an IPS, but the GTX 1650 makes up for it. You have to pick and choose what you want out of laptops -- a nice screen, or some other nice spec like the video card here. Do some calibration in Windows, and it will improve a bit. This is one of the best budget laptops around for 2020.

    I would recommend this to a friend