HP Pavilion Laptop: Ryzen 7 4700U, 15.6" 1080P IPS, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD EXPIRED

Looks like touch screen option has increased to additional $100 now! I believe it was a $70 option earlier this morning.

Great price (I think it's the cheapest I've seen with the Ryzen 7 4700U CPU + 16GB RAM), but it looks like there's no backlit keyboard - in case for those who cares.

I also have mixed feelings about HP laptops - my wife had a couple HP laptops for work and both of their fans died without one year.

Checkout the reviews about the sound issues.

https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...93117.html

I suggest against this chip. This chip is fast but its unusable in thin laptops. I have dell inspiron 7405 with the same 4700U. It overheats to the extent I cannot touch laptop at the keys. (forget about the rear side of the laptop). Currently its only workable by connecting to external monitor and wireless keyboard, an external fan.
Making faster chips isnt great, making chips that run cool is good. Intel specializes in later.

Speed: you dont need 8 cores unless you are playing games or doing video editing like tasks. I copied 740 GB, opened a 250 MB excel docume, played light games and I have never seen the CPI going over 37% for bigger tasks. It runs generally under 5% during normal tasks and browsing yet it overheats.

the 2 months i had this laptop with 4700U, I had to reach out to Dell 12 times. They did replace the processor. No luck.
So far i had witnessed mic issues, ryzen and intel wifi card compatibility issues, battery issues
with laptop all related to the chip indirectly. I bought another dell laptop with intel 11th gen couldnt be happier. My personal suggestion is, intel is expensive for a reason - better tests, reliable, runs cool. Its worth it. Dont take chances with Ryzen if you are planning on buying laptop and use it for more than 1 hour a day. This chip may work better with a gaming laptop body and thermals definitely not in a slim laptop.

Good luck in choosing a laptop that runs cool and reliable.

Quote from penpex : I think a really good deal also, for those that want more RAM or a 2TB SSD for instance, is getting the lowest configuration (+ WiFi 6 as it's $10) for $519.99 (click Customize and Buy): HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC Ceramic white Windows 10 Home 64 AMD Ryzen™ 7 4700U (2.0 GHz, up to 4.1 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, 8 cores) + AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 X 4 GB) 15.6" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, micro-edge, BrightView, 250 nits 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD and then doing upgrades by yourself (for instance, 2x16GB=32GB can be found for less than $100, and 2TB of SSD for less than $200). The questions are now: 1) is it possible to upgrade the two slots of RAM and the SSD on that model? 2) does doing so void warranty? I feel like this is close to the lowest we have seen for a 4700u.

No customize & buy option on page

Quote from saminkhan : No customize & buy option on page

Here:
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp...-9yv59av-1

Quote from princebargain : Checkout the reviews about the sound issues. https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...93117.html

Thanks. Was going to buy for my dd but decided not to based on this!

Quote from destinyschild : Is it a touch screen?

You can customize the laptops from Home Screen. Great customization options there

Way better deal than the Dell I got with the same specs, but with only 8gb ram, which finally arrived yesterday.

Quote from spooky187 : I think its been discussed before ram upgrades dont void it and I imagine the ssd is even easier to replace than ram.

I asked the chat if I could change SSD and put 2 sticks of 16GB and got a yes for the SSD, but for the RAM I got this:
"The laptop was not tested with that configuration. There is a possibility that the memory slots won't read the 16GB memory modules."
I don't think that means it's impossible (would be weird), but do you have some link where I can see if someone did it already?

Quote from Welshman : Way better deal than the Dell I got with the same specs, but with only 8gb ram, which finally arrived yesterday.

Are you referring to the one that was $568? Because mine still hasn't shipped and I'm considering cancelling it, and taking one of these instead, but need to be sure I can upgrade as easily as the Dell.
That Zoom sound glitch is clearly weird too, but, it's still $49 cheaper so...

I am a 100 percent you can get the ram successfully to work in the laptop. As long as you get the correct type and size.
I am not sure what size this one will take , so you'll have to ask one of the guys here.

Quote from penpex : I asked the chat if I could change SSD and put 2 sticks of 16GB and got a yes forthe SSD, but for the RAM I got this: "The laptop was not tested with that configuration. There is a possibility that the memory slots won't read the 16GB memory modules." I don't think that means it's impossible (would be weird), but do you have some link where I can see if someone did it already?

My reply above...

Quote from dumbTechie : I suggest against this chip. This chip is fast but its unusable in thin laptops. I have dell inspiron 7405 with the same 4700U. It overheats to the extent I cannot touch laptop at the keys. (forget about the rear side of the laptop). Currently its only workable by connecting to external monitor and wireless keyboard, an external fan. Making faster chips isnt great, making chips that run cool is good. Intel specializes in later. Speed: you dont need 8 cores unless you are playing games or doing video editing like tasks. I copied 740 GB, opened a 250 MB excel docume, played light games and I have never seen the CPI going over 37% for bigger tasks. It runs generally under 5% during normal tasks and browsing yet it overheats. the 2 months i had this laptop with 4700U, I had to reach out to Dell 12 times. They did replace the processor. No luck. So far i had witnessed mic issues, ryzen and intel wifi card compatibility issues, battery issues with laptop all related to the chip indirectly. I bought another dell laptop with intel 11th gen couldnt be happier. My personal suggestion is, intel is expensive for a reason - better tests, reliable, runs cool. Its worth it. Dont take chances with Ryzen if you are planning on buying laptop and use it for more than 1 hour a day. This chip may work better with a gaming laptop body and thermals definitely not in a slim laptop. Good luck in choosing a laptop that runs cool and reliable.

Homage to Intel chips. https://www.tomshardware.com/feat...intel-cpus

Quote from dumbTechie : I suggest against this chip. This chip is fast but its unusable in thin laptops. I have dell inspiron 7405 with the same 4700U. It overheats to the extent I cannot touch laptop at the keys. (forget about the rear side of the laptop). Currently its only workable by connecting to external monitor and wireless keyboard, an external fan. Making faster chips isnt great, making chips that run cool is good. Intel specializes in later. Speed: you dont need 8 cores unless you are playing games or doing video editing like tasks. I copied 740 GB, opened a 250 MB excel docume, played light games and I have never seen the CPI going over 37% for bigger tasks. It runs generally under 5% during normal tasks and browsing yet it overheats. the 2 months i had this laptop with 4700U, I had to reach out to Dell 12 times. They did replace the processor. No luck. So far i had witnessed mic issues, ryzen and intel wifi card compatibility issues, battery issues with laptop all related to the chip indirectly. I bought another dell laptop with intel 11th gen couldnt be happier. My personal suggestion is, intel is expensive for a reason - better tests, reliable, runs cool. Its worth it. Dont take chances with Ryzen if you are planning on buying laptop and use it for more than 1 hour a day. This chip may work better with a gaming laptop body and thermals definitely not in a slim laptop. Good luck in choosing a laptop that runs cool and reliable.

Despite the awesome specs for the price, hp build quality worries me