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Model: EVOO 15.6" FHD Ultra Thin Intel® Core™ i7 8GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, Black
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I would try to get another $80 to get the following laptop (ryzen 5 3500u cpu passmark of 7180), IPS screen, and a more respectable brand. The EVO i7 cpu only has a passmark of 3500... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo...gn_id=9383
Would make a great starter laptop - sure it's an old i7, but for $300 new with a 256GB SSD and 1080p display, you'd be hard pressed to find a better laptop for $300 new.
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Would make a great starter laptop - sure it's an old i7, but for $300 new with a 256GB SSD and 1080p display, you'd be hard pressed to find a better laptop for $300 new.
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I have a couple EVOO laptops, including the one I'm typing this on that is my daily driver for work and personal and had held up great for a year, better than laptops 2x the price. My 4 year old also has a cheap one similar to this one in appearance but more in the netbook range and it has been reliable as well even for a 4 yr old.
I say that to show I don't have concerns about the brand, and I am sure the performance is more than adequate for a laptop in this price range, enough so that I would consider it for my wife except for one issue. Because the processor is old (came out 5 years ago), the chipset is old, and thus there is the chance that Microsoft drops support for it in a year or two and leave you with a laptop that can't get updates within 18 months after that. A lot of that depends on driver support as well and intel doesn't have a great track record of keeping drivers current on older hardware.
If you are fine with maybe only getting 3 years out of it, this is likely a great deal for a middle of the road budget laptop. I'm not sure if the memory and hard drive are upgradeable but have seen some reports they are so that would help.
More info and discussion from reddit. This was $379 in November.
That is actually for a model with a slightly newer 7th gen i7 but it's the same price and a better deal so I went ahead and picked it up for the wife, thanks for that lol!
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I have the evoo gaming laptop with 1660ti had been using it daily for my work and pleasure and wow I am impressed with it. Light weight narrow bezel 144hz 99 adobe rgb 1080p screen, plenty of ports, 9th gen i7, 16gb ram, 500 gb ssd, rgb keyboard all for less than $800! Other than the poor battery life I don't think there are many laptops that can even compare. But with the 6th Gen i7 i will pass on this one, its like 5 generations behind but then again $300 is the right price point. What would be use case though? If you needed a slightly powerful machine for browsing and occasional serious work this would be perfect but so will be a $300 laptop with a 10/11th i5
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7560U CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank: 1026
Last Price Change: NA
Average CPU Mark
3979
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6600U CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2015
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank: 1104
Last Price Change: NA
Average CPU Mark
3521
If it is a hard $300 budget, get the second one linked. If you can spend a little more, Ryzen 5 (possibly even Ryzen 7) processor based laptops that will perform much better can be found for $400ish
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More info and discussion from reddit. This was $379 in November.
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I say that to show I don't have concerns about the brand, and I am sure the performance is more than adequate for a laptop in this price range, enough so that I would consider it for my wife except for one issue. Because the processor is old (came out 5 years ago), the chipset is old, and thus there is the chance that Microsoft drops support for it in a year or two and leave you with a laptop that can't get updates within 18 months after that. A lot of that depends on driver support as well and intel doesn't have a great track record of keeping drivers current on older hardware.
If you are fine with maybe only getting 3 years out of it, this is likely a great deal for a middle of the road budget laptop. I'm not sure if the memory and hard drive are upgradeable but have seen some reports they are so that would help.
More info and discussion from reddit. This was $379 in November.
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WUT!? In for 10 just to shuck the SSDs! 🤣
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Intel Core i7-7560U @ 2.40GHz
Description: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Class: Laptop
Socket: BGA1356
Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
TDP Down: 9.5 W
Typical TDP: 15 W3
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7560U CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank: 1026
Last Price Change: NA
Average CPU Mark
3979
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versus Intel Core i7-6600U @ 2.60GHz
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1356
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 15 W
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6600U CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2015
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank: 1104
Last Price Change: NA
Average CPU Mark
3521
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