Gateway 15.6" Ultra Slim Notebook: AMD Ryzen 5 3450U, 1080p, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD

PowerfulClub4936

Sep 9, 2021 10:11 PM

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Quote from HeroTakesAFall

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Bought mine for the same price 6+ months ago. Was willing to give up durability for the price as I'm an adult and don't move this thing around much.

-Very happy with the speed so far for day-to-day use.
-Screen is matte, decent quality, not very bright. Someone said 250 nits in another thread, but not sure.
-4+ hours battery streaming 1080p video.
-Keyboard and pad seem fine, but others have complained about the pad.
-Speakers have very little volume.
-Case has some flex if you pick it up with one hand.
-Does not charge via USB-C.
-Added a 1TB M.2 SATA hard drive to the expansion port at the bottom. Super simple, has its own access panel. Expansion port doesn't seem to recognize NVMe M.2 drives.

I never got the main drive to take my Hynix P31.

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agarwalami

Sep 9, 2021 10:22 PM

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Quote from HeroTakesAFall

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Bought mine for the same price 6+ months ago. Was willing to give up durability for the price as I'm an adult and don't move this thing around much.

-Very happy with the speed so far for day-to-day use.
-Screen is matte, decent quality, not very bright. Someone said 250 nits in another thread, but not sure.
-4+ hours battery streaming 1080p video.
-Keyboard and pad seem fine, but others have complained about the pad.
-Speakers have very little volume.
-Case has some flex if you pick it up with one hand.
-Does not charge via USB-C.
-Added a 1TB M.2 SATA hard drive to the expansion port at the bottom. Super simple, has its own access panel. Expansion port doesn't seem to recognize NVMe M.2 drives.

I bought a gateway at bf last year. It was good until it lasted. It it not even one year and suddenly refused to boot up. Very very bad customer service. We are still trying to figure out how to fix it on its very first year.

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OrangeStag2904

Sep 9, 2021 10:37 PM

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OrangeStag2904Sep 9, 2021 10:37 PM

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Quote from MaroonHeart144

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How does this compare to the EVOO posted yesterady? https://slickdeals.net/f/15269191-349-evoo-14-1-ultra-slim-notebook-elite-series-fhd-display-amd-ryzen-5-3500u-processor-with-radeon-vega-8-graphics-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-hd-webcam-windows-10-home?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1

virtually same processor except for the speed diff. 8GB RAM will hold back that system to make it feel slower than this Gateway system.

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OrangeStag2904

Sep 9, 2021 10:41 PM

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OrangeStag2904Sep 9, 2021 10:41 PM

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Quote from exm

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To those talking about memory: I believe the the GPU uses 2 Gb of shared memory. I have 12 Gb (4+8) in my older Ryzen 3500, 10 Gb usable. Really plenty if you aren't doing anything crazy. However, I wouldn't recommend 8 Gb on these memory shared Ryzen processors. 16 Gb is more than enough.

you won't be on "dual-channel" with 12GB; it'll probably be hybrid: 8GB in dual-channel and 4GB in single. single vs dual channel is pretty significant for iGPU. and i dont think you get to choose which 2GB to assign to the iGPU.

OrangeStag2904

Sep 9, 2021 10:47 PM

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Quote from SweetBearCub

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Oh my. The Ryzen 5 3450U is quite a bit slower than the Ryzen 5 5500U that was in the $399 HP from a few weeks/months ago.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...3881vs4141

The fingerprint scanner and extra RAM (HP shipped with 8 GB, but had 4 GB x 2 in 2 slots) are nice though.

if you have an extra $100 (include the added cost of getting 8GB RAM), 5500u is worth it. but for some people, $100 is a day worth of work...

exm

Sep 9, 2021 10:48 PM

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Quote from OrangeStag2904

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you won't be on "dual-channel" with 12GB; it'll probably be hybrid: 8GB in dual-channel and 4GB in single. single vs dual channel is pretty significant for iGPU. and i dont think you get to choose which 2GB to assign to the iGPU.

Correct. 8Gb dual channel. From what I read, the GPU requests memory "on demand". But again, I only use the laptop for web browsing, some minor office duties and other minor tasks.

ThinksTooMuch

Sep 9, 2021 10:50 PM

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Quote from kbenson

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Photoshop out of the question then, eh?

Depends upon your patience & what you're doing. 16GB RAM (well, 14 GB after GPU takes its cut) ought to help things a bit.

timta2

Sep 9, 2021 10:51 PM

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Quote from agarwalami

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I bought a gateway at bf last year. It was good until it lasted. It it not even one year and suddenly refused to boot up. Very very bad customer service. We are still trying to figure out how to fix it on its very first year.

If you're buying incredibly cheap laptops, you really can't expect any kind of customer service. It's just not the way the world works anymore. It's all about profit, greed, and exploitation these days. And I mean we are talking about Walmart laptops, here.

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SirLinux

Sep 9, 2021 10:58 PM

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Quote from namlook

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Gateway branding still uses the spotted cow logo. I thought they would have updated that at some point.

Marketing. With the price of beef anything associated with a cow would give a premium vibe.

Yat

Sep 9, 2021 10:59 PM

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Quote from swechsler

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And: "EVOO imports devices made by Shenzhen Bmorn Technology, a Chinese national brand".

So don't be surprised if this laptop phones home fairly often.

No one cares about Lenovo so I guess no one care about this either

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NiceGuyFinishLast

Sep 9, 2021 11:05 PM

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NiceGuyFinishLastSep 9, 2021 11:05 PM

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Is this enough for amazon workspaces, microsoft teams and google chrome browsing? Need a quick laptop for wfh but realized my old dell workstation with windows7 doesn't cut it anymore LOL

MasterShake5

Sep 9, 2021 11:21 PM

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Quote from phrankiephotog

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16 gb is probably sufficient, but can the ram be increased in this?

I took this as a joke about how that's always a (legitimate) question on these threads. Thanks for the chuckle.

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gerf

Sep 9, 2021 11:57 PM

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Quote from kbenson

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Photoshop out of the question then, eh?

PS is fine, heavy duty video editing maybe no

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Shake-N-Bake

Sep 9, 2021 11:59 PM

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Shake-N-BakeSep 9, 2021 11:59 PM

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Quote from monkey02

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why does the price continue to drop ??

It hasn't dropped. I paid this same price for it 5 months ago. There's a nearly identical version that has an Intel CPU, for $400, so maybe that's what you're thinking of.

SweetBearCub

Sep 10, 2021 12:01 AM

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Quote from OrangeStag2904

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if you have an extra $100 (include the added cost of getting 8GB RAM), 5500u is worth it. but for some people, $100 is a day worth of work...

I'm sure it is.

Just pointing out that there is a significant performance difference to be aware of, despite the fact that this system has a "Ryzen 5" processor, even compared to systems that are so close in price.

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