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HP 15.6" Laptop (YMMV) i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD $439.99

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Staples has the HP 15-dw3165st laptop on sale for $439.99 FS (where available) or instore pickup.

https://www.staples.com/hp-15-dw3...t_24487410

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Intel Core i5-1135G7
8 GB DDR4-2666 MHz RAM (2 x 4 GB)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
256 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
15.6" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), micro-edge, anti-glare, 250 nits, 45% NTSC
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 combo
1 USB C, 2 USB A, 1 HDMI, 1 RJ-45
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str1pesrules
10-16-2021 at 11:23 AM.
10-16-2021 at 11:23 AM.
Decent for light video editing or hard pass?
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QuixoticOne
10-16-2021 at 11:39 AM.
10-16-2021 at 11:39 AM.
With 2x4GB RAM that's probably got one SODIMM soldered in and the other one probably being VERY hard to get at to improve that's a negative to me for your / my use case.
Then look at the fact that it has no external GPU card it seems like it could perform a lot better for some kinds of video processing tasks if it had a GPU card; depends on the kind of video work you are doing and the program's ability to use the internal or external GPU effectively.

And then the internal SSD is not large and not exactly super fast either.

I'd probably look at like 32GBy or 64 GBy RAM, 1TB-2TB fast TLC NVME SSD with DRAM cache and an external GPU card for video editing personally.
Actually I'd really try hard to do it on a suitably equipped desktop rather than a laptop since the relevant HW would be cheaper, more easily expandable / customizable, and wouldn't thermally throttle like a laptop would.

So my vote: hard pass for you.

I'm passing too for similar reasons.

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Decent for light video editing or hard pass?
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sj791
10-16-2021 at 04:42 PM.
10-16-2021 at 04:42 PM.
Quote from QuixoticOne :
With 2x4GB RAM that's probably got one SODIMM soldered in and the other one probably being VERY hard to get at to improve that's a negative to me for your / my use case.
Then look at the fact that it has no external GPU card it seems like it could perform a lot better for some kinds of video processing tasks if it had a GPU card; depends on the kind of video work you are doing and the program's ability to use the internal or external GPU effectively.

And then the internal SSD is not large and not exactly super fast either.

I'd probably look at like 32GBy or 64 GBy RAM, 1TB-2TB fast TLC NVME SSD with DRAM cache and an external GPU card for video editing personally.
Actually I'd really try hard to do it on a suitably equipped desktop rather than a laptop since the relevant HW would be cheaper, more easily expandable / customizable, and wouldn't thermally throttle like a laptop would.

So my vote: hard pass for you.

I'm passing too for similar reasons.
I believe that neither stick of RAM is soldered - Crucial advertises pairs being available for this laptop: https://www.crucial.com/compatibl...5-dw3165st

I agree that you can definitely find a better machine for video editing, but it will cost considerably more (especially the dedicated video card portion).
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10-17-2021 at 07:46 AM.
10-17-2021 at 07:46 AM.
I guess it depends what "video editing" means to you.

If video editing means working on simple short family videos or similar then this would probably do fine.

If it means editing and color-grading feature length Hollywood videos in your mom's basement like most SD members, then no. Because you're better off editing nothing if you aren't doing it right. So you shouldn't be looking at a bargain ~$400+ laptop.

btw, on a more serious not, if it does have two slots I would assume it would accept whatever higher capacity RAM sticks fit up to at least 32GB RAM. I don't know if it has a speed limiting on the RAM but those limits seem to hold more than limiting max RAM seem to. I say 32GB RAM because I don't often have 64GB RAM sticks to throw in things to test.
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beeone
10-17-2021 at 08:53 AM.
10-17-2021 at 08:53 AM.
Already out of stock for delivery unfortunately
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The_Doug
10-18-2021 at 01:14 AM.
10-18-2021 at 01:14 AM.
Quote from str1pesrules :
Decent for light video editing or hard pass?
If you can get a Ryzen 5 that's 6c/12t at this price, it'll do better. I mean, they had that in an HP last November w/ a GTX 1650.

Laptop prices do seem worse than a year ago. But I'd at least wait a couple weeks to see what Black November sales bring.
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10-18-2021 at 01:16 AM.
10-18-2021 at 01:16 AM.
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The_Doug
10-18-2021 at 01:33 AM.
10-18-2021 at 01:33 AM.
If anyone's interested, Lenovo has their Y540 with the 2060 for $739: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/outl...81SX00R6CF

I think it's the cheapest you'll see anything near that caliber, even a standalone discrete card.

Correction: It's the 1660 Ti. I think the MSI w/ the 3060 is a better deal at $850. But this really isn't what this posted deal for $440 is about.
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Touha
10-18-2021 at 02:19 AM.
10-18-2021 at 02:19 AM.
Quote from The_Doug :
If anyone's interested, Lenovo has their Y540 with the 2060 for $739: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/outl...81SX00R6CF

I think it's the cheapest you'll see anything near that caliber, even a standalone discrete card.
9th gen processor Frown
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jboogs81
10-18-2021 at 03:13 AM.
10-18-2021 at 03:13 AM.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-15-.../348196199

this will be a pre black friday deal at Walmart for 379.99
HP Laptop 15.6" FHD, 11th Generation Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Natural Silver, Windows 10 Home, 15-dy2095wm

i think this goes live Nov 10 for a couple days

Probably will grab this and see send it back if better deals pop up over the month.
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Luigis3rdcousin
10-18-2021 at 04:57 AM.
10-18-2021 at 04:57 AM.
The HP ryzen 5500u for 400 is a better buy than this one
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Luigis3rdcousin
10-18-2021 at 04:58 AM.
10-18-2021 at 04:58 AM.
Quote from str1pesrules :
Decent for light video editing or hard pass?

Look for a gaming laptop with a discreet graphics card if you want to do any video editing
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cleek
10-18-2021 at 06:49 AM.
10-18-2021 at 06:49 AM.
Quote from mickybluesb :
Look for a gaming laptop with a discreet graphics card if you want to do any video editing
not true - the video processing in the 11gen + Xe are fine unless your using a commercial class tool chain for transcoding.
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10-18-2021 at 03:42 PM.
10-18-2021 at 03:42 PM.
Quote from Touha :
9th gen processor Frown
Yep, a definite trade off. Still, if you want a very good gaming machine, you can't really beat that total system price.
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