YMMV The coupon code used by the agent was CCHOLIDAY25. Hope its useful to someone. The chat representative didnt give this coupon code to me, but when the payment link was generated by the rep, i saw it on the payment page.
This saves $25. One of our members on this thread has detailed how to get in touch with the hp rep and get this coupon for the purchase.
HP has ran out of the backlit black keyboards! You can now only get the backlit option if you order silver or rose, both with silver keyboard. This is not surprising since white backlit shows up best with black background keys. silver background keyboards don't have as high visibility as black background keys with white backlit.
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expiredisaacl posted Nov 26, 2021 6:58 AM
HP 15z-ef2000 Laptop: 15.6" FHD IPS, Ryzen 5 5500U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD
$365
$580
37% off
+ Free Shippingat HP
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2 RAM slots, replaceable NVME and WiFi card, FHD IPS screen
only downside is the not so great battery size and probably not so great build quality.
but for sub-400, this is a no-brainer and can handle pretty much anything you can throw at it, especially if you take the 2x8GB 3200 RAM upgrade.
just wish other retails can price match on specific builds.
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First thing first, budget. This HP laptop offering best value from all the deal for high $300 to mid $400.
What kind of work, use you need? For gaming this HP would lose due to graphic demanding game would require dedicated graphic card. While GTX1650 wouldn't keep up with the newer more demanding game, it's still relevant for many games. Also dedicated graphic card is used toward 3D image work. However, for work that is less graphic reliant, the HP laptop is plenty sufficient. In some task that just relying on the CPU raw processing power, the HP laptop can even surpass the performance of the MSI.
So if you don't need it for 3D work, some graphic demanding game, and you don't want to stretch your budget, the HP laptop is very solid.
Save the money toward RAM upgrade, and it should be solid laptop for most non professional settings.
Upgrading the CPU for this kind of of laptop is not a good investment. You still need to upgrade RAM to take advantage of the CPU, but then it's getting "expensive". This laptop build ain't suitable for intense usage due to lacking the high end cooling tech. You don't want to invest in stuff that you can't pry out and reuse in the new laptop in a few years time. RAM, even SSD are reusable, so there is value in spending money on them to get a boost of performance.
Save the money toward RAM upgrade, and it should be solid laptop for most non professional settings.
Upgrading the CPU for this kind of of laptop is not a good investment. You still need to upgrade RAM to take advantage of the CPU, but then it's getting "expensive". This laptop build ain't suitable for intense usage due to lacking the high end cooling tech. You don't want to invest in stuff that you can't pry out and reuse in the new laptop in a few years time. RAM, even SSD are reusable, so there is value in spending money on them to get a boost of performance.
I chatted and got the $25 coupon, so I was cool with paying the extra $50.
Funny, I have that walmart 4500u from last BF. I wonder how much better this laptop will be in graphics and processing power?
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Now i have to figure out how to cancel my order from last night, without getting charged for it
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Seems the one in this thread is almost exactly the same, but can be optioned into an IPS screen for less money. Is that correct and I should be ordering this and returning the one from Walmart? Thanks for any advice.
Walmart HP
Seems the one in this thread is almost exactly the same, but can be optioned into an IPS screen for less money. Is that correct and I should be ordering this and returning the one from Walmart? Thanks for any advice.
I was mostly curious if I was missing anything that made the Walmart one worth the extra money.
Thanks for the reply.
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