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HP 15 Laptop: 15.6" 1080p, Ryzen 5 5500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Expired
$399
$549.00
+ Free Shipping
Walmart has HP 15.6" 15-ef2126wm Laptop for $399.Shipping is free or choose free store pick up where stock permits.
Specs:
- Note: Availability for free store pickup may vary by location.
Specs:
- 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD Display (up to 250 nits, 45% NTSC)
- AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2.1GHz 6-Core / 12-Thread Processor
- AMD Radeon Graphics
- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- 256GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- Windows 10
- Ports:
- 1x USB Type-C
- 2x USB Type-A
- 1x HDMI 1.4b
- 1x Audio Combo Jack
- 3-cell, 41 Wh Li-ion
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Edited January 26, 2022
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/986002531
HP 15.6" FHD, AMD R5-5500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, SPRUCE BLUE, Windows 11, 15-ef2126wm
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Good lower power chip that offers a good bang for the buck.
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...otherwise seems like very good specs at this 399 price.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROTKE6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIwb_g8
some gaming graphic samples
https://youtu.be/x8Djj0E4Jn8?t=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ftqqgH
Here is a video of upgrading a ef series which this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuLdVA
So, I guess the other can be swapped for RAM upgrade..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROTKE6
So, I guess the other can be swapped for RAM upgrade..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROTKE6
2 weeks ago
is the ram able to be upgraded to lets say 2x8gb stick of ram?REPLY
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EVO Tech2 weeks ago
yes you can upgrade the ram easily.
From a comment he replied EVO Tech2 the maker of the video. Fully upgradable.
My comment was directed more at the fact its prolly not a "sale". 550 is a bit overinflated for this laptop. The wm in the model number usually indicates a "special buy" which means selling price is normal price until it gets clearanced out. It's a good price and my wife plays Skyrim, fallout 4, Sims, and Planet * games on ultra/high with no issues.
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...I will receive it today and check if I want to keep it or not.
I made another post about what a bad panel looks like here>> https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
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update: First impressions are the laptop is nice with ok build quality, and quick response, but I did notice the lack of color accurate TN panel.
Screen looks a bit hazy compared to my other IPS level MSI laptop previously. But that's an unfair comparison of a gaming laptop vs this basic low priced one. I have 2 other 10 year old laptops with TN glossy 768p panels, and they also look a bit better than this HP screen.
--So this HP does have poor viewing angles (if screen is "not" tilted back)- side to side, and head level high and low, dims screen more than better laptop screens.
I found that placing screen at a backward tilt 15 to 45 degree angle improves colors and details, so your eyes have a direct on view- facing the screen...The Angle of screen depends on how much higher our head level is to the level of the laptop. ; Keyboard is ok but it does have a plasticky vibrating feel (So if you are picky about keyboard, then typing experience may vary.).
Speakers seem ok too with better base and highs and loudness compared to other cheap laptops, not too bad at all. (Surprisingly sounds good to me despite others saying bad things.)
With the screen lid straight up while our eyes are looking down at the screen, it looks hazy, grey & washed out with whites blowing out details. --so you have to view the laptop at a very specific direct view angle to improve the image clarity and colors, (for those who like this laptop and want to keep it)......Just keep in mind some types of images cannot be improved with TN panels like this, eg. Dark movies sometimes look grey and difficult to see/washed out.
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Might be worth waiting a bit to see if local WM clearances out.
Yes Black Friday days this would not be that great but we are not in that now or anytime soon.
Battery life is like what? 3 hours? I had an army of them at work.
That low a single core score is like comparing a 6 hp lawn mower engine to a 7hp lawnmower engine. It's not super noticeable to the average person. Until they need to do something that needs a lot of cores and threads. Those extra cores and threads are gonna come in way more handy for the average person. Software now is being programmed to take advantage of more and more cores and soon 4 cores even "slightly" faster 4 cores in very specific work loads will easily get out classed by a 6 core machine
https://www.cpubenchmar
Yes you can find i3-1125G4 based laptops for cheaper than $399 but taking into the performance/power consumption into consideration, nothing really beats 5500u and it has been like that for the past year.
Intel i3 also runs hotter, a lot hotter than ryzen for the same task (associated with the power draw). AMD is changing my perception slowly but surely.
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6000 series won't come out for a very long time unfortunately. They are required to have DDR5 RAM, and there's a massive shortage of those sticks.
I don't know why they required that, but they did. Probably to get the high IGPU stats they showed at CES.
If you pay attention only Lenovo promised laptops for 6000 series (non H) and they're all business oriented laptops due to their new security chip, so I think the majority of the volume will go to B2B. Their Yoga 6 will still have 5000 series, and even in AMD's slides there's mostly 5000 series processors for the U series.
12th Gen intel so far is looking like a mixed bag: great for high end laptops and desktops but with worse power draw then before (which already was a hog). The big little design might be a disappointment for the low end 15W chips while drawing more power than current as the base clocks are low (their load is 55W…which is significantly higher than current Intel chips, so I think all those cores will come at the price of worse battery life).
So I think getting a Ryzen laptop is going to be the best bet for awhile at this power draw level. Maybe by Black Friday you'll start seeing 6800U laptops but even then they'll be focused on the high end. The value will still be the 5000 series until next year when DDR5 becomes more standard in laptops.
tl;dr: 2022 will be amazing for gaming laptops…but ultraportables will stagnate, or maybe get worse slightly.
2023 though will probably be amazing for ultraportables.