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Select MicroCenter Stores: HP Pavilion Plus 14" Laptop (Refurb): 2.8K OLED, Ryzen 7

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Select Micro Center Stores have HP Pavilion Plus Laptop (Refurb, 88C84UAR#ABA) on sale for $479.99. This item is available for in-store purchase only.

Note: Product/availability may vary depending on location; may not be available in all stores for purchase.

Thanks to community member Dr.Wajahat for finding this deal.

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 8-core, 16-thread (3.3GHz Base / 5.1GHz Boost) Processor
14" (2880x1800) 120Hz 500nits 2.8K OLED Display
16GB LPDDR5x-6400 RAM
1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
Wifi 6E 2x2 Wireless LAN 802.11ax + Bluetooth 5.3
Windows 11 Home
Ports:
- 1x USB 3.1 (Gen 1 Type-A)
- 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1 Type-C)
- 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 1 Type-A)

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SPECS:

14" 2.8K (2880 x 1800) 16:10, 48-120Hz, SDR 400-nits, HDR 500-nits, Low Blue Light, OLED Display
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U (up to 5.1 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores, 16 threads)
AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
16GB LPDDR5x-6400 MHz RAM (Onboard)
1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
Wi-Fi 6E + BT 5.3
HP Wide Vision 5MP IR Camera w/ Camera Privacy Shutter
Full-size, backlit, soft grey keyboard
3-cell, 51 Wh Li-ion polymer Battery
3.19 lbs.
Ports:
- 2x USB Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 1x USB Type-A
- 1x HDMI-out 2.1
- 1x headphone/microphone combo

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Really great price for a nice laptop and one that can handle steam deck like gaming

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05-04-2024 at 03:14 AM.

Picked up the open box at the Paterson, NJ location yesterday. Battery has 3 charge cycles and the laptop looks pretty clean. The techs said it was returned due to overheating / loud noise. (If you returned it and it legit has overheating problems, ping me!)

Other than doing a factory reset I haven't had time to use it. Fans are definitely louder than I'm used to. $421 OTD though, I may suck it up…

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05-04-2024 at 03:27 AM.

Quote from wasssup

You can just run some stress tests to see it it overheats. One thing I noticed about mine is just how cool it runs compared to my Intel laptops. Fan noise is a bit annoying, but overheating is definitely not an issue.

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05-15-2024 at 02:38 PM.

I just got one, since it's refurbished and I never seen this before can anyone tell me when the display is off, is it normal that the glass reflection isn't 1:1 like a mirror, there's a bend to the reflection like fun house mirrors?
I've never seen this on mac, iphone, ipad etc. don't know if this is normal for PC.

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05-19-2024 at 04:38 PM.

This or https://slickdeals.net/f/17498772-hp-envy-x360-14-fhd-ips-touch-ryzen-5-8640hs-16gb-lpddr5-512gb-ssd-599-99?

The Envy is a 2-in-1 and has better speakers, possibly better cooling, slightly newer CPU.
This has a better GPU.

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05-25-2024 at 10:37 AM.

Quote from roophz

As CrimsonWeather mentioned earlier, the HP Care Pack is excellent.

You can find it by google HP Care Pack and selecting the option with Pavilion 14.

Instead of the package above, I would recommend getting the 3 year with the additional theft prevention. It's more expensive at 100 bucks. But also risk free, eg if your laptop doesn't get stolen or if you didn't request for any repairs, you get the insurance costs back (excluding about $15 in tax).

Of course, arguably, you could have needed repair services (and not have it stolen). But without an oracle, and knowing how laptops get stolen constantly, it will give you a peace of mind

If you read the description, theft protection doesn't do jack. They install some "Find my iPhone" type software on your laptop and give an option to remotely wipe it. Which is useless since you can (and should) use full disk encryption anyway.

I also have to wonder if they'll even honor the warranty, since Micro Center says 90 days only. So what it says certified refurbished on the box? Could as well say new. What matters is what's written on the store page and receipt.

Edit: Also, neither the care pack you nor the poster above you cited are compatible with this model. You're supposed to go to https://cpc2.ext.hp.com/ and enter your product #. It'll list all compatible packs. The cheapest risk-free care pack that works with Pavilion Plus 14 costs $170.

As a side note, this link is also how you can check the real age of your laptop. When you enter the product #, you get 2 dropdown items. If you click on the one w/o the "R" at the end, the warranty start date is the original purchase date. If others could share their original start dates here, we could have a few data points and see how old these refurbs really are. Mine says, "25/10/2023."