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expiredDr.W posted Apr 15, 2025 9:43 AM

HP Elitebook 845 G8 (Refurb): 14" FHD, Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

$325

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Prycedin via eBay has HP Elitebook 845 G8 Laptop (Certified Refurbished, 49V27UCI#ABA_R0194412, Silver) for $325. Shipping is free.

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

Specs:
  • 14" FHD (1920x1080) 16:9, 60Hz, Anti-glare, IPS Display
  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U (1.9 GHz base clock, up to 4.4 GHz max boost clock,16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores)
  • 16GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
  • 512GB PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD
  • AMD Radeon Graphics
  • 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0
  • 720p HD camera
  • Synaptics fs7605 touch fingerprint sensor with pureprint
  • Backlit keyboard
  • 3-cell, 53 Wh Li-ion polymer battery
  • 1.37 kg (3.02 lbs.)
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (1 Charging)
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Headphone/microphone combo jack
    • 1x AC power port

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this product:
    • The item is in pristine, like-new condition. It has been professionally inspected, cleaned, and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor to meet manufacturer specifications. The item will be in new packaging with original or new accessories. See the seller's listing for full details.
    • This item has a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate.
  • About this store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.

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Written by Dr.W
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Prycedin via eBay has HP Elitebook 845 G8 Laptop (Certified Refurbished, 49V27UCI#ABA_R0194412, Silver) for $325. Shipping is free.

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

Specs:
  • 14" FHD (1920x1080) 16:9, 60Hz, Anti-glare, IPS Display
  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U (1.9 GHz base clock, up to 4.4 GHz max boost clock,16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores)
  • 16GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
  • 512GB PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD
  • AMD Radeon Graphics
  • 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0
  • 720p HD camera
  • Synaptics fs7605 touch fingerprint sensor with pureprint
  • Backlit keyboard
  • 3-cell, 53 Wh Li-ion polymer battery
  • 1.37 kg (3.02 lbs.)
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (1 Charging)
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Headphone/microphone combo jack
    • 1x AC power port

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this product:
    • The item is in pristine, like-new condition. It has been professionally inspected, cleaned, and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor to meet manufacturer specifications. The item will be in new packaging with original or new accessories. See the seller's listing for full details.
    • This item has a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate.
  • About this store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.

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Apr 16, 2025 3:52 AM
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StevenD6327Apr 16, 2025 3:52 AM
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Quote from ndj123 :
Have you tried playing 4K-8K e.g. youtube over long time? (AV1) Wonder how it behaves wrt CPU load/battery life.
It has hardware VP9 decoding for YouTube but not AV1. So when I tried it on a 4K video in power saver mode it took 10 watts, and then when I lowered the resolution to 1440p and 1080p that particular video switched to AV1 and still took 10W. Playback is always smooth, I don't really have any problems with performance in anything unless I lock the gpu to the lowest possible power settings.

The battery on this HP laptop is 53Wh just like on my Thinkpad and 5 hours of high res video seems about right in my experience.

This is on Linux though which is notorious for browsers turning off hardware decoding, Windows might be better at it.

It's also funny, when I bought the Thinkpad I wanted this HP computer for the replaceable RAM but it was during the covid shortages so I couldn't find it in stock.
Apr 16, 2025 5:06 AM
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DeVisiveApr 16, 2025 5:06 AM
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Quote from Revolukas :
Everytime I bought a refurbished business laptop it had a supervisor password set meaning locked out of certain bios features (like virtualization). Might want to ask seller about it.

Shouldn't really be a problem though but you'll be barred from doing things like running an android emulator or changing the OS from Windows to Linux.
Some mobos have an option that resets the bios pw when clearing the CMOS. Worth a try to pull the CMOS battery or check if that option is enabled.
Apr 16, 2025 5:07 AM
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Luigis3rdcousinApr 16, 2025 5:07 AM
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Quote from bobbylight :
I have to be honest, maybe my expectations of computing are somewhat low, but for like light office work and web browsing a like 10+ year old desktop will suffice. I have an i5 3470 with an SSD and 16gb of ram and it is 13 years old and still actually performs light office work and web browsing absolutely fine with no issues.
That was my first ever computer specs right there. A dell OptiPlex 7010. If that is indeed what you have, I recommend the dell Optiplex Facebook group, those guys are super knowledgeable of those systems and what upgrades you can make to them. Optiplex is a great computer to learn how to tinker with computers and work on them. I eventually upgraded the cpu to the i7 4790 and 32gb ram I acquired off eBay for really cheap. Paired it with a GTX 1060. Eventually ended up with a ryzen 7 5700x3d and RTX 3050 setup now. But it's a fun system to play with and I encourage everyone to tinker with computers. It's fun 🤩
Apr 16, 2025 1:17 PM
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novasianApr 16, 2025 1:17 PM
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how are the batteries on these used laptops? any warranties on those? i'm guessing only charging to 60% or less c?
Apr 16, 2025 5:14 PM
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jesusffsApr 16, 2025 5:14 PM
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Quote from HappyDome8591 :
No, imo. This age of laptops is not with this much.
If you want a cheap laptop for playing videos and web browsing, look for one with 11th Gen processor like the Dell latitude 5420. They are less than $200 on eBay, with a more modern graphics processor for playing modern videos.
Don't listen to this guy, AMD's 5850U performs/benchmarks MUCH better than Intel 11th gen. It also has better power consumption (thus better battery life on a laptop).
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Apr 16, 2025 6:46 PM
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jesusffsApr 16, 2025 6:46 PM
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Quote from novasian :
how are the batteries on these used laptops? any warranties on those? i'm guessing only charging to 60% or less c?
I've replaced these batteries and it's incredibly easy and $15-20 for a new one on Ebay if that helps..
Apr 16, 2025 7:28 PM
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ftccodealApr 16, 2025 7:28 PM
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Decent deal. Screen is poor, so this is aimed at people who can use this with a dock/monitor. The build quality is generally excellent. You can get years out of this. Win 11 pro means less annoying pop ups from Microsoft.

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Apr 16, 2025 11:46 PM
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ndj123Apr 16, 2025 11:46 PM
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Quote from StevenD6327 :
Playback is always smooth, I don't really have any problems with performance in anything unless I lock the gpu to the lowest possible power settings.
Thank you for detailed response!
I still wonder whats the CPU load on high res AV1 in a browser?
Linux is perfectly fine.
Apr 16, 2025 11:48 PM
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ndj123Apr 16, 2025 11:48 PM
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Quote from jesusffs :
Don't listen to this guy, AMD's 5850U performs/benchmarks MUCH better than Intel 11th gen.
Generally yes, but not for video playback such as AV1.
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Apr 17, 2025 1:28 PM
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VanquishedApr 17, 2025 1:28 PM
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This is literally my work PC but in AMD flavor. Idk how the AMD one is but the Intel one is garbage. I have the i7-1185G7 with 32gb ram and it's slow as molasses. I assume this is old enough that the AMD version is significantly better (before Intel realized they had to make a competitive product again).

Edit:
Just checked and the AMD version is 70% faster than the intel one. Intel really was/is garbage.

The laptop itself is okay build construction (mine had a faulty keyboard from day 1 that they replaced), it has windows hello facial recognition (at least mine does) which is cool but it's nothing special.
Last edited by Vanquished April 17, 2025 at 06:31 AM.
Apr 17, 2025 1:33 PM
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VanquishedApr 17, 2025 1:33 PM
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Quote from jesusffs :
Don't listen to this guy, AMD's 5850U performs/benchmarks MUCH better than Intel 11th gen. It also has better power consumption (thus better battery life on a laptop).
Yea I have this with the 11th gen and it's garbage. AMD's CPU in this laptop is 70% better than the 11th gen intel option. Better in both multi-thread (which is all anyone would ever use a work laptop for) and single-thread.
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Apr 18, 2025 1:35 PM
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misterdebonairApr 18, 2025 1:35 PM
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Quote from HappyDome8591 :
No, imo. This age of laptops is not with this much. If you want a cheap laptop for playing videos and web browsing, look for one with 11th Gen processor like the Dell latitude 5420. They are less than $200 on eBay, with a more modern graphics processor for playing modern videos.
what are you talking about? the chipset on this laptop is going to be MUCH better for gaming. plus, this is a business-class laptop.
Apr 18, 2025 1:49 PM
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DiMAn0684Apr 18, 2025 1:49 PM
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Quote from mikefitz :
May be able to do better, paid $450ish for a brand new one with 3yr warranty through MicroCenter. Beast of a laptop with 32gb in there
Got this laptop with Ryzen 5 Pro and 256 Gb SSD from MicroCenter @ $299 a year ago. Had to reach out to HP, but they were able to activate 3 year global warranty on the laptop I purchased.
Apr 18, 2025 5:10 PM
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WhenPigsFly09090Apr 18, 2025 5:10 PM
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Quote from novasian :
how are the batteries on these used laptops? any warranties on those? i'm guessing only charging to 60% or less c?
I'm charging to 99%

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Apr 18, 2025 5:55 PM
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HappyDome8591Apr 18, 2025 5:55 PM
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Quote from misterdebonair :
what are you talking about? the chipset on this laptop is going to be MUCH better for gaming. plus, this is a business-class laptop.
So people are going to spend $300 for a laptop that games a hair better than a $200 laptop? If they have that use case they should look for a used gaming laptop with dGPUs.

I know this laptop CPU benchmarks much better than 11th Gen, but is anyone going to run benchmark all day? I think not. Web browsing is heavily single threaded and video decode dependent. Intel has much better hardware encoder and decoders.

This laptop is good for very niche use case such as programmers who need to do a lot of compile. Outside of it, either get a cheaper 11th Gen (basic needs) or a stronger computer (gaming, 3D rendering)

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