[Costco] HP Pavillion Ryzen7 3750H 8GB DDR4 512GB SSD 4GB GTX1650 laptop $850

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Dec 13th, 2019 3:26 pm

linuxfan [OP]: Member; Jul 20, 2011; 286 posts; 279 upvotes; GTA

Dec 13th, 2019 3:26 pm

[Costco] HP Pavillion Ryzen7 3750H 8GB DDR4 512GB SSD 4GB GTX1650 laptop $850

Deal Link:: https://www.costco.ca/HP-Pavilion-15-ec ... 21261.html
Price:: $849.99
Savings:: $150 off
Expiry:: December 26, 2019
Retailer:: Costco

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It's good deal for light gaming use.
Processor and Memory:

AMD Ryzen™ 7 3750H processor
8 GB DDR4 SDRAM

Drives:

512 GB SSD
No optical drive
SD card reader

Display and Video Graphics:

15.6 in. FHD display (1920 × 1080)
4 GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 graphics

Communication:

Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth® 5.0
HD web camera

Keyboard and Pointing Device:

Bilingual backlit keyboard
Multi-gesture touchpad

Ports:

1 × USB-C™
1 × USB 3.1
1 × USB 2.0
1 × HDMI
1 × LAN
1 × headphone/microphone combo
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Dec 13th, 2019 3:38 pm

kowell: Sr. Member; Dec 26, 2012; 815 posts; 606 upvotes; Quebec

Dec 13th, 2019 3:38 pm

Not bad at all for the price.
The Ryzen 7-3750h sits somewhere between the older i5-7300H and the i5-8300H
The GTX 1650 is similar in performance to a GTX 1060 Max-Q
The chassis seems decent enough and it features a USB-C port that other entry gaming laptops tend to omit. (Looking at you Asus) A 4th USB port would be nice however
https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Pavili ... 441.0.html

Dec 13th, 2019 3:56 pm

linuxfan [OP]: Member; Jul 20, 2011; 286 posts; 279 upvotes; GTA

Dec 13th, 2019 3:56 pm

kowell wrote: ↑ Not bad at all for the price.
The Ryzen 7-3750h sits somewhere between the older i5-7300H and the i5-8300H
The GTX 1650 is similar in performance to a GTX 1060 Max-Q
The chassis seems decent enough and it features a USB-C port that other entry gaming laptops tend to omit. (Looking at you Asus) A 4th USB port would be nice however
https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Pavili ... 441.0.html

my concern is the build quality of Pavilion, seems the reputation is not good.

Dec 13th, 2019 8:05 pm

sheyenne: Deal Addict; Aug 14, 2019; 1419 posts; 627 upvotes

Dec 13th, 2019 8:05 pm

linuxfan wrote: ↑ my concern is the build quality of Pavilion, seems the reputation is not good.

I most definitely agree with this. Having HP laptops at home for many years and right now, we're trying out one from Costco and nothing has changed.

For one thing, our particular model's fans kick into high gear with very little CPU load. They're noisy as heck, especially in the bedroom. This one uses an Intel SSD. I can't run SSD life to keep tabs on the SSD lifespan and health because I get an error message that it's not a true SSD drive. These issues may be minor for some people, but the reliability once the warranty runs out remains low, imo.

Dec 15th, 2019 11:55 am

kowell: Sr. Member; Dec 26, 2012; 815 posts; 606 upvotes; Quebec

Dec 15th, 2019 11:55 am

linuxfan wrote: ↑ my concern is the build quality of Pavilion, seems the reputation is not good.

Hard to Say really.
This is an Entry level gaming machine so the overall quality definitly won't be the same as a 3000$ Razer.
Cooling appears decent so noise and heat should be average (at least in therms of gaming laptops) but it's hard to Say without testing it.
According to notebookcheck their Biggest issue with the case of the previous gen was a loose screen but they noted that this year's model has new wider hinges so hopefully it was done to adress this issue.
At least Costco has a great Return policy in case you run into problems.

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