[Video Review] HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-dk2000) – crippled by 35W processors
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HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-dk0000, dk1000, dk2000) in-depth review
HP releases an updated Pavilion Gaming 15 laptop a bit late to make a big impact. But you never know as this series is generally the entry point for gamers on the mobile front. However, looking at the listings of the device, especially those units, equipped with an RTX 3050/RTX 3050 Ti, we see a surprisingly high price.Here is the moment to say that the Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-dk2000) comes with a Tiger Lake H35 processor inside. It is inferior to the H45 counterparts when it comes to gaming, due to the low core count (4 cores and 8 threads). And the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti are only comin[...]
Pros
- Adequate price
- Good keyboard with decent travel, big arrows, and a backlight
- Decent cooling solution
- Covers 91% of sRGB (BOE080D)
- Feature-packed I/O (includes an SD card slot)
Cons
- Lacks Thunderbolt connectivity
- Build quality could have been better
- 35W CPUs are not the best for gaming
- Uses aggressive PWM fixed by our Health-Guard profile (BOE080D)
- Slow pixel response time (BOE080D)
HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-dk0000, dk1000, dk2000) - Specs
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) #172 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) #222 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop, 50W) #223 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) #214 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5) #266 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (3GB GDDR5) #251 in Top GPUsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop)
- HDD/SSD
- up to 8000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home, No OS, Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro
- Battery
- 52Wh, 3-cell, 52.5Wh, 3-cell, 52.5Wh, 52.5Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- - x - x 23.4 mm (0.00" x 0.00" x 0.92")
- Weight
- 2.23 kg (4.9 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 3x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- HDMI
- Ethernet LAN
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD 720p
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Digital dual-array microphones
- Speakers
- Optical drive
All HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-dk0000, dk1000, dk2000) configurations
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Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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