Inside HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a0000) – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a0000) - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 19 August 2020 / 02:00 0

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HP Pavilion Gaming 16

Processor: Intel Core i7-10750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
RAM: 12GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD + 1000GB HDD

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$1749^.99

HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a)

Processor: Intel Core i7-10750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 2000GB SSD

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$2299^.00

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1. Remove the bottom plate

You know the drill. Remove all of the 8 Phillips-head screws and pry your way around the bottom panel with a plastic tool or a guitar pick. Then you should be able to effortlessly lift the panel away of the chassis.

2. Battery

As of the battery, you get a 52.5Wh unit.

3. Memory and storage

This laptop features two SODIMM slots that support 64GB of DDR4 memory in total. Additionally, you can put an M.2 NVMe drive, as well as a 2.5-inch SATA device.

4. Cooling system

Well, HP is clearly reusing the same cooling solution we found on the AMD version of the Pavilion Gaming 15 from last year. It shares two heat pipes between the CPU and the GPU, which finally connect to a pretty long heat sink. Similarly to how Acer and Lenovo used to do back in the day, both fans are placed right next to each other.