Inside HP Pavilion Plus 14 (14-eh0000) – disassembly and upgrade options

Taking this laptop apart is a lot easier than anticipated. You need to undo only 4 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel, starting from the hinge gaps.

2. Battery

Inside, we find a 51Wh battery pack. It got us through 7 hours and 30 minutes of Web browsing, or about 6 hours of video playback. To remove it from the chassis, you need to unplug the connector and undo 5 Phillips-head screws.

3. Memory and storage

Here, the memory is soldered to the motherboard. You can get up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM, working at 3200 MHz. In terms of storage, there is one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, which can hold Gen 4 SSDs.

4. Cooling system

The cooling comprises two very long heat pipes shared between the CPU and GPU. They connect to a large heat sink, which dissipates the heat thanks to two fans. The VRMs and the graphics memory also get some cooling thanks to a couple of heat spreaders.

Check out all HP Pavilion 14 (14-eh0000) prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.

HP Pavilion Plus 14 (14-eh0000, eh1000) in-depth review

HP has a lot of work to do to keep up with the steep development curve of its rivals. Their latest effort is called the Pavilion Plus 14 (14-eh0000). It comes with a 16:10 aspect ratio, which is really useful for pretty much any type of work. On the other hand, it is a bit less comfortable for media consumption, which pretty much sets the expectations from this notebook.So, yes, we get it, HP wants to make the Pavilion more friendly towards professional users - as Lenovo does with its "Pro" IdeaPads. This is the reason for the weird processor pot. You get options from the 15W U-series, 28[...]

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Pros

Doesn't use PWM for brightness adjustment (IVO8C8D)
Uses recycled aluminum
Decent input devices
Populous I/O which includes a MicroSD card reader
Fingerprint reader
Covers 93% of sRGB colors and offers accurate color representation thanks to our Gaming and Web design profile (IVO8C8D)
High-resolution display options with a 16:10 aspect ratio
5MP camera