HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-ec1000)

Date Published: 22 Oct 2020
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
Display: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
Storage: 256GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Weight: 1.98 kg (4.4 lbs)

Pros

Budget-friendly
Good keyboard with decent travel
Relatively cool
144Hz panel with fast reaction times and 90% of sRGB coverage (BOE NV156FHM-N4K)
Doesn't use PWM to adjust screen brightness (BOE NV156FHM-N4K)
PCIe x4 drive support and up to 32GB of memory
Has an SD card reader

Cons

No Thunderbolt support
Even the Ryzen 7 3750H is a bottleneck for the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Not the greatest build quality
Its touchpad is wanky
Poor battery life

HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (15-ec1000) - Specs

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 21

CPU Performance #21

Great

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) 53

GPU Performance #53

Very Good

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop, 50W) 0.6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop, 50W, 128-bit) 1.6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
NVIDIA Quadro T2000 (4GB GDDR5) 3.1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 2.2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB GDDR5) 4%

Display

15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS

HDD/SSD

256GB SSD + 1TB HDD

M.2 Slot

1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4

RAM

16GB DDR4

Windows 10 Home

Battery

52.5Wh, 3-cell

Body Material

Plastic / Polycarbonate

Dimensions

360 x 257 x 23.5 mm (14.17" x 10.12" x 0.93")

Weight

1.98 kg (4.4 lbs)

Ports and connectivity

1x USB Type-A 2.0, Sleep and Charge
1x USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
1x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
HDMI 2.0
Card Reader Multi Format SD
Ethernet LAN 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 5.0
Audio jack 3.5 mm combo

Features

Fingerprint reader
Web camera HD
Backlit keyboard
Microphone
Speakers Front-firing Speakers, Bang & Olufsen
Optical drive
Security Lock slot
Gifts DELCA 16GB Micro SD included

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DISPLAY: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS

Name	15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
Diagonal	15.6"
Pixel density	141.21 ppi

Panel Type	IPS
Resolution	1920 x 1080
Becomes "Retina" from	24 inches (62 cm)

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