HP Pavilion Gaming 17

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Date Published: 12 Mar 2021

Intel Core i5-10300H
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop)
17.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 144 Hz, IPS
544GB SSD
1x 4GB DDR4, 2933 MHz + 1x 8GB DDR4, 2933 MHz
2.75 kg (6.1 lbs)

TOTAL SCORE

6.6 Portability Good

7.0 Display Very Good

5.1 For Work Average

5.1 For Gaming Average

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Specs

Display
17.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 144 Hz, IPS

HDD/SSD
544GB SSD

M.2 Slot
1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo

RAM
1x 4GB DDR4, 2933 MHz + 1x 8GB DDR4, 2933 MHz

OS
Windows 10 Pro

Body Material
Plastic / Polycarbonate

Dimensions
405 x 282 x 25.4 mm (15.94" x 11.10" x 1.00")

Weight
2.75 kg (6.1 lbs)

Ports and connectivity

1x USB Type-A
3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Sleep and Charge

2x USB Type-A
3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)

1x USB Type-C
3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort, Sleep and Charge

HDMI
2.0

Card Reader
SD, SDHC, SDXC

Ethernet LAN
10/100/1000 Mbit/s

Wi-Fi
802.11ax

Bluetooth
5.2

Audio jack
3.5 mm combo

Features

Fingerprint reader

Web camera
HD

Backlit keyboard

Microphone
Dual Array Digital Microphones

Speakers
Front-firing Speakers, Bang & Olufsen

Optical drive

Security Lock slot

Portability

HP Pavilion Gaming 17 (17-cd0000, cd1000, cd2000)

15.94" x 11.10" x 1.00" Dimensions

2.75 kg (6.1 lbs) Weight

Average 17.3-inch laptop

2.86 kg (6.3 lbs) +4% Weight

Review

HP Pavilion Gaming 17 in-depth review

Pavilion Gaming 17 2019 is part of the newest budget-friendly gaming series of HP. It was released alongside HP Omen 15/17 2019, which we showed you in an in-depth review recently. This laptop may be considered as a budget Omen iteration as it trims down some of the goodies, like aluminum base and bulky cooling, RGB and big-fat RTX GPUs.In fact, the HP Pavilion Gaming 17 2019 maxes out with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. Again, if you want RTX graphics cards, you should switch your interest to the Omens, however, you can still buy the Pavilion Gamin 17 2019 with a 9th Gen CPU- the options are Core i5-9300H and Core i7-9750H. You also have the option between a 60Hz or 144Hz 1080p IPS panel and HP should offer it with a 4K 60Hz as well.You can check the prices and configurati[...]

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Pros

Fairly low price
Energy efficient
Wide and accurate color coverage (BOE NV156FHM-N4K (BOE082A))
Doesn't use PWM to adjust brightness (BOE NV156FHM-N4K (BOE082A))
Very bright panel (BOE NV156FHM-N4K (BOE082A))
Super quiet during load

Cons

Lacks Thunderbolt support
All-plastic build

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

This laptop's predecessor has made a reputation of having a hard time cooling its components down. However, as we found out, this is definitely not the case with the HP Pavilion Gaming 17 2019. Not only it works a lot cooler, but it works a lot quieter as well. Let's see what kind of black magic has been performed by HP and how it affects the device in general.Check out all HP Pavilion Gaming 17 2019 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-depth Review.1. Remove the bottom plate Taking the bottom panel off seems easy at the beginning. Unscrew a total[...]