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Is this a good deal? Laptop for college

markus14
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Do you guys think this is a good deal for a software engineering/computer engineering type degree?

 

HP Pavilion 15-cs1008np

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-8565U 1.8 GHz (Turbo: 4.6 GHz)

RAM: 8 GB DDR4-2400 

SSD: 128 GB M.2

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX 150 2 GB

SCREEN: 15.6" 1080p screen

 

All of this (plus a printer, for some reason) for 700€

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Thanks in advance

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Eh, it's *alright*...

 

 

Look at Thinkpads, new or used depending on your budget and the used market in your area.

Quote me to see my reply!

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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Answer these first:

Preferred max weight and min battery life? Need dGPU? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradeable RAM? Any links of online stores?

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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