Powerful Laptop around $500-$700 USD?

[Tufi]

Budget (including currency): $500-$700 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Windows 10, Youtube, web browsing with google chrome

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): n/a

 

Any recommendations for a fast laptop around the $500-$700 USD price range? I'm looking to end my journey as a desktop owner (part of a longer term minimalist plan).

 

Thank you,

 

T 

 

[Streetguru]

25 minutes ago, Tufi said:

Budget (including currency): $500-$700 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Windows 10, Youtube, web browsing with google chrome

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): n/a

 

Any recommendations for a fast laptop around the $500-$700 USD price range? I'm looking to end my journey as a desktop owner (part of a longer term minimalist plan).

 

Thank you,

 

T 

 

Unless you're just going for an APU laptop, it's more like $1000-1200 to get an intel 6 core + 1660ti / RTX 2060 laptop, can upgrade the RAM and SSDs yourself

HP has a 3 year 0% interest offering right now, 2 of the machines are in that price bracket and can spec up the GPU.

Think this is the one I was thinking of, probably want a 2060. Dunno if there's any Ryzen 8 core laptops with 2060s.
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-15t-dh100-laptop-8vd75av-1?jumpid=ma_july-4-sale_product-tile_laptops_19_8vd75av-1_omen-15t-dh100-lapto

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/credit-easy-payments?country=US&mid=M9HM4ECTEQEZL&sign=dFwS18dXbQwImRwEPl0LOw

*As the Ryzen 8 cores are killing it
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-9750H-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-4800H-vs-Intel-i7-10750H-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-4600H/3425vs3676vs3657vs3708

 

 

[GDRRiley]

probook 445/455 g7 is a good all around one but not an amazing gaming machine

 

this ready to go at 720$ isn't a bad config but change the ram

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-probook-455-g7-notebook-pc

 

445 (14in) 730$ before discount and upgraded. another 8gb stick and a 500gb m.2 SSD is under 100$

Spoiler

• Windows 10 Home 64
• HP Probook 445 G7 Notebook PC with AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U (4.0GHz max, 6 core, 8MB cache)and AMD UMA Radeon™ Graphics - 7RX17A
• 14" diagonal LED UWVA Anti-Glare FHD (1920x1080) with 2 Antennas, and IR Webcam, 250 nits
• Integrated HD 720p IR webcam with dual-microphone array
• 8 GB DDR4-3200 PC4 SO-DIMM memory (1 DIMM)
• 128 GB M2 SATA-3 TLC SSD
• Premium spill-resistant keyboard, clickpad with multi-touch gesture support - Backlit
• Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
• No Fingerprint Sensor
• 65-watt Smart AC Adapter, non-PFC, right-angle connector
• 1.8m Power Cord with C5 connector

455 (15 in) 735$ before discount and upgraded. another 8gb stick and a 500gb m.2 SSD is under 100$

Spoiler

• Windows 10 Home 64
• HP Probook 455 G7 Notebook PC with AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U (4.0GHz max, 6 core, 8MB cache)and AMD UMA Radeon™ Graphics - 7JN02AV
• ENERGY STAR Qualified Configuration
• 15.6" diagonal LED UWVA Anti-Glare FHD (1920x1080) with 2 Antennas, and IR Webcam, 250 nits
• Integrated HD 720p IR webcam with dual-microphone array
• 8 GB DDR4-3200 PC4 SO-DIMM memory (1 DIMM)
• 128 GB M2 SATA-3 TLC SSD
• Premium spill-resistant keyboard, clickpad with multi-touch gesture support - Backlit
• Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
• No Fingerprint Sensor
• 65-watt Smart AC Adapter, non-PFC, right-angle connector
• 1.8m Power Cord with C5 connector

ether one should last 8+ hours given my last gen 445R G6 does 4-6

Edited July 5, 2020 by GDRRiley

[Ace SK]

I think you should get the new 2020 nitro 5 with the ryzen 5