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Dell Inspiron 14 vs HP Pavilion 14 vs Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5

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Help me decide between the three laptops:

 

Dell Inspiron 14 5402

  • i5 11th gen
  • Iris Xe Graphics
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 4 cell 53 Wh Battery
  • Additional upgrade (8GB RAM or MX330 2GB but not both)

 

HP Pavilion 14-dv0053TU

  • i5 11th gen
  • Iris Xe
  • 16 (8+8) GB RAM
  • 3 cell 43 Wh Battery

 

Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5

  • Ryzen 7 4700U
  • Integrated Vega 7
  • 8 GB RAM (soldered, not upgradable)
  • 3 cell, 56.5Wh Battery
  • Only plastic version available

 

My use case: Mainly softwares like VSCode, Google chrome and discord. I also rarely use blender

I travel with a laptop, so the laptop must be sturdy.

 

My research:

  • Dell has good after purchase service here but apparently this laptop is slower than expected as per the reviews.
  • HP has bad hinge design and is more likely to break
  • Lenovo laptops have very high boot time + non-upgradability [Won't ram be a bottleneck?]
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I would get the Lenovo, but maybe try to squeeze a Thinkpad in your budget. Built noticably better than the Ideapad.

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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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I looked into thinkpads, I think I found one in my budget ThinkPad E15 Gen2 (Custom config)

  • Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
  • Integrated Graphics
  • 8GB DDR4 3200MHz Onboard + 8GB SoDIMM
  • 512 GB M.2
  • 3 Cell 45 Wh battery
  • 220 nits display

Is this better than Ideapad slim 5? Also can anyone confirm if there are any heating issues?

 

Edit: Nvm this ships in 3 months

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