Did I just find an insane deal???

[Hellowpplz]

Was looking for a 400-450$ laptop for gaming, and the plan was to trade in my Dell 3520 (i5 1135g7 iris xe graphics) which was 450$ and get something else. I think I found the jackpot tho? I5 12th gen and gtx 1650 seems like an INSANE 400$ deal.

https://www.newegg.com/p/2WC-0001-052H5

 

Note: I have a 8x2 and 16x2 laptop ddr4 ram kit, and a 8x2 laptop ddr5 kit.

 

[Tayanaru]

It seems to be used with damage. The listing states that, " Condition: Good, camera does not work."

 

I suppose if that's is not a problem then yes its a pretty good deal for a laptop

[Hellowpplz]

18 minutes ago, Tayanaru said:

It seems to be used with damage. The listing states that, " Condition: Good, camera does not work."

 

I suppose if that's is not a problem then yes its a pretty good deal for a laptop

I mean I never used my laptop camera in all my time of having one, excluding during covid. But I have a usb camera so I would say that's not a problem. 

[Dedayog]

2 hours ago, Hellowpplz said:

Was looking for a 400-450$ laptop for gaming, and the plan was to trade in my Dell 3520 (i5 1135g7 iris xe graphics) which was 450$ and get something else. I think I found the jackpot tho? I5 12th gen and gtx 1650 seems like an INSANE 400$ deal.

https://www.newegg.com/p/2WC-0001-052H5

 

Note: I have a 8x2 and 16x2 laptop ddr4 ram kit, and a 8x2 laptop ddr5 kit.

 

It's a decent deal.  Basically you're buying a used laptop, as if you bought it off Ebay.  Visible signs of use could be anything from worn plastic smoothed down to key lettering being gone.  Camera not working means physical damage happened at some point usually, unless it just stopped working thru a defect.

 

8GB RAM will need to be upgrade too, so check upgradability.

 

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

3 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

It's a decent deal.  Basically you're buying a used laptop, as if you bought it off Ebay.  Visible signs of use could be anything from worn plastic smoothed down to key lettering being gone.  Camera not working means physical damage happened at some point usually, unless it just stopped working thru a defect.

 

8GB RAM will need to be upgrade too, so check upgradability.

^^^

if its just the camera module itself thats broken replacing it should fix the camera if its even broken to begin with and not just a loose connector where you just have to dissassemble the thing and reseat the camera connector on the board

 

yes check ram upgradability aswell cause fully soldered ram with no ram slots and its a no go

[Hellowpplz]

9 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

^^^

if its just the camera module itself thats broken replacing it should fix the camera if its even broken to begin with and not just a loose connector where you just have to dissassemble the thing and reseat the camera connector on the board

 

yes check ram upgradability aswell cause fully soldered ram with no ram slots and its a no go

Alr how can I check this? I know this is annoying from certain lenovo laptops I tried to take ram from and there just wasn't anything (most at least have 1 slot though correct me if im wrong, I know my lenovo t14 2nd gen has 16gb of soldered ram and 1 slot free)

[denco101]

7 hours ago, Hellowpplz said:

Alr how can I check this? I know this is annoying from certain lenovo laptops I tried to take ram from and there just wasn't anything (most at least have 1 slot though correct me if im wrong, I know my lenovo t14 2nd gen has 16gb of soldered ram and 1 slot free)

According to what I could find on the HP website, it has two RAM slots and supports DDR4 3200

Victus by HP 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop 15-fa0000 series specifications | HP® Support

[Hellowpplz]

11 minutes ago, denco101 said:

According to what I could find on the HP website, it has two RAM slots and supports DDR4 3200

Victus by HP 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop 15-fa0000 series specifications | HP® Support

If I remember correctly 3600 mhz ddr4 ram will work it'll just down clock right?

[denco101]

1 minute ago, Hellowpplz said:

If I remember correctly 3600 mhz ddr4 ram will work it'll just down clock right?

Yes - higher speed RAM should work, just obviously at the lower speed.