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nope only gud hardware thats it

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Hey everyone


I am a student and i am planning to buy a new laptop for my personal use. As i am having not too much choices due to a limited budget because i want to buy it from my pocket money. Choices that i am having are HP Pavilion 15-P207TX and HP Pavilion 15-P208TX Suggesting any other would be a great help. Coming to my basic problem as both the above models use Intel Core i7 5th gen processors (5500U to be specific) as i am aware that these run only on 2 cores and a clock speed of 2.4Ghz. So weather should i buy it or any other options plzzz it would be greatly helpful.


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What's your budget and what would you be using this for

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What's your budget and what would you be using this for

Around $1300 and as a starter in computer science eng all stuff what it takes and also for gamming

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The 5500u is about as good as it gets for dual core cpus. Its really strong for laptops. I won't speak to the value of the laptop you are looking at in general however.

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Any specific colour preference?

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Please do not buy any HP. The new ones are terrible. It does not matter how much you spend, they are all bad. I set three new ones up for a customer and 2 of them had a DOA motherboard. They are also terribly designed and very hard to work in compared to a dell. The new processors are fine but if you find a 4th gen that's a lot cheaper just get that because there is not that much of a difference.

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Around $1300 and as a starter in computer science eng all stuff what it takes and also for gamming

what games are you going to play?

Please do not buy any HP. The new ones are terrible. It does not matter how much you spend, they are all bad. I set three new ones up for a customer and 2 of them had a DOA motherboard. They are also terribly designed and very hard to work in compared to a dell. The new processors are fine but if you find a 4th gen that's a lot cheaper just get that because there is not that much of a difference.

have you had more experience with Hp?

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Any specific colour preference?

nope only gud hardware thats it

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nope only gud hardware thats it

msi he series ge62 apache-276, asus rog gl551 series gl551jw-ds71, Acer aspire v17 nitro black edition vn7-791g-792a, or gigabyte p55w-bwne

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msi he series ge62 apache-276, asus rog gl551 series gl551jw-ds71, Acer aspire v17 nitro black edition vn7-791g-792a, or gigabyte p55w-bwne

Thankyou

will they fit in my $1300 budget?

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Thankyou

will they fit in my $1300 budget?

without taxes yes with taxes the gigabyte one wouldn't be but the others should be fine

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what games are you going to play?

have you had more experience with Hp?

I have had a ton of experience with all brands. I work as a tech in a local computer store. HP by far is my least favorite for computers. They sure do make great printers though. There is a Toshiba on amazon for a pretty good price. Around $460 USD. I can not remember if it has an i7 though.

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Yeah i 2nd the person saying avoid HP's

 

Pretty much 9/10 friends i had who had HP's have had them all fail within 1 to 2 years.

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