Friend Is broke, best laptop under 650 USD

[Slurpy]

He would prefer an SSD and a decent graphics card. He would play Minecraft(windows store version) and Roblox, along with a bit of video editing possibly(DaVinci Resolve 14) Touchscreen would be best. 
This is what he is looking at: HP ENVY x360

[Streetguru]

22 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

 

That laptop is going to be fine for that, but you have to make sure the RAM is dual Channel otherwise you cut the GPU performance in half.

I don't know why HP doesn't stick a larger battery in the Ryzen Laptops either.

Don't forget to use Radeon Chill or undervolt it to extend the battery life while gaming.

[Slurpy]

Just now, Streetguru said:

That laptop is going to be fine for that, but you have to make sure the RAM is dual Channel otherwise you cut the GPU performance in half.

I don't know why HP doesn't stick a larger battery in the Ryzen Laptops either.

Don't forget to use Radeon Chill or undervolt it to extend the battery life while gaming.

he has no idea that you can plug xbox ones into monitors, he isn't tech savvy. I translated this from his non techie rambles to spec reccomendations

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

he has no idea that you can plug xbox ones into monitors, he isn't tech savvy. I translated this from his non techie rambles to spec reccomendations

I think austin reviewed the same or a very similar laptop
 

 

[Slurpy]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I think austin reviewed the same or a very similar laptop
 

 

i saw that video, i was just wondering how well it would work for him. He tried it out at the local BestBuy and He liked it

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

i saw that video, i was just wondering how well it would work for him. He tried it out at the local BestBuy and He liked it

It'll do what he wants to just fine

[Silentprototipe]

YES, GET IT. I OWN THAT EXACT SAME LAPTOP. Yeah its an amazing beast. It comes with 4GB X2 DDR4 so dont worry . It comes in dual channel out of the box. The only minor complaint is the battery life at 6 hours and the slow but manageable 1 TB HDD. Get an SSD as fast as possible.

 

Just look at my signature lol

[Slurpy]

1 minute ago, silentprototipe said:

YES, GET IT. I OWN THAT EXACT SAME LAPTOP. Yeah its an amazing beast. It comes with 4GB X2 DDR4 so dont worry . It comes in dual channel out of the box. The only minor complaint is the battery life at 6 hours and the slow but manageable 1 TB HDD. Get an SSD as fast as possible 

I have a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo i could probs sell him for cheap, and thanks for the advice

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, silentprototipe said:

 

I don't know why no one has taken the time to make a proper Ryzen APU laptop, probably because they don't want to really spend money redesigning tooling for it. The HP models are just lacking bigger batteries because they're going for the thin and light meme.

[Silentprototipe]

2 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

I have a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo i could probs sell him for cheap, and thanks for the advice

Yeah, Also slight warning. HP uses specific screws on that laptop plus small Philips screws under the rubber strips. Look up a vid on upgrading it  

[Slurpy]

Just now, silentprototipe said:

Yeah, Also slight warning. HP uses specific screws on that laptop plus small Philips screws under the rubber strips. Look up a vid on upgrading it  

ok, im assuming an ifixit basic tool kit will be sufficient(the 20 dollar one)

[Silentprototipe]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

I don't know why no one has taken the time to make a proper Ryzen APU laptop, probably because they don't want to really spend money redesigning tooling for it. The HP models are just lacking bigger batteries because they're going for the thin and light meme.

But its good  . Also its more thin than it is light . I still love it because its a thin machine I can carry around for school work and still game on quite well 

 

5 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

ok, im assuming an ifixit basic tool kit will be sufficient(the 20 dollar one)

Actually it might be just good enough. Ill find the vid soon 

[Tarun10]

Well I just recently bought the HP Envy x360. You need the specific screws to get into it. It runs pretty okay but don't expect turbo speeds... Go for the AMD Ryzen version if you can get it as the Intel Integrated Graphics just suck. You might also want new thermal paste because the heat output is significant but not discomforting but it slows down performance. Also the screen is a fingerprint magnet and stains catch easily on the body of the laptop. Also note that the touch pad is a little too clicky and comes with Synaptic Drivers, The keyboard's okay layout wise but not good for gaming. The screen doesn't get bright enough for outdoor use and battery life sucks despite low screen brightness and power sipping internals. A new update is needed.

[ImSoNerd]

On 2/25/2018 at 8:22 AM, TrevMCC38 said:

i saw that video, i was just wondering how well it would work for him. He tried it out at the local BestBuy and He liked it

Austin Review are always trustworthy.