HP Pavilion 15 Review - A Budget Omen 15?

The HP Pavilion 15 gaming laptop is available with AMD’s new Ryzen processors, but due to high demand that was out of stock. Rather than skip it, I thought it would be interesting to review the Intel model instead and see how well quad core gaming laptops hold up towards the end of 2020.

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[mikebutler]

I really appreciate you putting latencymon into your reviews. It's something not a lot of reviewers check and it can dramatically impact things like audio playback.

[tuttutt]

Still don't understand why quad core intel.processors get 1660ti's but hexa core ryzen processors only get a 1650ti commonly.

[magas]

People who live in the US get the best deals. In my country this is one of the best value-for money laptops you can buy.
1660ti with Ryzen 7 3750H and 16 gb ram for 999€ if it's on sale.

[adamzukmusic]

man, so close. i have the same laptop, but a smaller refresh rate screen from walmart (60 hz). i was really hoping i finaly found a review video about this laptop so i can see how it compares with the good ones! I've had it for two years already and it's surprisingly still holding up really well, still snappy and responsive, but it does struggle with newer games. my legion 5 pro is in the mail, after watching your review of that as well! I think this laptop is still good enough to keep as a secondary though, i may repurpose it as my studio laptop for music production, with the 32 gb of ram i have installed. Gonna upgrade the Legion 5 Pro to 32 gb of 3200 ram as well thanks to your suggestion!

[brandheadlights]

Your conclusion of this laptop really gives consumers something to think about. There's a lot of models in computer manufacturer's these days that if all you focus is on price not value or future thinking you might not get the best value for your money. Consumers that are not familiar with GPU, CPU, Graphics Cards are the ones that may make the purchase as I saw this Pavillion 15 of 899.99 with i5 next to the HP Omen 1, 249.99 with a Ryzen 7 next to each other at a Bestbuy with no description of the cores. You make a lot sense when it comes to the cores and a good perspective about price and the possibility that 4 cores may not be enough down the line. Great video and information! Keep up the good work.

[vishalsundararajan]

You should start including modern games like Call of duty, RDR2, watchdogs and cyberpunk. The one you showed are pretty old games that will run fine on a quad core so the results are misleading. 6 cores are mandatory if you are using your laptop with all other apps running like a normal laptop

[GammaRBLX]

just when I was looking for a good review on this, timing couldnt get any better

[abrahamlee]

Who else watching even when they're broke af...

[Caros]

So excited i just bought it its arrving tmmrw

[Polivacha]

The HP Pavilion Gaming 15 laptops are quite competitive here in Europe to the Lenovo Legion 15 because of the lower pricing and better availability. However, there are variations with shitty screens and no USB C display port support which one should be careful with.

[DeepteshLovesTECH]

I just got 3400 on Cinebench R20 Multi, HP Pavilion Gaming but with Ryzen 5 4600H. I was able to get this score, after enabling max fan using 3rd party Notebook Fan control software as the Omen Command centre is useless in this laptop. The Fan profile xml profile was provided to me by a subscriber of mine, works like a charm!

[OreoGhie]

I watcher this video during those days of not having a laptop. After 2 years, i finally own a laptop. It's already 2023, i thought it's still 2021 lol. Time flies fast.

[enamstarwalker]

Dude, this review was awesome and in depth, even for a novice like me. Thanks!

[creerman]

me here with hp omen dc10xx series i7 9750h 1660 ti - thank you for your videos, you guided me so much :)-

[hotagu]

Every other laptops exists.

Jarrod: ...Legion 5.

Me: Indeed.

[malakoulinos]

I used this laptop for about a year. I can say that it is a very good laptop with very good capabilities and very beautiful. The only downside I found is the hinge which flexes a lot and eventually broke down. I was very gentle while opening it and always from the middle, but tha screen bezel started cracking open after 7 months of use and I got a warranty.

[josipsuk]

I snagged a 4600h and gtx 1650 for 550€ about a month ago, still cannot believe it, love the laptop

[arlturzdonkeh]

Finally, I've been waiting for this for quite some time. Love your vids

[anvithejib]

Jarrod : gaming on four cores?
The human brain with just 2 cores : Oke

[hysterical_being]

I still dont understand why hp have two different chassis for the ryzen and intel models for this laptop series?
And why does ryzen models have one less usb port and shared heat pipes for cooling