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HP has nailed this segment with this laptop. The specs they are offering at this price point (especially with RTX 3060 graphic card) beats the likes of Dells and Asus by almost 30-40k which is a huge amount. Bought this one for a net amount of 98k (post all discounts/cashback). A Dell with same specs (ALIENWARE M15 RYZEN EDITION R5 GAMING LAPTOP) costs about Rs 1.5 Lacs and Asus with same specs costs north of 1.25 Lacs so you cannot ask for a better price for these specs. Period.
Now coming to the details :
1. Display : 7/10 : This is probably the only sore point of this laptop. An average display with a certain yellowish tinch. I tried my best to calibrate the colors and it became much towards neutral but still somewhat yellowish. Refresh rate is as stated i.e. 144hz but still not at all impressed with the display. Windows 10 did have some yellow screen issues but that is not the issue here. Atleast not with the piece I received. Ordered a replacement and found out exact same kind of display. So, no doubts on it being a defect but given its a 1L laptop, it could have been much better. Only plus point - 300 nits brightness which is far better than others commercial laptops.
2. RAM : 8/10 : It uses 8gb ram in two slots so a total of 16gb (2x8gb). So, in case if you want to upgrade it to 32 gb, you will need to purchase 2 new Ram sticks and would need to sacrifice the current 8gb ones. A thumbs down here. Would have been much better if it was 16gb in one slot that ways we could have purchased an additional 16gb same spec Ram. But that is not the case here. So again a little disappointed.
3. Graphics Card : 10/10 : Now this is the only thing I bought this PC for - Rtx 3060 graphic card and probably the highlight of this laptop. There is a cheaper version available with RTX 3050Ti graphic card as well with a price difference of almost 15k but considering you would be keeping this laptop for atleast 3-5 years, I found it worth spending extra amount for this graphic card which is almost 50% extra in performance as well as Vram (6gb) as compared to the 4gb one. To start with, installed Witcher 3 and tried playing it. The performance was ultra smooth even on high settings so full marks on the graphic card.
4. Processor and OS : 10/10 : Ryzen 7 5800H is probably the best you can get and it certainly is. Booting along with all software launches are super quick so no complaints here. Windows 10 comes preloaded and MS office is provided with lifetime access. You need to register for it.
5. Memory : 8/10 : It states 512 gb but the pc shows only 476gb out of which only 428 gb is available for use. Though it has an additional slot for memory expansion, still considering a laptop for 1L range, the memory should have been 1TB to say the least. Being SSD is advantageous as it takes only a few seconds to boot up (8-10 to be precise). Fast bootup is another point I superliked.
6. Keyboard : 8/10 : Quite good. But PgUp and PgDown keys are missing which is why deducted 2 marks for it. (Since I use excel heavily and these 2 keys are needed along with arrows keys). Also, it is not tiresome to use unlike some of the past HP keyboards. I have been using Dell i7 for the last 4 years and i thought the Dell keyboard was the one to beat but HP has done a very nice job here and keys are certainly placed right to give you a smooth experience. Also, the design layout of the keyboard is little different from the regular HP ones so you may face a challenge in looking for its Silicone Keyboard cover/protector.
7. Touchpad : 9/10 : Again one of the smoothest touch pad i have seen in recent laptops. Clicks are smooth. Size is quite big. Anyways I would be using a gaming mouse so not much to comment here.
8. Body : 7/10 : This is where they have done an average job. Pretty average plastic body. They could have improved here. And yes - "There is NO screen wobbling issue. It wobbles very slightly considering it is very big in size but that is pretty much ok and it is not to the extent as mentioned in some of the other reviews on net. Actual wobbling is when the screen is loose on the hinges. But this one is definitely not. So you can relax on that part. Also, Considering you would not be dancing around with the laptop, so this should be ok. Rest of the body feels a little weak/thin given it is all plastic. Heat Management is super fantastic. (Atleast for the time being - till the thermal paste dries out in a few years so lets see). You can manually control fan speed through HP Omen hub. Used it for a couple of heavy gaming sessions but did not find any heating issues as such. Apart from that, they mentioned the Color would be Mica Silver (silver definitely looks premium as compared to boring black/grey laptops) but I was somewhat disappointed to see Blackish Grey colored laptop. Anyways, it is what they are using for Ryzen Series in India so be it.
9. Battery : 5/10 : Again a very sore point. On paper it looks awesome but in practicality it is quite poor. Good thing I liked - While most laptops have a battery low indicator, they miss out on battery full indicator. This is where I liked what HP has provided - A battery full indicator (which turns to white when fully charged). But the battery backup itself is pretty poor. It takes full 2 hrs to fully charge it from 8% to 100% and then Battery lasts only 2.5 hrs in 100% performance mode with brightest display and graphic card working. So a big thumbs down here. They have provided a 200w adapter with this which is quite bulky.
Overall, if you look at the specs, you cannot get anything better than this at this price point atleast. But considering there are a few more laptops in the Victus series which they have placed starting at 50K; that might be the reason I feel HP compromised with Body and Battery.
If you are looking at this for moderate (or even a little heavy for that purpose) gaming along with regular Office work, it actually might be a very good choice.
Final Disclaimer : Amazon delivery person had opened the outer packing Amazon box and the laptop was delivered in the HP box. Though the HP box was sealed and that was the reason I accepted the package but removing the outer box is completely unacceptable. I notified Amazon about this to which they said that I should not have accepted the delivery. Anyways would request Amazon to definitely take a note of it and improve their delivery services.
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