HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng

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Reviews for the HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng

HP Pavilion 15
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
The HP Pavilion 15 Gaming Laptop proves it's possible to get a decent gaming laptop for under $1,000, but not without making some sacrifices. The $999 rig delivers solid overall performance, but you'll have to turn down the settings to play most games at the screen's native, 1080p resolution.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/04/2016

90% HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
The HP Pavilion Gaming is a fantastic value laptop that's gaming-ready. The black-and-green colour scheme won't be to everyone's taste but it's very smartly done with a few likeable design flourishes. With its tempting price, this HP laptop means that gamers on a budget can finally get into playing the latest PC titles without having to sell everything they own. Why not buy two and get your own LAN party started? Just make sure you invite a friend around, or it'd be a bit weird.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/19/2016
Rating: Total score: 90%

HP Pavilion 15 Gaming Notebook review – HP’s second shot at gaming laptops
Source: Laptop Media Archive.org version
At the end of the day, HP was able to build a decent gaming machine using the standard Pavilion 15 chassis. We liked the build quality and despite all the plastic, the machine feels sturdy and we didn’t find any inconsistencies such as cracks, holes or creaking parts. We were even surprised by the low weight and relatively thin profile. The interior is quite appealing and the design of the keyboard is just awesome. It’s comfortable for typing and gaming, but we would have appreciated full-sized arrow keys. As for the touchpad – it’s rather accurate and responsive, but feels a bit stiff and it’s too narrow, even for a 15-inch notebook.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/09/2015

Foreign Reviews

89% Für Spieler der günstige Einstieg
Source: Notebookinfo DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/05/2015
Rating: Total score: 89%

79% HP Pavilion Gaming – Il Notebook Si Potenzia E Pensa Ai Gamer
Source: Techzilla.it IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/09/2016
Rating: Total score: 79% price: 75% performance: 85% display: 85% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80%

HP Pavilion Gaming 15 teszt
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Quite rugged and high quality material; powerful hardware; good input device; beautiful display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/16/2016

67% Test: HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook
Source: HwT DA→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/28/2016
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 80% performance: 60% workmanship: 80%

Comment

Model: Sleek and packed with quality hardware, the HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng is an impressive portable gaming laptop. The all black matte-finished chassis is rounded at the edges while the interior is highlighted by green graphical pattern. There is a full-sized chiclet-style backlit keyboard that sports matching green highlights and a large touchpad serving as a comfortable means of navigation. Display on the HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng is a 15.6 inch FHD anti-glare WLED-backlit panel with excellent contrast and colors. Even with the relativity affordable price tag, the laptop comes equipped with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ quad-core processor clocked at 2.6 GHz, 8 GB of DDR3L SDRAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX950M GPU with dedicated 4 GB of DDR3L VRAM.

Storage space comes in the form of a 1 TB 5400 RPM SATA HDD and the HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng also houses a SuperMulti DVD burner. Other features found on the device are Bluetooth 4.0, a card reader, an HDMI out, a USB 2.0 port, two USB 3.0 ports and a webcam. Audio quality is decent with a dual-speaker setup powered by B&O PLAY technology. The HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ak001ng runs on Windows 10 and is supplied with a 4-cell Lithium-Ion pack rated at 48 Wh.

Series:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M: Mid-range graphics card of the GeForce GTX 900M series, based on the Maxwell architecture.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

6700HQ: Skylake-based quad-core processor for notebooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 530 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.60":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.

81.25%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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