Affordable gaming on the go
You probably don't associate HP's Pavilion PC line with gaming. In fact, outside of the HP Omen, HP doesn't dabble all that much in the gaming sector, though it's looking to change that with the introduction of a new Pavilion laptop built specifically for gamers.
The HP Pavilion Gaming is a 15.6-inch notebook that swims in Skylake. Customers can choose from 6th Generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processor options, which get paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M GPU for graphics and up to 16GB of system memory.
Granted, the GTX 950M isn't going to light up the benchmark charts or provide the muscle necessary to crank up the eye candy on demanding titles, but with a starting price of $900, it's not a bad value proposition for gamers on a budget. Also helping the matter is that the GPU only has to push pixels around a Full HD 1080p display (IPS, by the way).
HP says you can opt for up to 2TB of hard drive space, up to 1TB of hybrid hard drive space, or a dual storage configuration with up to a 2TB HDD and a 128GB solid state drive. It's not clear what storage allotment the base configuration comes with, though it's almost a given it will be a regular hard drive and not a hybrid drive or SSD.
For connecting external devices, there are two USB 3.0 ports, one of which is a Sleep and Charge port, and one USB 2.0 port. There's also an HDMI port, GbE LAN port, and SD card reader.
The backlit keyboard glows bright green with a "fierce reptilian pattern" on the keyboard's deck for added flair. Other notable features include optional touch support on the display and Intel RealSense support, which is another optional add-on.
Finally, the system has an optical drive (we're guessing a DVD burner) and dual speakers pumping out audio tuned by Bang & Olufsen.
Look for the HP Pavilion Gaming laptop to be available starting November 8, 2015.
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