HP 15-bw500 [15-BW563UR 2LD98EA]

No overpayment for the brand

The use of a cheap (but not at all weak) AMD processor in the HP 15-bw500 laptop made it possible to profitably invest in other components: a discrete graphics card, 8 GB of RAM and a whole terabyte hard drive. For comparison, similarly priced laptops with Intel Core i3 and discrete, usually, are equipped with half the amount of RAM and permanent memory.

Two video cards

The AMD A10-9620P processor has four cores, or rather two dual-core modules with a shared cache and a floating point module (in other words, weaker than real quad-cores). But due to the outdated 28nm process technology, in the hot season, it can turn off Turbo Core auto-overclocking technology. In addition, the A10-9620P has built-in Radeon R7 graphics, which can be paired with a Radeon 530 discrete. AMD Dual Graphics bundle provides a 25 percent increase in gaming performance compared to the Radeon 530 alone. But, unfortunately, it does not work correctly by far not in all games and, sometimes, it is more profitable to disable it (in the future it may be solved by updating drivers).

One step away from perfect

The laptop display is made using SVA technology. But unlike the bright and contrasting MVA, it does not outperform the cheap TN in any way (well, at least Full HD resolution). However, in the price category up to $ 500, better screens, in principle, are not found. In summary, the HP 15-bw500 is a memory-rich laptop with a powerful but relatively hot processor and outdated Wi-Fi 802.11n (80Mbps real speed). Although now most of even the most low-cost laptops are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi 802.11ac (100+ Mbps).