Sure, there are some folks who don’t mind throwing three grand at a new computer rig that will run every game in existence at ultra-high 4K settings. But some of us have tighter budgets to deal with, and HP just released a new line of gaming computers with us in mind.
Desktop Entries
The Pavilion Gaming towers (690 and 7900 are aimed at gamers not interested in mobility or custom-building a rig. The swing-out hard drive trays make upgrading drives easy and the dual fans should be adequate for standard cooling.
The desktop price range for the 690 starts at $549 for an entry level system: 3.5GHz Ryzen 3, Radeon RX550, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB platter hard drive. Buyers can scale the price up to $1,699 for the 790 for an uptick in performance: a 3.2GHz Core i7, GTX 1070 video, 32GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and a 2TB platter disk.
There are options for even higher-end video cards such as the RX580 and GTX 1080. Hard drive space can be maxed out at 3TB and more RAM can be added. The 690 tops off at 16GB while the 790 can go up to 64GB.
Laptop Entries
The Pavilion Gaming laptop starts at $799, featuring a 2.3GHz quad Core i5, Radeon RX560X, a 1080p display, a 1TB platter drive and 16GB of Optane storage. If you want to bump your spend to $1,019, you can get a six core 2.2GHz Core i7, GTX 1060 graphics and a 1080p screen at 144Hz.
Other options can move the screen up to 4K resolution and a storage combo that pairs a 128GB SSD with 2TB of platter storage.
Non-Gaming Entries
HP isn’t only catering to gamers, however. There’s also a new version of the 14-inch Pavilion x360 with a fresh design that features a smaller bezel and a fingerprint reader. The standard Pavilion desktops and laptops also got a design refresh and performance boost.
Look out for all of these new computers sometime between May and June!
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