HP are trying to get into the Gaming Laptop market, focusing their intentions on Good Spec laptops which don’t have to break the bank. The Greatest thing about this Power 15 by HP is that it’s very affordable.

The Specs aren’t going to change the world, but they are enough to offer you a sufficient gaming experience.

The specs set a decent benchmark though and offer you an entry point into online PC gaming. The AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Processor is sufficient, running at a standard clockspeed for 2.1ghz & the Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz. 

In benchmarks, this has beaten the Intel Core i7-7700HQ, so the old saying that Intel always provide better results than the AMD sockets may not ring true in this instance.

Accompanying the processor is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, which is an entry level graphics card. It’s been tested on the latest games which are quite graphically intense and can hit over:

100 Frames Per Second on LOW Settings (1280×720)

36 Frames Per second on Medium (1920×1080)

28 Frames per second on High (1920×1080)

On quad-hd, it hit just under 20 FPS, so we didn’t bother checking out 4K.

With these settings though, it’s more than playable on Medium/High, which is a good output for a Laptop this price.

The onboard 256GB SSD should keep things snappy too, so you won’t have any trouble with your PC boot times. If Music’s your thing, you’ll also be impressed with the Bang & Olufsen speakers which are integrated into the device. They won’t replace your Home Audio, but they provide more ‘Bang’ than the standard integrated audio.