The Pavilion line groups together most of HP’s affordable laptops. Traditionally, Pavilion laptops have pretty good specifications for the price, but they cut corners in other departments like cooling, chassis sturdiness and display quality. Despite these shortcomings, the HP Pavilion Gaming laptops have been popular among budget gamers. Recently, HP released another refresh of its long-standing HP Pavilion Gaming line, this time rocking the 5th generation of Ryzen processors and the reliable GTX 1650 dedicated graphics card. With the launch of the RTX 3050 in spring 2021, is a laptop with a GTX 1650 launched in 2019 still relevant? Our written review will go over the pros and cons of this laptop and try its best to answer this question.
