Refurbished HP 15-ak085sa Laptop Core i7-6700HQ 8GB RAM 2TB 15.6 Windows 10 | Blizzard White
Specifications
Processor Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Processor Speed 2.60GHz
Screen 15.6" HD Screen
Operating System Windows 10
RAM 8GB RAM
Hard Drive 2TB
Optical Drive DVD RW
Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Wireless LAN WIFI - Internet Ready
Speakers Intergrated Stereo Speakers
Integrated Webcam Webcam with Mic
HDMI 1 HDMI Port
Warranty 12 Months Warranty
Top comments
CountFilth
8 Mar 163#6
I got this model as a perfect (actually new or as new) refurb from luzerntech on ebay. I paid £430 and it's a good machine, not everybody who wants a fast processor is into gaming so it helps us save money by not having to buy a graphics card we'll never get any use of out. I use mine for audio production which can be very CPU heavy.
All comments (21)
Zub
8 Mar 16#1
You should state in the title that it is a refurb.
SaxonStar
8 Mar 161#2
You're going to want to specify that it is a FHD (1920 x 1080) resolution screen before you are swarmed. Based on my knowledge it seems a hot deal to me OP :sunglasses:
Nexusfifth
8 Mar 162#3
A lot of specs for the money and I suppose great if you want to do some video editing on the go.
Apart from that I don't find it well balanced, the cpu is great but without discrete gpu you won't be able to game in any reasonable fashion and if you don't game or do some cpu intensive stuff you are not getting anything from that cpu and are losing portability and battery life.
I would say an i5 U version plus 960m are better combo for gaming and for general use any of the U cpus with ssd will make a faster machine to use and more portable as well.
Still a very good price for people who do need cpu power so heat from me. I simply wanted to stop people buying on the basis they will get a really fast pc simply because it has a fast cpu. (that said put an ssd in it and it will be pretty damn fast but still bottlenecked by ssd so you will see very little difference in terms of performance when compared to U versions).
natty11 to Nexusfifth
8 Mar 16#5
Lowest price i could find with that spec is 629.99 based on that is it not a good deal.
jimunix to Nexusfifth
9 Mar 161#16
Trueish. But i7 more future proof than lesser chips. In 4 or 5 years it will likely cope well with basic desktop needs, whose cpu footprint will, by that time, be all the larger. Chip power might double every 2 years, but software gets twice as slow unfortunately.
Microsoft Word no faster on 2016 quad core i7 than it was on a 486dx cpu in 1995.
linhang90
8 Mar 16#4
Good deal
CountFilth
8 Mar 163#6
I got this model as a perfect (actually new or as new) refurb from luzerntech on ebay. I paid £430 and it's a good machine, not everybody who wants a fast processor is into gaming so it helps us save money by not having to buy a graphics card we'll never get any use of out. I use mine for audio production which can be very CPU heavy.
Nexusfifth to CountFilth
9 Mar 16#10
Sure and as I said it is a great laptop and price for people who have use for the processor as you obviously do. (I even mentioned video processing.) But not many people do.
I simply tried to give advice to many people who think the machine is as fast as is its cpu, that this is most likely not a machine for them. I have met a lot of people who bought various fast i5's, i7's and don't understand why their laptop is slow and can't survive 2h on the battery. There are a lot of people who don't understand much about pcs and specs.
Agharta
8 Mar 161#7
It is what it is so no point in comparing it to weak U series chips or gaming laptops.
If someone posts a deal for a big off road 4x4 is there any point comparing it to a mini or an estate car?
bednim
8 Mar 16#8
HP + refurbished = problems problems problems :P
xela333
8 Mar 16#9
Sorry but his past was informative and had both the positives and negatives of the laptop
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Opening post
Specifications
Processor Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Processor Speed 2.60GHz
Screen 15.6" HD Screen
Operating System Windows 10
RAM 8GB RAM
Hard Drive 2TB
Optical Drive DVD RW
Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Wireless LAN WIFI - Internet Ready
Speakers Intergrated Stereo Speakers
Integrated Webcam Webcam with Mic
HDMI 1 HDMI Port
Warranty 12 Months Warranty
Top comments
All comments (21)
Apart from that I don't find it well balanced, the cpu is great but without discrete gpu you won't be able to game in any reasonable fashion and if you don't game or do some cpu intensive stuff you are not getting anything from that cpu and are losing portability and battery life.
I would say an i5 U version plus 960m are better combo for gaming and for general use any of the U cpus with ssd will make a faster machine to use and more portable as well.
Still a very good price for people who do need cpu power so heat from me. I simply wanted to stop people buying on the basis they will get a really fast pc simply because it has a fast cpu. (that said put an ssd in it and it will be pretty damn fast but still bottlenecked by ssd so you will see very little difference in terms of performance when compared to U versions).
Microsoft Word no faster on 2016 quad core i7 than it was on a 486dx cpu in 1995.
I simply tried to give advice to many people who think the machine is as fast as is its cpu, that this is most likely not a machine for them. I have met a lot of people who bought various fast i5's, i7's and don't understand why their laptop is slow and can't survive 2h on the battery. There are a lot of people who don't understand much about pcs and specs.
If someone posts a deal for a big off road 4x4 is there any point comparing it to a mini or an estate car?
Sorry but his past was informative and had both the positives and negatives of the laptop