Can someone help me work out if this is good. The processor has a very high mark on cpubenchmark. I am ok with cosmetic damage. I do not care for 4k. It has SSD 4GB RAM is low but I will double to 8.
It this good for say some light video editing not 4K editing?
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sircoynie
16 Jul 177#9
Avoid!!!!! Purchased off these cowboys. HP envy turned up with coffee stains inside the rambay and on the motherboard! Refurbished to them is hdd wipe, that is all!
master10
15 Jul 176#2
That processor was launched in 2012. So potentially 5 years of abuse. I doubt the 'refurbishment' is anything more than a dust and clean. You get what you pay for...
WalkableBuffalo
16 Jul 176#11
Next to all the things everyone else has said
It's not even a 1080p screen, not even HD
So even with light video editing, you won't be seeing the full quality of your work so I don't see the point
CampGareth
15 Jul 174#7
Nope, Intel are still making proper quad cores for laptops (hyperthreading doesn't generally matter btw, nowhere near as much gain as adding more physical cores). Only thing that's changed is the model number, it used to be anything ending QM was a quad core, it's now anything ending HQ. The reason you're seeing what you're seeing is that core i7 is now slapped on parts with a power consumption from 45W (full quads) to ~28W (highest speed dual cores) down to 4.5W at the very lowest end (slow dual cores that boost hard). Performance scales pretty linearly with power consumption.
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FlappyPappy
15 Jul 172#1
It's quite old but still decent, QM means plenty of grunt. It will get quite hot though under strain, a laptop cooler and you will be good.
master10
15 Jul 176#2
That processor was launched in 2012. So potentially 5 years of abuse. I doubt the 'refurbishment' is anything more than a dust and clean. You get what you pay for...
le_jaeger
15 Jul 17#3
Seems legit...
Shambles
15 Jul 171#4
* refurbished *
starsi360
15 Jul 173#5
DV6 were known for overheating if I remember right. I wouldn't touch a 5 year old laptop personally... but each to their own.
baldude
15 Jul 17#6
Looks like it's a proper 4 physical cores plus 4 virtual.... Total 8 cores....
All the new i7's are dual physical cores.... Hence score very low on bench marks
CampGareth
15 Jul 174#7
Nope, Intel are still making proper quad cores for laptops (hyperthreading doesn't generally matter btw, nowhere near as much gain as adding more physical cores). Only thing that's changed is the model number, it used to be anything ending QM was a quad core, it's now anything ending HQ. The reason you're seeing what you're seeing is that core i7 is now slapped on parts with a power consumption from 45W (full quads) to ~28W (highest speed dual cores) down to 4.5W at the very lowest end (slow dual cores that boost hard). Performance scales pretty linearly with power consumption.
Opening post
I am ok with cosmetic damage.
I do not care for 4k.
It has SSD
4GB RAM is low but I will double to 8.
It this good for say some light video editing not 4K editing?
Top comments
It's not even a 1080p screen, not even HD
So even with light video editing, you won't be seeing the full quality of your work so I don't see the point
All comments (38)
All the new i7's are dual physical cores.... Hence score very low on bench marks