HP 15.6 FHD Athlon 3050U 8GB 128GB Windows 10 Home Silver

Everyday laptop for office and study

The HP 15.6 FHD laptop ships new with Windows 10 Home, an AMD Athlon Silver 3050U dual-core processor, 8 GB DDR4 memory and a 128 GB NVMe SSD. The 15.6 inch 1920 x 1080 anti-glare panel runs at 220 nits and 45 % NTSC, while Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 handle wireless duties. A 720 p webcam, numeric keypad and HDMI port complete the core feature set.

Suits students and light office users.

This configuration suits students, home-office workers and anyone who mainly browses, streams video or edits documents. The two-core 2.3 GHz CPU with 3.2 GHz boost and integrated Radeon graphics cannot sustain video editing, 3D rendering or modern gaming. Buyers who need more storage, more memory or a higher-colour-accuracy display should look at a different specification.

Deciding spec: 128 GB NVMe SSD capacity

The 128 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 drive is the single figure that decides fit. It holds the operating system and a modest set of applications, but leaves little room for large media libraries, project files or game installs. The chassis supports up to 1 TB NVMe and up to 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM if you plan to upgrade later.