HP 15-r011dx Entry Laptop with Pentium CPU

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For this year’s back-to-school season, Best Buy has prepared an attractive laptop bundle. For only $330, the bundle contains the HP 15-r011dx Windows laptop PC, a wireless optical mouse, 8GB USB Flash memory drive, laptop sleeve, and a free six-month subscription for Kaspersky security software.

The most important part of the bundle is of course the HP 15-r011dx. It’s a budget-category 15.6-inch notebook with an entry-level Intel Pentium processor, standard-size 4GB of RAM, and a generous 750GB hard disk. The included Pentium chip is the N3520 quad-core from the power-efficient but somewhat underpowered Intel Bay Trail CPU family. It’s however faster than the popular Bay Trail Intel Atom chips found in affordable Windows-based tablets. For instance, the common Intel Atom Z3740 delivers around 1,100 points in PassMark CPU test, while the Pentium N3520 racks in around 1,850. The fact that the CPU has four cores doesn’t mean that it has similar performance to the quad-core Intel i7, which is way faster with PassMark scores of more than 8,000 points.

In the real world use, the N3520 will act as an enough capable chip for daily home and office tasks, including web surfing, Word and Excel, and audio and video playback. It is not suitable for more demanding operations like converting large amounts of videos from one file format to another. Also, any serious gaming is pretty much out of question, since graphics rendering relies on the low-performance Intel HD integrated GPU. If you are a gamer and want some playable frame rates at a similar price, you can check out the HP 15-g012dx with the AMD Radeon R5 series graphics and somewhat faster AMD A8 CPU. The R5 an integrated GPU, but still far better than the Intel HD and it can be used for gaming on low settings. However, the g012dx doesn’t include bundled extras.

HP 15-r011dx Back - Right

Other important features of the 15-r011dx are its mediocre 1366×768 display resolution, full-size keyboard with numeric pad and touchpad with physical click buttons, built-in DVD writer, stereo speakers, Wi-Fi wireless and wired Internet connections, three USB ports, HDMI video connector, and a multi-format media card reader.

The battery inside the notebook is a 3-cell 31WHr unit, but info on battery life isn’t available.

The chassis is made of plastics in black color. The whole system weighs in at 4.9 pounds and has a 1″ high profile, which makes it quite portable for a laptop with a 15.6-inch screen.

Specifications of the HP 15-r011dx

Here are the specs of the HP 15-r011dx with descriptions of its features. For comparison against other laptops, you can use the "Compare Specs" button.

Brand HP
Screen Size 15.6-inch

This is by far the most popular laptop screen size. It provides a lot of screen real estate, while avoiding bulkiness of the 17.3" laptops.
Screen Resolution 1366x768 pixels HD

This is an entry-level screen resolution, oftentimes found on budget laptops. It doesn't deliver picture sharpness and space on the screen like the Full HD or higher resolution laptop displays do.
Touchscreen No

This laptop doesn't support touchscreen input.
Other Display Specs TN type

Displays based on the old TN technology lack wide viewing angles you can find on IPS screens. The colors may look washed out or inverted at certain viewing angles.
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium N3520 quad-core 2.2-2.4GHz 2MB cache (User Benchmark CPU score: 19)
Graphics (GPU) Intel HD integrated graphics of low-end CPUs (only for the lightest gaming)
System Memory (RAM) Size 4GB RAM

4GB is a small RAM size for computing in 2023. For smooth operation of a laptop during everyday tasks, at least 8GB is recommended.
Data Storage 750GB HDD

This is an excellent capacity, but HDD is a slow type of storage.
DVD Optical Drive DVD writer
Keyboard & Input Non-backlit keyboard with dedicated number pad

The keyboard has a separate numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard, but it has no keyboard backlight.

Touchpad with separate physical click buttons

The touchpad features physical left and right click buttons, as opposed to click buttons integrated into the touchpad surface.
Speakers & Audio Stereo speakers

As usual, the device features a pair of built-in stereo speakers.
Camera Front-facing web camera

Laptops usually feature a frontal webcam located on the display bezel. This laptop is no exception.
Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11N

802.11N is an old Wi-Fi standard, precursor of the 802.11AC and the latest 802.11AX with improved data transfer speeds and connectivity. 802.11N is rarely used in modern laptops.
Ethernet Network Port Yes

This laptop has an Ethernet LAN port for wired internet and networking connectivity.
Mobile broadband (4G LTE) No
Bluetooth No

This laptop has no built-in Bluetooth module.
USB Ports 2 x USB 2.0 + 1 x USB 3.0

A total of three full-size Type A USB ports.
Video Output Ports 1 x HDMI

HDMI is a widely used digital video output port. You can find HDMI-in ports on most computer monitors and TVs.
Media Card Reader SD card reader

The laptop has a slot for full-size SD memory cards, used in many digital cameras. You can also use microSD cards with a card adapter.
Battery 3-cell 2800mAh / 31Whr li-ion
Weight 4.9 pounds
Height 1"
Width 14.9"
Depth 10.2"
Windows Version Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 is eligible for free upgrade to Windows 10 Home. Check Windows.com for more info.
Warranty 1-year

A typical laptop warranty.

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User Reviews and Q&A on the HP 15-r011dx

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Current rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  1. Bobbie Block

    Can the ram

    can the RAM be upgraded to 8GB, if so how?

  2. 4 out of 5

    HP 15-r011dx

    Hi,

    My name is Shahid from Lahore i am interested to by HP 15-r011dx ,First its Box pak or used , its ci3 , and your branch have to Lahore or not ,how to order and tell us about warranty ,thanks i will wait your reply.

    shahid Naseem

    • Danijel Z

      Sorry, we don’t sell laptops, we just provide their descriptions.

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