HP Envy 17 Refreshed With Intel 10th Gen Ice Lake Processors

While this previous week’s wave of latest laptop computer bulletins was targeted squarely across the launch of Intel’s 10th gen Comet Lake-H cellular processors, a few distributors have additionally been utilizing the event to replace their 15 Watt U-series laptops as nicely. Among these was HP, who has up to date its Envy 17 household of notebooks. Joining the prevailing Comet Lake fashions, the HP Envy 17 collection now additionally options fashions with Intel’s Ice Lake-U processors, with numerous configurations obtainable as much as Intel’s Core i7-1065G7 CPU.

Designed for skilled customers on the lookout for a smooth and trendy design, the up to date HP Envy 17s embody a number of fashions throughout its vary, with a customizable contact display mannequin in its arsenal. (17t-cg000 Touch). The new HP Envy 17 could be absolutely configured to an acceptable specification depending on the person’s necessities, with a number of reminiscence, CPU, graphics, and storage choices obtainable. Users may also equip it with an ordinary Intel AC9560 Gigabit Wi-Fi wi-fi adapter, or with an Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 adapter. A bigger 55 Wh Li-ion Polymer battery is included, with its weight beginning at 6.02 lb, depending on the chosen configuration. 

Starting off with shows, the latest-generation Envy 17 incorporates a 17.3″ IPS backlit WLED show, with choices for both a 1080p or 4K show. Both shows are rated for comparable efficiency, with a display brightness of round 300 nits. HP can also be providing elective touchscreen performance on some fashions, although solely with the 1080p show. Overall, the HP Envy 17 weighs round 6 lb and has dimensions of 15.71 (W) x 10.20 (D) 0.76 (H) inches. 

Under the hood, the HP Envy 17 is powered by a Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 Ice Lake processors. Curiously, HP is taking a really binary route right here: the one CPU choices are the slowest Core i5, the i5-1035G1, or the quickest i7, the i7-1065G7. Both processor choices supply Four CPU cores, however together with clockspeed variations, the i5’s built-in GPU is simply half as highly effective because the i7’s. Perhaps that is why HP can also be together with a discrete GPU with the entire Envy 17s, utilizing NVIDIA’s GeForce MX330, which comes with both 2GB or 4GB of GDDR5 reminiscence.

The HP Envy 17 17M-CG0013DX Notebook

Meanwhile storage choices inside  the silver sandblasted anodized aluminum body run the complete gamut, from Optane-cached rotating rust all the way in which as much as a 1TB PCIe SSD. All fashions include some type of stable state storage, beginning with a 1TB HDD and 16GB of Optane Memory on the low finish, in addition to different mixtures of HDDs, SSDs, and Optane Memory together with a 512GB PCIe SSD with a 32GB Optane cache. As for the reminiscence, HP affords between 8GB and 32GB of DDR4-3200 SDRAM, together with a curious 12 GB configuration with one eight GB stick and one Four GB stick in an unbalanced dual-channel mode.

Also included within the HP Envy 17 is both an Intel AC9560 Wi-Fi 5 adapter, or one among Intel’s newer AX201 Wi-Fi 6 wi-fi adapter. For connectivity, the laptop computer affords a USB 3.2 G2 10 Gbps Type-C port, with help for DisplayPort 1.4, in addition to three USB 3.1 G1 Type-A ports, an AC Smart pin, and a headphone and microphone combo port. For customers with HDMI, the HP Envy 17 additionally has a single HDMI 2.Zero video output. Meanwhile, alongside the highest of the bezel is a large imaginative and prescient HD webcam with a built-in microphone, with the Envy 17’s sound coming from a pair of built-in Bang & Olufsen audio system.