HP Pavilion 15-dk0046nr review

The light one: 1.9kg of HP gaming

HP's Pavilion 15-dk0046nr (2019) lists at $519 — 31% below the gaming-class median — pairing a six-core i7-9750H with a GTX 1650 4GB and 64GB of RAM. The verdict's top strength is weight: 1.9kg, 21% below the 2.4kg class median — genuinely light for a gaming machine of this era. The flagged weakness is reliability at 33 versus 53. The sheet is fully green: Overwatch, GTA V and Rainbow Six Siege at recommended, Photoshop and VS Code at minimum.

Weight is the product

At 1.9kg with a six-core H-series processor and 64GB of RAM, this Pavilion is built for the buyer who carries the machine daily — the rare gaming-shelf profile where the backpack test matters more than the benchmark. The 1650 holds recommended bars across the measured set, so the lightness costs nothing the flags can measure.

The honest cost

Reliability at 33/53 is the flagged watch-out — six years of potential hinge, fan and battery history. Graphics at 53.31 versus a 78.49 class median places it below median: this is a settings-managed 1080p machine, not a headroom machine. Both caveats are standard for the price band; neither undermines the core pitch.

Price trajectory

From an $1,800 anchor to $519 at an 11.29% annual rate, projecting $408 in two years — a 21.31% drop. The verdict calls it worth the asking price, and the curve agrees: value held sensibly for the weight class.

Against its neighbors

Upward, Dell's XPS 7590 at $590 (the other light machine in this band) and Lenovo's IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IMH05 at $595. Downward, Dell's G3 3590 at $471 and G3 3579 at $482 — heavier, cheaper, same graphics tier. The Pavilion's pitch is the lightest green-sheet machine of its group.

Bottom line

Worth the asking price for the daily-carry gamer: recommended flags, six cores, 64GB and 1.9kg in one package. Reliability odds are the honest discount terms.