HP NV14 Review: A Manufacturing and Sports Laptop

The chassis of the HP NV14 is made entirely of aluminum, with the rear part being very monolithic with simple rounded corners, while the front part being slightly more sloping.

The opening reveals a very sober set with a tone-on-tone keyboard and thin black screen borders. The 14-inch 16:10 aspect ratio allows this laptop to display a calculated aggression rate of over 81%. The keyboard provides pleasant typing with good feedback. It has backlighting and, like most silver-key keyboards, operating in broad daylight affects visibility. We notice the fingerprint reader in place of the Ctrl key on the right; It is responsive and allows you to open your Windows session with a simple touch.

The touchpad is centered on a slightly elevated palm rest. Clicks are well marked and do not sink too much. The middle click is only slightly steeper and requires more pressure to pull.

On the connection side, the HP NV offers a microSD card reader, USB port and charger socket on its right side. On the right edge is a USB-C format Thunderbolt port, an HDMI port, a second USB 3.0 port and a headphone / microphone jack.

Connectivity is provided by the Intel AX201 chip, which offers WiFi 6 (2400 Mb / s) and Bluetooth 5.2. A 720p webcam completes everything, which is passable quality and not detailed.

Cooling is provided by two fans located on the bottom right of the keyboard and blows into the hinge. We notice that HP has often elevated the NV14 with non-slip pads and fitted it with a wider opening than the airflow.

With the low-powered Intel Core i7 processor and GeForce GTX 1650D, you need cooling system to fit. The HP NV14 keyboard works best in less than 15 minutes, with a maximum of 46 ையில் C on the T key. Diablo3. By placing two fans on the right side of the keyboard, you had to suspect that the graphics card on the left side and the processor would overheat.

When using the processor alone, the temperature drops to an average of 5 ° C throughout the chassis, while the volume drops from 39.3 dB to 37.2 dB. So the HP NV14 is heard, but without causing an unpleasant high noise.

The laptop PC is very simple to disassemble as only four torque screws hold its shell. Starting at the level of the USB ports it is necessary to unpack it neatly.

Only the battery and SSD are replaceable on the HP NV14. The memory, located under the copper plate on the right, is dissolved just like a WiFi card. Note, however, that the battery is not plugged in and that the SSD-RAM dual has a copper scattering plate.

HP features its NV14 with the latest low-power Intel processors. The Core i7 1165G7 runs at 2.8 GHz with four hyper-threaded cores and can peak at 4.7 GHz. It comes with 16GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 1650D graphics card.

Thanks to its generously dimensioned cooling system, the Intel Core i7 can fully express itself, reaching the performance index of 71. The Envy 14 is present with the same processor (71) as the Magic Book 14, but behind the Genbook 13 is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (78) processor with Old.

Thanks to its GeForce GTX 1650D, the NV14 has multimedia capabilities. Therefore, it averages 124 fps with maximum details Diablo3 And 176 F.P.S. Overwatch The details are set to a minimum, all in full HD. It is also possible to play in good condition with less greedy titles, but by the screen’s own definition: 1920 x 1200 px.

As we mentioned earlier, the HP NV 14-inch IPS panel with a 16:10 format has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 bx.

We will not go four ways: HP selected panel is best for IPS. It offers both high brightness (492 cd / m²), but low reflectivity is measured at 23.3%. It is possible by these characteristics to consider external use.

The delta E of 2 also has color reliability (less than 3, the eye does not feel the color slip). This variation is very good for the IPS panel measured at 1542: 1, while the color temperature loses completeness with 6090 K – 6500 K can be achieved by slightly increasing the temperature in the HP application.

The only downside is the slightly higher backlight of the 31MS, which we noticed even during rapid movements of the windows on the Windows desktop.

Envy Bang & Olufsen, two speakers who equip Envy 14 are located under the chassis; So the sound quality largely depends on the surface you are placing.

Listening, the sound is great without equalizing what the MacBook Air delivers. It has no bass and the stereo effect is noticeable, but it always feels like sound coming out of a small box in front of you. We recommend skipping P&O processing, but disabling sound component upgrades.

The headphone output delivers a good performance up to 250 MVRMS, which allows high-resistance headphones to be easily connected. The remaining readings are above average with limited crosstalk and good dynamic range.

Envy 14 sizes 31 x 22 cm and 2.2 cm thick. These dimensions are slightly shorter than usual thanks to the 16:10 panel. Weight is 1.5 kg. So this laptop can easily slip in the shoulder bag.

The 135 W charger, though aesthetic, is classic. It is a transformer with two parts mains cable and a proprietary plug on the other side. This package weighs 449 grams and puts the NV14 under the 2kg mark with its charger.

Autonomy in video playback 10 hours 55 minutes (brightness at 200 cd / m, Netflix and headphones at 50% off under Chrome). A nice performance paired with its 63.32 Wh battery will allow you to navigate all day without any hassle and play with power modes and screen brightness.