The only time the fan really howled was when we were downloading a BIOS update, during which we couldn’t actually work on it, anyway. (Creators don’t want to be drowned out by fan noise while streaming!) HP also provides a utility to manage fan noise, which we’ll talk about later. The fans seem sensitive to ambient temperatures, remaining quiet on cooler days and ramping up more quickly on warmer ones.Įven dialed up into performance mode, though, the fan ran extremely quietly during both CPU- and graphics-intensive loads. HP employs a pair of fans, plus two heat pipes, suck up air from the bottom of the laptop and push it out through vents next to the hinge. One feature you’ll notice as soon as you start using it: the relative lack of fan noise. Like most laptops, the HP Envy 14 sucks in air through the bottom vents and pushes it out through vents in the hinge. While the unit looks and feels solid, we noticed a bit of give when depressing the keyboard firmly. The profile signals a thin-and-light, though it’s actually about average weight at 3.3 pounds. While you’ll see the stylized diamond grillework that distinguishes HP’s laptop vents, overall the Natural Silver stamped-aluminum chassis is a little plain. HP’s Envy 14 lacks the visual splendor of the company’s premium Spectre laptops. Weight: 3.3 pounds, 4.2 total with 135W charger.Battery: 61.2Wh rated/ 61.2Wh (full charge).Security: Fingerprint reader (Windows Hello).Ports: 1 USB-C (Thunderbolt 4/USB4, at 40Gbps, DisplayPort 1.4) 2 USB-A (5 Gbps), 1 HDMI 2.0, 3.5mm headphone/mic.Graphics: Iris Xe, Iris Xe/Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q (as tested).Storage: 256TB PCIe NVMe SSD (as tested) / 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD/ 1TB PCIe NVME SSD.Memory: 8GB DDR4, 16GB DDR4 (as tested).You’ll see how it’s tuned for those users as we go through the specs and features, beginning with this list of the basics: Mark Hachman / PCWorld While you might consider the Envy as the “stylish” HP product line, compared to the budget-friendly Pavilion line and the premium Spectre line, HP has recently refocused Envy as optimized for creators.

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