HP Pavilion 590-P0207A Vs HP Pavilion 690-0025A - Thoughts?

Tafe on 12/08/2019 - 12:40
Last edited 12/08/2019 - 13:43

Hi All,

I ordered a refurbished HP Pavilion 590-P0207A from the recent HP sale - stacked with Amex $150 off it came to $749 delivered. Specs below:

  • AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700 (3.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4 GHz burst frequency, 16 MB cache, 8 cores)
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 550 Graphics (2 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
  • 16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
  • 2 TB 7200 rpm SATA + 128 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

Full specs here

I'm not really a "computer guy" but it took me a good few hours to do my own research and this seemed like a good pick up to me. Today they've called me (12 days after ordering) to let me know they cannot fulfill my order as it's OOS and discontinued. They have offered the following as a substitute:

  • AMD Ryzen 5-2600 (3.4 GHz base frequency,up to 3.8 GHz burst frequency, 12MB cache, 6 cores)
  • AMD Radeon™ GFX RX580-8GB GPU
  • 16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
  • 2 TB 7200 rpm SATA + 128 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

Full specs here - can't find on HP website so HN link provided

So from a cursory noob look, it appears to be a downgrade in processor and an upgrade in graphics card? Is it a fair swap and a worthwhile purchase @ $749?

TIA!

Edit: Shopback @ $22.03 = Final price $726.97 inc GST

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Comments

  • spackbace on 12/08/2019 - 12:53
    +1

    Obviously the Ryzen 7 benefits from more cores, but what you lose out there you seem to more than make up on the GPU on the other one.

    I'd say it's a worthy option for $749

  • scrimshaw on 12/08/2019 - 12:56
    +1

    Worthy option. The previous build that you bought had a RX550 GPU which is very weak in comparison to the CPU

    The alternative being given to you is more balanced, the RX 580 is a big step up and can handle 1080p gaming. The power supply is probably also a higher wattage to suit the more power hungry GPU, so you have more room to upgrade later on.

    Obviously, you lost out on 2 CPU cores but most people don't need a 8-core 16thread CPU, not unless they were into content creation or game streaming.

    You can always upgrade the CPU yourself if the situation calls for it, there's a good upgrade path for AM4 sockets.

  • Tafe on 12/08/2019 - 13:16

    Thanks legends

    • spackbace on 12/08/2019 - 13:53
      +2

      And FWIW, that GPU is $300 just by itself
      $200 for the CPU
      So there's $500 not including ram/SSD/HDD/Mobo/PS/Case

  • HighAndDry on 12/08/2019 - 13:24
    +1

    it appears to be a downgrade in processor and an upgrade in graphics card?

    Yeah, but not much of a downgrade especially as it has higher base clocks and so generally better for gaming (faster single-core speeds); obviously worse for productivity (less cores). And that's a much better graphics card on the proposed replacement.

    I'd go for it personally.

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