HP 1x-XXX series guide

Where the HP 1x-XXX line stands in 2026

HP's entry-level consumer line — the 14/15/17-prefix families — covers 22 models in our catalog, from 2015 to 2024, asking $101 to $559 with a median of $261. Sixteen are basic laptops and six are lightweight ultrabook variants. Six rows in the roster carry no release year in our data; by their Celeron, Pentium and AMD E1/A9 processors they belong to the mid-2010s, and they populate the cheapest end of the list. This is a budget-pool guide: nothing here is fast, and the honest question is which minimum tier is worth buying at all.

The configuration spread

The CPU mix is mostly Core i5 (10 configurations) with a scattering of Celeron, Pentium, AMD E1/A9 and a lone Ryzen 3 — classic entry-tier sourcing. Discrete GPUs are nearly absent: just three rows carry one (a Radeon R5 M330, an R7 M340, and a modern Radeon 610M), and everything else runs on integrated graphics. RAM ceilings run 32 to 64 GB on paper, screens span 14 to 17.3 inches, and weights 1.47 to 2.82 kg — the 17-inch rows are the heaviest of the budget class.

Price versus age

The ladder is shallow and cluttered: 2015–2019 rows cluster at $162–309, the undated legacy rows at $101–246, and the modern band climbs gently — 2020 at $305–402, 2022 at $398, 2023 at $422–495, and the single 2024 model at $559. Because the whole series fits under $600, age matters less than tier: an 11th-gen Core i5 from 2020 at $305 is a better computer than a 2018 Ryzen 2500U at $276, and cheaper than a 2023 i5 at $422. The curve rewards shopping by CPU generation, not by year.

Which one to buy

The value pick is the 15-dy2795wm (2020, $305, Core i5 1135G7) — the cheapest 11th-gen quad-core in the roster, with the 17-cn0023dx (2020, $366, same CPU) as the big-screen variant. The 14-cm0970nd (2018, $276, Ryzen 5 2500U) is the best of the older band if the budget is firm. At the current edge, the 17-c3000 (2023, $422, Core i5 1334U) is the cheapest 13th-gen row, and the 15-fc0006ca (2023, $471, Ryzen 5 7520U + Radeon 610M) the cheapest modern AMD. The 17-cn4033cl (2024, $559, Core 5 120U) is the newest — but at that money, better-built used business machines compete hard. Below $200, everything in this roster is a disposable typer, and the undated Celeron/E1 rows we would pass on entirely.

Bottom line

Across the roster the numbers confirm the budget positioning: performance index median 25.2, best CPU score 46.4, USComp Score 34.5, and zero games clearing recommended settings at the median configuration. Energy efficiency of 75.8 is respectable — modern low-power chips idle cheaply — but reliability sits at 33 and mobility at 37.5. The realistic role for this pool is a second machine, a student typer, or a fixed-location web terminal. If the use case is anything heavier, stepping up to a used business-class line from the same years costs little more and buys real build quality.