HP 14-an013nr 14-Inch Notebook (AMD E2, 4GB RAM, 32 GB Hard Drive)

Haven’t used it yet. First thing I did was check to see if ram is expandable and hdd upgradable. Looks like yes to both as neither are soldered to board. I’m not sure where you get that kind of hdd though. It has an extra slot for a 2nd sick of ram too. Looks like you could add an optical drive if you are willing to modify the case by cutting into the plastic.

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I have added a labeled picture of the board and also a picture of the SATA connection
I could not find a suitable replacement hard drive for this, if you know where I should look let me know, thanks!

Just received mine today, so first impressions:

Build and finish are fine for the price.

1080p full HD screen. If this is not the reason you are buying it, there may be better options. The screen is GLOSSY and has lots of reflection and glare. Plenty sharp, pretty good viewing angles, but brightness is a little low IMO.

This is no where near ultrabook size/weight, but it is a fairly light laptop that will travel well.

Connectivity! LAN port with lights! VGA! Full size HDMI! USB 3.0 (1), Full size SD reader. Again, if you don’t care about the LAN and full size HDMI/VGA, there may be better options.

Keyboard and Trackpad are more than acceptable, maybe even above average IMO. Caps Lock light, Mute light, full size shift keys, dedicated page up/down, Function keys by default (rather than F keys).

There is a fan, and it has been going most of the time I’ve been using it – not loud or high pitched though. No noticeable heat yet.

Replaceable battery! Its small too, so backups on a trip would be easy to bring. Not sure about battery life yet, but I’ve been using it unplugged for almost an hour and am at 88%.

Speed? Not so much. Will need more time, but I’m certain this is akin to all things "netbook 2.0", though 4gb of RAM is better than some. General web browsing has been fine, but weather.com has become a good test for lesser processors, and it certainly brings this one to a crawl.

Storage has about 13GB available after the first round of updates out of the box.

For me, this is a great buy to use for Remote Desktop. The full HD screen combined with the LAN, VGA, HDMI ports makes this a cheap travel/business computer if you use it for mostly RDP. The replaceable battery is another bonus after years of using ultrabooks. But if you are buying this as your main machine, you may be disappointed in performance.

More chip details: AMD E2-7110 processor, 4GB of Kingston PC3-12800 RAM (1x DDR3-1600, 1.35V), a 31.3Gb BHT WR202 eMMC, Intel Bluetooth and 3165 802.11ac wireless (no kidding), Realtek RTL8101E Fast Ethernet, Realtek SD Card reader (via USB2), TPM 2.0, HP webcam, Elan touchpad, HP HS03 11.1V/31Wh 3 cell battery and 45W 19.5V 2.31A wall adapter. In the box is a OneDrive card for 100GB/2yrs. GPU uses 512M of available RAM.

The only holes on the bottom of the laptop are for the speakers in the front and the processor fan in the back left. The AC port has an LED to indicate charging status and there are 2 LEDs on the front right to indicate system power and disk operation. The top cover is plastic with a washboard texture, the plastic around the keyboard has a brushed metal finish, and the rest of the plastic case is a sand finish. Windows says the battery life is 5 hrs. with battery saver turned on.

The system can drive 2 displays; VGA & HDMI can be used at the same time & independently if the laptop display is disabled. The screen is 1080p IPS. Didn’t notice backlight issues like the other reviewer did, but I’m primarily interested in viewing angle and maximum resolution. Performance wise, a E2-7110 gets 14.3fps on Unigine Heaven, 10.5fps on Unigine Valley (D3D11, avg, quality low/off, 1366×768 fullscreen). Also got 14.62fps on Star Swarm D3D, 10.85fps on Star Swarm Mantle (1366×768, follow, low, timed).