HP OMEN - 25L Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 5600G - 16GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 7600 - 1TB SSD - Shadow Black

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• Rated 1 out of 5 stars

  Meh…okay

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  Not thrilled. Had the computer specialists help me. ( my goal was to use a previous graphics card I had, upgrade ram and a few other things. Bought it as an open box ( actually purchased an Alienware M18 a month or 2 ago and had almost this same issue, open box) In this case the PC didn’t turn on. I unplugged it, plugged other things In , made sure they worked and it wasn’t the outlet… everything else worked fine. Plugged it back in, it turned right on. Signed in etc, great. The next day, went to try and use it and it didn’t turn on again. Tried the same thing with the power cord… nothing . Also noticed the DDR5 ram they sold me was not even compatible with this pc. So I went back, built the original PC I should have built in the first place and plan to return this. I was looking forward to seeing how this budget pc could handle basic tasks but unfortunately didn’t get that far. The other laptop I purchased (M18) turned on but had blue screen. Sometimes it worked, eventually it would blue screen and had to restart. I was glad it was capable of turning back on, in past experience blue screen was difficult to deal with. Eventually just decided for that much money I shouldn’t have to deal with that, exchanged it and the replacement was fine. It’s unfortunate those that work in the department aren’t as familiar as they act with tech. This whole thing could have been avoided from ( I bought the ram in the same transaction as the pc) thinking it was all comparable. I would much rather even they call in someone that does know the equipment, rather than waste a significant amount of time ( and money) acting like they do. I wouldn’t lean on Best Buy for their customer service… but if you need something and can’t wait the few days for shipping, utilize google or something to know what your looking for prior than going in. And be hesitant on the open box stuff. (DEFINITELY spend the extra few bucks for at least the “plus” return policy. They will still try to wiggle out if it but I’ve found that 14 day mark to be around how long things will last from there as well before the products seem to show signs of failure I would recommend this item if your in a pinch, and it functions but I would not expect it to have a long life even if working properly

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  Posted 1 year ago by BrianC

• Rated 3 out of 5 stars

  Sleek Design, Good 1080p Performance.

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  The HP Omen 25L is a gaming desktop that offers a sleek and minimalistic design, a very good mid-range processor, and a decent graphics card. It is a good choice for gamers who want to play most games at 1080p resolution with high settings. However, it also has some drawbacks that might make some users look elsewhere. The HP Omen 25L comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G processor, which is a 6-core, 12-thread CPU that can boost up to 4.4 GHz. This processor is capable of handling multitasking, streaming, and gaming without breaking a sweat. It also has a built-in Radeon graphics, which can be used for light gaming or as a backup in case the discrete graphics card fails. The discrete graphics card in this model is the AMD Radeon RX 7600, which is a budget-range GPU that can deliver smooth performance in most games at 1080p resolution. However, it might struggle with some newer or more demanding titles, especially if you want to enable ray tracing or other advanced features. The Radeon RX 7600 also only has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, which is sufficient for most games, but might not be enough for future-proofing. The HP Omen 25L does come with 16 GB of Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 MHz RAM, which is the more than the 8 GB that comes in many pre-built gaming machines, which is the minimum amount recommended for gaming. 8 GB might not be enough for some users who want to run multiple applications or games at the same time. The Omen 25L has 4 slots for RAM modules, so adding more RAM is a simple task. The Omen 25L I received for review has 1 TB of fast, NVMe storage, with a drive bay allowing the easy addition of a large capacity HDD for more storange. The Western Digital NVMe is fast and reliable, and it can improve the boot time and loading speed of the system and games. However, it might not be enough to store all your games and files, especially if you have a large library. Unforuntaly there apears to only be a single NVM3 slot, so adding additional space will be limited to an SSD or HDD in the forementioned open drive bay. The design of the HP Omen 25L is sleek and stylish, with a black metal case and a tempered glass side panel that showcases the internal components and limited RGB lighting. The RGB lighting can be customized and synced with other compatible devices using the Omen Command Center software. The case also has a one button tool-less access, which makes it easy to access the internal components. The port selection of the HP Omen 25L is decent, but not great. It has two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, one headphone/microphone combo jack, and one microphone jack on the front. The lack of a USB 3.2 Type-C port on the front panel is a disappointment. On the back, it has four USB 2.0 Type-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, one HDMI 2.0 port, one RJ-45 port, one audio-in jack, one audio-out jack, and one microphone jack.The Omen lacks some useful ports such as more USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. The RX 7600 has three display ports and one HDMI port. The HP Omen 25L also comes with a wired keyboard and mouse, which are basic but functional. The HP Omen 25L is a good gaming desktop that can handle most games at 1080p resolution with high settings. It has a relatively powerful processor, 16GB of RAM, a decent graphics card for 1080p (FHD), a fast SSD, and a sleek design. However, it also has couple of drawbacks such a mediocre port selection, lack of additional NVMe slots.

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  Posted 1 year ago by hahanson

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Affordable, Capable, Not a Ton of Room To Grow

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  I remember getting one of the first Omen gaming laptops back when it first released and being impressed by how HP had managed to thread the needle in their attempt to deliver something that delivered high specs while remaining price competitive. It’s been several years since that laptop released and during that time the Omen brand has reinvented itself somewhat, so I was rather curious to see how much had changed since those early days. After spending a few days putting this desktop through its paces I can safely say that the original goals of the Omen brand are still very much in play, though this does lead to a few shortcomings being a little more noticeable in the desktop form factor. The first thing I’d like to touch on is parts selection. I’m generally used to seeing prebuilt desktops going one of two ways: with everything being fairly cheap unbranded/proprietary parts, or using well known enthusiast tier brands for everything. HP has opted to land somewhere in the middle. They’ve got an Omen branded motherboard paired with a Cooler Master power supply, a Western Digital SSD, and HyperX RAM. They’re not aiming for the top of the product stack for any of these, but they’re all spec’d well for the CPU and GPU they’re paired with and offer very stable performance. On the software side I was also pleasantly surprised at how little bloatware it came loaded with. I didn’t find much value to the bundled Mcafee virus scanner and some of the HP utilities could be a little overbearing on first boot, but apart from that the system image is lean enough and doesn’t need much tweaking to get things optimized. Speaking of lean: the aesthetics of the case. There’s the expected ARGB here, but it’s definitely more of an accent than anything else with only the CPU cooler, the front logo, and the RAM being lit up. It’s not going to replace an overhead light fixture, as some gaming PCs arguably can, but it’s certainly enough to qualify as an accent lamp. The logo and cooler can be controlled via an included HP utility – but the RAM kit doesn’t seem to be compatible and requires some third-party software if you want to adjust it from the standard rainbow wave option it ships with. Apart from that pretty much everything here is black and white save for the CPU. The case is well laid out to offer an attractive view of the various components, though this does have some downsides that I plan to get to later. This brings us to the meat of any gaming machine: performance. I won’t lie: I was worried about this at first when it bluescreened with a display driver error the first time I tried to boot up a game. Fortunately fixing this turned out to be as simple as letting it finish going through another automatic update routine. Once that was done I found it to be a very capable machine for 1440p gaming and a beast at 1080p. 4K is… possible, but it was definitely where it started to run into issues with some of the newest games I tried experiencing frequent lag spikes. HP also included a “boost” utility which attempts to improve game performance via a mix of aggressive memory management, software optimizations, and some light overclocking. I couldn’t really notice a difference with it on during actual gameplay, but found that it did improve benchmark scores under a synthetic load so it’s definitely doing something to help get a bit more bang for your buck. It also earned some bonus points for being able to maintain its highest CPU boost frequency even under load – something I was definitely not expecting from a PC with only three fans and a single air cooler. Though the GPU did have some thermal throttling, so there’s a bit of room for improvement there. Unfortunately this brings me to the area where I had the most issues with the Omen. There are basically two kinds of people who buy prebuilt gaming desktops these days. One wants to use it as a starting point for a custom build to be refined at a later date, upgrading it gradually over the years. The other wants to avoid all that, and just replace the whole system when it becomes obsolete. This is definitely targeting the second kind of PC buyer. Upgrades are clearly prepared for to a degree, with a toolless drive bay for either a 3.5” or 2.5” SATA drive with cables already run and managed and room for another two sticks of RAM. But this is a very locked down computer apart from that. At first glance it looks like it should be very easy to improve on with an AIO liquid cooler, a bigger GPU, or a few more fans in the front. You don’t even need to have a screwdriver to get the side panel off. But once you get in closer you realize that working in this case would be a highly involved process. There are just so many metal assemblies covering up the areas you would typically need to reach to add more fans or take full advantage of the space provided, and with almost all the body panels being plastic I’m concerned that it would be very easy to end up damaging them if you were to pull it apart to start opening things up a bit. And this is really a shame here because apart from that, it’s laid out pretty well. It’s got surprisingly decent ventilation on the front panel, a mesh top that could be great for supplementing the rear exhaust if it weren’t mostly covered, and nice big feet on the bottom to keep the PSU intake on the bottom clear of any obstructions. With a slightly more user-friendly design I think it wouldn’t be hard to address the thermal issues I encountered during the benchmarks, and maybe even clear up some of those lag spikes I was getting during the more demanding games at 4K. Overall, however, I still give the Omen high marks for a prebuilt. There are so many gaming PCs out there at this point that overheat at the drop of a hat or are held back by proprietary parts that finding one that more or less just works out of the box without any serious bottlenecks on display is weirdly refreshing. So unless you’re shopping for someone who wants to use this as a stepping stone into the hobby of PC building, it is an easy recommendation from me.

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  Posted 1 year ago by Batlacit