My point of view is that of someone who has been gaming on a notebook laptop with integrated graphics, A.K.A. not a gaming computer. I longed for an upgrade so I could actually *see* the characters in my games, or all the details I was missing while running games on low graphics settings. Very satisfied with the HP OMEN 30L! PROS: price, upgradability, quality, design, performance, storage, graphics, size, accessibility, many ports and inputs/outputs, accommodates several display types CONS: temperature control, fans can get loud (but you can add more fans to reduce the workload!) OVERALL: This desktop was so much more of an upgrade than I imagined it would be. The graphics are beautiful. There is plenty of storage space with the SSD and the HDD. There is room for upgrades on pretty much every component, though I'm not 100% sure about the motherboard. The design is very streamlined, and the RGB options are more classic and minimalist (which I love!) as opposed to some of the more flashy prebuilts on the market. It runs well, and I think it is the right choice for someone who is on a tighter gaming budget and doesn’t need “the best” specs. Much more detail below. GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Not top of the line, but darn good! A brief example of how well it performs: I play Overwatch on Epic settings (the highest settings the game offers), and it blew my mind with how clear and vivid everything is. The game performs great. Oh, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Looks so good and plays so well! COOLING: It comes with a couple of case fans pre-installed with room for more if you want to buy an extra and add it yourself. You may need it, depending on what you use this PC for, because the CPU and GPU do seem to hit kinda high average temperatures while gaming. The fans can get loud and will sometimes make a high-pitched noise when at high power. So, I might invest in an extra fan to combat that. CASE: It's about an inch or so smaller in width than most, if not all, cases I saw when I was thinking of building my own PC. I needed something a little more sleek, and while this is still a big tower, it gives me that bit of extra room I needed. Cable management is just so clean and tidy. There is a little spot at the bottom right with nothing there, so I placed a miniature Funko figure there. 3 LED RGB areas on the case: strip along the top inside, diamond on top front, circle on bottom front. Each one is independently controlled in the OMEN Command Center, and there are a number of effects and colors to choose from. MEMORY/RAM: It only has 8GB, which is not a lot if you want to game and stream at the same time or generally multitask with demanding programs. It's plenty if you just want to play a game and maybe have a web browser or Discord open at the same time as the game. You can expand it up to 32GB, I believe, as it has two memory slots that can accept RAM sticks up to 16GB each. I chose to upgrade the RAM, and it was easy. I purchased the exact model that comes pre-installed, except I chose non-RGB to save a few bucks. The issue with this upgrade is that they will no longer run at the full 3200MHz, defaulting to lower speeds. This can be fixed by overclocking, but that will void the PC’s warranty. I did not want to take that risk, so I’m using this PC just fine with the 16GB RAM at a slightly lower speed (I don’t even know how the speed affects performance… I’m no expert lol). It's a matter of balance and what you are willing to do. MOTHERBOARD: I don’t understand motherboards all that much, but I do know that this one has many options for USB devices and different kinds of displays. It’s HP’s own Moria 3 motherboard and you can find out more info straight from them. Bottom line: I almost bought a more expensive desktop with Ryzen 7 and RTX 2060 because I was afraid I wouldn't be getting the full experience with these lower specs. I was wrong to assume that, and I am glad I chose to buy this one instead. I saved money, and I get to have a powerful PC for my games.

i purchased this HP OMEN 30L desktop computer 3 weeks ago. i use it for gaming and i'm very satisfied with the performance of this computer. it is easy to use right out of the box and its very fast and has no problem playing GTA 5 and DIABL0 3 at high settings. the only issue i came across was when i tried adding more memory cards. it does not recognize the 32htz cards as such and only as 2133 htz. there is no way to enter the BIOS to fix this issue. but i will say computer is performing well with the memory it came with.

This PC is all you will need. The CPU and GPU are fast, the SSD makes everything boot near-instantly. The HDD has a whole 1 terabyte. The power supply is 500 wats for easy upgrades. The case is gorgeous. My favorite feature is the RGB. It's awesome! The only thing that I dislike is the RAM it is only 8 GB but it is 3.2 GHz and can be easily upgradeable so it is not a big deal at all.

Bought this about 2 years ago. Been working fine for the stuff i do. Easy interface for the onen command board. Cool design but wish it had one more fan on the back. Besides that its decent forsure.

This is a great computer overall, however this is marketed to gamers and a lot of gamers that will pay this kind of money for a computer already have RBG keyboards and mice or are looking to buy them, especially if they are going with a RBG style desktop like this one. I think they could have left out the keyboard and mouse (that are HP brand and not OMEN and not RBG) entirely and just added another 8gb of RAM. Most customers that buy this will end up having to open it up and insert another stick eventually. Also important to note there is only one extra slot for ram and not the usual 4 with a gaming computer. I personally love this computer. The colors are great and I really like how you can personalize all the different aspects (the fan, diamond, and interior can all be different colors.) You can make them static, or have different color effects like blinking, pulsing, wave, ect. The reason I gave this computer 4 stars instead of 5 is that this is my second one. I purchased this when it first came out, so I am hoping that the quirks were worked out in this model. My first one stopped working and would not connect to the screen after a month. Geek Squad sent a new one regardless of it being past the time which was good. Overall, this computer handles live streaming and gaming with a couple of programs and tabs open and does everything I was looking for when purchasing a computer! I highly recommend it (: