HyperX - HP OMEN 16" 165Hz 2.5K OLED Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX (2025) - 16GB RAM - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 - 512GB SSD - Shadow Black

The HP HyperX OMEN 16 isn’t just another gaming laptop—it’s the kind of machine where you open a game to “test it really quick” … and next thing you know, you’ve been playing for three hours and completely forgot what you were supposed to be doing, until your wife starts yelling at you, but back to the laptop. The HP HyperX OMEN is an absolute beast of a gaming laptop, so let’s get right into. SPECS AS TESTED: PROCESSOR: AMD RYZEN 7 8000 SERIES GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 DISPLAY PANEL: 2.5K OLED 165 HZ RAM: 16 GIG (UPGRADEABLE) STORAGE: 512 GIG SSD (UPGRADEABLE) CONNECTIVITY: PLATHORA OF PORTS, WIFI 7 & BLUETOOTH DIMENSIONS: 1.8 INCHES HEIGHT, 14.07 INCHES WIDTH, 10.59 INCHS DEPTH, AND COMING IN AT 5.47 POUNDS DESIGN: Right out of the box, the sheer weight of this laptop is immediately noticeable. Combined with its power adapter, it’s a hefty package that clocks in at around 7 to 8 pounds—though that is to be expected from a high-performance gaming rig. On the design front, it maintains a clean, understated finish. While it clearly belongs in the gaming category, it avoids over-the-top RGB styling, making it subtle enough for professional settings. One quick warning, though: despite being a "laptop," you won't want to use it on your lap for long, as it tends to run quite hot under normal fan modes. Thermals on the HyperX are surprisingly not bad. It gets warm when you’re pushing it, but it never feels out of control. HP's OMEN software offers several different fan profiles to manage this. For instance, if you bump the fans up to the "Max" setting, the temperatures drop significantly—making it comfortable enough to actually use on your lap—though it does get quite loud as it pushes out a ton of air. Another great touch is the "Fan Clean" feature, which periodically reverses the intake fans for a few seconds to blow out built-up dust and debris. DISPLAY: After your done with the exterior of the laptop and pop open the screen, the first thing that hits you is the beautiful OLED display. The OLED panels already have a strong reputation for richer and brighter colors and deep blacks, and this one really fits that mold, so images feel rich and detailed instead of flat or washed out. The HP HyperX OMEN 16-inch 2.5K OLED panel at 165Hz is just ridiculous in the best way. Everything looks insanely crisp, colors pop, and the contrast is on a whole different level compared to your typical IPS gaming screen. Blacks are actually black, not that washed-out gray you usually see and because it’s OLED with a high refresh rate, it’s not just pretty—it’s smooth too. Fast-paced games feel super responsive, and there’s basically no ghosting. PERFORMANCE: Performance-wise, this thing is an absolute beast. The Ryzen 7 8745HX (MAX BOOST OF 5.1 gigahertz), handles everything you throw at it without breaking a sweat—whether you're gaming, video editing, or multitasking with Discord and a mountain of open browser tabs. Paired with 16GB of RAM and the RTX 5060, it comfortably runs modern AAA titles at high to ultra settings. I meant to just "test it really quick," but ended up losing track of time and having a blast for hours. The gameplay was incredibly smooth with zero lag or ghosting, easily pushing 120Hz to 160Hz depending on the title. STORAGE: The 512GB SSD is fast and everything loads quick, boots are snappy—but yeah, it fills up faster than you think with modern games. The upside is this laptop is actually upgrade-friendly. You can swap out or add more RAM and storage pretty easily, so you’re not stuck with the base setup long term. That’s a big deal if you plan on keeping it for a few years or if you just feel like adding more storage and power. PORTS: Port selection is another thing I appreciate here. You’ve got HDMI 2.1 if you want to hook up to a higher refresh monitor, a USB-C 3.1, one USB-A 3.1, plus two USB-A 3.0 ports for all your usual gear. There’s also a headphone jack and an Ethernet port. BATTERY LIFE: For daily use, basic tasks you can squeeze out about 5 to 6 hours of just, depending on your settings, but when it comes to gaming, grab the charging brick. Overall, the HP OMEN hits the nail right on the head. It’s not just powerful, and it’s not just good-looking—it perfectly nails both. The gorgeous OLED screen paired with the RTX 5060 makes everything look incredible, the performance is superb, and you get all the ports you actually need alongside room to upgrade the RAM and storage down the road. If you're in the market for a genuinely great gaming laptop, look no further.

I was skeptical about getting the 5060 thinking it would be underpowered, but fear NOT! Plays games well AND looks great on this GORGEOUS OLED Screen. Hurry before they are gone or go up in price!

While HyperX has a bit of a generic look, HP's gaming brand has actually served my family quite well. Thanks to this HyperX Omen my whole family is able to game using one device. My son and I have been taking advantage of Steam's summer sale with the purchase of Retro Rewind and RV There Yet while my wife has been using the laptop to play D&D with her family. In the past, our PCs and Laptops struggled to keep up with the performance of the other members of our family (during virtual game nights), but my wife is finally able to keep up and outperform her Dungeon Master. The design of the laptop is simple and bulky like most gaming laptops, but is not annoyingly heavy. I appreciate that the device runs quietly and that most of the heat seems to be expelled out of the sides instead of downward into my lap. I don't particularly appreciate having the HDMI, Ethernet, & Charging ports on the rear of the laptop as they are difficult to see and difficult to reach. For those who don't move their gaming rig often, this will be preferred (for cord management), but for those (like my family) who like to move their laptop often, having the ports on the side would be a much more convenient option. Battery life is suitable, but not great. I was able to stream a 2 hour movie on Netflix, but was left with only 13% of the battery left. That being said, the OLED screen is phenomenal. The colors are vivid, the black levels are spectacular, and the 165Hz refresh rate makes motion smooth and crisp. Both games and movies look absolutely incredible. My wife and I both noticed that the keys have a decent amount of travel and a nice tactile feel. The RGB keys also look very impressive and are a welcome addition that provides a nice bit of customization and flair. The laptop does have an integrated webcam, but it is not compatible with Windows Hello (which means users are not able to log-in via facial recognition). Also disappointing is that the laptop does not have a fingerprint scanner - which my wife prefers as the quickest way for various users to log-in to a shared device. Overall, we are all pleased with the powerful performance, the impressive screen, the manageable size of the laptop, and my wife very much appreciates the 10 key is not missing. It's an easy recommend from my whole family.

i’ve never owned a HyperX laptop before but after playing around with the latest HyperX Omen 16 which is an OLED gaming laptop I think hyperX is on the right path when it comes to building their own dedicated gaming laptop. The unboxing experience honestly it’s very plain. The box is just a brown box. For what this laptop was worth, I would expect a better packaging, but the overall unboxing experience is fairly simple couple protection inside the box beyond that nothing hard protecting the main box itself. DEVICE: HyperX Omen 16 is a 2.5 K old gaming monitor this one is equipped with Ryzen 78745HXAZ4 processor and it comes with 16GB of RAM the laptop is also quit the mobile RTX 59 version which it’s also equipped with 512 GB of SSD storage. It’s a copilot laptop, and hopefully in the future dedicated copilot button would stop because I never used them as a gaming laptop. Honestly, we don’t really care about any copilot buttons. when it comes to port, you have 1 USB-C plug and then 3 USB A, an HDMI 2.1 a display port 1.4c including wifi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0 and is equipped with the RJ-45 for hard wired ethernet. from what I stated earlier, this is a OLED monitor resolution of 2560 x 1600. Also this monitor support HDR so I would highly recommend to use it during HDR which is certified HDR true black 1000, with up to 500 nits of brightness during SDR, Omen 16 is also 100% of DCI-P3 that shows a very vibrant colors. not to forget it also boost a 165Hz refresh rate. a built in front camera that is FHD and support for HDR auto switch. HyperX Omen 16 also weight if 5.47lb. DEVICE AND EXPERIENCE: after holding the laptop, I think the hyper XO 16’s weight is perfect opening up the screen. It has a little bit of wobble, but what’s great about the screen it’s not as flexible, which is one of the key things I checked when using a laptop. HBO man did great by having the IO on the back of the laptop not on the side it helps hide a good amount of wires in case you’ll have it plugged and you have the power cord plugged. The keyboard is a full-blown keyboard all the way from number pads, and the feel of the clicks is very clean and nice no wobble, but one thing about the coding of this laptop it’s definitely a oil magnet so if you’re very oily person, I would highly recommend washing your hand first before touching this laptop because you will see oil markings around the laptop. After booting up this laptop for the first thing, I’ve noticed when booting up steam was how vibrant the color on this OLED laptop I’m not sure because it’s so small which is 16inc compared to my other OLED but the color on this laptop is far beyond better than other OLED monitor that I’ve seen, how vibrant the screen looks fantastic during browsing and in game. Playing the new 077 First Light on running medium setting using Nvidia optimize setting with DLSS quality activated i get about 45 fps. The game also supports HDR so I made sure I tested that, 007 HDR brightness cap at 250 on this laptop but overall highlights during games you can clearly tell its on HDR. Using DLSS frame gen X2 on single player games boost the framerate from 50 to 75 with picture quality not getting affected that much, dont ever use framegen x6 its gonna be a mess when moving around the world I wouldnt rely on that with a RTX 5060 mobile GPU. The Omen gaming would automatically switch to performance mode when playing games, I would highly suggest to plug the power cord to get the proper power it needs when it comes to gaming and if you want to take advantage of 165Hz. I played Battlefield 6 with settings mostly on high which was pulling 78-85 Fps in game, The Finals with settings medium and high will get you 95 - 120fps. Omen Gaming Hub also offer settings AI setting to improve performance its almost like their own simple over clocking but I dont really use those. you can also track your CPU and GPU performance using the Omen Gaming Hub. while gaming CPU temp shows 177F and GPU at 159F so when it comes to fan noise its pretty much a standard noise like most gaming laptop have, specially during performance mode. CONCLUSION: I think HyperX Omen 16 is a great laptop, I love the weight of this monitor and having a 2.5 K resolution it definitely helps with clarity and having it oh that screen you have the most beautiful looking colors. HDR is also amazing to have on the laptop. One thing I didn’t mention earlier were the speakers I thought the speaker was decent nothing too special or to go home about, but it’s definitely worth using hyper. X also mention for this laptop to have the ability to easily sync with other hyper, X accessories, a keyboards and headset and mice. I love the power plug location, it’s in the back of the monitor so no wiring that can get in the way from left or right for the price. I wish it does offer a one terabyte of memory right away but beyond that I would say catch this laptop on sale, but I think is definitely worth checking out if you’re wanting to own a gaming laptop don’t expect to reach 165 Hz on this laptop on most games you would only be able to see those if you’re playing counterstrike or VALORANT anything that’s not GPU heavy game or a CPU heavy game you should be able to reach 165 Hz but when it comes to modern gaming like a single player game you would probably get around 40 FPS, which would require you to use some DLSS framegen to help and improve some of that framer. Overall, I can’t wait to see what hyper X got next. I think this is a solid laptop to have and so far I’m loving it.

Great laptop with a beautiful OLED screen. I'm a pretty casual gamer, but haven't had an issue with any games I've tried running. Games like Ready or Not and Arc Raiders run very smooth. E-Sports titles easily hit 160-200 framerates. The OMEN software can be a little buggy, but not as bad as Acer's or Asus.