HP OMEN - 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti - 512GB SSD - Mica Silver

I’m switching back from Mac after 10+ years. I just don’t think there is good value in quality, options or upgradeability in macbooks anymore, and don’t like the fact that they’re going ARM. I was looking for a device that is fast and upgradeable. I also wanted ports. HDMI, USB, etc. The ryzen 4k mobile series cpus are no joke. The design of this device is very modern. GPU is fast enough for the occasional game at 1080p. You can upgrade the RAM, replace the storage or add a second SSD. No need to carry any dongles. I was a little bit hesitant about how noisy it could be, but during light work it goes pretty quiet. Physically, the bottom half seems pretty sturdy. The lid is a little bit flimsy for my taste, maybe I could take off half star. The intel equivalent of a laptop this powerful would set you back an extra $200 or more. A MacBook would be at least double the price. In summary, this is a great workstation/gaming laptop for the price. If you don’t need powerful 3d graphics, maybe the X360, Dell Inspiron or Lenovo ideapad with 4500U/4700U CPU would be a better fit. I would stay away from Intel until they release Tiger-Lake cpu series...

Very pleased with the laptop. I'm using it for photo and video editing and it processes the videos about 1/2 the time of the length of the video (a 5 minute 4K video takes about 2.5 minutes to export). I had some blue screens related to the NVIDIA drivers but that was when I was using a USB C dock with HDMI out; after updating the drivers and not using the USB C dock, I have not had blue screen. The fan stays off if I'm using the laptop for light work like web browsing, it will hum quietly for medium workloads and during video or image processing, the fan will get loud which is expected for any gaming laptop. The only drawback is the sharp edge where my palms rest but because I use the laptop connected to external keyboard most of the time, it's not a deal breaker for me. I'd also recommending upgrading the RAM if you are doing video editing. Love the RGB keyboard lighting. Overall very compact and portable laptop for all the powers it offers. Battery life is great too for average workloads.

This computer is one of the fastest piece of technology I've ever used in my life. I was leery of buying an HP product but Omen is like the Acura to HP's Honda. This comp has the most premium parts built into it. For anyone who reads this, it plays valorant at 144fps on highest settings, and most games on ultra at a reliable 100fps i.e. Sea of Thieves, No Man's Sky, Overwatch even on the highest. If you can see on the pictures this comp has 3 USB A and 1 USB C, I know I couldn't see this. If you have any questions of this particular PC I'm open to questions on reddit, my username is u/SaintAustin

Hi im coming from a HP Pavilion with a GTX1050 3gb and an I5 if you have a pc with specs similar I highly suggest upgrading because the GTX1050 is almost obsolete for modern games now. The Ryzen 7 and 1660ti combo will last you a good 3-4 years of gaming before youll want to upgrade. my only complaint is I wish it was running 2 8gb sticks of ram for 16gb of total ram instead of 2x4gb ram for 8gb total minor complaint but 2x4gb should get you by just fine. I run warzone and battlefield v on high settings perfectly fine,

As soon as I got it. I upgraded the ram(was 8gb, now 32gb) and drive to 2x PCIe 4.0 Sabrent 1tb. I was able to access the internals fairly easy. The GTX 1660 TI is still a beast. With optimizations on the software side, Black Ops Cold War beta ran @ a consistent 1080p 144+ fps.

Surprised my partner with this laptop so we could game together and to replace his deceased laptop. I must admit even I'm a little jealous (I use a Razer 15). The way the keyboard lights up with RGB looks great! And it's really sleek! Performs great (although I'm no PC pro). He loves it too! I watched multiple reviews for this computer before purchasing, and settled on this Omen. Being on sale didn't hurt in my choice either!

Only downfall is it heats up quick so look into a good cooling pad. Upgraded the ram to 16g and works terrific! Graphics look great too when streaming!

Its plays the games that I enjoy playing. It runs For Honor on high graphics 110+ frames or on very high 90+ fps. Can run Mordhau at 100+ FPS on high and 80+fps on very high. Was a great purchase, it can be hard to hear the speakers when the fan is running, but I use headphones so isn't an issue. It also stays pretty cool, but the charger block does get pretty hot when gaming (If you dont have the charger plugged in while gaming you'll get 30fps or less but im pretty sure that goes for most laptops.)