HP OMEN - 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 512GB SSD - Shadow Black

Better than I expected! I really though that the 10750H was going to be a huge bottleneck for the 3070 Max-Q, but so far, it is on par with the Ryzen 5 3600 I have on my current PC. I was looking to purchase this laptop to replace my ~$800 PC and I am satisfied! I don't like the fact that it only came with 512GB of storage, but I do like that they have an additional M.2 slot for another SSD. I bought a 1TB Samsung SSD for this laptop and upgrading is fairly easy and only took me 5 minutes. Fans do get impressively fast and loud, but are only at its fastest when Performance mode is turned on. For games older than 3 years, leaving the mode on Comfort will still yield high frames per second with quiet fans and low CPU temperature. If you do get this laptop, I highly suggest installing ThrottleStop, as the current CPU configuration has BD PROCHOT enabled, which throttles the CPU, even if the CPU temperature is only at 75 degrees. I've always had this program running and monitored the CPU temperature and it never surpassed 80 degrees on older games, and 92 degrees on more demanding games with the fan speed on auto. Without ThrottleStop, I've experienced a lot of stuttering with FPS ranging from 15 to 200 frames in Black Ops Cold War, which is a very odd feeling. Build quality is excellent, except for the fact that the screen casing is made out of very flexible plastic. I don't really mind though because it is mostly on my desk. I haven't had the opportunity to travel with this PC yet, and the flexible screen may cause an issue when in my backpack. The 300Hz 1080p panel is AMAZING. Low latency, OLED Screen for darker blacks, and 1080p is sufficient for a 15 inch laptop. The i7 and 3070 is great for competitive titles especially with the 300Hz screen. For portable use, HP really makes it easy for you to squeeze as many hours as it can to bring this laptop on the go. In the OMEN Gaming Hub app which is preinstalled, you can switch between the integrated graphics and the 3070. I'd also change the refresh rate to 60 or 100 Hz so that the monitor isn't eating battery so quickly. Keyboard has a fantastic layout as it is the same layout as my desktop keyboard. It also has all of the Media functions, lit up in LED so I don't have to tab out of what every I am doing to change a song on Spotify. I really hope that there are no issues with this laptop down the road, as I am really happy with this purchase. This laptop is a great replacement for my desktop and laptop, which combined is more than what this laptop costs.

This is a fun little laptop! I should have held out for a 17 inch but with an external monitor it's a gaming beast. I primarily play Warzone and Omen gets as many frames as my 3080. Make sure to get a mini-display to display port cable. I also added a 1TB NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 because 500GB isn't enough and the one that came with it was Gen3 (see pics). Back of laptop comes off easily. Only complaints I have and why I didn't give it 5 stars: FEDEX sucks for shipping and I paid extra to have it delivered at earliest date. Laptop was late and I wish companies wouldn't use them. The stickers on the laptop aren't aligned correctly which is more a quality problem (see pics).

Model I have is Rtx 3070 and i7 10750 5.0 ghz So I've had this for about a week and I'm blown away! With some gpu and windows optimization I was able to run Black Ops cold war at 160-240fps at 73c bf4 at 200 fps rocket league at 250 this Gaming laptop is the bast bang for your buck only down side is the 500gb ssd which is easy to upgrade. This is using the 1080 300hz gsync laptop screen

This is a great laptop for its price! Pros: + It is not that hot as the other laptops. I was able to play Cold of Duty WWII for 2 hrs with laptop on my lap while sitting on the couch (playing at the desk after a day working at it - nahh!). I am not entirely sure what made the difference but my guess it is all - the good cooling system, the factory tuning, the new 8nm tech process of rtx30 series. Compared to Alienware M15 with 2070s this is super cold and quiet. + Good screen. 300Hz and it is on a brighter side (also brighter than the Alienware M15 R3). + Mux switch - you can switch between hybrid mode (NVIDIA Optimus which automatically chooses which graphics card to use (intel or discrete) on the go but takes a cut of performance) or discrete GPU only, right in the Omen Control center (requires reboot) + Good upgradability - no soldered RAM (has 2 slots), easy to open. + It is small enough, the power supply is compact (~2 times smaller than Alienware's) + Keyboard and the touchbar are okay. I personally liked Alienware's kb more but this is just me. The touchpad... well, compared to macbook's all other touchpads are terrible. But this one is better than the Alienware's at least (no drops while sliding with the fingers). + I like the design. A good touch of the reflecting omen logo on the back + Hinges can get the screen all the way back (better when gaming on your lap) Cons: - Plastic feel - it's not terrible. Just some flex on top and the bottom. Inside is good - the main surface is aluminum. At the same time plastic on the bottom feels cold all the time (good for you lap lol) - Some wobbling in the screen hinges (but no backlash!) - A bit too angular on the bottom - I would appreciate a little more rounded edges here and there but this is minor. On the other side - a plastic grill on the bottom really helps with cooling when not on a hard surface. And the main thing, I hope it was just my sample so don't taking it into account when giving 5 stars - I had difficulties with installing some Windows updates and the games from Xbox Game Pass. Spent a couple of days googling the error codes and trying to solve it and another day sharing a screen with Microsoft support trying to resolve it. Tried to reset windows multiple times from local disk and from cloud - nothing helped. Still not sure if it is a software issue (McAfee, ExpressVPN that come with the laptop) or the hardware. I think the latter as I tried to clean up Windows from the bloatware. Could be a RAM issue of some kind. Result: returned to BestBuy, going to get another open box again.

Pros - Bright & Colorful screen, Really nice keys, quite fast when doing minor browsing and watching videos. Cons - Can get load(expected from a 3070 mobile ver), Thermal(Intel thing which is respectable), *DRIVERS ISSUE* I'm prob one of the unlucky person who bought this with a manufacturing error. First time I boot the thing, everything seems to be running all well and smoothly, I tried installing games to test the benchmark and all that but, the first ever game I opened gave me an error about the drivers. I tried installing the latest drivers and still no luck. Tried DDU to uninstall hoping that it'll work but, still no luck. IF anyone is willing to help me out with the issue just leave a feedback about this issue I'm having. Sorry for my poor English grammar.

At first I got the Asus Tuf b/c I'm an Asus fanboy and was expecting ROG like performance. Unfortunately I was mistaken, the CPU in the RTX 3070 TUF is a 4 core Cpu, a MAJOR bottleneck for the 3070. I got this laptop and the performance difference for "only" the $200 increase is night and day. The keyboard and speakers are better too interms of volume and quality and don't get me started on how great the cooling is, the TUF felt like it was going to catch fire. The ONLY downside is the chassis is plastic and has some flex but nothing I'm worried about. Don't underestimate the CPU like I initially did, it will cripple the GPU at only 4 cores.

Great screen 80 to 100 watt 3070 with mux switch gets great fps i am impressed with the performance of the laptop. The fans are not to loud and it stays cool

If this is in your budget, buy it. The graphics are amazing, I played RDR2 on default graphic settings, which is default to ultra on everything and the game runs crystal clear. The cooling system in this thing is really impressive for a laptop. I played GTAV for hours with it on my legs and it never got hot.