HP OMEN - 35L Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 8700G - 16GB DDR5 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti - 1TB SSD - White/Black

I work from home as a software engineer and let me tell you, after being trapped in efficiency-core prison w/ the last few generations of Intel CPU, it is SO FREAKING NICE to go back to an all-performance-core world. No more random lag contrast when you lose the task scheduling library and draw an efficiency core for some UI you're interacting with This is maybe the first actually cool looking desktop computer I've ever seen. I put it up on my desk and it kind of makes the room. I really hope HP sticks w/ this aesthetic for the front because it kind of makes you love your computer This thing is very fast, but you can def tax it if you go hard enough. I run a ton of serverware, many instances of various dev tools and AI coding suites at the same time, and I was able to get it to chug a little bit but only in the rarest of dynamic use cases where I was working on multiple projects at once. I don't really game but ran it through some Borderlands and Dota for a few hours to see how she do and on my 165Hz Ark 2 ( the 55" curved 4k one ) everything looked pristine and ran smoothly af Cannot recommend this computer enough, seems to go on sale every 2 weeks or less, as low as ten fourty nine and nine ninety nooooine one time. Was able to get Best Buy to price match my purchase down to the sales price after the fact Really impressed w/ this thing, just keep in mind you are paying a slight premium for the design compared to the absolute cheapest you can get away with for similar specs, and it is SOOOOO WORTH IT and will change your entire relationship w/ your rig. Every time I walk into my office and see this thing, I smile and get hyped to work

A quick disclaimer, I’m no PC expert at all, but I did a ton of research on PC parts and kept coming back to this being really good value for a pre built. All parts appear to me to be released in 2024 and are upgradable so you can update them if you wanted to change out some parts in the future. I am coming from playing on a laptop and an Xbox series S, and this is definitely a great improvement and is noticeably more capable, as I would have expected. The Ryzen 7 8700G (based on my research) is not the best part for this PC, even thought its new, it takes some of its power to run an internal graphics card, which is not needed since it’s got a 4060ti graphics card in it. However, since it’s a 2024 release and given that I’m not planning to be running anything crazy on this PC, I wasn’t concerned. I have not had any issues at all with it though! If I was custom building a PC, I wouldn’t have chosen it, but it’s very capable and given the price it’s great. The 4060ti is awesome. No complaints at all on anything with that or really any other parts. 16gb RAM has been plenty for me so far, might add more later, but have had no issues so far. I’m told adding RAM is easy and it doesn’t look like it’s expensive (compared to other parts). The color settings are super cool, I’ve had some confusion getting my keyboard to tie in with the color settings on the rgb fans and stuff. But I don’t really care too much on that. It’s probably easily fixable and I haven’t spent the time to figure it out yet.

My previous HP Omen served me well for nearly 8 years with only minor upgrades (more RAM and an SSD). The HP Omen 35L has everything! The power, the style, the whisper quiet fans, the glass panel and the lights! Being able to increase my graphics settings from 50% to maximum has made older games new again! Combine that with Black Friday and I couldn't have made a better choice. Highly recommended!