Awesome it's back up light of keyboard, convenience, quickest games download, codes secure that's so cool, easier to load more money on its with safety, and power very last for long time.

Booting and every game is so fast. It's nice performance and price.

I am on the border of returning this laptop for a few reasons. Initially I wanted a 15.6" laptop for the portability but was turned off from those with nvidia optimus because they are incompatible with my Oculus Rift VR headset. This was the only laptop under $1000 with flagship level specs. I played with it in the store and was pleased with the screen color and sharpness. I bought one and brought it home, my unit has severe light bleed in three corners. probably the worst i have ever seen (normally its not even something i look for, but this jumps out at me) Then the size. This laptop is massive, thick, heavy, can't zip my bag with laptop in it. Then the hard drive is god awful slow. It took about 10-12 hours to install mechwarrior online and a few windows updates. Task manager showed disk utilization at 100% the entire time. I uninstalled the antivirus and rebooted -- its seems much better now livable even. Battery life blows, but you should of known that before purchase. Now the pros. "But can it play crysis?" My favorite game mechwarrior online is based on cryotek and my desktop gaming rig is a ryzen 1700 two SLI geforce 1080 OCs. It averages 45-60fps at 2560x1080. This laptop is averaging 75-90fps at 1080p -- very impressed. I played robo recall last night for about an hour and the VR experience was perfect as well. Its also the first time oculus software didn't throw a fit that my hardware wasn't compatible or some B.S. Conclusion: Lightbleed, borderline not portable, poor battery life, but it absolutely crushes gaming and VR. I will probably keep it and complain about the size and weight -- as i really wanted an RX580 in a smaller package

I was excited to get this unit. I prefer gaming laptops - I am a heavy user, constantly multi-tasking with many tabs open. Usually, the standard laptop cannot keep up with my use. Since gaming laptops are usually made for heavy use, I think they are better choices for the price. My first impression is that this computer is HEAVY. This is NOT a unit that I would pack for a trip or carry to the coffee shop. I can appreciate the quality but, to me, the lack of portability is a drawback. The unit is made by HP, but the case and box do not have HP logos - it has the custom "Omen" logo, which I guess makes it look cool. The case is black with red accents. Again, it's got a lot of cool factor, but as a female, I thought the design was very masculine. Yes, most gamers are men, but there are many female gamers as well. To me, that's an oversight in the design, though I do like the red lights behind the keyboard. The keyboard has a nice, smooth, almost suede-like feel. It was very nice to type on. However, the programmable keys on the left of the keyboard throw off the feel a bit. I couldn't get used to the finger placement for typing. Super easy to set up. It comes with HP Orbit, which allows you to link several devices together. I linked the computer with my Android phone, and while it's a novel idea, I don't see using this feature often. For multi-tasking, I wasn't terribly impressed. I didn't find a huge gain in speed over my previous (non-gaming) laptop. My husband did take it for a few test drives, as he's the gamer in our family. He has a few MMORPGs that he plays on the PC. He found it to be VERY responsive. He's had gaming laptops that couldn't keep up with his use (we had one where we replaced the hard drive multiple times) and this unit was strong enough to keep up AND not overheat. The one drawback that he found was the lack of a DVD drive, especially for the size and weight of the unit. This is easily remedied though. Overall, this unit is a good buy for the traditional gaming consumer.

OMEN by HP 17.3" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 580 - 1TB Hard Drive - HP sandblasted hairline brushing and carbon fiber This is a hard review to write so let’s just get back to gaming everyone. That is exactly how I felt since I have been using the new HP OMEN Laptop. Ok I admit it I love PC gaming. And I was knocked over at the performance of this gaming laptop. Before I give my final impressions anyone interested in a gaming laptop is either focused on their budget or the system spec. Well in this case the cost is very competitive with the competition. You have the newest top of the line 7th Generation, Intel i7 processor so nothing to worry about there. 16GB of ram should be standard in any modern gaming computer and we have that here also. The other two critical part are the GPU and your connection options. Well I looked hard to find another laptop with the AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU. And I have yet to see another gaming laptop with that option so I didn’t know what to expect. I am happy to say that you don’t have to worry here. Like all mid level GPUs this goes head to head with the Green Team. Finally the connection options. Well I do have a few issues, on the left we have a DisplayPort with a mini connector. So if you're going to run a second DisplayPort monitor your going to need the right cable. There available but it would have been a nice addition in the box. There is a full size HDMI cable to the rescue but again it was in not the box. Finally there is wired lan, a power USB, seperate mike and headphone jack and a USB 3.1 Type-C that supports power. This is becoming a very important connection today and any modern computer should have this option. And if you're in the market for a Laptop it should be a must have connector. Phones, external HDD, DisplayPort monitors and any number of future devices will need this port. It is also a sign this is a new modern mainboard and I do like that this new technology is backed by HP and their support process. And then of course there is the keyboard and display. The display is nice and bright and works as well in gaming as in desktop work. The keyboard feels good is easy to reach and supports macros. The red backlighting could use more options but it doesn’t take away from the experience and looks good. The trackpad is done very well and maybe one of the best I have seen on any Laptop.The separate right and left buttons are a nice addition. The build quality here is top notch with little to no flex. It can get hot on long game plays but the heat is above the keyboard and it never gets so warm that I was even thinking about it. This gaming Laptop comes with top of the line parts, a very good selection of connection options, a very fast CPU and GPU and the thermals work well. It is a 17” display and there are some 15’ options. Choose by what you would use it for. If your main thing is gaming the bigger display models will serve you well. The smaller screen options by HP would be easier to carry around. With this Laptop and a Geek Squad warranty and you are good to go for a long time. One final word, I played on the Laptop screen and also on my 34” widescreen 2K monitor. It has been a great experience on both and for what you get here this is a great gaming laptop option and shouldn’t be overlooked. If I had one complaint it is with the boot time. This model only has the 1TB HDD. There is an M.2 slot where I can add a fast SSD which is easy to do and something I plan to do. Simply create the HP USB recovery drive through an assistant software program. Take the back off to access the original HDD and take it out, put in the M.2 drive and restore the OS to there. Then put the HDD back in. Or better yet get the model that already has this M.2 SSD and HDD option already setup. No matter what once the Intel i7 processor and AMD RX580 get going you're in for a treat.