A:AnswerOkay, this should answer all future questions.
I saw this PC physically and explored it in-depth. Obviously i will be purchasing it from best-buy when it is back in stock since this seems to be a better deal than building.
I was very impressed with the build quality of the case compared to the previous generation Omen and this is a well thought out case.
Here are notable features:
• Yes, The Core i7 8700K CPU is liquid cooled (see stock pic attached)
• VR Ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X is Founders Edition with only one fan onboard
• 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 Memory Speed DDR4-2400 (4 Memory Slots Total so 2 available) Maximum Memory Supported is 32GB
• 500 Watts internal power supply
• Intel Optane Memory Supported
• 512GB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 on 2nd M.2 slot
• 2TB 7,200 RPM Hard Drive
• Slim 9.5mm DVD-Writer (There is no 5.25 bay for Optical Drives so any upgrades will be 9.5mm slot)
• 3-in-1 Media Card Reader (Secure Digital, SDHC and SDXC)
• USB Type-C on Front/Top Panel
• BACK PANEL PORTS have 2 x USB 2.0 (Type-A) and 4 x USB 3.1 (Gen 1 Type-A)
• 10/100/1000 LAN and 2x2 802.11ac Wireless+Bluetooth 4.2 on M.2 slot
• 2 hot swappable hard drive bays on top
• Tooless door for easy access
• Clear side panel
Yes it is upgradeable !!
• It has a microATX (uATX) Tampa2 Motherboard with Z370 Chipset so it will accept Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffeelake) 3.7 GHz, Hexa Core or Intel Core i7-8700 (Coffeelake) 3.7 GHz, Hexa Core or Intel Core i5-8400 (Coffeelake) 2.8 GHz, Hexa Core
o Dual channel (2 DIMMs per channel) memory architecture, Four DDR4 UDIMM (288-pin) sockets, Supports PC4-19200 (DDR4-2400), Supports 4 GB and 8 GB DDR4 UDIMMs, Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit systems
o Audio Codec: ALC3863-CG - High Definition (Azalia) 5.1 channel audio support
o Two PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.0)
o One M.2 socket 1, key A, One M.2 socket 3, key M
o Two USB 2.0 and Four USB 3.1
Only changes I will be making is to swap the Video Card to a different 1080 Ti brand with more cooling fans as the Founder’s Edition card only has one fan and may be susceptible to GPU throttling. I will also be changing the PSU to 850 watts or 1000 watts
A:AnswerI appreciate your reaching out. This computer absolutely will run reference with the included power supply. I encourage you to use a voltage meter to see the total draw of the unit, typically it will be running about 450w on load. If you ever planned to expand this computer or wanted a more efficient machine that was not running at 90% capacity I would upgrade the PSU.
A:AnswerBecause the liquid cooler is for the CPU only. ( Which is a good thing. ) - The "air cooling" is how all PCs are cooled. CPU = Water Cooled in this case. Air-Cooling = Rest of PC. Odds are it's one or two fans if you're lucky that helps pull/push air through system.
I've been considering this myself. I've got a PC recently from HP but it's given me problems. I'm unsure how much better an OMEN is. Normally, from previous models, they appeared more expensive for really nothing fancy. This is the first time I've seen HP seem to step-up and appeal to gamers or people who want, as much power as possible. While not completely destroying your wallet.
I've never had the need to build my own PC. As Every HP / Dell / Lenovo has been well made for the most part. Just ugly mother-boards / either no GPU or a weak one, along with a weak PSU. I simply would purchase a good PSU / GPU of my choice, add to one of these pre-builds and have a gaming PC that easily preformed as good as some 2,500 "built" pc. You just don't get flashing lights and name brands all over your components. ( You also have less control over those same things, like I doubt this mother-board on this OMEN HP supports a 3000Mhz DDR4 Ram for example. ) But. Is it worth spending an extra 500 bucks, to "build it" yourself? I doubt it...
Hope this helps. I am waiting for a price drop before I do anything, as I will certainly make sure to get a warranty. I learned my lesson with my current HP. Maybe bad luck but I'd not take the risk. First PC I didn't get a warranty to cover it and of course, it starts to have major issues. ( Not an OMEN HP. )
TL;DR
CPU - Liquid Cooled
Rest of PC cooled by one or more fans ( Like all PCs. )
A:AnswerGreat question, but again it may be a power supply issue. The RTX series wants a minimum of 550watts, but then so did the 1080 GTX which runs fine. It is worth a try.
A:AnswerDoes the system *natively* (and this is important) support this new CPU?
HP has a nasty habit of whitelisting CPUs in their BIOS, and if your new CPU isn't there, it's not gonna work.
A:AnswerHP Omen 880-130, Nvidia GTX 1080ti has 1 HDMI connection and 3 display ports. I use Oculus Rift for Xplanes using HDMI and HP Omen 35 inch monitor plugged in to display port. Picture shows ports.
A:AnswerThank you for your question! It looks like it is available to order on my side of things. Whenever something is out of stock just check back periodically as more stock is secured.
