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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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It’s a great all-around gaming notebook for most users and delivers noticeable value at its price point. If your priorities are battery life or ultra-premium materials, those are the only real downsides — but for raw performance and smooth gameplay, it stands out.
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This thing is awesome! Bought these for my teenage kids and they love them. The game play speed and graphics are pretty amazing especially for this price point! Cooling system works great as well. Highly recommended.
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So far I've found it quiet, reliable and it's meeting or exceeding my needs. I one so-so experience working with their tech support but no complaints beyond that.
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My son was super-excited to get this laptop to upgrade his one from 5+ years ago. 1TB SSD is plenty of space, but we still brought over his expansion SSD from the old laptop to the new one since it has a second slot. Graphics card is really nice, and everything runs much smoother now.
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HP Omen 2k is great for gaming while traveling. You can tell the difference of 144Hz v.s. regular 60Hz.
But make sure you have it plugged in, otherwise the CPU will run at a much lower frequency.
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First, this laptop is a beast, it's not light and is pretty solid with a large display. I think for gaming this thing is and definitely delivers in terms of performance for FPS games and other AAA titles. There are a few minor things that I didn't like.
What great:
The display size and bezel/finish on the display
The keyboard feel/layout
Speed/performance - the Ultra 7 and 5060 is amazing!
Expandability
Ethernet and HDMI ports
Single power brick
Ports on back in center
What's not so great:
The touchpad (you can only click on the bottom 2/3rds of the pad)
The display (bleeds light around the edges in dark scenes)
Audio/sound (it's loud but lacks bass for being such a big laptop when compared to other gaming laptops)
Lacks additional USB-C ports and faster ports (only has one and it's only 10Gbps)
Where this laptop shines is in overall performance. It does run cool and quiet but packs a punch in terms of running any game you can throw at it. I ran Valorant and was able to see great framerates above around with tweaked settings at 144hz. It's definitely possible to tweak and get great performance out of this machine for those games where it matters. And where FPS isn't as critical you can play games on this machine with all settings on max without any issue.
I'd recommend this laptop overall for performance, you'll definitely get a lot of bang for your buck out of this machine. The only thing you might want to look out for are the things noted under what's not so great.
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I was excited to test out the HP OMEN - 16" 2K 144Hz Gaming Laptop with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and put it through its paces.
HP OMEN is its line of laptops that are priced for gamers at the entry level of its components. That being said there is a lot to like in this mobile package offering from HP.
Pros:
Ultra 7 255H - CPU
16 GB DDR5 SDRAM
1TB SSD
5060 RTX GPU
Cons
Battery Life
Testing:
The laptop is a beefy laptop, comes in at almost 6 lbs and with a power brick that just as large and hefty. This is a 16 inch laptop with a 1920x1200 144hz screen its a 2k IPS LED so you get a nice vibrant smooth picture. This pairs well with the GPU sweet spot because with it having only 8GB of DDDR7 Ram, your not going to play max ultra at 4k resolutions. Additionally, this come s with your standard plugs, HDMI 2.1, a USB C 3.2, 2 USB type As Wifi 6e and an Audio Jack. It does not have your typical DP port but USB C suffices in its place.
OK testing: I played WoW, COD, and BF6 on this albeit at lower specs and managed over 60 plus on everything when it auto selected presets. very Smooth experience, Playing on battery was totally different story. It sounded like a rocket warming up, and lasted me I would say 4 hours max. Other days i was seeing 5-6 hours when I wasn't pushing it hard. Also adjust the fan curve to keep it cool when gaming as the heat is noticeable but doesn't impact.
Final Thoughts: great Laptop for gamers who want something on the go, has enough performance with a great screen and some power to do all your homework or daily computing tasks.
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Ordered this laptop thinking it was pretty decent value but after looking a little further into the specs I realized how bad the screen was in this with a 68 percent srgb screen that’s a complete deal breaker for most it has all that good hardware and can’t even really show it off unless your connected to an external monitor not worth the price look at an acre predator Helios or an asus tuff gaming instead ended up not even opening this laptop and retuning it for a gaming pc that I am very happy with