Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a pretty sleek looking machine with the guts of a decent mid specced computer. Nothing about the internals is going to scream the best of the best but overall, it packs a good punch for gaming at 1440p with the help of DLSS. Setup is the standard windows setup. Just let it do it's thing as it updates and gets everything up and running. After about an hour or so doing setup and updates (depending on your internet), you should be updated and ready to go. The build quality of this machine is pretty nice. It's compact and has a nice minimalist look without sacrificing things like the side panel window. The built in HDMI port on the machine is blocked off which I always appreciate because a lot of newer computer users don't understand that they need to plug their monitor into the graphics card. There's plenty of RGB but it doesn't get obnoxious. There's an RGB fan that glows through the front panel on the bottom. There's also an RGB CPU cooler. The included memory stick also has a strip of RGB on top. These can all be customized to any color you like really easily. Ports are in pretty good supply here for such a small form factor case. Oddly enough, most of the USB is in the front. The GPU has the standard three DisplayPorts and one HDMI. There's four USB-A ports on the back as well as three 3.5mm plugs for speakers/headphones and microphones. There's also an 2.5Gb ethernet port on the back. Moving to the front, you have another 3.5mm headphone jack as well as another four USB-A ports. Then there are two USB-C ports on the front as well. I would have liked to see more of the USB (and especially SOME USB-C ports) on the back since I'm not a huge fan of running cables out of the front of my system. If you have a lot of USB peripherals that are mostly permanent fixtures for your system, finding a place to plug them in without making things look terrible might be a challenge. There's a keyboard and mouse in the box. That's about all that needs to be said about them. They exist. They aren't good. If you're really scraping by, you could use them for a little bit before buying sommething decent. I wouldn't recommend it, though. The included 1TB of disk space is pretty ok to get started but I'd recommend adding another 2-4 TB if you're going to be installing a lot of games. Luckily, there's an open M.2 slot on the motherboard so the upgrade is fairly painless. Speaking of upgrades, I'd also recommend adding another stick of memory. Single channel memory isn't a great pick here. I thing 32GB of system memory is the minimum for a gaming machine these days but if you're going to give us 16GB, at least make it two 8GB sticks. You'll probably need to remove the included 16GB if you plan to buy a 32GB kit anyways so making the 16GB more serviceable in the mean time would have been nice. The motherboard is also very proprietary so upgrading things beyond the disk space and memory is going to be pretty limited. Gaming performance isn't too bad for a machine in this price range (depending on if you find a good sale). The Intel Ultra 7 265F isn't a terrible gaming CPU and the RTX 5060 Ti at least has 16GB of memory so it can do some work at 1440p. Running my standard benchmark of Cyberpunk 2077, I was able to set it to Ray Tracing Ultra with DLSS auto and ray reconstruction on and got a respectable 50 fps at 3440x1440. Turning on 2x frame generation bumped that number up to 80 and everything looked smooth and pretty. I also played through the first chapter of Doom Dark Ages with the graphics set to Ultra quality (DLSS quality mode) and didn't see frames drop below 75. Usually hovered around 80-85. This wasn't even with frame generation enabled. So you should be able to get really good looking games out of this mid/lower end GPU without an issue. Pros: - Small, sleek, minimalist case design - RGB that isn't crazy - A lot of USB ports - 16GB of video memory - Decent CPU - Nice budget GPU - Easy to hit 60-90 fps with DLSS and frame generation - Quiet Cons: - Proprietary motherboard - Single channel memory - Most of the USB ports are on the front - Limited upgrade potential - Throw-away included keyboard and mouse Overall, this isn't a bad system if you're ok with some of it's concessions. Some of the first upgrades I'd add would be extra disk space and replace the 16GB of memory with a 32GB kit that's dual channel (unless you can find a matching 16GB stick to use). Performance is pretty good. Nothing to write home about but it should give you good performance at respectable frame rates for a couple years at least. I think you're paying a little extra for how compact this machine is which is usually how it goes but it really isn't a bad machine for this price range.

I have hp’s last generation omen 35L with a 4060ti and I was looking to upgrade my 8 year old son to PC and I wanted something small enough for his gaming area as he already has a ps5 set up with PsVR as well. This fits our needs with how small this gaming pc case is. He is happy with it and so am I for the most part(read on). The specs are actually great for a new-ish gamer, younger person or older person who doesn’t want a huge case with too much RGB and needs to run 4k. You get plenty with this pc, intel ultra 7 CPU which is a good pairing for the 5060ti and ddr5 ram as well. You get a solid balance of cost to performance for an upper entry level gaming Pc. I’d say if you play less demanding games you can definitely run a 1440p monitor at max settings. But you are probably going to get the highest frame rates at 1080p though I don’t really recommend that resolution. I tested for him warzone@1440p high settings(not max) and was averaging around 100 fps which is solid tho it isn’t maxed out. Games like Fortnite run better at 1440p at higher setting closer to 120+. If you play campaign games you will get solid fps as well at medium to high settings. This isn’t a powerhouse pc so keep that in mind I’d recommend a 5070 or higher for demanding titles. You have a lot of usb ports too many imo even lol. 2 usb type c which I appreciate. The pc has enough of the Fast gen 4 storage with an additional slot near the front of the case. 16gb ram is great to have but HP opted to use a single ram stick instead of 2 8GB sticks. Tho I believe dual channel ram is not required so much now with DDR5. Ram is adata a reputable brand I use in my hand built PCs. Mother board is unfortunately proprietary and not standard which is understandable as this is essentially just a standard tower case dressed up to look way better. Power supply is small form factor as well and is HP branded rated at 500 watts but is 80 plus platinum(great to see). A single 120mm RGB fan sucks in air up front and I believe an 80mm basic black fan for the exhaust. Basic omen tower cooler seems to keep the cpu cool enough and the case does not get crazy hot. Overall, this is a good little pc for its intended audience albeit at a premium price. But that is the market we live in nowadays. Things I didn’t really like is you have no real upgrade path at all with this pc, the motherboard is proprietary and lastly HP doesn’t include even a basic membrane RGB keyboard or mouse just the basic white keyboard and mouse. I think that would add to the value for the intended audience. So again, this omen 16L has some decent power and if you are looking to get into gaming or your child is interested and this fits the price I recommend starting off with this build as it will serve you well for a good while.

The HP Omen 16L is a sleek, minimalistic gaming desktop in white and black. They call it Panda Metal. The 16L refers to the interior volume of space in the case. It is smaller than I had expected, looks great, and can easily fit on a desk. There are four USB Type A ports on the front, two 10Gbps and two 5Gbps along with two USB Type C (1 10Gbps, 1 5Gbps). There are 4 USB ports in the back but unfortunately, they are all USB 2.0 speed. Worst of all, there are NO USB-C ports on the back. If you have USB peripherals that are either Type-C or need higher speed they’ll have to plug in to the front. In my case I had 3 USB-C devices so I needed a USB-C dock which sadly had to hang off the front of the case and then plug my devices into it. There are, however, plenty of ports for multiple monitors with three DisplayPorts and one HDMI coming straight out of the graphics card. For audio options there are speaker, lineout, and mic ports in the back and a headset jack on the front. Finally, there is an RJ-45 ethernet port that supports 2.5GbE. Being small doesn’t mean any sacrifices in RGB lighting. There are two lighting zones. The first is shared between the big fan on the front and the CPU fan, which can be changed to any color. The second is on the memory stick itself, which gives you a few more effects than the fan zone such as flame and my favorite: starlight. This is all handled with the Omen Gaming Hub app, which comes preinstalled. If RGB is your thing you can also use the Omen Lighting Studio which gives you full control over the tower plus any other devices connected that support Windows Dynamic Lighting. The Core i7 265F included is part of Intel’s latest Arrow Lake-S lineup. It’s an upper-midrange processor with 20 cores (out of which 8 are performance cores). The only thing better would be the Intel Ultra 9 but that is overkill for this PC. This CPU is both great for gaming and for productivity work. Geekbench 6 scores: Single Core – 2842; Multicore 14289 There’s 1 stick of 16GB speedy DDR-5600, plenty for gaming. The Samsung NVMe SSD is plenty fast to keep loading screens minimal but not the fastest Gen 4 SSD out there. It can be upgraded if need be. You can see my CrystalDiskMark scores in the included screenshot. As far as gaming itself is concerned I’ve been incredibly impressed with what the 5060 Ti can do. This RTX card features 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM compared to some cheaper 5060 Ti variants which only come with 8GB. When you factor in the ability to use NVIDIA’s DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation (MFG), I’m seeing performance that is definitely better than the last generation’s RTX 4060 and very close to the 4070. It’s also pretty evident that enabling ray tracing with the new Blackwell architecture is no longer as big of a performance hit as it was with the previous generation. In the past I would never play Fortnite with ray tracing as it would kill the performance but now it seems to only be a 10% penalty or so in that particular game. These are some benchmarks I took on a 1440p monitor with Performance Mode enabled: 3DMark Time Spy: 15695 Cyberpunk 2077 (In-game benchmark, Ultra, Ray Tracing): - DLSS: 177.58 FPS - No DLSS: 102.64 FPS Shadow of the Tomb Raider (in-game benchmark, Highest preset): - DLSS Performance: 165 FPS - Highest Preset No DLSS: 138 FPS Fortnite: - Epic Preset, Ray Tracing, DLSS Performance: 89 Avg FPS - Epic Preset, Ray Tracing, No DLSS: 59 Avg FPS F1 25 (in-game benchmark 1-lap on Australia Wet.) - Ultra Max Preset with DLSS-G 4X: 144 FPS - Ultra Max Preset no DLSS: 81 FPS Borderlands 3 Ultra (in-game benchmark): 101.27 FPS Forza Horizon 5 (in-game benchmark): Extreme Preset 116 FPS These are good numbers in my opinion, and they were near the highest graphical settings for these games. That said, the 5060 TI is still a mid-range card so don’t expect to hit 240hz if that’s what your monitor can do. And if you’re planning on playing in 4K you may need to temper expectations or play on lower graphics settings. Here are some of the same benchmarks at the same graphics configuration but now at 4K resolution: Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultra, RT) - DLSS: 116.10 FPS - No DLSS: 51.87 FPS Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Highest Preset): - DLSS Performance: 130 FPS - No DLSS: 69 FPS F1 25 (same lap on Australia Wet.) - Ultra Max Preset with DLSS-G 4X: 75 FPS - Ultra Max Preset no DLSS: 24 FPS Borderlands 3: 53.76 FPS Forza Horizon 5 (in-game benchmark): Extreme Preset 105 FPS At the end of the day most people will just let the game pick the best graphical settings for them and they will get a good experience even in 4K. Upgradability is decent as you can swap out or add more DDR5 RAM, and there is an extra NVMe slot if you want to add more storage. Even the Wifi 6 card can be upgraded to Wifi 7 if need be. There are no available PCIe slots to add any expansion card, just the single one for the graphics card, but most gamers don’t use those anymore. The graphics card could be upgraded if it can fit in the chassis. There’s about 250mm of space available for length. However, the biggest limiting factor in upgrading the graphics card would be the power supply which is only rated for 500 watts. Pros: -RTX 5060 Ti 16GB allows playing at high settings - Excellent FPS at 1080p/1440p - Benefits from DLSS 4 and MFG - Powerful Intel 7 Series CPU - Compact Size - Quiet – even when gaming. - Multiple DisplayPorts - 2.5GbE Ethernet Port - Includes basic wired keyboard/mouse. Cons: - No USB-C or Fast USB-A ports in back - Limited upgradability Overall: Compact, quiet, and just a great gaming PC. I didn’t find a single game that was not playable. My son is very happy with his new gaming rig!

The HP OMEN 16L Gaming Desktop is built for players who demand power without limits. With its Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and high-performance graphics, it delivers blazing speed, smooth gameplay, and multitasking like a pro. Its 16L chassis combines bold gamer aesthetics with efficient cooling, keeping performance steady even in the heat of battle. Stylish, powerful, and future-ready - the OMEN 16L is your ultimate gaming weapon.

Completely new to the PC world and have been an avid console guy for years. A few friends were playing a PC only game so wanted to be part of the action. I didn't want a low end, and didn't want a high end unit, just something to play on that was easy to use and reliable. This unit has blown me away. I'm only playing Call of Duty, Arena breakout (PC game), and Battlefield 6 but coming from an Xbox series X this thing is insane. So fast, with much a much more picture. My K/D has gone up incredibly and really just enjoying the gameplay. I see super detailed reviews focusing on the specs so wanted to put a positive review for people switch from console.

The HP Omen - 16L gaming desktop offers a great combination of a small form factor while still delivering great gaming performance. For me personally when it comes to desktops I prefer what the HP Omen 16L looks like. On the outside minimal aesthetics that don't scream "look at me, I'm a gaming desktop" yet still has clean aesthetics that match my vibe/setup with a hint of style provided by the window showing off the inside. As for the actual specs of the HP Omen 16L it comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2 paired with 16 GB of RAM (extra slot for expansion). It also comes equipped with 1TB SSD of storage with an extra slot for expansion and for the graphics card there is a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. For 1/0 ports the HP Omen 16L provides you with a total of 10 ports which include two USB-A 3.0, two USB-A 3.1, one USB-C 3.0, one USB-C 3.1 and 4 USB-A 2.0 ports. I do wish there were some additional USB-C ports in the back. One ethernet port located in the back as well, three display ports and an HDMI port. Accessories included with the HP Omen 16L include matching white keyboard and mouse and a power cable. These accessories really go well with the setup aesthetically but let's be honest the majority of us will not being using these if we are gaming but it's nice that they are included. The HP Omen 16L delivers great 1440P gaming performance out the box, is extremely quiet and I believe is a great value for what it is priced. I can play a majority of my gaming library at high settings while still maintaining high frame rates and that is important to me. The only real nitpick I have about the HP Omen 16L is the single channel RAM, not that the included RAM is bad it's just that it's difficult to find another single stick of RAM to purchase to upgrade without having to buy a set.

Got this back during the holidays and no issues so far. Mid-sized PC with a simple design and tons of power and ports. Airflow is great and everything runs really fast, cool, and quiet, even during gaming. One nitpick is that for some reason, the back doesn't have rubber feet (the front does), which makes the PC move around a lot whenever you try to unplug stuff from the back. And I can confirm that the RTX 5060 Ti is indeed the one with 16GB GDDR7, even if the manufacturer pictures say otherwise. Also there's another ram slot to upgrade up to 32GB. Great deal when it went under $1000, though only do open box if you're willing to risk tinkering around. Even with excellent condition, the AC cord was missing and the previous user was still there with a locked account.

Purchased the OMEN on sale with promo financing. Typically used laptops and handheld devices for gaming, this bad boy has me at my desk, so I game and work even more now than before. It's quiet, so I can work late into the night without disturbing my wife and child. No complaints playing MH wilds or switching to Figma and Android Studio. Pairing it with a screen 240 hz using DP is a wonderful combo. Great perfomance, nice estetic, and balanced pricing makes this a recommed buy. Glad I pulled the trigger.

very compact pc that runs quite well for its size, and looks sleek with my set up. nice ease of use, and many plugins for your various cable needs. it runs everything from high end games + programs to high quality video. highly recommend for the price.

This was an upgrade after my last PC had technical failure and I decided to go for a full system. The total cost during a sale was around 1100 dollars, which was a great deal considering the individual parts would've cost me around 1500-1600 dollars from what I looked at. It's a very small and compact system, which is nice for aesthetics. However, it could be difficult to upgrade in the future because of this (you can find videos about this on youtube). And a heads up for people (like me) who were using old setups from a decade ago, you may need a VGA-HDMI converter to connect your monitor.

📦 UNBOXING: Inside the box, you’ll find the HP Omen 16L gaming desktop, a power cable, and a simple HP mouse and keyboard that I wouldn’t personally use. It’s pretty barebones, overall. 💪 BUILD: The build is lightweight, and also quite compact. It should be able to fit on a lot of desks, which is something I can appreciate since I use a standing desk and don’t want to have issues with cable lengths reaching the ground. This model is the Panda (Ceramic White & Jet Black) with a glass-side window, and I appreciate that it highlights the RGB CPU fan and RGB memory. Additionally, the front 120mm fan is also RGB, so you’ll have some glow there. But the graphics card is hidden behind the perforated side panel and does not have RGB The rear fan is 90mm and does not have RGB, either. So there are only 2 case fans in this system, with air intake from the front, and exhaust in the back. 🔌PORTS: On the front of the system, you’ll find the power button, a headphone combo jack, 4x USB Type-A ports (2x 5Gbps + 2x 10Gbps) and 2x USB Type-C ports (1x 5Gbps + 1x 10Gbps). On the rear of the system, you’ll find 4x USB Type-A ports limited to 2.0 speeds which is fine for a mouse and keyboard. Still, I would have preferred to see more USB 3.0 ports. However, I’m not sure if the budget-oriented Intel B860 motherboard specification would allow this. Also on the rear is a standard 3.5mm stereo audio output, 3.5mm line in, and 3.5mm microphone input. There are also HDMI and DisplayPort outputs on the motherboard which are unusable because the Intel Core Ultra 265F does not have integrated graphics, so you’ll have to use the ones on the graphics card. The RTX 5060 Ti graphics card has 3 DisplayPort 2.1b outputs and a single HDMI 2.1b output. Another thing I don’t particularly like is that the motherboard is proprietary, as the front USB ports are merely integrated onto the PCB, as opposed to being integrated into the case and having a connector from the case to the motherboard. This means that this motherboard isn’t designed to ever leave this case, which I think makes it less reusable in the long-term and produces more e-waste. 🔧 EXPANSION & UPGRADES: We have to talk about expansions that you can and cannot do with this system. As previously mentioned, this motherboard is proprietary, so you shouldn’t expect to move it into a different case, as the front USBs connectors are integrated directly into the motherboard. Even so, there are some expansions you can do. The power supply itself appears to be a non-proprietary ATX 500W 80Plus Platinum unit, so you could theoretically swap the power supply out or potentially use it in a different system. The motherboard out of box only includes a single UDIMM of DDR5 memory, which means it’s only running in single-channel mode. This is a questionable choice which can significantly hinder performance in gaming. There is good news and bad news for this. The good news is that if you can find a matching DIMM of 16GB, you could have 32GB of memory running in dual-channel mode without having to throw away the decent RAM that was included. The bad news is that while the memory itself seems to be a variant of the ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB memory (model # AO2X60UCSV1-BOBS), I cannot seem to find it as an available option anywhere online or in HP’s own Parts Store as an option for purchase. So it might be a challenge to find a matching single UDIMM of memory. In my case, I opted to purchase a new kit of similar XPG memory (AX5U6000C4016G-DCLARWH) and will follow up in a comment when it arrives. There are 2x PCIe 4.0 m.2 slots onboard for NVMe SSDs. One slot is populated with a 1TB DRAM-less Samsung NVMe SSD (Model MZVL81T0HELB-00BH1). The other slot was unoccupied, and I was able to successfully add another Gen 4 drive without issue. You will need to provide your own screw to mount the second m.2 SSD. Alternatively, there is a single SATA port if you want to connect a 2.5” SATA SSD, but there don’t appear to be any options to mount such a drive inside the case, so you may have to get clever. Aside from that, this case has tight dimensions, so replacing the graphics card with a larger one in the future may require some length considerations. I would consider dual-slot first, but triple slot is also possible. The length of the card, however, will be more prohibitive. ⌨️ ​KEYBOARD & MOUSE: The included keyboard and mouse are standard budget options. I wouldn’t personally use them, and while I’m sure some folks will, I really wish HP would either omit them entirely or provide options that appeal more to gamers. ⚡ PERFORMANCE: This machine is interesting in a number of ways. It’s packing an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F which packs 8 performance cores and 12 efficiency cores for a whopping 20 cores with no hyperthreading. In terms of multi-tasking capability, this CPU should be able to hold up for gamers, and can also be used for more demanding workloads for software development tasks. Strangely, however, this is paired with a single stick of 16GB ADATA XPG Lancer Blade Memory that is rated for 6000MT/s CL40 with XMP, but is operating at only 5600MT/s CL46. The choice to use a single UDIMM seems like a strange choice, overall, since it will cause performance degradations across different workloads. In playing a game like Revenge of the Savage Planet, I encountered more stuttering compared to a 5 year old system with 2x16GB of dual channel memory. But playing Enshrouded, I experienced no issues with stuttering, but that may be because the game is much more GPU-limited with the 5060 Ti running at full-throttle, so the CPU isn’t the bottleneck. So from my perspective, I think it’s worth installing two UDIMMs of memory to ensure a more consistent experience across different titles. I think 16GB is not enough these days for most gamers, especially with Windows by default loading more and more bloat into the background. Playing demanding games with a web browser open and Discord running on an additional display, webcams on and live streaming gameplay— it all just stacks up and requires more memory to ensure a consistently smooth experience. I should mention that I appreciate that HP opted to use a 16GB variant of the 5060 Ti in this model because the 8GB model of the 5060 Ti would perform quite a bit worse across a wide gamut of titles at 1440p or 4K. My testing was done on a 3440x1440 ultrawide monitor, and I feel like the 5060 Ti holds up reasonably well at medium to high settings with DLSS engaged. I also think that for the price, HP could have included a PCIe 4.0 NVme SSD with DRAM, but Samsung does make good DRAM-less SSD’s. The system was very quiet and didn’t overheat while gaming, which is one notably positive aspect of this system despite some of the compromises it makes. 🧐 CONCLUSION: Honestly, my biggest gripes with this system are the choice to include a single UDIMM of memory, and the fact that the motherboard is proprietary. If you can look past that, and are willing to upgrade the memory, I think that the Omen 16L is stylish, small, and quiet while also packing a punch. However, I think that the asking price is higher than I’d feel comfortable recommending, but HP computers often go on sale so I’d wait before taking the plunge.

I pounded the internet to find a gaming PC that was 1) Small enough to sit in my tiny office. 2) Had a great graphics card at 16gb 3) Decent CPU 4) Affordable price. The internet reviews for the HP Omen brand were positive including the detailed responses on B B. My former HP gaming PC lasted 7 years and still runs but sluggish. My wife's AIO HP is knocking on the 8 year mark and still runs so well that she refuses to move on. So I pulled the trigger on another HP After initial set up, HP notified me of updates including the BIOS. What was so great about the BIOS update is that HP automatically set a restore point. Great stuff. Computer has been absolutely flawless, checked all the boxes, and meets all of my needs.

Bought for my son for christmas, first.. awesome deal! Secondly, setup super easy. Third, great computer. Fast, runs every game he plaus with no problems! His friends were certainly jealous! Super quiet, sleek, clean looking tower. Getting the matching monitor soon! Having the Best Buy membership helps, fully warrented if any issue araises

First time buying a prebuilt gaming PC and this thing definitely delivers outstanding performance. Plays most AAA on high settings with smooth and consistent performance. 5060 Ti definitely gets the job done. I just wish it came with a little bit more ram (16gb isn’t enough in my opinion).

My Omen computer is amazing. Super fast and compact tower lets me locate it into a small area.

This is my first PC, and so far I really enjoy it. Runs smoothly, the fans aren't very loud, it's not very heavy or bulky. No issues as of yet. The keyboard and mouse it comes with are fine, just wish they were wireless, but that's more of a personal preference.

Now this is an excellent computer! I always like to make sure that the quality that I’m receiving is comparable to what I’m able to get for the price. And this meets right in the middle. The price is fantastic. The quality is fantastic. All of it is fantastic! I highly recommend this product. Fast, easy to use, and very quick set up.

Its great have no issues with it its fast and smooth, quiet and i love how small it is

I had to replace my desktop computer because it could not accept the upgrade to windows 11. I have had HP computers before and I did not have any issues. I wanted to have a GPU even though I am not a gamer. I had the geek squad do a data transfer and machine check out. When I got the machine home it was easy to set up. The speed and graphics are amazing. I am happy with my new PC.

I needed a new gaming PC that wouldn't break the bank. The HP Omen fit the bill. It's a simple clean design with a few light effects to spice things up. It's a practical gaming PC and it performs really well. I have had no issues whatsoever with this build. 5 stars.