Customer Ratings & Reviews

Ok this review is for the OMEN 35L Gaming Desktop GT16-0314 This thing is a powerhouse packed with goodies. It’s running the AMD Ryzen 8400F processor with Kingston Fury 16 GB DDR5-6000 with a heatsink. A 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 6 card with Bluetooth. And to help keep your screen running smooth it has a NVIDI GeForce RTX 5060 video card with 8 GB GDDR7 dedicated memory. But even with all this power they just give you a standard white keyboard and mouse. So I would recommend upgrading both of these. But they do work if need be. And this thing just looks sweet. You won’t want to hide this beauty under a desk. This is the kind of tower you put on top of your desk to display for all to see. It has fully customizable lights that you can set up many different ways for your liking. Has fans in front and back of unit to keep air moving and prevent it from overheating. Came preloaded with windows 11 home edition. So should be very familiar for most to set up. Even if this is your first windows PC it walks you through very step. I’ve been playing COD lately, so after setting up the free 3 month trial PC game pass I downloaded it and jumped in to action to see what this beast could do. And I was blown away. This thing runs smoother than butter. I was seeing FPS (frames per second) from 120 to 300 during game play, by far the best machine I have ever owned. This unit can do it all play, work, video editing. You name it, it can do it.

Aesthetically speaking I love this form factor for a desktop. The LED lights on the fans and RAM compliment the stark white color of the case and the support brackets, which pair nicely with the black motherboard. This is the first partial glass case desktop computer I’ve owned having never cared much for showing off the inside of a computer, but my use case for this desktop means the computer will be visible to anyone walking into the room so I wanted something more attractive than a standard desktop. The fans are quiet and if the rainbow of color from the LEDs were not pulsing a visual reminder that this thing was powered on I would barely notice. It’s possible to disable the LEDs or change the pattern if you don’t want the light show. With the smaller motherboard, expansion/upgrade options are limited and the motherboard has what I would consider some compromises. First there is a single PCIe slot available for additional add-on cards. I used the slot to add a 10GB ethernet NIC. This is because the second compromise is that the built-in NIC is 1GB. A third compromise is that the Wifi adapter is Wifi 6. Is it really too much to expect that gaming computers ship standard with 2.5GB NICs and Wifi 7? The motherboard includes two SSD slots for system storage. This system shipped with one of the slots using a 1TB SSD. I immediately added a second 1TB SSD to the second slot which is inconveniently located directly beneath the graphics card. The locking mechanism used by the Nvidia graphics card is clearly meant to snap into place and never be touched again as the plastic latch was so tight I thought I was going to snap it off when trying to remove the GPU to get to the SSD slot. There is not enough spacing between the second SSD slot and the graphics card for the SSD to have a heatsink so pay attention to this detail if you plan on using the second slot. The first slot does not suffer from this same issue. HP includes cabling for adding an additional hard drive to a slot they built into the corner of the case on the opposite end of the 500W power supply. To keep things visually clean all the wiring is run on the back side of the motherboard to keep it hidden from display. The wires are accessible by removing the non-glass side panel of the case. I’ve included a photo in the review. HP ships the Velcro straps and the plastic cable ties tightly bound when it’s shipped and they have to be loosened in order to get the hard drive cable to reach to slot. I added a second hard drive to this slot bringing me up to three 1TB hard drives. The final set of compromises comes in the form of the GPU and CPU combination. HP is advertising this specific build as a mid-tier gaming rig so I did not have high expectations for performance compared to what’s possible with better graphics cards and CPUs on the market. This system lived up to my lowered expectations. It ships with AMD’s mid level CPU, the Risen 5 8400F and the Nvidia RTX 5060. Neither of these components are scoring favorably in benchmarks with some online reviews roasting Nvidia for releasing a desktop GPU that performs worse than the previous generation laptop GPUs. I have a laptop with the RTX 4080 and a second laptop with the RTX 5060 and can confirm that gaming is far smoother in every way on the RTX 4080 laptop than it is on either the laptop or desktop versions of the RTX 5060 devices. The RTX 50xx series is running Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture which might benefit newer games going forward, but the base RTX 5060 only has 8GB of GDDR7 memory. The TI edition ships with 16GB. One of the first games I tried playing on this is Microsoft’s Xbox game Forza Horizon 5 and within a few minutes of game play the game flashed a dialog box that the system was running low on video memory and the game began to stutter. Thus I find myself loving and not-really liking this system at the same time. Visually it looks great and it is working fantastic for the specific gaming use case I have for it, but this is not a system I would recommend as a primary, single purpose gaming computer. HP offers other Omen system configurations that I would pick instead, opting for an HP Omen that includes an upgraded CPU and GPU combination.

I recently picked up the HP Omen 35L gaming desktop, and it has completely exceeded my expectations. From the moment I powered it on, this PC delivered smooth, powerful performance whether I’m gaming, streaming, or multitasking. It handles demanding AAA titles incredibly well — even at higher resolutions — with fluid frame rates and consistent responsiveness, thanks to its potent CPU/GPU combo and fast DDR5 memory. The customizable RGB lighting and clean aesthetics give it a premium look, while the OMEN Gaming Hub makes tuning performance and lighting a breeze. Another huge plus is how cool and quiet this machine runs, even during long gaming sessions, which makes for a much more enjoyable experience compared to louder builds I’ve owned. Overall, this is a well-rounded, high-performance gaming PC that’s perfect for serious gamers who want power, style, and reliability all in one package. Would absolutely recommend!

I’ve been a gamer for years and I love this PC. Fast to launch and load, no fan noise and zero heat. For the price you can’t beat it. Nice looking too including the light show.

Perfect for a really smooth gaming pc, fast moving games, fast processing. Paired with the AOC 34” curved monitor. Pure perfection. Only thing I wish, is that I got myself one sooner!!!

PC stays within low temps and utilization in any games ive put it against on Ultra settings. 1-3 second loading times. Only possible complaint is in the way of VRAM and RAM but still amazing for 1080p and great at 1440p.

So far, this PC has been an excellent value for the money. The Ryzen 5 8400F paired with 16GB DDR5 memory and the RTX 5060 handles gaming very smoothly. Even during long gaming sessions, the system stays quiet with no noticeable fan noise. Load times are fast thanks to the 1TB SSD, and overall performance has been consistently strong. A solid, reliable gaming desktop that meets expectations.

I purchased this on a pre-black Friday sale for $879, and for that money, this is an excellent purchase. It is used for gaming mostly, mostly games from Steam. It is incredibly fast with excellent link rate over wi-fi. Games load up much faster than our old gaming PC, and the graphics are smoother and more vibrant. We love the way it looks as well. It's also not too large, but large enough to offer good ventilation to keep the PC cool. This hasn't been used of any hardcore gaming. Mainly The Isle, R.E.P.O., Red Dead, and a few other games, so I know I'm not pushing its limits, but overall it's been great. The PC was also easy to set up. We were easily able to transfer data from the old PC to this one. Windows 11 makes this process easy, as well as Steam's own capabilities.

Great speeds on high demanding games. Got it for a great price on sale. Minimum nose

Runs games quietly, no lagging to speak. A better buy if you’re on a budget. I love the design and space saving aspect of this particular Omen computer. It was easy to set up and has wonderful graphics and features.

Runs smooth, and has the ability to run trending games on high setting with decent fps. The pc fans are also quiet too.

Nice, clean, quite and plays 90% of the games I enjoy.... Such as, Warzone, Fortnite, F1... and much more. I play these on high to ultra settings with ease. Plenty of USB inputs and the RTX5060 copes really well without overheating. Even tho is comes with 16Gb RAM, i got another 16Gb so games would run smoother ( well worth another $100 upgrade ) Otherwise its a great machine and running for a month so far, very happy with it.

Very fast processor (CPU). Used mostly for WoW and it blazes the other zero lag. Great gpu as well. No issues with graphics.

This unit is blazingly fast, affordable and sexy looking woth one transparent wall. The service was excellent. What a relief tobuave a giod experience tech shopping!

Grabbed this on sale as a first gaming PC and while it’s pretty big, I’ve been happy with it. Starts up and runs nice and quick, fine storage for games and runs them well. I think it’s worth getting on sale, though for retail…

Meets all my expectations and more. Everything runs so smooth and quiet.

Really enjoyed using this computer fast spoeds no issues at all so far

Works great, very fast and had no problems setting it up.

just bought this pc runs super super smooth!!!! its super quiet & i can run any game at high quality

Overall great little starting pc, great for gaming and work. Runs all games extremely well like cyberpunk 2077, which I got all the way to ultra settings with no issues. If your looking for a solid entry into the PC market this little guy is the choice