Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

This is a gaming beast of a machine. Positioned somewhere between a laptop and a desktop, I would consider this a portable gaming rig. I.e. You can move it to another location in your house but you’re probably not going to be taking this on the subway or bus to work or school. I haven’t looked for a gaming laptop in several years but it’s amazing what HP is able to offer these days for the price. Upon inspection, the box and packaging looks very nice. When you open the laptop, you are presented with a very large backlit keyboard area. The palm rest area is also quite large, but consider that this is a very large laptop you would probably expect that. The matte finish does tend to be a magnet for handprints. One of the things you’ll notice right away is the red colored WASD keys. For my son during Minecraft he thought they provided some help in navigation. After logging in for the first and doing the initial Windows 10 updates, you’ll realize that you are most definitely not using an SSD drive. Even though this 1TB drive does move at 7,200 RPM, it’s very slow by today’s standards. As you can see in my attached photo, it’s relatively easy to add a M.2 SSD while keeping the magnetic drive for data storage. Once the Windows 10 update was completed, I played with the Radeon Settings application. Make sure you update this app after you start, it looks like there was a big revision since the laptop was produced. What I found particularly interesting was the ability to set specific resolution and performance settings on a per game basis. I’m not entirely sure when you would use this, but I found it pretty cool. For better or worse, many of my games are on Origin and Steam. I installed those portals and then waited as I downloaded some of the games in my library. Having the MIMO 2x2 802.11ac wireless chip provided good speeds and allowed me to surf without issue while I downloaded the games. Once the game downloads were completed, I immediately set all of them to the highest graphics setting. I didn’t document the frame rates, but everything moved in racing and FPS with ease. It’s pretty amazing what a top of the line mobile GPU can do. I did a bit of poking around and there are few to no mobile computers out there with the newer Radeon RX 580. Having an FHD IPS panel will probably satisfy demanding graphic artists and photographers as well. I have yet to try to calibrate the monitor and I know it’s only WLED, so it might not be as accurate as a RGBLED display. Inside the machine you’ll find 1 4GB DDR4-2133 DIMM and 8GB DIMM of the same speed. Both are easily user replaceable if you find 12GB is not enough. Also inside, you’ll notice the fans are rather large. These things really start going when there is any load on the machine. I would be nervous to run this on my lap without some sort of shield. You’ll also the battery inside is very large. I was a little disappointed in the performance of the battery or rather how much drain the machine put on it. During heavy gaming, I got less than an hour on a full charge. When doing simple things like browsing the web and maybe playing some YouTube videos, I barely got more than two hours out of a full charge. There might be some power saving capabilities in the display but don’t expect to bring this to a café and start working on your next book. I also want to mention the Bang & Olufsen speakers. I thought maybe for once because the laptop is so large and the speaker brand is known as a premium brand that I might actually get amazing sound for once. Welp, unfortunately I didn’t. It was really not much better than anything I had experienced on other laptops. You are still going to want some external speakers(or headphones) for music or gaming. Overall, I found this to be a very powerful gaming machine. It’s amazing what can be done in such a small package, so to speak. Typically you would need a much bigger desktop to see this graphical power. My disappointments are in the speed of the drive and the battery life. You’ll never see the full potential until you upgrade and add an SSD. I loved the display, the keyboard and the graphics power. If you are someone like me who does virtualization, you’ll like that you are getting a four core 7’th gen i7 with hyperthreading and vt-x capabilities. Overall a powerful and affordable machine that I would say every gamer looking to buy a new machine should take a look at.

Typically I go ASUS ROG for gaming laptops. Very impressed with this for the price. It has it where it counts in the parts that you can't upgrade (easily) processor and video card. I got this for something I can easily haul around and is capable of running the Oculus rift and the rx580 in this does that great. I almost didn't see this laptop because it doesn't say vr ready but the rx580 is the equivalent to the gtx 1060. Weakest point is the hard drive, definitely have to put an m.2 drive in this. But like I said that's an easy upgrade... Can throw in a bit more ram to but the 12gb will get you by. Speakers suck connect an external bluetooth one. Battery life sucks, when in the rift I think it lasts about 50 minutes on a full charge... But I see the battery more as a UPS then for mobile power. The screen is good enough it does have a bit of light bleed by the hinges but only notice when the screen is all black. I picked this up black Friday for $950 so for under $1000 it's a steal for what it can do.

This is a great gaming llaptop.I shopped a bunch, even bought a 15" Omen but went back for this one. Doom looks and plays awesome. Love the backlit keyboard. The only think i would change if I could, i would change out the hard drive for a solid state. The installed drive is slow so it takes extra thumbs for the game to load.

I have looked at a ton of models from , MSI , Acer , Dell and others based on 1070 and 1060 graphics card. From a price and performance standpoint this is the best value , period. Do not buy this one if you want a lighter one and this one is heavy and 17 " big . Make and feel is good. Took additional Geek squad warranty , my son loves this one and the display is excellent . No slack in performance he is a gamer plays a ton of games with FPS around 100 FPS or so and in some optimized game its even 200 + FPS. . I did have a pretty good deal with warranty and everything with student discount for my son under one grand . can't beat the price the 580 graphics card is mid way between 1060 and 1070 Performance in my view and based on the forums I have read. Go for this, if weight is not the concern , you will not be let down. Forget if you are not used to heavy one.

Let me start by saying for a $1200 laptop, I expected a lot more from the overall screen quality. I realize this is one of the areas that save on costs, but really - when you price out screens in parts the price difference doesn't justify the savings they gained. I returned the first one after driving over 130 miles one way to a BBY that had it in stock initially "near" me. Bottom right hand corner had backlight screen bleed BAD! After they helped me swap the unit and I got another delivered, I thought I was free and clear. This one had it, just not as noticeable.....at first. It got worse in a few days. A shame really, because other wise I really like the laptop... Good - performance is some of the best bang for the buck, although Mechwarrior Online complained it didn't support my card and it may not work. Bad - SCREEN BLEED is unacceptable when you are spending that much on a machine. A $300 tablet has a better overall screen then this had - how does that even work? Also - the RAM was 12GB. Ideally 8 or 16 would be best. Last but now lease, IF you decide on one of these upgrade the ancient technology spin up drive for an SSD and it will be a totally new machine. If only they could have paid attention to a very obvious quality oversight - oh and an RGB keyboard too...the previous Omen's had them...

Bought on sale during back to school which made it a great value. Pros: Excellent CPU, GPU and screen size. Great ventilation for airflow. Cons: a little heavy, probably because of gpu size/build. Wish ram was 16gb instead of 12gb. also there is a mistake in the listing, this is not a 10gb usb 3.1 as according to HP spec sheet the usb 3.1's are gen 1 which makes the transfer rate 5gb which was somewhat a bummer for me because I wanted to utilize external ssd's at full speed as the unit will be used for video editing.. Overall I recommend this pc for performance and value mainly because of the processor and gpu. Hence I didn't mention no ssd under cons as I didn't expect one in this price range and plan to upgrade to my choice of ssd which you should be able to do too. Ram should be sufficient for most applications but plan to upgrade to 32gb in the future. I still gave it 5 stars for value since it has the rx580 at 8gb. This would have been the perfect laptop if the usb 3.1's are gen 2 and it had 16gb ram instead of 12gb. Remember to create a recovery usb drive in windows as HP doesn't ship laptops with a recovery option.

Got this because I needed a new laptop and wanted to play Destiny 2 among other games on it. The laptop works phenomenally and handles the game without any lag or screen tearing. I have Freesync enabled but I've read some reviews saying it has it and some that it doesn't. Since I haven't seen anything since I've begun using it I'm assuming it works. The fan is decently loud but I don't hear it when I'm using my headset. Laptop gets pretty warm but not hot.

I purchased this laptop almost 3 months ago on sale for $950, it wasn't my first option since it was powered by the RX 580, my first option was a GTX 1060 based laptop, unfortunately that was way over my budget so I gave this one a try. After almost 3 months of usage and constant gaming I can say I made the right choice. This laptop will play everything I throw at it maxed out no problem, doesn't over heat and wont overheat when overclocked as well. PERFORMANCE: Now my younger brother owns a GTX 1060 based laptop and I decided to do a quick comparison, both stock it would appear my RX 580 is ahead by a hairline in graphics performance, in 3DMark11 of course (p14325 vs p17135). Now it gets a bit interesting with both systems slightly overclocked, the RX 580 is destroying the GTX 1060 in graphics performance (p15980 vs p19330) not bad at all! Overall, Its a great laptop, there are a few things I don't really like, for example the IPS display isn't the best especially since it has slight Backlight Bleeding, which would appear its getting a bit worse and the battery life isn't great I've maxed out 2 hours. For anyone looking for a cheap affordable gaming laptop with excellent performance, look for further, you won't be disappointed!!!

I bought this after chasing myself in circles to whether or not to buy. So far, I haven't had any major issues with the laptop. It's fairly powerful, with the i7-7700HQ (a true quad-core CPU) and the RX580 (mobile) GPU. Although it comes with only 12GB of RAM, this HP is upgradeable to 32GB of RAM via its two memory slots. 8GB of video memory for the dedicated GPU is a nice plus, as it provides more capability for the GPU to render high-resolution textures. I removed a star for a small number of non-deal breaking issues. First, the as-configured HDD is really slow feeling and causes Windows 10 to lag a bit when accessing functions for the first time. Second, the speakers are a bit lacking, but I typically use external speakers when I'm at my desk so this isn't an issue for me. Third, the built-in webcam doesn't support Windows Hello. Mostly because the built-in webcam is terrible at best (see the attached photo). I don't understand why laptops have such crummy cameras when smartphone cameras have come so far. Finally -- and not surprisingly -- the battery life isn't the greatest. FWIW, the "internal documentation" at Best Buy says this laptop isn't compatible with NVMe SSDs. According to HP's service manual, it's compatible with PCI-E M.2 (as opposed to SATA M.2) drives in conjunction with the SATA drive that's built in. I'll be upgrading to add one to fix the slowness I mentioned before.

Great laptop for the price, I would highly recommend. I went with this laptop due to performance and looks.

Bought this to replace my Alienware laptop. This runs circles around it but I have to clarify, the Alienware is about 4 years old now. The graphics on this computer are excellent. Speed is great. The lighted keyboard - color of it - is very good too. No issues found on this machine and very glad I purchased it.

This laptop has all the features which an high end laptop does but at a cheaper price. You can add additional ssd and ram for more better performance. It's little bulky but if you want good performance than weight should not be a issue.

This is one fantastic gaming laptop for that price, worth every single penny. Highly recommend it.

the laptop was wondering and great for gaming. the minu point was the laptop is a little too heavy.

Ended up returning as there was no fix currently when I bought to a update that caused a very long boot time.... like 10 mins. HP customer service did walk me through a "work around" but I wasn't happy as it still felt longer to boot up... so I took it back and got a different one and didn't let it do the update... awesome machine though, very quick and played pubg with ease :)