Customer Ratings & Reviews

HP's newest laptop joins the growing segment of portable laptops in the 14-inch category. From a glance, HP has come out swinging and for the most part, they do land some serious blows. Quick speck glance: 14-inch 120hz VRR IMAX, EyeSafe Certified OLED Panel 2880x1800 Resolution Intel Ultra i7 Processor with support of Intel AI Boost RTX 4060 (65w) 16GB of Soldered LPDDR5X Ram 1TB NVME Drive that can be upgraded Omen Tempest Cooling Technology 140w Compact USB C Charger with quick charge from 0% to 50% in 30mins. Four Zone RGB Keyboard Designed it’s a good-looking laptop, and as for the build quality, it’s a solid aluminum build. Overall I like the design style HP went with. There is a decent amount of port selection. You get x2 USB C Thunderbolt, a full-size HDMI port, and x2 full-size USB A ports. The keyboard does have this translucent look to it that you either hate it or love it. I do like the looks of it but with the darkened keys it does make it hard to see some of the keys. The RGB is divided into 4 zones for RGB color customizations. As for the typing experience the travel depth is decent, but the keys just feel slippery, which I end up making more mistakes. For gaming, they should be fine. As for the built-in speakers, they do sound nice but overall volume output could use a boost. There’s not much to say about this beautiful display that hasn’t been said about good-quality OLED displays. I believe this might be the first OLED panel to support VRR which leads to smoother gameplay. Compared to my Asus Zenbook which has an OLED panel the Omen 14 has a brighter panel that you can tell right away. For the Asus, I would need to increase the brightness to around 65% for it to get as bright as the Omen which is around 50%. Battery life is where HP ends up stumbling. In balanced mode I was able to get right around 6 hours of battery of mixed usage of browsing the web, watching YouTube and Netflix videos. I had high hopes with Intel's latest chips but so far they’re not as efficient with battery life even with the AI capabilities. One of the games I downloaded right away to see how capable the Omen 14 Transcend is was Forza Motorsport. This game is GPU extensive; even with high-end cards like 4090, it’s brutal. This is one of the games that is confusing at first to adjust the settings and depending on some settings you end up with poor performance. With everything max at the internal resolution it was barely reaching 30fps. After tinkering with it for a while, I found a good compromise between quality and performance with a near-constant 60+ fps in performance mode, with balanced mode hovering around 50+ fps for races that have intensive effects like heavy rain with the daytime set in the evening The only time I did experience some dips was when multiple cars were present in the screen, like at the beginning of the race or passing multiple cars that would end causing some frame dips. I was impressed with the CPU temps staying below 90c in performance mode, and balanced mode same settings hovering around low to mid 60c. GPU temps were even much lower usually hovering around 65c in performance mode with balanced mode right around 55c. All while the majority of the heat is around the top row of keys going towards the back of the laptop, with no side vents you don’t have to worry about having your hand being warmed from the blast of hot air from the right side since all of the hot air is being pushed out from the rear vents of the laptop. For less demanding races without intensive graphical effects like weather effects expect even lower temps and higher fps. I’m sure of could have achieved higher fps by dropping the quality even lower and the resolution, but I’m satisfied with 60fps. The dips weren't significant enough for me to noticed. I think it’s a good compromise that gives you a good gaming experience. As for fan noise, they were around 50db in performance mode and balanced mode coming in right around 45db. It’s still loud but tolerable in my opinion. If you tend to game with headphones on you won’t notice the fan noise at all. For less demanding tasks you barely will hear the fan noise at all. Forza Motorsport Graphics Settings: Dynamic Render Quality: High Resolution: 2560x1440 Nvidia DLSS: Balanced Performance Target: unlocked frame rate Anisotropic Filtering: 16x Raytracing Quality: Full reflections + RTAO RTAO Quality: Medium Shadow Quality: Medium Cebemap reflection Quality: Medium Car Model Quality: High Car livery Quality: High Windshield Reflection Quality: Medium Mirror Quality: Medium Track Texture Quality: Medium Particle Effects Quality: Medium Motion Blur Quality: High Lens Flare Quality: High VRAM Usage: 5,888/7,972 MB Overall I’m very happy with the Omen 14 Transcend it’s a good-performing laptop that is not going to run everything at max settings, but if you take the time to adjust the settings you can achieve some great results without having to sacrifice too much quality, especially for this gorgeous OLED panel. As I said before battery life is a disappointment, I did expect more from the Intel Core Ultra 7 1555H. It’s a powerful CPU but hopefully, with a couple of updates, it can be optimized to increase battery life. Technology has come a long way to see this type of performance on a thin laptop that years ago would have been held back by thermals, or weak CPU/GPU chipsets to keep it from burning itself up. If you’re looking for a thin light portable laptop that won’t be a burden to carry around, but can still game with an ok battery life the HP Omen 14 Transcend is worthy of consideration.

The 14” Transcend is a powerhouse of a portable gaming laptop with a clean, high-end aesthetic. It has an all-aluminum metal exterior with smooth rounded edges that is quite thin at a little over 0.5 inch, and it weighs just over 3.5 lbs. While the black matte finish picks up and holds onto fingerprints easily, it’s also available in white which may not show them as readily. There are also a few different build packages, and this is the mid-range configuration. This build runs on the 115H Intel Core Ultra 7 Series processor with 16 cores, 4.8 GHz max, and 24 MB of L3 cache. It comes with a 1 TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD pre-installed and 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM soldered to the motherboard (not upgradable). The discrete GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 with 8 GB GDDR6 RAM. These specs are decent for gaming at mid to high quality settings and would work for non-gaming applications as well, though I personally find the screen size a bit cramped for creative work like video editing software. Interestingly, there is no MUX switch option to use only the discrete GPU, just hybrid or integrated graphics mode are available, though this omission helps to extend its battery life. On a full charge, during casual use for web browsing, work, and watching streaming video content, I was able to get just under 4 hours of use on battery power in 'hybrid' mode. While gaming this was cut down to 1 to 1.5 hrs depending on the quality settings. The laptop handles itself well for most games but may feel a little sluggish at ultra video settings. In first-person shooters like Counterstrike 2 I was able to achieve 100-120 fps consistently without running into performance issues like stuttering and frame drops, though in RPGs like Path of Exile the framerates generally ran between 60-80 fps without exceeding that threshold. On the right-hand side of the laptop are two USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports in the back corner with one featuring sleep charging. On the left hand side is a Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) port and combo mic/headphone jack. Along the back is a second USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port and HDMI 2.1 output port. The HDMI and Thunderbolt ports can both be used to connect external displays. As well, both USB-C ports can be used for charging with the 140Watt adapter or with Power Delivery chargers. Allegedly, you’ll get better charging performance out of the port located at the back of the laptop where it’s neatly out of your way, however, in my testing, I was able to get about 50% charge in just 30 minutes using either port. On the underside, two rubber feet span the width of the laptop at the front and back and two exhaust fans cool the device off during heavy usage. While the grille vent appears to cover a large portion of the base, the intake cutouts are only located above the fans and vent out the back of the laptop. The fans do a great job at keeping the laptop cool during heavy usage and aren’t super loud either, which means you can actually use the onboard speakers during gameplay and still hear them. The stereo speakers are positioned on the bottom towards the front corners and while the sound quality is pretty good, I feel they sometimes sound a little muffled. For that reason I prefer using headphones with this laptop. The edge-to-edge OLED screen has a 14” diagonal with thin bezels, 120Hz max refresh rate, 500 nits max brightness (HDR), 2 ms response time, and max resolution of 2880 x 1800 (2.8k at 16:10 aspect ratio). The screen quality is the standout feature with deep, true blacks, and vibrant saturated colors across 100% DCI-P3 or 99% sRGB colorspace. While the glossy finish makes glare and reflections worse in bright lighting, it’s not an issue in a darker environment, plus it’s easy to overlook that in favor of the fineness in detail, sharpness, and accurate colors of the 240 PPI display. As tempting as it is to tap the screen though, it is not touch-capable. Connectivity-wise, it supports WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 for super-fast connections to external wireless devices like headphones and mobile devices and when used with headphones experiences lag-free syncing with video content. Download speeds were fast and reliable providing an excellent and smooth online/networked gaming experience. It has a 1080p front facing webcam with dual-array noise canceling mics, perfect for streaming, video chat, and meetings. The full-sized RGB-backlit keyboard has 4 customizable lighting zones and the keys are all edge-lit for easy visibility and a cool gamer aesthetic. The keys are responsive but have a high actuation force albeit with a soft landing, so they don’t make a lot of noise and snap back pretty quickly. The trackpad is generously sized and responds to multi-touch gestures, but the buttons take a beat to disengage, so alternating left and right mouse clicks very quickly isn’t possible. I strongly recommend using an external mouse. One feature I found interesting was in the ability to create custom key assignment for macros in the OMEN Gaming hub. This is not only useful for executing quick actions or a sequence of keystrokes while gaming, but also has general utility for other applications like automating repetitive work tasks or creating shortcuts. You can also enable some on-screen overlays with stats like CPU temp, framerate, and RAM usage. I was unable, however, to toggle on NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience in-game overlay. Overall, the Transcend 14 is a powerful lightweight gaming laptop with a gorgeous OLED display that delivers a satisfying gaming experience and excellent visuals for content consumption. It’s fast, responsive, and ultra-portable making great for on-to-go work or play.

Let me start with this the build quality on this laptop is amazing. It’s thin, it’s light, it’s quiet and has great performance. It has an amazing looking screen. In most cases I would say this is the perfect laptop but it has a couple of flaws that really drag it down. Let me start with the negatives and we will end on the positives. The first is the speakers, and let me say they are not good if you are in a quiet environment they are not bad but if you start some games and the fans kick on it can be hard to hear, and the kicker is the fans never get too loud unless your really trying to max out the laptop. The next issue I had is the screen reflectivity it’s not great, it can be hard to see if you have a light source in front of the screen. I have trouble using it in my kitchen because the sunlight causes massive glares. The screen gets decently bright and in darker environments it looks great. But it can be hard to use in very bright areas. The last issue is the battery life and yes I know this is a gaming pc, and that is true but that is where the small size of the laptop I think affects this one over a bigger one. They have to cram so much and think about the thermals that it ends up with a smaller battery where you do feel how fast it drains. Doing work related tasks or just watching media I was able to get about 5 hours of battery life. Now let’s go on to the positives, the size and portability is awesome it’s a big enough screen that you can comfortably work or watch but small enough to fit in a backpack, it’s also pretty light so you don’t feel like your carrying a brick around. The screen is amazing the colors and picture quality looks great. I ditched my tablet to start watching movies on here because it looks so good. And the last thing is performance this thing is powerful for how small and compact it is. Very game I tested played great, it’s not a very loud laptop also which is great. If you are someone that tends to just use your laptop at home and it’s somewhat dark in your house this is definitely the laptop I would recommend.

The HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming notebook is among the premium class of laptops that provide a very good gaming experience. The model reviewed here came with the Intel Core Ultra i7 processor with 16 GB of memory, 1 TB of NVMe storage and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card (you can go up to an i9/32Gb/2TB/RTX 4070). In all configurations you'll get one Thunderbolt 4 port, a USB-C and two USB-A ports, a combo audio jack, and an HDMI port, which is more than reasonable for something with a profile as thin as the Omen. Also included is Intel Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. In addition to its impressive performance, the HP Omen Transcend 14 is also incredibly portable. Weighing only 3.6 lbs and measuring just 0.7 inches thick, it's easy to take with you wherever you go. Whether you're gaming on the go or setting up at a friend's house for a LAN party, this notebook won't weigh you down. Keyboard has a good feel with decent travel and solid feel with no flex. The touchpad is oversize for a gaming laptop and works well. There's a bit of a wobble in the display, however overall build quality is solid -- no complaints there. I found the understated styling very much to my liking. If you choose not to illuminate the RGB keyboard, it looks like any other premium notebook. The sound quality of the built-in speakers is good, though not exceptional. Another great trait of this gaming notebook is its low noise and low heat output. Even during intense gaming sessions, the fans remain relatively quiet, ensuring a distraction-free experience and not raising the ire of anyone who might happen to be nearby. Additionally, the notebook stays cool even under heavy load, proving its cooling system is quite efficient. With 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB NVMe storage, this notebook offers ample space for all your games and files, which is a good thing as neither component is upgradeable as they are soldered into the mainboard. For me though, the standout feature of this gaming notebook is its 14-inch 2.8K OLED display. The display is absolutely gorgeous. With a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels, it offers stunning visuals that are crisp and vibrant. The display also boasts an impressive 0.2ms response time, ensuring smooth and lag-free gameplay. The screen supports variable refresh rates from 44-120 Hz. While there are many positives about the HP Omen Transcend 14, there are a few potential drawbacks to consider. The first is that the Omen is slightly slower than some other notebooks with this GPU as the RTX 4060 in the Transcend has its power draw limited to 80w TDP (the mobile 4060 has a max TDP of 115w). HP states this is due to the thinner and lighter frame, but my conclusion is that this has something to do with the relative quietness and the lower heat output of the Transcend 14 compared to its competition. I don’t believe it’s enough to change your gameplay experience, but you may see a few FPS less than some of the Omen's competitors in a benchmark test. For example, playing Cyberpunk 2077 with Ray Tracing Low preset and DLSS set to Performance, framerate was around 45 FPS, which for me is fine in this type of game. Ultra preset w/o RT yielded almost the same results. To run Cyberpunk at 60 FPS required medium/no RT preset. Tweaking with custom settings may yield better results, but for me, I didn’t have any problems with the gameplay experience using any of those settings, as the graphics were still amazing, but what works for me may not satisfy everyone. That’s going to be the case with any notebook with an RTX 4060. If you want better, you’re going to have to spend more for something with an RTX 4070. An older game, Far Cry 6 maintained 60 FPS and above at the highest preset. Helldivers 2 was able to run at 60 FPS using the Ultra preset and customizing a few of the settings. I found the battery life was “OK” for a fairly high-powered ultra-portable. HP claims the 6-cell, 71Wh Li-ion polymer battery offers up to 8 hours and 15 minutes of gameplay (or up to 13 hours of video playback). I didn’t tweak it for maximum battery life, and I didn't run the battery down to zero, but I did run a 1 hour 40-minute video at 2K resolution. The Omen’s battery went down from 100% to 79%, which to me extrapolates to around the 8-hour mark -- far short of HP’s claims. Again, tweaking the setting may yield better results. On the plus side, support for fast charging means the Transcend 14 can recharge up to 50% of capacity in as little as 30 minutes. Overall, my experience with the HP Omen Transcend 14 has been a very positive one. The powerful hardware, stunning display, and portable design makes it a standout choice for gamers on the move, and the minimalist design and high portability makes it an effective work and travel laptop. Whether you're a casual gamer, a hardcore enthusiast, or you need top-shelf hardware for creative tasks, the Omen Transcend 14 notebook should be on your short-list to check out.

I got my hands on the HP OMEN Transcend 14″, and right out of the box the 3K OLED screen grabbed my attention—colors pop and everything feels incredibly sharp, whether I’m gaming or just browsing. The Intel Core Ultra 7-155H keeps everything snappy, and paired with the RTX 4060, I’ve been running modern titles smoothly at high settings without any stuttering. I also appreciate the compact design: it’s surprisingly light for a gaming laptop, yet the keyboard still has satisfying travel and customizable RGB lighting that makes late-night sessions fun. Battery life isn’t record-breaking, but I can get a few hours of lighter work in unplugged, and when I’m back at my desk, the 1 TB SSD loads apps and games in a flash. Overall, it’s a sleek, powerful machine that balances portability and performance without feeling like a bulky compromise.

Great laptop, runs well, quick, and the screen quality is amazing. Really nothing to complain about, the battery life isn’t amazing but that’s to be expected with a gaming laptop, especially one that has the hardware that this one does.

Would've given it a 5 star but the ram is soldered in so you can't change it out or upgrade it. Battery life isn't the best but it doesn't matter since I play with it plugged in to give it a performance boost. OLED is great with it and you can change the RGB keyboard but i wish that the WASD keys were interchangeable. Loading bigger games makes the fans sound like a jet engine but it is fine if you have headphones. Dispute all that i stated one of my biggest cons with it is that your fingerprints are always left on it no matter if you hands are clean. At random moments when playing games it sounds like the game will crash no matter what I play even if the game is small or not.

As an avid gamer, part time student, and full time EMS provider/fireman, this laptop has been top notch! From reports, too online classes and zoom meetings, and of course at the end of the day running games with friends, I’ve had no issues! Games look better on my laptop than my desktop at home! The Omen boosting control is also fantastic! It allows you to choose which games to boost (increase in FR, graphics, etc) as well as allows for micro adjustments such as force closing background operations and setting drivers to focus on said game. Lastly, the small and compact build allows for much easier transport especially when you’re on the road a lot! The battery life is a bit weak especially if you’re gaming without the charger. For daily things it’s wonderful however, it does have a battery “life saver” option!

This laptop is fairly decent for gaming. The HP OMEN Transcend 14 seems as if it would have a screen that is too small. This 14" laptop shows that 14" for a screen won't be an issue with a 3k screen. I give the laptop 3 stars because it is just not good for my use case. 16gb ram will be plenty for most, just not for me. The battery life will be pointless for those who will leave it plugged in. My use case needs the battery life that the Intel Core Ultra 7 said it would deliver and was very disappointed. Still a decent laptop though.

This computer is used for gaming. We love it. The battery just dies really fast when playing on it.

I have a great desktop and a great (but heavy) gaming laptop I use for longer term traveling, but I am constantly switching out the "on-the-go" options due to feature set updates and capability. I don't see myself switching this one out for the foreseeable future. This, absolutely, is a gaming laptop without the hefty look of one. Whether I'm playing games directly on the machine or streaming from other sources, everything has been handled without a hitch. The screen is bright and beautiful, with clarity and punch in colors and vibrancy. My go to test vids, besides games, are the enhanced Youtube scenic videos floating around. They look amazing here. Battery is what I'd expect. Shorter for intense gaming, but spread-out for daily operations. And regardless of which is being done, it stays cool enough to the touch. My last small factor laptop has a glaring omission. Due to its size, there was a major sacrifice on peripheral ports. The Omen has found a great balance between being very potable and still packing on all the basic needs one would need to plug and play the devices you'd typically carry. The build feels solid enough to be tossed in my bag without kiddy gloves and the keys have a great spring to them. The RGB keyboard is a nice touch, but besides the aesthetic, I'm just appreciative of the backlit keyboard. If you are a student or professional looking for something fully functional without the heft of the gaming beasts, this is it. Fully capable of running all my titles and doing any work that needs to be done when the time arises, all while taking up a fraction of your bag of choice. I haven't had a need to test out the chip/gpu duty separation but if it holds as advertised, that would be a big plus for any streaming out there who want to keep their FPS counts up while the CPU takes care of the stream processing. Should I foray into that arena, I'm assured this little beast can handle it.

HP OMEN - Transcend 14" 120Hz 2.8K OLED Gaming Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 7-155H - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - 1TB SSD - Shadow Black The Omen 14 is quite a laptop. Its color is a subdued black with four zone customizable RGB keyboard providing all the color you could ask for. I found the keyboard to provide quiet typing with good key travel. The laptop itself is thin but solid feeling with an all-metal case. Among other things, it sports the following: -16 GB LPDDR5 RAM at 7467 MHZ (soldered only, offers 32 GB option) -1 TB Gen4 PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD -Wi-Fi- 6E with 5.3 BT -2.8K (2880x1800) (16:10) OLED Display with thin bezels & 500 nits brightness -Intel Core Ultra 7 processor Series 1 -NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 -Has 2 USB-A ports, one is PD -Has 2 USB-C ports, one is Thunderbolt 4.1, DP 1.4 (PD) and one is a charging port (fast charger 0-50% in about 30 min). Can charge through other USB-C but not fast charging. -Has 1 full-size HDMI port -FHD IR Webcam with Windows Hello I ran both 7 Days to Die and Sniper Elite 5 to see what the OMEN 14 would do while having a 27” external monitor attached at the same time. In 7d2d my results ran from 75 fps to 117 fps with only a few drops below 60 fps for very brief moments. 7d2d can get hairy on the graphics side. In Sniper Elite 5 it ran between 135 fps to 170 fps with it mostly hitting around 147 fps. To consistently play heavy graphics games, I would recommend the 32 GB RAM option (soldered in). However, my gaming experience was quite good and enjoyable. Keep in mind, too, that my experience was with DLSS off – if on, it will boost frame rates with a small hit to visual quality but it’s adjustable so that you can give up more visual quality for faster frame rates if you like. My graphic settings were set to High. The OMEN 14 handled cooling just fine. The fans spun up, but they weren’t loud, and performance wasn’t adversely affected in full gaming mode. The sound was good with the built-in speakers so that you could clearly hear what was going on during gaming. Of course, it offers a headphone jack if you want wired sound. The touch-pad is large and handles the full range of multi-fingered gestures. It isn’t in the class of glass touch-pads Apple is known for, but it works quite well. I have to say that the OLED screen is to die for. Beautiful colors and contrasts, sharp and clear. You couldn’t ask for anything nicer. Note that the OMEN 14 uses both the RTX 4060 and integrated graphics with Intel Arc, which it controls depending on the demand you’re putting on it. Note only the built-in OLED screen and/or an external monitor hooked up through the HDMI port only will use the RTX 4060. You can run up to 2 external monitors off the Thunderbolt USB-C port, but that will only engage the Intel Arc integrated graphics, which is perfectly acceptable for office work but may not work very well for most gaming or intensive video/photo editing. Your battery life can run from an hour to 5 hours give-or-take without being plugged in. However, as noted above you can fast-charge for 30 minutes to bring your battery to 50%. This can be quite helpful while traveling or in class. Overall, this is a nice traveling laptop (3.6 lbs.) that will handle a variety of graphics-oriented work as well as gaming if you don’t expect desktop performance. If you are into heavy graphics work/heavy gaming as the norm, I would recommend the 32 GB RAM option that includes the RTX 4070 GPU and Intel Core 9 I believe).

Was excited, but overheated and the battery itself drained quick.

I purchased this laptop about a week ago. It is indeed very good with the graphics. I love the light up keyboard. The only negative thing is the battery life. It don’t stay charge for more than an hour if the laptop is constantly being used.

This is the worst laptop or computer I have ever owned. Constant overheating, to the point of full shutdowns, any time I try to play a game while charging. Mind you, because this computer’s battery is so bad, you have to plug it in after an hour of play, or it will die. Do yourself a favor, and buy literally any other computer.