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.

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.

The HP OMEN Transcend 14 came in a simple box containing the laptop itself along with a 140W USB-C power adapter. The build quality seems excellent. It is very light, compact and solid with little to no flex and wobble. Aesthetically, I think it’s a beautiful laptop that can pass as a productivity laptop if you turn off the keyboard RGB lights. The internal components are all first rate. Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with Intel AI Boost Neural Processor and integrated Intel Arc Graphics Samsung LPDDR5 K3KL8L80CM-MGCT 16GB memory SK hynix PC801 NVMe Gen4 1TB SSD nVidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz External ports are decent. On the left side, there is a Thunderbolt 4/USB-C port and a headphone/microphone jack. At the back there is another USB-C port along with an HDMI 2.1 port. You can use either USB-C ports to charge the laptop but when I tried to use the left side USB-C port for charging, I got a notification that I should charge using the rear USB-C port for full performance. Charging the laptop was also very fast compared to my other laptops. Finally, there are also two USB-A ports on the right side for other expansion needs. The web camera is excellent. Image quality is extremely sharp and has very good low light performance. I think it’s one of the best laptop cameras I have ever experienced. The built-in Windows Camera app also supports features such as automatic framing, eye contact and background blurring which I suspect are enabled with the Intel AI Neural Processor since these features aren’t available in my other computers. This would make a great laptop for video conferencing and work. I got excellent wireless performance and stability with my home network. Link speed is reported to be at 2402/1922 (Mbps) using my TP-Link DECO AX4300 Pro mesh routers. I am also getting full speed with my Xfinity internet service (940.49 Mbps download and 23.68 Mbps upload with 15ms ping). During my use, the laptop has been rock solid. I did not encounter any weird problems. It just works. The 2880 x 1800 OLED screen is gorgeous. Images are bright, crisp and clear and text is super sharp. The colors are so vivid, it makes watching videos and playing games such a great pleasure. The sound is also pretty good as far as laptops go. The sound is clear with a fairly decent soundstage and can get adequately loud but is somewhat lacking in bass as is typical of all laptops. The HP OMEN Transcend 14 comes close to perfection for me. It is the laptop with the fewest compromises that I have owned. I have laptops that are great game machines but are too heavy and big to carry around all the time. I also have light and thin laptops that are easy to carry but they can only play light games. The HP OMEN Transcend 14 is a lightweight, compact, and thin travel laptop that can also play AAA games. With the nVidia RTX 4060 laptop GPU, I was getting 30 to 70 fps at 2880 x 1800 at very high settings when playing games like Baldur’s Gate, Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. What is even more amazing is that the fan noise is very quiet compared to my other laptops when gaming. You can hear the fans spin but it’s very subdued compared to the jet engines from some of my other laptops. This laptop seems to have the best thermals and fan noise of any laptop that I’ve owned. I’ve been really impressed with it. This laptop also offers an interesting option with its integrated Arc graphics. I’m a big fan of the discrete Arc graphics cards and I was super curious about its integrated versions. You can use the integrated Arc graphics if you want to conserve power usage while still being able to play games. When playing Marvel’s Midnight Suns, I was getting about 21 fps at 2880 x 1800 using the integrated Arc graphics compared to 70 fps with the nVidia RTX 4060. I can get even more performance by lowering the resolution. When using the integrated Arc graphics, I didn’t notice any fan noise. With the new Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, this laptop is also a powerhouse for productivity. Visual Studio 2022 Community with a full workload installed in about 13 minutes and felt very zippy for my software development. Web browsing, watching videos, and general office productivity work (word processing, Excel spreadsheets, and using Quicken for balancing my checkbook) all went smoothly. In my opinion, the only major compromise this laptop has is in future memory upgradability. It only comes with 16GBs of very fast soldered LPDDR5 memory and it is not user upgradable. The advantage of having LPDDR5 memory is that it is usually much faster than user upgradable SODIMM memory. However, LPDDR5 memory is always soldered into the motherboard and is not user upgradable. The internal 1TB SSD is upgradable, however. 16GB is now the bare minimum for me. It is enough for most games and tasks but for more serious software development work, I sometimes would like to have a little more memory when I’m dealing with large datasets. Hopefully, in the future a new memory standard will arrive that will allow super fast memory to be user upgradable in a thin and compact laptop. As for now, I can strongly recommend anyone looking for a new laptop to give consideration to the HP OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14. It has one of the best displays of any laptop that I’ve ever seen. It’s lightweight and easy to carry when traveling yet powerful enough to do AAA gaming and any productivity tasks you might need. It has the most impressive thermals and fan noise of all my other laptops and is the quietest laptop I have ever used when gaming. The HP OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14 could be the best laptop I have ever owned. For me, it’s close to perfection.

I got this hp omen laptop to update my portable gaming computer. I have one that is just about 2.5 years old and it still works well, and has similar specs to this. That being said, my son used it a lot and he's hard on stuff, so the screen does not close on the old anymore, and the w key fell off. This unit has the same 16gb ram, 1tb hard drive, the screen here is an inch smaller, but wow, the 2.8 k oled screen is sharp, great detail, and has untouchable contrast since it is oled. My old computer is brighter, but if you have this type of black, the brights look better. Colors are great. This is an intel processor, my other was amd, I have no complaints about either. This has quick start up and I haven't seen any hesitation. I have tested the unit with Fortnite, Forza 4 & 5, and Beam NG for several days now. The games load fast, no hesitation and no issues staying connected to the network. If not in headphones, the sound is very good, loud enough to disturb the whole room and ones next to you. There is no lag in rendering the graphics. It also runs fairly cool compare to my old unit. That us part I'd the reason why I was looking at a new one. I have 2 cooling pads and an external fan and it would still run extremely hot. The unit feels well made matte black metal l, 2 usbc's one in back and on on side, 2 usb ports, and and hdmi out slot. I do usually have this on it's cooling Base and use an wired full size keyboard when I can. The unit is thin and light, hard to believe it has all the processor, memory, and graphics card in this small base. It had no issues detecting the peripherals, and I have also used it to burn some cd's already. So far, comparing this to my old gaming laptop (very popular gaming only company) and even my desktop (gaming branch of another major company) this will hold it's own with both. I do not have benchmark testing software, but on paper looking at processors and video cards, this technically has the edge. I'm pleased with this device so far, and would reccomend it. I have owned many hp units over the years, I still have a corner with all of them in it, all run still, and if/when I ever had to call customer service (it wad rare) I know they were easy to work with also, another point to take comfort in if needed. It is a good laptop, and competative in build and pricepoint.

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).

This is one impressive laptop. Having the newest Intel 15th gen processor already gave it a leg up, but the laptop is so quick and smooth that using it is an absolute pleasure. Even before you open the screen and turn it on, the 14" size is presented well. It's the perfect size to carrying around and is much thinner than what one usually sees in a gaming laptop. There are plenty of ports (including a physical full HDMI and headset jack), so a hub really isn't needed. 16GB of RAM is pretty standard now (and I don't think you can upgrade it at all) and the 1TB Gen4 NVMe drive clocks in at over 7100 MB/s read...so HP didn't cut corners on the storage! Things get even better once you boot up. The 2880x1800 screen is crisp, the keyboard has zone addressable RBG configurations and is pretty comfortable to type on. The RTX4060 graphics stands up nicely as well. Although I would consider this best suited to medium-level gaming, I was still able to play higher end games, including VR titles smoothly. My Time Spy benchmark was on the high 6000 to low 7000 range, which was a little surprising to me (I expected it to be a bit higher), but all of my games ran with no issues - even on the higher settings. Finally, like most laptops, the audio doesn't have much bass, but I noticed a more immersive quality to it right out of the box. All said, I think this is a perfect laptop for the casual gamer who wants something to carry around and/or travel with. It really is a pleasure to use.

This is a really awesome gaming laptop as the title indicates. It is lightning fast from setup all the way to playing the first game. Thanks to the 1TB SSD it holds a lot of games and programs without needing to utilize external storage which slows things down. It also has a decent amount of RAM, but a bump to 32 GB would have added a bit more power. The video card works great and displayed FPS games as well as RTS’ really smoothly. I wish the screen was a little bit bigger but it works just fine and looks great. It also charges really fast - something I’ve rarely seen in a Windows laptop. Battery life has also been good although I anticipate using it mainly plugged in given the amount of power a gaming laptop uses to run modern games. Overall, it looks and feels great with a simplistic design. I don’t need it to look like a high end gaming device, I just need it to perform, which it more than does. The RGB keyboard is also a really nice touch. Overall it’s the perfect combination of power and portability.