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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 354 reviews

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    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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94%would recommend to a friend

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Customers express satisfaction with the Victus 15.6" gaming laptop's overall performance, speed, quiet operation, and appealing design. Its portability and effective heat dissipation are also appreciated. However, some users feel the battery life and storage capacity could be improved, and a few have experienced connectivity issues.

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  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    they sent me the wrong computer

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought a Ryzen 7 with a 4050 graphics card and they sent me an Intel i5 and a 2050 graphics card.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Noise level, Overall performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Performance and Value for a Mid-Range Gaming

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I've been using the HP Victus 15.6" gaming laptop with the Ryzen 7 7445HS and RTX 4050, and it's been a great experience so far. The performance is impressive for the price — it handles modern games smoothly at high settings, and the 144Hz display makes everything feel super responsive. The design is clean and sturdy, and it runs pretty quietly under load. Battery life isn’t amazing, but that’s expected for a gaming laptop. Overall, it's a solid choice if you're looking for a powerful, affordable gaming machine without all the flashy extras.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop, better than expected

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    i love gaming but i had to switch from desktop to laptop, due to work; but had to keep it under a budget.so i went from a RTX 3060 Ryzen 5 3600 desktop pc, to this laptop. i had my concerns moving from a 12GB VRAM GPU to a 6GB VRAM mobile GPU, but this works better than expected. be aware, this is a Ryzen 7 BUT it only has 6 cores 12 threads (just like Ryzen 5 processors), instead of 8 cores 16 threads which i consider the standard for ryzen 7. no issues so far, just feels like false advertising. now the good stuff, i didn't see a lot of reviews talking about gaming performance for this specific model, even if you can search videos online for similar laptops. COD black ops 6 multiplayer and zombies - 160+ fps Balanced, DLSS performance. Warzone - 115-130 fps Balanced, DLSS performance. Rocket league - didn't check for FPS, but it runs it nice and smoothly (not a demanding game). Fortnite - 150+ fps. basically esports titles and less demanding games will work great. for more demanding games, you have to work thru the settings to have the game look good. i tried Wuchang fallen feathers on high settings and had a lot of frozen screens (didn't check FPS), had to lower down settings and activate DLSS so i could play. haven't try another games but videos are online. watch out for temps if you are playing demanding games, the laptop gets hot around the middle/right side of the keyboard. planning on buying a cooling pad with fans, in the meantime i put something in the back so this thing can get fresh air. also think about changing the nvme ssd, 512GB will get full fast. 16GB ram will also need to be upgraded in the near future. Display looks great, colors are OK. - i had a IPS 120hz 1440p monitor on my desktop, so this is not a good upgrade for me, but gets the job done.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design, Heat dissipation, Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I’ve been using the HP Victus 15.6" (Ryzen 7, RTX 4050, 16GB RAM) for a couple of weeks now, and it’s honestly a great machine for the price. It handles all my games really well — smooth performance, no overheating, and the 144Hz display makes everything feel super fluid. The design is clean and the Mica Silver finish gives it a nice, premium look. I also love how fast it boots up thanks to the SSD. Plenty of ports, solid keyboard, and it stays cool even during long sessions. If you’re looking for a reliable gaming laptop that won’t break the bank, this one’s a solid choice.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great gaming laptop, Great Price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Solid midrange gaming laptop. The Ryzen 7 7445HS and RTX 4050 handle 1080p gaming well, with the 144Hz display giving smooth visuals. 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD are adequate, but storage may feel tight for large game libraries. Build is plain but functional. Runs hotter and louder under load compared to premium models. Good performance per dollar, but limited upgrade options and average battery life.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design, Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best budget Laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The HP Victus with Ryzen 7 and RTX 4050 is a great value gaming laptop. It runs modern games smoothly at 1080p with a 144 Hz display, has 16GB RAM and a fast 1TB SSD, and keeps good thermals. The design is clean and portable, making it useful for both gaming and everyday work. While the RTX 4050 is entry-level and may need medium settings on very demanding games, overall it offers excellent performance for the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Good for less, worsened for being too good.

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Ok, the pc itself is not bad, works for any purpose with some previous small adjustments, but their factory software make it bad ON purpose. The laptop itself have 2 fans on the Middle of the LEFT side of the pc (weird), but have fins on all the way of the back side near the hinge and on the back, pretty good cooling system so far and light to bring back and forth anytime. Now the true review and why 3 stars, the factory software, the fans from the cooling system are good, but for some reason run at 1800rpm~ until reaching 45C°, running pretty hot but not using even half max fan power, why? Just for battery? To keep the noise low maybe? Ok alright, let me change it or have options for a more aggresive fan curve while using the 120w charging brick but NO, there is no way to do it out of the box, Omen Gaming Hub software(the HP command software) only have 3 options for that specific model and the performance for some reason while other models have more options. Those are Eco, Silent and Standard for performance and they are NOT that generous with the fans (we can also use "Max" option for the fans and max should be the way to go to preserve the components but 5400rpm just for idle all the time is insane, loud and the fans will give up before they are really needed), the BIOS doesn't help and doesn't let you do almost anything even updated(01/07/2025), fans? Nope. Desactivate dgpu? Nope. Use the Dgpu like the main device for the display? Nope. Now the performance, the performance is surprisingly good for a 35w CPU(maybe because it's 4nm?) and 50w dGPU(yeah, 50w while gaming and video editing while plugged), you have two ways to do the job, via APU(Radeon 740M) for battery life or dGPU(RTX4050) for maximum power, while it is good that you have more ways to do the job, for some reason you can't choose between them completely to turn off the other, not via software or BIOS, you will always have turned on the APU and dGPU and that will reduce the laptop battery (Maybe there is no way to do it by pure internal design? Hope not) but the only good thing is that you can delegate specific works when needed via Windows or Nvidia Software for battery life or max performance or even both! (by default unplugged and even sometimes plugged with the power brick it will use the APU but you can overwrite that via software), also the laptop display is connected directly to the APU so there is sometimes a bottleneck while passing graphical work to the dGPU BUT you can bypass this and only use the dGPU when using a external screen via HDMI, why? No idea. This is review is completely superficial and some of the "problems" maybe could be fixed with third party softwares, Changing OS and even BIOS updates/modifications but for now they don't give a way to do it out of the box not even in a hard way (or i haven't find any so far), i'll keep the device and maybe change the review if they fix this via software but for now... Hard to recommend for just anyone.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Powerful and Affordable Gaming Laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The HP Victus is a solid mid-range gaming laptop featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS, RTX 4050 GPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a fast 144Hz FHD display. It offers strong performance for gaming and multitasking, while the 512GB SSD ensures quick load times. Great value for gamers seeking power and efficiency in a portable package.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Noise level, Speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Love this new laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this on-sale because I'd been using GeForce Now as my gaming platform. My old Staples desktop just couldn't handle games even 10 years old at times. GFN was a good compromise until now. This laptop gives me almost as good of an experience as GFN. Great processor and GPU. Smooth, quiet. Just wish the battery was a little better when gaming and not plugged in

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for Beginners!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very good laptop for beginning gamers! My sister and I have recently been wanted to start our gaming journey and this laptop seemed to be an excellent fit! While researching into this laptop, I talked with Geek Squad who helped me understand more about what this laptop can give me! They were helpful, patient, and explained things in an easy to understand way. This laptop is good for beginners with its 16 GB RAM. While I recommend not playing a bunch of AAA games, it has been able to handle an AAA game and some other lower games with ease (with settings set to low). I may end up purchasing a cooling pad or updating the RAM to 32 GB but as of now the laptop works fine when playing for around a 2-3 hour range (the time I usually play for). I set the fans to max (on the OMEN Gaming Hub app) to help keep it from becoming too hot. It gets hot when playing the AAA game for around that time range above so I like to keep the fans on max. Though I’m not sure if this is the best solution long term so a cooling pad may be a better option if you have one or the money for one. The battery is pretty good. I usually keep it plugged in where I sit to game so I haven’t tried it out for long periods of time but it seems to be pretty good all things considered. The display can get a bit laggy when playing the AAA game for a long period of time but really nothing to worry about. It will just freeze for like a millisecond then be fine. No issues so far! All and all this laptop is incredible! Very fast, very smooth, nothing to complain about so far! Thank you Best Buy for helping me out and to help me make my sister and I have a great first gaming experience!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Heat dissipation, Noise level

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great gaming laptop for kid

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this for my son. Mostly plays Minecraft, Roblox, and some Steam titles. As a joke we loaded Hogwarts Legacy and I was surprised how well it ran. Left auto detect settings on and it’s running on medium settings at 100 to 120 FPS. Very happy with it. The only gripe is build quality. Not a very rigid or hardened chassis, but for the price just be careful and it should be alright. Surprised how well the battery life is. And it’s cool. Much cooler than other gaming laptops. Not hot to the touch and no noisy fans while gaming.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Victus laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice laptop. Good speed, graphics, memory, etc. It would be nice to have one more USB port.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good and reliable for the price I got.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    For the price, I wasn't expecting much but it actually is good. Runs great on and off the charger, fast processing speed without your internet bottlenecking. Would recommend getting the 1tb storage instead of 512 if youre gaming on it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Overall performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it so far

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    For the price i paid works great and the games look hreat on it only complaint is storage and battery life

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Overall performance
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    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great budget laptop.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Overall great laptop weather it’s for gaming or just work. I was scared at first reading all the reviews in the battery life but just running off normal settings this laptop will last you 3-4 hours. Great for games that are not top notch and perfect for my school assignments especially with my programming. Great budget laptop!

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Opinion of a CS student

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It’s a great laptop. Can run everything perfectly. The SSD is swappable so I swapped it for a 1TB SSD. There’s also an expansion slot for more RAM to boost performance. As for the performance now, with the GPU, CPU, and stock RAM, it can run every game my desktop can. It’s impressive such a small form factor can do that. Only downside is that due to that performance, the battery takes a hit. As a student, this can be a huge negative, but it should last through at most two classes. If you have an exam coming up, bring your charger. That being said, I’m quite happy with my purchase and I’m sure you will be too!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love my Victus!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great graphics, fast processing speed, and lightweight. Overall, a great choice!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchase this laptop for my daughter because she needs one for school and also likes to play video games was looking for something that has a good graphics card and processor. this one fits the bill works great right out of box and performance is really good. Great bang for buck.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Not bad

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My only major complaint with this laptop is the battery life is GOD AWFUL. But it runs games really well, has overall great performance speed, and it’s graphics is also pretty solid. I also use this for class and it’s a little heavy to carry but I honestly don’t mind. Overall, it’s not bad.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect bang for your buck gaming laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This gaming laptop is perfect for on-the-go gaming. It may be cheap but it certainly doesnt mean its not powerful. It runs most of my games at 60fps or close to it. The graphics card alone is almost the same price as the whole computer! Highly reccomend for a starter or for someone looking for a more mobile device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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