HP OMEN 15 REVIEW - 144Hz Gaming Laptop Under $1100 ! 

Thanks appreciate it !

yup really underrated

Good luck! I can’t afford it 😔

Get Mechrevo code 01... Only one RU-vidr reviewed it

Zacuriah Miller why not get an eluktronics rp15 ? it even has 3 ports

Nice

Nice good luck und with it i have a hp omen 17 from 2018 and im so happy with this device i think you wont regret it

I loved the AMD version, I reviewed that one a while back. I wish they would release the 2060 model in the USA but its not looking likely that it will be here any day soon. Thanks for watching!

If there was an AMD version with thunderbolt, that would be sweet!

don`t worry, 99.99% of the thunderbolts in the world will never be used as intended...also if you afford a 2080ti you will afford to build a small computer to get it running, instead relying on a i5 bottleneck laptop...

Did you expand the ram?

@@thetingusgideous6769 no, it was 16 GB by default

Thanks ! If you ever have any models you are super interested in let me know and I'll try and get it in 😀👍

Thanks Brian ! Yes, I thought it might be interesting to show the differences. Appreciate you watching and if you haven't done so already perhaps consider subscribing ?

Thats a good deal 👌 If you are a Best Buy Rewards member you can get 10% off on many laptops too.

Nice 👏

Wait it was 1TB in a single slot? I thought it would come with RAID0 out of the box

Is the student discount still up for it? And was the -$200 in a sale or something?

@Pervy_Sage A lot of laptops, especially Gaming laptops come with RAID 0 configured out of the box. It isn't some esoteric piece of alien technology lmao

I do think in the same way

I have pre ordered R7+RTX version too in Indonesia about 1400USD but it just have 512GB SSD

Good to know 👍

I agree. It drives me nuts when I see one with a 128 GB one !

LOL, I do wonder if they watch my videos. I hope they do ! We should all sign a petition to get tbe 4800H / RTX 2060 model in ASAP !

Thanks ! Sounds like a great birthday present. Happy birthday !

@@OWNORDISOWN Thanks! As of writing my birthday is next week Saturday, but this laptop was on sale for CAD$1999 (previous price $2199) last week, so I HAD to have it.

I was really tempted to get that one, Best Buy had it with a 4K screen on sale for $1600! Just specd a bit to low for me as far as the internals (a 2070 super at max Q isn't going to do very well in 4k, and 4k is overkill on a 15 inch laptop for gaming, think it's meant more for creators).

@@SliderFury1 yeah, I think thay one is 60hz as well. I have my 4k monitor anyway , rather have the larger panel for 4k.

Thanks Jason ! Yes, its a strange set up they have there. I wish the power button was there with a fingerprint reader..

Thanks for watching 👍

No problem 😀👍

Yes, I was considering that

@@OWNORDISOWN me too, can't decide

Yes pllss Also a15 too

Bro im confused between between HP OMEN 15 (1650ti ryzen 5) and LENOVO LEGION 5i(intel i5 ,1650,120hz).....can you please suggest one between the two?.......i am a college student.....i just do basic productivity work and gaming.....i want a good build quality laptop ...thank you.

@@rohanred4026 between those specs, get the omen.

Thanks Matt !

@@OWNORDISOWN Hello. Will you receive the Omen 17 from HP as well? The chassis seems to be the same from last year. Now they have 10th gen. and SUPER graphic cards (Max P) in it. It seems that last years model was quite pleasant (I've seen your video) and HP did a good job. What about this year?

Thanks Mister 2 ! I agree, soldering the wifi card makes no sense. Why do you think they did that ? I would probably just use a USB wifi adapter if it failed. I've heard horror stories about people getting motherboards replaced.

@@OWNORDISOWN likely cost cutting. Its not a super thin machine, so likely wasn't for space.

Thanks Mike ! Wow, I think you must be the best shopper in the game !

@@OWNORDISOWN I try I also got the nitro 5 4600h and 1650 for 600 months back

Thanks ! Another commenter has your model and he likes it if i recall.

@@OWNORDISOWN have a question which screen is better between the legion 5i and the omen 15? Which is brighter / has a better color accuracy. Also, which has a better keyboard?

is it rtx 2070 super or basic rtx 2070 ? Because i did not see the basic one in hp site . i saw 1650 2060 and 2070 max q with intel models. Thank you

@@aksahhelvac3 the 2070 max q, not the super.

I agree Sean , they kept it simple. I like the clean look and it cools well.

Need review Omen 15 Ryzen 7 + RTX. Because not much country have this version. I pre ordered tgis version in Indonesia for 1400 USD

@@rahmanfais did they give you any details as for when it will ship? Been asking here and there, the information is still unclear. Thanks man

@@rahmanfais wait,, there's a preorder for hp omen 15 with ryzen 7 and rtx in indonesia?? Po di mana bang??

laptop designers love to see CPUs throttling, they will always make them as small as possible

I think you are right the GPU fan is s but smaller, possibly because it's a 50w 1650Ti vs the 1660Ti in the AMD one .

Thanks mate !

I would go with the 4800H / RTX 2060. It should still be slightly faster in games plus you have the extra 2 cores should your use case involve more threaded applications. Its also cheaper :)

I actually have the 17" one to review. Had it ages. Thats a great price !

Noice one boss. Turns out HP is not just good for sauce

@@TallyHoTech lol, its delicious of course 😋

@@TallyHoTech don't get ?

@@LetsTalk_by_SP There is a brown sauce, like ketchup, but more spicy and its called HP Sauce. Its slogan was "HP sauce is delicious of course "- hence my reply

I'll probably do a poll and see what HP laptop to do next

Thanks Brad ! I agree, its worth the extra too :)

@@OWNORDISOWN when or how can I get hold of the AMD rtx model?

@@trevor2830 My viewers have said it is available for pre-order in India in September

All keylighting drains the battery quite fast. If I recall there is only one level of brightness too so its not like you can lower it to save some juice. In my battery test I had the keylighting off, I suspect if it was on i would lose one or 2 hours. You can angle your screen towards the keyboard a bit. That may help on the dark.

@@OWNORDISOWN Always quick with an answer, Steve, thank you !

I have adapted the price in the description to $1270 which is the starting price of the 2060 model. Thanks !

Its something I would rather not have of course as the screen does deflect a good 5 mm. It's seems pretty elastic but I also share the concern, will it eventually effect the panel itself? I honestly don't know.

Indonesia and India got tgis version. 1400USD in here

@@rahmanfais dimana bro

@@sihoki_5644 tokped ada preorder, terakhir bulan Agustus katanya

The SD card reader is very useful for me personally, i am constantly using my SD card and hate dongles. I do prefer the ease of switching power profiles on the legion and i felt its speakers sounded better. I also like soft touch keyboard deck of the legion. If you don't need the SD card reader then I would probably pick the Legion 5 as long as I go for thr 500 nit display option.

I've made a note of it !

Thanks Nitin ! How have you been?

@@OWNORDISOWN Sir , thanks for your replyy Due to some personal problems i was not able to use my mobile for nearly 2 months...... I missed lot of your review videos Sir, so now i have been watching your recent review videos and will comment to your every upcoming new videos... This is the best review channel i like more than any other laptops review channel sir.

@@nitin8124 oh no, that sounds awful. Glad you are doing much better! Thought I hadn't seen you around for a while. Take care !

@@OWNORDISOWN Thankyou Sir , now i am very doing very good .... Thanks Sir and great video sirr

It does indeed. Personally I don't use them often unless I'm entering data at work.

U can always use external usb num pad. Even bluetooth enabled r also available

Hi Irene, i think both will last you well but I do think that the 4600h in particular runs very cool and provides better battery life. The 4800H of course has more cores and will be more future proof. I have the Omen 15t with the i9 9880h and its used every day and is powered on most of the time and I have had no issues with its performance over the 8 months I have had it. My Aorus x3 has an i7 7820hj and that is used for work and is on 10 hours a day for 3 years and that is still fine, so as long as you look after it it should last you a while.

@@OWNORDISOWN thank you for your reply sir, can i know how many hours does the intel version i7 10750h battery life?

Cannot get hold of the Ryzen Pavilion, HP have no stock at all

I think due to the high demand of ryzen processor the cpu production got bottle necked

@@rohithkrishnan8056 most probably!

That's a great GPU, should perform as fast as 115w RTX 2070 (non super) but at less watts and heat :)

If you can get the larger battery version of the 5i I would probably get that , unless you need the SD card reader in the Omen. I found the build and speakers to be better.Not that the Omen is bad by any means. The front of its chassis is sharp. I do like how you can change (and see) the different power modes on the Legion b pressing Fn and Q

Hi Sai ! I don't have it any more to check but the DP usually does point to the dGPU and you can then get Gysnc working. I just used the USB C port on my Legion 5 (AMD) and got Gsync working on my Freesync monitor.

@@OWNORDISOWN Thanks a ton for the quick reply steve! I rekcon not every freesync monitor can support G-sync, right? Any monitor suggestions? And do you have any idea if the omen 15 (R5+1660ti) has optimus?

Rip thermals

Pervy_Sage and then? Is that a hidden code to open up the bottom for the fans. Thats like buying a 3000$ gaming pc just to play online flash games?

@@fabilord98 I set the boost to efficient agressive with just -2% in cinebench , + gpu uv and oc, pretty good under 85 degrees. Stop listening to other people's opinions, it's not as bad as everyone suggests..

gabi marin sorry, but when more then 10 tech youtubers benchmark this laptop, and all of them come to the conclusion that the cooling solution is the worst, compared to similiar models, and all of them can show their results that it actually thermal throttels, then i dont care about other opinions, like yours. Then i only care about the provided facts...

@@fabilord98 1. It doesn't thermal throttels, it wouldn't have those higher benchmark scores compared even with i9 2. Similar models (same specs for the same price) doesn't exist, at least in my market (but if u find a gtx 1660 ti + 16 gb ram + ssd + 144hz screen under 950$ on another brand of laptop then buy it cause it's a steal) 3. Some reviewers that you find are sponsored by ASUS, some aren't, and their final opinions will always be influenced. Opinions from people that actually bought the product are the ones you should consider anyways..

For gaming I would say the i7/2060. I did a video on the RP 17 which is the fastest 4800H system available, with a 110w RTX 2060 and it only slightly ahead of an 80w 2060: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bm7beYM1_sM.html 300 Hz screen is nice too. If you can make use of the extra 2 cores in your software that may swing it in favour of the Ryzen system

@@OWNORDISOWN Thanks, Picking this up for homeschooling and letting my son do some gaming. Thought the AMD would run cooler than the Intel. I will take a look at the review link you provided. Thanks again.

Now looking at Alienware M15 R1 big discounts for this system across the board and looking at OLED option with i7-9750H, RTX-2070 MaxQ, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD. Just not sure if it is the best option even at the discounts through today?

And yes, at the moment you cant overclock this CPU if you want to lower idle temperature to have more control over fans and when they kick in

@@paccioti please tell us about controlling its temperature.

@@rifatul well the ideal way would be undervolting. I that way you would keep you temps down and your fan on idle would never kick in. So you would have a completely silent laptop while using it for browsing and such simple tasks. Unfortunately you cant undervolt it so you need to follow general rules of keeping laptop temp down. If the AMD version of this laptop has undervolting enabled then just go for that one instead of Intel, and problem solved.

If you need an SD card reader I would be inclined tp go the Omen route, otherwise I would probably go with the Legion if it has the 144 Hz panel and 80wh battery

I agree !

As soon as one is available ill test it for sure 👍

@@OWNORDISOWN Any updates on the price?

@@OWNORDISOWN there is a ryzen version available on Curry's/pc world

Not much at all. I just tested the Omen 15 and the Legion 5, the latter's screen wobbled more.

@@OWNORDISOWN I'm sure many people are waiting on that omen vs legion video 😀 How would you compare overall the rgb backlighting on both ?

@@OWNORDISOWN thanks, been waiting for that review

@@sheilabeavers340 ill get to that one shortly 😀👍

That does sound dodgy, I can believe it though as it is embedded right in the keyboard

@@OWNORDISOWN yeah just when I thought the omen was too good to be true....because of that I'm reverting back to the helios but I wanted to know how quiet is the helios doing normal tasks and then I saw a few of them had an issue with the fans rattling....i just don't know what to do anymore

@@trevor2830 yeah, the Helios is far from quiet. How about tge Legion 5/5i ?

@@OWNORDISOWN I'm actually rewatching your video on the legion 5 I'm thinking of grabbing the AMD 4800H 1660ti right now. It seems thats the sweetspot between the omen and the helios. What are your thoughts?

@@trevor2830 yes I really like it. I'm testing the 4800H / 1650Ti one now and it runs well. In games like Far Cry New Dawn the CPU will hit 90 once in a while but generally its fine. I'll try and have the video up tomorrow. Comparing against the 4600h one and it is faster despite having the same GPU..its a nice laptop.

The GE66 is my favorite. Can't wait for my Dragonshield Edition to come in !

100% with you, it's a great bang for your buck model but I HATE how it looks, just the overall shape of it, the gap between the keyboard and screen when it's closed, the port placement, the shiny logo, etc. Not for me. Also a bit too thick and heavy for my tastes.

I love the 5i, its a great gaming laptop, runs quiet and its a solid performer. I suspect the AMD model may be here in October but they have been pretty silent. They are releasing another legion soon , ill make a video on that soon.

@@OWNORDISOWN yeah now i checked the omen with amd in my country can be preordered already,, and now im confused whether to wait 4-8 weeks for omen or buying legion 5i immediately...

@@rikos573 is the Legion 5i the one with the 80wh battery and 500 nit display?

@@OWNORDISOWN sadly...no,in my country the legion 5/5i only comes with 56wh battery,, thats why omen's 70wh battery, amd cpu, and its price are a great temptation for me. Omen with rtx is priced $200 less than legion 5i with rtx. But they came in like 4-8 weeks...

Still haven't received it . I guess they are waiting for a batch to come in.

It's Ryzen 7 4800H to be exact.

@@rifatul yeah u r right my fault Thx

Wish it was available here

😭😭

I weighed mine 07:33

You lucky, in Europe is around 1400€

I believe that's still "under $1100" 🤔

@@jasonbrazao1077 yep, according to my calculator it is.

They must be thinking of the 2018 model? No, I think this one is fine

OWNorDisown thanks your the best

You mean the 2060? I reviewed it here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-35G5s0F9PRA.html Its definitely faster but its fans are quite annoying, bacught bleed and worse battery life. Other than that its a great laptop. Certainly very fast.

@@OWNORDISOWN ah i see, thanks! jesus christ i keep adding ti to the 2060 lmao

If you click on the change button you can chose the 300 nit 144 hz panel for an extra $90. Thats the one I would chose

@@OWNORDISOWN I would have definitely chosen that one if they delivered it to India. 😑 But what to do. We are in those part of the world where these companies don't even care to give some equal options as the rest of the world.

@@OWNORDISOWN I was planning to buy a Legion 5 AMD version. But they haven't released that here. And not even a word on when they will do that. Then came Omen 15. Was gonna give it a try. But this time they gave us only a 60hz on the affordable model. And the 144hz model was almost 1800 USD here. 😑

Thanks, appreciate that ! I don't get many people complimenting my voice, its normally a complain of some sort . So thank you !

@@OWNORDISOWN Wow who would complain on your voice ? It's like asmr to me. Very nice 👍🏻

It has hybrid graphics 👍

OWNorDisown Thanks for info And sorry to disturb ya 👍

That is awesome!

Mine does

yes, but up to 60hz

That's what I heard :(

At a price equivalent of 1600 USD

@@anupamdey4893 no, actually it's equivalent to 1700 USD

No, its all aluminium

OWNorDisown ?? Okay this is really confusing because other reviewers have been saying a mixer of either “full aluminium body” or plastic top and bottom and aluminium keyboard chassis only ?? This is really weird

@@MTM69 I stand corrected. I have just taken the back off again and looked at the screw holes, and the bulk of it is plastic. Although I would say the air grills are metal. So they have thin metal grid where the black mesh is. You tap it and it rattles like metal and is silver on the inside. The deck definitely is aluminium. The lid I still think is thin gauge aluminium, although it can be very hard to tell.

You have to choose the 144 Hz one in the configuration section

If it says 4 zone RGB then you can change all 4 zones to what ever colour you want :)

@@OWNORDISOWN great! I was mostly referring with the RGB off (and it seemed to me too that red keys with RGB would look bad, but still had to ask). Thanks for replying! I just ordered i7-2070 variant because Ryzen will be unfortunately available in mid January in my area.

@@g_stou Great, Lets us know how you make out :)

@@OWNORDISOWN I got the laptop and it is fantastic but I believe the heating behaves really weird. The cpu is running from 5-20% with just chrome tabs open (i check the task manager, nothing weird there spiking), average temp is 55 C, and suddenly the cpu temperature spikes up to 72, before the fans ramp up to cool it. Even on overwatch on low settings and stable 144 fps, the cpu temp is between 70-90 C, while the 2070 60-72 C (fans are on auto, not maxing). I noticed on CPUID HWMonitor that all 6 cores are running constantly, either playing or on idle, on 4188MHz - 4791MHz, which is supposed to be the turbo clock (5GHz). Shouldn't the cpu clock speeds be around the base (2.6GHz)? ΕDIT [SOLVED]: I searched more for it and I figured it out for anyone with the same problem. I tried with the power plan settings to set it on balanced and limit the max processor state but no matter which percentage I chose it wouldn't change from ~4500MHz. I needed to change at the battery icon the bar away from best performance cause that didn't change automatically with the power plan, but was even overloading it. So after changing both I am now able to play with the processor percentages as I want and I saved ~15 degrees on cpu and ~10 degrees on gpu with the i7 @2300Mhz and the same performance (at least on overwatch which is not a cpu demanding game)!

@@g_stou yeah, its daft that the power bar doesn't always alter according to the power plan. Only when you unplug will it drop down. Glad you solved it and are enjoying the laptop!

I have changed the price in the description, thanks for letting me know

@@OWNORDISOWN NP

I'm with you there. I always have to scour to see it.

Well, I reviewed the AMD model 2 months ago...in hindsight I should have got the 2060 one but at the time I hadn't reviewed the 1650Ti . Its been on my desk for 2 months.

@@OWNORDISOWN i remember you telling me about the 2060 one which was taking forever to ship!!

@@hrishikeshtalukdar989 yeah, I mentioned that in the video. I saw an email exchange between people at HP and it doesn't look like it's coming to the US soon. It was supposed to be here in July but there are huge shortages even on things like the Pavilion Gaming..

I can see prices going up due to lack of supply as well

the entire vapor block on the GPU is "ryzen" up, if you watch further near the cooler you will see the pipes going down back 6:24

@@himanologanor4093 Do you mean pipes of GPU and CPU are seperate?

@@a601b04 no, the 2 main pipes are common, but when they pass over the GPU they are rised up 1mm

@@himanologanor4093 Thank you bro, i got it

@@a601b04 it`s what i see in the video, but the light is so poor, i might be wrong, but i would never buy a HP

My estimate is around march/April

@@OWNORDISOWN then it's better to wait before changing laptop

@@OWNORDISOWN most of the chatter on reddit says it's gonna take a while longer than that before you can actually get your hands on one (more like July/August). For a lot of reasons, but much of it is that it's probably going to take longer than usual to bring the wattage down from the pretty crazy amount the new cards are gonna use while still squeezing out good performance.

There is an option in the BIOS for fan to he always on. Have you turned that off ?

@@OWNORDISOWN No, I haven't turned off. But I found the pitch of fans more annoying, must be the fan and blades size. Also, the the fan curves are so aggressive. In the other hand I found that the performance is so similar, surprisingly there is no much difference in games between a 90w 1660ti and 110w 2060. Transferring large files I noticed that the ssd in omen is much faster than in the eluktronics. As you said, the screen are too similar, bur I prefer the 17 inches

@@OWNORDISOWN I just returned the omen. Too loud and I didn't like the sharp edge facing you. I also returned the rp17, impressive machina, much more quiet but, the speakers were garbage, the screen had some bleeding and the fact that you can't update the GPU driver were too much. Now, I am still looking for laptop... I hope I can find something good soon.

@@Games_and_Tech did you try installing the THX Spatial audio on the RP17? Yes, the omen edge is pretty sharp, i mentioned that in my review . How about the Legion 5? The 1660Ti one is available for $999. I just did a deals video on it.

@@OWNORDISOWN I will check it, I am just tired to buy and return laptops... in the last year I have returned 7 laptops... ftom diferent brands and prices... I just want a no compromises one

That sounds like a great deal !

Exactly. There is a shortage and I expect prices to go up...

Best Buy has a 4k 60hz model

I think Dave2d reviewed that one

@@amex4453 yeah it will be good if they could have clear option in their sites , but its all messy .

You're betting off building your own pc

I think my next Omen review will be the AMD 2060 model if I can get it

Oh my goodness, that is a lot !

Good luck 👍