I bought my brother this laptop for Christmas a few weeks ago (I got 500 off for student discount - still cost me an arm and a leg and that’s only paying half with my mum (Australian pricing)) and he said if you leave the laptop plugged in you can max out the gaming settings. Works well for him cause he doesn’t really move the laptop. He loves it! So just a tip for anyone who’s thinking of picking this up 👍🏼
@@antonycamillus5672 but in my opinion buy a gaming desktop usually cheaper by 200$ and you dont worry for charging the battery and the rest of money buy a laptop for work and home. this is my opinion tho and now i regret getting a laptop like smaller screen but anyway it still amazing for gaming ;)
whoever is thinking on picking this laptop up. do it. the IPS 144hz panel is everything . the brightness is amazing. the keyboard travel distance is more than amazing and it actually makes you type really fast than you usually do. it's a really good rendering machine if you're into editing and also does a really good job with playing games. BUT battery life is going to be a problem for you so get ready for that
I bought my Hp Omen 15 roughly 6 months ago and I absolutely love it. Performance is great, I don’t do a lot of gaming but for video editing it definitely does what I need it to do quickly. Not a single problem yet either. Great review by the way 👍
Hey Jud! I have an idea for a future vid: Could u maybe do a black friday/chritmas gift guide or like a gifts for under 50$ or really anything of that sort??? I rly need to get my family some gifts, but I need some inspiration. Thanks UAC, ur the BEST! - some dude
Got this the same month this video came out best purchase ever I like the screen that it’s not fully connected on the bottom and feels like a separate monitor unlike other laptops
Have The 2018 Version, Intel I7 7700HQ, 1050TI 4gb, 8gb of DDR4 Ram currently, 128gb M.2 SSD, and 1TB hard drive for storage. Overall meets all my light gaming needs when not on my Gaming Desktop, Nice and Fast, Really Enjoy The Laptop when i use it for various tasks
Just bought this for $600 brand new since my uncle gets big discounts on HP products. Hopefully it was worth the money!! Will update this review once I get it and play on it for a little while. Will only be doing schoolwork and casual gaming (OSRS) so I think it should handle it with a breeze. I gotta say it looks like a very good looking laptop, hopefully it appears that way in person too!
@@danielvelasquez2858 Ended up playing League of Legends again. It runs flawlessly on it. My only complaint is that it’s a Microsoft computer so you have to constantly download updates. Other than that it’s been great.
Great video bro! Would say to include specifics about the laptop to help make an informed decisions for the different consumers who would be interested. Battery life, nits, average framerate in popular games and rgb spectrum.
Also here in the Netherlands it costs 1599euro for the 1060 model which is 50 bucks cheaper than my laptop with a gtx1060 16gb ram i7 7700hq 512gb ssd and a 2tb sshd, the only difference is that the bezels are smaller. Bought this laptop over a year ago now
I REALLY like how they've arranged the PORTS... I've been saying for a long time, give me the crap I need to access maybe every day on the sides, and all the other crap I likely don't need to access all the time ON THE BACK!
I have this same laptop from Microcenter and it is awesome! I love the look of this laptop and it's not very big for a 15-inch gaming laptop. Build quality is solid and dense. For the price, good deal!
its cheap and very smooth, as per my 1 year experience It still runs smooth as it used to before And making it a service per year make it smooth again I play online games such as apex legends without any problems with my 4 GB graphic card(1050TI) at high settings At its price it is best of all :)
For anyone who is looking to buy this I highly recommend it I have used this gaming laptop for about 16 months and have not had any problems.but when playing COD I have had to update the drivers 3 or 4 times but besides that it’s a awesome laptop for such a cheap price👍🏼👍🏼
I got it off the website, so I got to choose everything. I chose the 1050 with 4gb for my graphics card. I don't really play any graphically intense games, so I hope that it will be ok... I ordered the laptop last night so it should arrive within the next week or two!!! ^_^
@@vincentvangraite4485 Oh my god, I love it! I decided to get Tomb Raider... but it was the one from 2013, and I have the graphics set as high as possible. Everything runs smoothly. The laptop is beautiful, and the numb pad came in handy. I also feel comfortable using the track pad when I'm not playing a game or am just too lazy to take out my mouse. I would highly recommend it. I suggest buying it off the website so you can pick out the specs.
Those are not the speakers, they're the air vents. The speakers are underneath near the front. I've got the i5-8300h version of this laptop with the same GTX 1060. This was a deliberate decision, as you get much cooler thermals with little in the way of a trade off in performance. I've also got the model with the 144hz screen, as you're missing the sticker underneath your screen on the left, I assume you have the 60hz panel. The 144hz panel is highly recommended, not only does it mean full Nvidia G-Sync is supported, but it also has far better brightness and colour levels. A few recommendations. First thing to do is update the BIOS. This will result in an additional 3rd mode in the Omen Control Centre called Comfort. This results in a big fan boost when under load and a 8-10 degree reduction in temperature. Also, use Throttlestop to undervolt both the CPU core and cache by between 125 and 145mv depending on what your individual CPU can deal with and remain stable. Again, this will result in further temperature drops. One of the main issues with the i7 version of this laptop is thermal throttling as it will regularly hit over 95 degrees when using intense games, both the above recommendations will reduce this happening. Also, it's worth noting that the Thunderbolt port only comes with models sporting GTX 1060 and above. You can also get this laptop with a GTX 1050 and GTX 1050ti. This model only comes with a USB Type C. Overall a fantastic laptop.
@@drag7405 It depends on the profile. Comfort is really loud, over 50db I'd say, but if you are using headphones it doesn't matter. The standard profile is quiet, although the trade off in that is increased temperatures with prolonged gaming.
If you don't play games, but open over 50 to 100 browser tab simultaneously, will the fan kick off to make noise? Does the fan kick off only in games or other software app usage? I intend to get it for photo and video editing.
Pagnell - Hello. Considering to buy this laptop. Mostly will be using it for virtualization of networking devices: switches, routers, firewalls; using tools like: VMWare, Cisco Virl, Eve Ng, Virtual Box. As for gaming - only Data and CS. Could someone suggest whether this laptop is a good choice for the above mentioned purposes? Thanks in advance
Like most modern laptops it will work fine for those purposes, an i5 8th gen will do the business when it comes to virtualization. However, I'd say the i7 CPU of the Omen could be better given the additional threads and cores.@@Inadriil
i think you touch on some good points on your videos, but the great videos like dav2d and linus talk about the thermals and do a much more in def video on the tech
I have omen 15, i suspect 1 year earlier model (Thunderbolt 3 location is difference for example, and only 8 GB RAM from factory) and i like it pretty well. 4 years of service with only one single malfunction that was batery related, still runs all games i play. It can get hot but thats probably on me, not doing proper deep maintanance.
The ethernet port, USB 3.1 port, HDMI, display port, and Thunderbolt 3 port on the back is really nice. I hate when ports like those are on the side since you have to curve and bend cables. Maybe it's just OCD, but I prefer to have cables neatly connecting instead of curving. Plus you can hide things behind instead of cluttering on the sides. Good to hear you can replace/upgrade components. That's very important with laptops IMO.
One year after owning this device, the performance has slowed down quite a lot. In some more demanding games like GTA 5 it has lag spikes on medium settings.
Just got mine and the cpu temp is super high. 100° C when playing non-demanding games like cs go. Can't re-apply thermal paste without voiding warranty... not sure what I'm gonna do.
One important thing is that it can actually support very high end games once you upgrade the Bios. It adds a Comfort mode to the Omen Command Centre which is the more aggressive cooling for gaming and Default becomes silent mode where the fan is only kicked up when it gets hotter. The recent update last week actually made this better and with Overwatch at Ultra 144Hz its giving me max peaks of 80 but average of 74 which is insane. At that temp the fans also are a lot quieter so I'd take a look at that if you still can. The laptop by itself is great but once you upgrade the Bios it can tussle with any of the other options out there.
Picked mine up today and I'll say it is amazing. One downside was that the service personnel I got it from said it was 144hz but it is 60hz so I'm pretty pissed other than that it's amazing
I own the 17 inch one. Been over 10months now and i'm still amazed like day one, perfomance wise he's a beast. I rly recommend it!!! Satisfied costumer here
@@AxleWack not really. How can you overheat it? What are you doing? Just played HotS all night last night and went smooth as hell, on full max graphics. What games are you playing and on what type of surface do you put it on while doing so?
@@Joini50 I played ARK, for maybe an hour on basically all epic settings and the gpu and cpu were between 80 and 90 degrees celcius. The laptop was super hot to the touch, so didnt do anything out of the ordinary. I actually took it back to be checked out, so they doing stress testing on Monday.
His friend plays on a gaming console (PS4), no PC, so he is using a controller on the PC instead of a mouse. Since Microsoft makes Windows, he's using a Xbox controller to play on the PC. I know the way he said it was confusing.
@@maxmoore8123 you can wirelessly connect one now actually w/o ds4windows. It works through steam and Uplay but it'll randomly disconnect sometimes so performance can be spotty.
I've had two of these, and when they work, they're great. Until they don't. Both had random shutdowns (kernel41), even while just browsing. Temps were not high, but it would make a sound like a thermal circuit breaker and shut off. The second one shut off like that and would not reboot. Sent it in to an authorized service center and they sent it back with the battery out of it and no explanation of what is wrong, also saying they 'can't get parts'. I bought it new a little over 2 1/2 years ago. HP support site is awful. I will never buy an HP computer again.
What is the refresh rate on the screen?!?!?!.....the HP product page and therefore the descriptions on the online retailers like Amazon/Newegg doesn't list this critical piece of information!!!!
The Acer Predator Helios 300 has the same specs, better thermals, and a 144hz screen for only less than ~$100 more. The only thing it lacks are those thin bezels :/ (they're not that thick but compared to these new laptops, they kinda are)
Daniyal Haider for the price I think it’s better but obviously there are other better options if you are willing to pay more. There are lots of new gaming laptops recently but I dislike acer and Lenovo as their support is horrible as well as the durability.
Probably this is my first choice, i like about the UPGRADEABILITY of a gaming laptop, it makes it a user friendly. The great thing in this laptop was the RGB keyboard
I just bought this laptop, and I am having trouble customizing the keyboard lighting, i already tried on the omen command center but there is no lighting option beneath the network booster option. Also tried to update the command center but it says that's the newest version. Please help!!!!!!
it's not worth it it overheats to 98c GPU and 97c CPU that means fps drops in games and A hot processor can slow down a computer and make it operate less effectively and laptops can be severely damaged by overheating i don't recommend it . .....
Hey guys, I am looking for a laptop for college, that can handle gaming well, as well handle coding and some editing while being not that heavy any suggestions ? ( budget arround 1600 usd )
I acquired an HP15 omen, I found it in a recycling dumpster and it's missing one key which is a directional key arrow, so hopefully the rest of the computer is good, I ordered a charger and hopefully this thing will spark to life, i Yes I'll find out when the charger arrives. 1 thing I don't like about this 1 is that the data and information that you normally see on the underside of a laptop with model number and serial numbers on clearly readable data cards and laminates, aren't on the omen, the metadata are stamped into a barely legible portion of the Underside, but maybe that's the esthetic of these gaming computers, that dark and Sleek Appearance, maybe that's why the model and serial numbers and data are so subdued. It does look kind of cool Then but You need to take a picture of the numbers in order to see them on your via your cell phone. Maybe the omen Will grow on me, as this is my first gaming computer but I have no intention of gaming because I never did this before come I like I said I found this and a dumpster and maybe I can flip it or just keep it as a casual internet viewer. Or maybe I'll become A total gamer, playing that GTA Los Angeles game, and that Call of Duty series are whatever, I'll let you know what happens when the charger arrives and hopefully this thing turns on right away
Hi sorry for my Previous comment...He is right...i bought this laptop also... No issues... Very impressive... definitely well built... Has a real thunderbolt 3 port... Can add egpu...
well this laptop sucks ts same good as my 7year old hp laptop it overheats in 5 minutes i cleaned it like few days ago it runs minecraft 36fps my gpu is 94 and cpu 97
Bought it March 2019. I bought extended warranty 4 years for 400 bucks. I gamed on it for 3 months in that time frame. Realized I want to game on console. Wanted to keep using it for uploading videos and it got error code Kernal and blue screen and stopped working. Brought it back to Best Buy but cuz the 4 year 400 dollar warranty was out by 5 months. I was out of luck. My 400 went to nothing and now it died while they were doing a diagnostic check that I paid 60 bucks for just now. Now my hp laptop model 15-dc0010ca died while not even in my posession and they want me to pay 570 bucks for a new mother board. I mean the laptop provided a good 3 months of use for 1300 bucks plus 400 good for nothing warranty. I was hoping for at least 10 years though😢. So I went to pay for the motherboard and now they are saying 980 for it..... my goodness.
Same here, bought one for 1200 on 4 years ago with Intel 9750h with GTX 1660ti. Last week it just suddenly black screen and then never turn on even I reinstalled the battery and hardrive. Saw these issue on Reddit too, truly disappointing for HP . Now I gonna heard back from the shop soon and see how much they charge me, if cost too high I will just buy a new gaming laptop 😮💨😮💨
does anyone else have overheating cpu problems? ive had mine for a couple months now and its holding up just fine. one thing im worried about is my cpu frying while im playing planetside 2 and i lower graphics to bare minimum so its not even really that fun at that point. when i stop the gamemy cpu goes back down to regular heat quite fast
OMFG Why do I even watch these type of videos when I know I can't afford it and it makes me look soooo stupid and poor!!!! Ugghhhh I wish I was rich 😔😔
I have a HP Omen 15 but 2017 edition. Exactly the same shape and size, except no IO in the back. I would recommend this laptop to anyone who likes to game on the go. Got it for £800 a great deal.
Yeah, well kinda, so I have this laptop, It's amazing, I love it, however.... The CPU can get extremely hot while using it, 95°c plus with high settings on most games, this isn't a problem for now as it doesn't thermal throttle, however I do believe that in the near future with more demanding games being released (like the division 2) the CPU runs a serious risk of hitting it's t junction (105°c according to the Intel website)
@@drag7405 I have the i7 and the fans are pretty quiet to be honest, I've never had an issue with the sound coming from them and they only kick in under a heavier load
@@TomSpedding same problem here Just get the intel extreme utility and undervolt the cpu. i undervolt 0.160 and i get under stress almost 20 degres less for the temperature and the clock still kick around 3.88ghz
BE CAREFUl! I bought this notebook in August with a lot of work and effort. I used it for 5 months, one day it crashed and never turned on again ... I had the warranty so I called HP and they took the computer for repair ... it's been 3 months since they took my notebook and I still dont have any news about the repairing. I lost my work because I couldnt work without the pc (I do video editing) and I am taking legal action against Hewlett-Packard. The computer itself was good, but the service provided by HP was the worst. If you are thinking of buying one, think first looking for other brands ... PD: sory for bad english.
I got this one with a gtx 1060 instead of an 1050 and I can play pretty much everything on ultra with a few mods like gta 5 on 40fps+ some games at 60fps+ the only downgrade is that it gets hot and loud after a while but it‘s okay and nice
I'm watching this on my new HP Omen. I got the upgrade for the RTX 2060 card, 16g ram and standard options other than that. I haven't run anything super demanding on it but it runs BeamNG Drive and minecraft with ray tracing shaders no problem. The one single thing I dont like about it is the placement of the GFX card fans. They're right where the laptop sits on your legs if you use in on your lap. You can see the vent placement in the video at 2:50. So when I first used it, it was heating up because the fans were blocked until I realized where the vents were. I use my laptop while sitting in my recliner mostly so that's sort of a problem. I have a plan to 3d print a cover that goes on the bottom to direct air to the fans from the sides so I dont need a hard surface to set it on everywhere I go. Luckily this laptop runs Fusion360 like butter. One other thing that was just my ignorance was the headphone and microphone ports. I didn't know it had two ports so I thought the headphone port was malfunctioning until I noticed it had two ports and plugged my headphones into the right one. Overall I'm happy with it.
