HP Omen 16 (2023) review - AMD R7 7840HS, RX 780m, 16 GB DDR5, NVidia RTX 4060 8 GB 

Hi, it's still doing well. No problems whatsoever, very stable and still delivering its full performance. I had to clean vents with a vakuum cleaner, though. Device is now already a year old. Only complaints I have is that the screen brightness is a tad low on my device, but I bought the 250 nits display. Linux (Nobara) is also running well (apart from having problems with Starfield, but that's generally an Nvidia problem). I'm mostly using Windows, though, but could imagine to switch to Linux in the long term. I heard about the black screen issue, but iirc it is only happening with devices where there is IO in the back. There seems to be a defect in a sensor which is responsible for determining whether the lid is closed and if it fails, the screen stays black even if the lid is open. Please read about this and if you consider buying the device, buy it without the IO ports in the back (, where this problem doesn't most probably arise) or get an extended warranty. I didn't have any black screen bugs so far. Greetings, Looney's Tech Channel

@@M4Looney much appreciated 🙌🏼

Hi, it strongly depends on the use case, though. You will get a few % more performance if you run from mux switch but if you're on battery it will decrease runtime significantly (5 - 15 W more at idle). Also the 780m igpu is a powerful solution especially with FSR(3) and might to be considered on old games / emulators (especially on battery). Apart from that even if you don't change anything the RTX 4060 will be used by Windows for 3d applications and for me it's running flawlessly this way. Another note: it seems that Freesync is only selectable on the AMD GPU and I can't find the Gsync settings in NVidia control panel but it also may be that it will be automatically enabled nonetheless. One thing I miss though is that I can only enable AFMF in Radeon Software if I deactivate the RTX 4060. If anyone knows a way to enable it alongside the NVidia GPU pls let me know. I got it working once and it was amazing to see Witcher 3 and Starfield running with DLSS3 and the FPS being doubled by AFMF on top. But it only worked once and after a reboot it stopped working :-(. Greetings, Looney's Tech Channel

Hi, unfortunately not. My model doesn't even have a second m.2-slot. Higher tier Omens do have a second m.2-slot at least. Greetings, Looney's Tech Channel

up to 80 °C on the GPU in TimeSpy (with manual fans set to GPU 90 % fan speed at 80 °C - 5600 RPM out of 6200 RPM). For CPU (CB R23): 77 °C / 6200 RPM after 3 min of Cinebench. Some Intel CPUs are running at 95+ °C in CB.

So thermals are great or when fiddeling with fan settings one can achieve a very quiet operation (assuming you trade in some C for lower fan RPM).

@@M4Looney Thanks ❤️ Please do a battery test on eco mode and igpu on ,it will be really helpful

@@agentphoenixtm642 Will do. I wanted to let run a battery test with Yuzu and on the 780m GPU. Interested?

So I tested yuzu with the 780m igpu. The Omen lasted 1:40 from 100 to 20 %. I was playing in 720p 1x handheld. Most of the time 30 fps on eco mode. Display brightness at 80 %.

Hi, yes, there is some wobble but with normal use it's not distorbing. Greetings

Hi, I paid 1249 €. I compared it with a Lenovo LOQ which is around 100 € cheaper but has a Ryzen 5 in it compared with a Ryzen 7 here. The LOQ was the other alternative. The other similar speced laptops were around 1499 € and more mainstream devices. There are some cheap laptops with an RTX 4060 mobile but these have very low tdp ratings. All prices are with tax included here. Idk about the Lenovo Legion Slim, though but "slim" often indicates lower tdp so be careful. Greetings

Hi, the laptop is pretty decent especially for the price. pros: - performance (components running at advertized speeds) - cooling solution is adequate (if running on balanced profile fans will be tolerable ~4200 RPM while gaming and temps are well below tjmax with enough reserves) - laptop is well build (materials, hinges seem good) - battery is ok (about 4 hours of Twitch streaming at 80 - 90 % display brightness) - prize - sound quality (not good compared to real sound system ofc but decently loud and not disturbing like on other devices) - wifi is fast - snappy Windows experience neutral: - keyboard: keys feel good but if you press them it's either full press or no press - hard to describe - keys are using membranes so no mechanical keyboard. Can't compare to other devices. cons: - display brightness only 250 nits on my modell (colors seem accurate, only 62 % srgb) - I got used to it but I wouldn't recommend using the device outside. - BIOS lacking options especially for undervolting CPU / assigning more vram for igpu - only 5 gbit/s USB3 on my model I can't compare to current devices as I only owned a 2021 Asus Tuf Gaming F15 and compared to that everything is better. The only pro on the Tuf side would be the "toughness" of the device (mil std like drop tests etc). Greetings, Looney's Tech Channel

​@M4Looney Thanks a lot for taking your time for detailed feedback. Looks like they made few changes to newer 4070 model.

Hi, maybe. But it won't be necessary as the cooling is already good. Greetings

Hi, what money for what specs? I bought my Omen 16 for 1249 € with the R7 7840HS and the RTX 4060 mobile. Other offers were more expensive for same specs or had lower specs for around the same money. Here you'll have a 120 W tdp gpu (hence this gpu mostly never goes above 90 W). If you overclock the higher tdp comes in handy. Greetings, Looney's Tech Channel