Hewlett Packard is not a name I would normally associate with flashy, powerful gaming laptops – that was until I saw the HP Omen.
Launched this week, the Omen looks pretty slick with its red and black, slim design. The internals are not to be scoffed at either, with the 15.6-inch gaming laptop packing an i7-4710HQ 2.5GHz CPU, up to 16GB of RAM, and a 4GB GTX 860M GPU.
The full HD screen supports touch functionality, too, for those of you who like smudges on your gaming display.
What does make the laptop quite attractive for those who are constantly on the move is its light weight, just over 2kg, and thin profile – it’s less than 2cm thick according to the manufacturers.
The Omen’s key specifications are listed in the table below.
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HP Omen
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| CPU | Intel i7-4710HQ 2.5GHz |
| RAM | 8GB/16GB DDR3 1600MHz |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M 2GB/4GB GDDR5 |
| SSD | 128GB/256GB/512GB |
| Display | 15.6-inch 1920×1080 touchscreen |
| Battery | 4-cell 58Wh |
| Dimensions | 383×245.5×19.8mm |
| Weight | 2.13kg |
HP Omen
Naturally, the Omen comes with the standard laptop/gaming necessities.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, built-in speakers (by Beats Audio), USB 3.0 ports, HDMI port, Mini DisplayPort, and a built-in webcam are all included. What is missing is an Ethernet port, which is negated by the fact that HP provides a USB Ethernet adapter with the Omen.
How many gold coins?
The Omen is available to order in the States, starting at $1,499 for the 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, GTX 860M 2GB version.
For $100 more than the base price, you get a 256GB SSD. For $200 more, HP will give you the 256GB SSD and the 4GB GTX 860M.
(The pic below is relatively high-res – mobile users be warned.)
HP Omen
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Not bad, but if you’re going to game on a mobile platform do it the right way. These thin and relatively light gaming laptops all seem to have:
1. throttling issues
2. loud as hell fans in them thin frames
3. sweating palm syndrome
Check out the Asus G751JY if you want desktop replacement grade performance while still being able to lug it around.
Yes it’s big, heavy and the battery is abysmal but you don’t buy this sort of machine for iPad use. You buy it because you have a GTX 980m inside, an IPS 17″ 1080p display, a full sized keyboard, a super fast SSD+1TB HDD+Blu-ray and finally because it is cool & quiet.
The guys that made it realized physics is a thing and so, why fight it when you can design an awesome looking rig.
So can we have a review of the Asus model sometime?