HP Omen 15 Review (2018) - Everything You Should Know

Got a chance to pick up and review the HP Omen 15 and here’s everything you should know.

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[emilyjurac]

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 👍🏼

[ambush]

Nothing can be louder than my 1st gen ps4

[ToNYDWiLD]

LOL Jud basically walked right past it and did a circle in the intro lol

[Tcwilliams]

This is actually the exact laptop I got from Micro Center on Cyber Monday. I have 0 complaints, it's amazing for the time i've been using it

[MentalGentlemen]

microcenter is like costco for computers, its epic

[Joini]

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

[engnrbravo]

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.

[yuukifenia]

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.

[AsymmetricalCrimes]

In case anyone is wondering. I tested this laptop on Cities Skylines, HOI4, Stellaris, Civilization V, ANNO 2070. ANNO 2205, SWTOR, Sims 4 all on a mix of high and very high settings. Noticed no lag or framerate drops while playing any of these. 9/10 reccomend for anyone who plays these and is looking for an upgrade.

[leeuniverse]

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!

[frosandcons]

i bought the hp omen 19 with i7 9750h 16 gig ram 1660ti for 900 bucks!! what a steal and it is still on sale according to website at microcenter

[Manupday]

Just bought one for app development business. Love it. Quick...clear and powerful. Recommended.

[zekwilkin]

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👍🏼👍🏼

[pagnell-]

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.

[ayushdev]

3:57
Those are the exhausts dude! The speakers are down-firing, located at the front.

[yohennycastro]

Not into gaming laptops but this one looks pretty good

[equstudios]

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...

[embersatdusk]

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!!! ^_^

[ronnied]

I picked up this very one on OfferUp for $300 in excellent condition. Upgraded RAM and SSD... This thing is a f_cking beast for a 15" gaming laptop.

[DoubleD]

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.