HP Victus One Week Later! The ULTIMATE Budget Laptop?!

It's been a week of use on the brand new HP Victus laptop! I've been pretty impressed overall and think this could be a pretty good choice for those looking at a budget gaming setup.

So what have I liked and disliked over the past week?

Lets find out!

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[johncarlofernandez]

victus is perfect for when you're a gamer but your parents will only buy you a laptop for studies because it looks unassuming but can actually game

[roybodin]

It's also a very sleek and clean design. One of the nicest looking "gaming" laptops out there.

[xacib]

My world of "budget" ends at anything over 400 bucks 😭

[JimmyD]

What's interesting is the day you released your first video on this laptop, I went to the site directly and got a different price, but when I went through you link, I got the price you referenced in that video. HP has been known for this in the past, and then sometimes you get something you didn't order.

[joerinaldi]

I purchased a HP i7 Victus, even though the screen wobble is something that I expected better from HP. Having said that the laptop in general has so far worked well. I am also glad that you are a reviewer that can see positives in the HP Victus. Many reviewers are not as kind. It is a shame because in general it's a nice looking laptop and does what it is suppose to do. Thanks for your positive outlook.

[gigige]

11th gen i5 with a 4th gen m2 ssd, the ram pack it came with was just 8 gigs so I updated to 16, 3050ti video for 700 euros, in all fairness best buy in electronics I had past decades. never had any HP products, i usually went with asus and apple, at worst dell, HP really won this for me, also on their webpage they have a great table of content with full specs on how to disassemble and service the laptop better than car manufacturers. all in all, best.

[iamenait]

Man probably the 1st ever english review for this laptop.

[rafaeterna]

I love this type of laptop. Bought an hp with i5 and radeon r5 m330 4 years ago around 600 usd and it's "good enough" but not for open world and lacking for render or 3d designs. That rtx 3050 at 800 gives me joy

[jakobe_bryantgaming]

I recently got a 6800H/2x8 ddr5-4800 /3050 Ti/500 GB NVMe victus 16.1" e1163nr machine for $899 and its awesome for the price. It also comes with a decent 144 Hz 1080p "IPS level" display. Good battery level, excellent performance and temps for a laptop, awesome laptop overall.

[rvarghese]

No atleast brands have recognized there should be some option in the budget segment for gamers and decent specs with the rise in AMD chips in laptop this was surely I hope DELL will also bring in something similar.... Nice work 👍

[itSUFzz]

I just needed a work laptop and something that can handle small games and this is perfect!

[DigitalPantomime]

For anyone else wondering, …
Yes, this is Oculus Link compatible.
Yes, this works with Steam VR.
Yes, Star Wars Squadrons (VR) runs “OK” on it.

Source: I own a Victus and tested the above.

[danielletrent]

Thank you so much for your video! I just ordered this at Best Buy for $899 (it was out of stock), but I wanted to see if there was a review that was easy for a non-computer person to understand. You eased a lot of my anxieties about what to expect with this laptop. I actually liked how it looked and everything, I was just worried a little about what it was capable of. I'm a little sad that the screen is dim, but I think it should be fine. I needed a device for college and gaming that wasn't over $1, 000, and I think I found it.

[salsasafi]

hey everyday dad! just wanted to say that i love the perspective you review these machines from and i would like to offer a suggestion. i recently purchased the dell inspiron 16 because i wanted the new 2021 xps 15 9510 but it was speced nearly identical to the dell xps 15 (graphics card in mine is a 3050 rather than a 3050 ti) but for around 700 dollars cheaper. ive been using it and it's been fantastic! i reccomend that you do a review on it as you'll get a lot of content out of it and it's a laptop that people want to see reviewed because there aren't very many reviews of it online!

[nafkar]

I got one around christmas 2021. Ryzen 7 5800H with an RTX 3060. I use it for work as well as gaming and it's been awesome so far.

[samgray]

Bought this laptop for my church's live stream about a month after it launched. After this review, I think it might be my next laptop. My old HP Pavilion Power is dying hard which sucks, but it was just a poorly designed model.

[evacody]

The i5 is bought at Best buy. The top model is using a Ryzen 7 and a 3060 which is far better then the i5. The reason for the Ryazn 5 with the 1650 to be priced where it is at is because they go up in price based on the CPU and GPU you buy.

[JDMErDay]

Thats crazy, I just bought one this last black friday for $480. Came with the 12th gen i5-12450u and gtx 1650. With the 144 hz display.

[timothybrown]

I would've gone for this if I still had an entry-level job. It looks way more attractive than the Aver Nitro 5 and Dell G3.

[LuLzezRoflcopter]

Just picked up one of these for $600 at walmart running a rtx 4050. Havnt bought a laptop in probably over 10 years. I’m pretty blown away with everything on this. The screens a 144hz ips 15.6” with decently power hardware, enough to run most games at a high framerate, and if im not playing games, the battery is surprisingly long lasting. Im finding I get roughly 8 hours of watching videos on it. 2 usb a ports, usb c port, hdmi, ethernet, sd port, headphone port. Its amazing the cheap laptops are STILL the ones with all the port functionality and paying more gives u less ports 😂
For 600 bucks im impressed with todays budget gaming laptop market. No it doesnt run the most cutting edge demanding games. Battlefield 2042 in a big 128 man map with all low settings 1080p runs like crap around 30-50fps. But games like counter strike, rocket league, league of legends run like butter at 144fps. It did only come with 8gb of ram and 500gb drive. But memory is stupid cheap now. Another 8gb sodimm costed me 20$.