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A terrific pre-built gaming PC
I've had this for 4 days. There were no reviews when I bought it so I was taking a chance... on an HP pre-built no less. I'm glad I did! Here are some thoughts that will hopefully be helpful...
Coming from someone who's built gaming and business PC's, I'm overall impressed with the Omen 30L and its performance. It's also extremely attractive and very well built.
The Omen 30L doesn't have all the fine-tuning options as with a custom-built PC, but it performs as it should, and ultimately that's what matters. Performance is on par with benchmarks you'll find online for a 10900K and RTX 3080 combo.
Besides having no options in the bios to really fine-tune this rig, my only criticism would be the volume of the fans under load when gaming and the slightly high temps. This is simply because the case is very compact and the three fans (120mm front, 92mm back and 120mm radiator at the top) can only do so much. That said, RTX 3080 temps in the mid-70's and 10900K temps around 80 in Warzone at 4k with all the eye candy turned on is acceptable. I'm planning on replacing the radiator fan with a Noctua NF-A12x25 to hopefully lower CPU temps and volume under load. At idle, it's pretty quiet.
The RTX 3080 is custom for this PC. It has three fans with a curve that shuts them all off when at roughly 30 degrees or below. The middle fan runs by itself at 30% when just above that temp. You can definitely hear all three fans when under load, but nothing out of the ordinary or annoying.
Any overclocking is performed from the Omen Command Center, not within the bios. The memory is already running at the only option you can choose above stock (@ 3200). So really with the temps being where they are, there's nothing more to accomplish with overclocking. This is a gaming PC for someone that wants the latest high-end tech in a no-frills package running at stock speeds. Just turn it on, load your games and enjoy!
Gamers and content creators wanting to plug-and-play will be very pleased with this computer. Tweakers who wish to spend hours squeezing every ounce out if it for maximum performance might be disappointed. But to me, the difference between 123 fps on this attractive pre-built machine at stock and 128 fps on a custom-built PC that's perfectly dialed in doesn't justify spending all the time and money for those extra 5 frames.
I've now had four full days on this computer... no hiccups... no stutters... just great performance that feels "right". I'm honestly surprised. HP can thank the 3080 shortage for my purchase. Well done, HP!
... and did I mention it looks great?!
November 2020 · Electronics · verified purchase