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HP Omen 45L Gaming Desktop (GT22-2085t) on sale for $2,199.99 - $200 when you apply promo code
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Specs:
- Intel i7-14700K 20-Core / 28-Thread Processor
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16GB GDDR6X Graphics Card
- 16GB (2x8GB) Kingston FURY DDR5 5200MHz Memory (4 DIMM slots total)
- 1TB WD Black M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Omen 45L Desktop Case w/ Glass Side Panel & 3x 120mm aRGB Fans + 1 Rear Fan
- 1200 Watt 80+ Gold ATX Power Supply
- Windows 11 Home
- Weight: 49.82lbs
- Size: 8.03" x 18.5" x 21.85" (WxDxH)
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Anyway, I replaced the radiator fans because they are super cheap and whine discordantly. The whole upper radiator chamber design is also a joke. Unnecessarily bulky, complicated, and lacking room for anything even with all that wasted space. The whole front is also a giant chunk of wasted space for the glass panel. All the case fans are also cheap and sound like they are dying when you first turn on the PC. Questionable motherboard with limited settings and no real support or even brand name.
The only reason why I got it was because at the time the price seemed like a steal. $1500 for 7900x rtx 4080 and 32gb ram. In hindsight, I would have rather spent the money to build a comparably specced PC with zero RGB, a much smaller case, all reliable consumer parts, quality fans, a motherboard with built in fan controls, and a video card that actually has zero rpm mode.
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Anyway, I replaced the radiator fans because they are super cheap and whine discordantly. The whole upper radiator chamber design is also a joke. Unnecessarily bulky, complicated, and lacking room for anything even with all that wasted space. The whole front is also a giant chunk of wasted space for the glass panel. All the case fans are also cheap and sound like they are dying when you first turn on the PC. Questionable motherboard with limited settings and no real support or even brand name.
The only reason why I got it was because at the time the price seemed like a steal. $1500 for 7900x rtx 4080 and 32gb ram. In hindsight, I would have rather spent the money to build a comparably specced PC with zero RGB, a much smaller case, all reliable consumer parts, quality fans, a motherboard with built in fan controls, and a video card that actually has zero rpm mode.
Computer did have some nice features, but these quirks got old quickly
The problem for me comes with pathways to upgrade. While this will still be a good PC for 3-4 years, this socket is dead after this gen and I'm not sure how harvestable any of the parts beyond the GPU really are. Overall, if you're a parent looking to spoil a kid or someone who just doesn't give a shit about building and wants something right now that will perform near peak on most anything you throw at it, I'd say go for it.
(Please note I'm only talking about specs here, I cannot/have no comment on HP as a brand or their servers as others have mentioned)
I upgraded the RAM with ease. I assumed the glass front was for i.) aesthetics ii.) to shield particulate or liquid entry from the front of the machine. Given the cooling performance, etc., the theoretical motivation of the front matters little to me anyway, but I don't think it's innately poor design. There's intuitive reason for it to be there.
I can't speak to the quality of the internal fans, though I've had no whine. My chief complaint was with a prior BIOS version that would click on the fans every 10 mins or so for 1 min. Strange, but no longer happens.
Anyway, this isn't to say is wrong, just balancing the perspective. Replacing a card due to it being a "bit buzzy" and fans that "whine discordantly" are i.) not aligned to my experience and ii.) maybe just below my threshold of worthwhile complaints. The rest was critiques of the quality of the components or design are either beyond my expertise or are arbitrary complaints, but they seem not to affect the performance of the final product.
The core warning here for any buyer: this is not a BIOS tinkerer's machine. There are reports of earlier versions having apparently reduced CPU power under load and HP's BIOS software is quite restrictive on tuning. If you just want to buy a powerful machine that plays games well, this might be it. If you want the freedom and flexibility that comes with a self-built, self-build.
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