New, boxed damaged gaming PC. Good reviews, Priced at £739.99 or £665.99 if you are a student or work in education
Great specs for a budget gaming PC
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donkindunuts
17 Jun 176#7
HP "OMEN" for £666?
Genius.
Latest comments (18)
djferrick
25 Jun 17#18
My gf is a college student doing HND would she be able to get student discount ?
yabbas
23 Jun 17#17
Just for the record, this arrived a few days ago.
Initially the laptop booted up with an error from the BIOS which didn't inspire confidence levels much :-( - according to the bios there was a cooling system issue! However fans did spin up so *shrugs* weird. HP troubleshooting suggested updating the bios (hmmm....) - I did that but nothing changed. Oddly enough upgrading Windows to a newer build fixed it! (bizarre - it makes no sense - but hey - the system error isn't there anymore.)
Calls to Microsoft weren't helpful at all - I'd saved an extra £20 over the price listed here and worst case scenario I'd have to return the laptop, and get those Microsoft credits back, lol. Don't know what I'd use £250 of MS credits (sometimes the whole bargaining thing isn't what you bargained for.)
Now onto the laptop:
It's brilliant. The plastics feel cheap - they flex under tension. And as much as its designed to be a gaming laptop it isn't as garish as I first thought which is a plus point. It looks quite nice!
The earlier comments on the screen are a misnomer - the screen is lovely. The matt effect makes it appear a little washed out - every matt screen I've seen looks that way tbh. Viewing angles are great, responsiveness is great, detail is great.
Performance is amazing - I'm running most games on high to maximum settings at native HD resolution.
Sound is above average - though could do with more bass. I don't believe the bang and olufson hype. Basically it's "good" but nothing amazing.
Verdict: For £620 - Initial hiccups don't inspire confidence but I think the error is moot, and aside from the cheap flexing of the plastics [my only real negative about the laptop] - I don't imagine anything would come close for a while.
I would definitely buy this again at this price :-P basically.
cheapo
22 Jun 17#16
OOS.
I might have gone for it too (well, my daughter would have as she is at uni).
scottydd
19 Jun 171#15
The screen isn't bad at all. You wouldn't find a better screen on a £500 laptop anyway. In fact unless your are spending over a grand you won't get a better screen.
padamowicz93
17 Jun 172#2
Tempted but apparently it's one of the worst IPS screens out there.
nw104hh to padamowicz93
17 Jun 17#6
I'm sue it's better than Dells Inspiron 15 7567 TN screen :smiley:
duffinjonathan to padamowicz93
17 Jun 17#8
I have the Omen 17 and I think its a stunning screen, but I'm no expert and don't have anything to compare it too. Looks great to me though :smiley:
Shakeyyy to padamowicz93
18 Jun 17#14
Heard this too, went into John Lewis to see for myself. Wouldn't touch this even at £500 with a screen like that.
yabbas
18 Jun 17#13
You're right! I just needed to buy the vouchers and redeem against the Microsoft Account.
I couldn't buy more than 5 * £50 vouchers though :disappointed: they restricted it.
Still, a further saving of £15, + 1% quidco + cdkeys quidco + student discount. Fingers X'ed they deliver :-(
jonnybravoeldorado
18 Jun 17#12
Na not student related, got the styudent discount and microsoft points both available for me on checkout.
yabbas
18 Jun 17#11
Not showing up here - is it because I've selected student discount?
Only options I get are Credit and Paypal :-/ do I need to actually have MSPoints on my balance before it shows up?
XBox Live Microsoft Points are out of stock at cdkeys - they have the other XBox Live vouchers but everywhere seems to imply it only works on digital downloads, not hardware.
whoop_de_do_basil
18 Jun 17#10
Yes, when I get through to payment options I can pay with my microsoft balance.
whoop_de_do_basil
17 Jun 17#5
You could get this even cheaper by buying mspoints from somewhere like cdkeys and using that to pay for it.
yabbas to whoop_de_do_basil
18 Jun 17#9
Seriously? I don't see the option for payment using MSPoints.
donkindunuts
17 Jun 176#7
HP "OMEN" for £666?
Genius.
padamowicz93
17 Jun 17#4
Duck it, went for it. Can always return it.
jobi59uk
17 Jun 17#3
The i7 of this was on very once you receive the credit for £680 and I got one
Agharta
17 Jun 172#1
• 15.6-inch Full HD display
• Intel i5 7th Gen
• 8GB memory/1TB HDD + 128GB SSD
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics.
Opening post
Great specs for a budget gaming PC
Top comments
Genius.
Latest comments (18)
Initially the laptop booted up with an error from the BIOS which didn't inspire confidence levels much :-( - according to the bios there was a cooling system issue! However fans did spin up so *shrugs* weird. HP troubleshooting suggested updating the bios (hmmm....) - I did that but nothing changed. Oddly enough upgrading Windows to a newer build fixed it! (bizarre - it makes no sense - but hey - the system error isn't there anymore.)
Calls to Microsoft weren't helpful at all - I'd saved an extra £20 over the price listed here and worst case scenario I'd have to return the laptop, and get those Microsoft credits back, lol. Don't know what I'd use £250 of MS credits (sometimes the whole bargaining thing isn't what you bargained for.)
Now onto the laptop:
It's brilliant. The plastics feel cheap - they flex under tension. And as much as its designed to be a gaming laptop it isn't as garish as I first thought which is a plus point. It looks quite nice!
The earlier comments on the screen are a misnomer - the screen is lovely. The matt effect makes it appear a little washed out - every matt screen I've seen looks that way tbh. Viewing angles are great, responsiveness is great, detail is great.
Performance is amazing - I'm running most games on high to maximum settings at native HD resolution.
Sound is above average - though could do with more bass. I don't believe the bang and olufson hype. Basically it's "good" but nothing amazing.
Verdict: For £620 - Initial hiccups don't inspire confidence but I think the error is moot, and aside from the cheap flexing of the plastics [my only real negative about the laptop] - I don't imagine anything would come close for a while.
I would definitely buy this again at this price :-P basically.
I might have gone for it too (well, my daughter would have as she is at uni).
I couldn't buy more than 5 * £50 vouchers though :disappointed: they restricted it.
Still, a further saving of £15, + 1% quidco + cdkeys quidco + student discount. Fingers X'ed they deliver :-(
Only options I get are Credit and Paypal :-/ do I need to actually have MSPoints on my balance before it shows up?
XBox Live Microsoft Points are out of stock at cdkeys - they have the other XBox Live vouchers but everywhere seems to imply it only works on digital downloads, not hardware.
Genius.
• Intel i5 7th Gen
• 8GB memory/1TB HDD + 128GB SSD
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics.