HP Updates OMEN Desktops, Gaming Displays, and Command Center

[btarunr]

Debuting a new OMEN look and feel, today HP unveiled the OMEN 25L and 30L Desktops, engineered for gaming performance, designed for immersion, and crafted for gaming expansion. Both desktops perfectly pair with the latest immersive OMEN 27i Gaming Monitor with powerful specs to enhance gaming experiences and let the action take center stage.

With people spending more time at home, gaming has increased dramatically as players look to find social connections and outlets for stress relief and entertainment. In late March 2020, Steam set a record with over 23.5 million concurrent active users, an increase of more than three million people compared to the then record number of users just two weeks prior. The latest OMEN devices are built with powerful premium components and technology that addresses the mounting needs of all gamers, veterans and newcomers alike.



"The OMEN brand continues to evolve its identity and grow a world class ecosystem of hardware and software solutions in meaningful ways that address the needs of all gamers, especially at a time when socially connecting from home with friends and loved ones is so important," said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, Consumer Personal Systems, HP Inc. "The latest OMEN Gaming Desktop adds components from Cooler Master, WD_Black from Western Digital, and expanded options from HyperX which reinforces our commitment toward providing the best tools for progressing in your favorite games."

Engineered for Gaming Performance and Expandability
Built with refined thermals and a tool-less design for access to internals that adhere to microATX standards, the redesigned OMEN desktops offer gamers the choice of 25 and 30-liter options to allow for maximum flexibility when it comes to desired hardware. Multiple chassis options including a 30L model that has a tempered-glass front bezel and EMI-coated glass side panel, the desktops yield a gorgeous aesthetic and highlights the interior's diligent cable routing and color consistency. The new desktops deliver:

• Powerful Performance: Never skip a beat with incredible visuals powered by up to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or up to AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics. Harness the computing power a game needs with up to the new 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10900K with up to 5.3GHz, 10 cores and 20 threads or up to the latest AMD Ryzen 9 3900 desktop processors, which showcase "Zen 2" core architecture and 7 nm process technology.
• Top Tier Components: Cooler Master makes their OMEN debut with optional configurable 92 mm air or 120 mm liquid cooler options for the CPU and up to a 750 W Cooler Master 80 PLUS Platinum PSU. Colorfully and mightily outfit the interior with up to 64 GB of HyperX FURY DDR4-3200Mhz XMP memory with RBG. Enjoy lightning quick access to important files with top-tier storage by way of up to two 2 TB WD_Black PCIe M.2 SSDs7.
• OMEN Command Center Integration: Customize to perfection with lighting control for up to six zones, including front logo, front fan, interior lighting, CPU cooler, memory and graphics, along with five unique lighting modes. Intelligent Overclocking promotes the best performance possible by utilizing a patented algorithm to identify the highest optimal setting for your CPU and automatically overclocks it for you. Fan Control comes with a quiet, normal, and turbo setting for added cooling control. Comes with the latest OMEN Command Center features: Remote Play, My Games, Profiles, Coaching, and Rewards.

DESGINED FOR IMMERSIVE GAMING

OMEN 27i Gaming Monitor delivers with a Nano IPS panel that yields a color gamut of DCI-P3 98%17 to provide deeper hues and more accurate colors with a 25% wider color gamut than sRGB and largely nullifies color degradation from shallower angles. This gaming monitor is crafted for winning with features that deliver:

• Brightness: With a Quad HD18 (2560x1440) resolution and 350 nits brightness, this monitor hits the mark to make games jump to life.
• Crisp Visuals: Experience pristinely fluid gameplay with NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatibility that makes display stutter, input lag, and screen tears things of the past. Responsiveness is paramount and with a 165Hz refresh rate and 1ms19 response time with overdrive, each moment is captured in its full glory.
• Battle-Hardened Build: Coated in a spectacular black shade, this high performance 27" diagonal monitor arrives with a dual pillar height, adjustable stand and four easy-to-access tilted ports. Additionally, an immersive diamond panel lighting solution on the rear can be controlled through OMEN Command Center along with the patented aim assist feature which creates a custom shaped and colored reticle.

Enhanced Gaming Experiences
Same great features with a fast and striking new interface, OMEN Command Center now showcases a homepage that shares news on the latest events, products, and happenings with OMEN Squad, all from one incredible app. Features include:

• My Games: Makes playing games from Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin, Uplay, or installed elsewhere on your PC19 easier than ever before with one simple location to launch them all.
• My Gear: A one-stop shop to manage your OMEN gaming devices, boost your network, control lighting and fans, and even create your own personal profiles.
• My Services: Augments your gaming experiences in fun and fulfilling ways with Coaching and an improved Rewards. Remote Play, formerly known as Game Stream, enables you to use your OMEN PC as your own personal cloud to play from another PC and is also available via Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Pricing and Availability:

• OMEN 25L Desktop is expected to be available May 5th via HP.com for a starting price of $899.99.
• OMEN 30L Desktop is expected to be available May 5th via HP.com for a starting price of $1199.99.
• OMEN 27i Monitor is expected to be available May 4th via BestBuy.com and May 22nd via HP.com for a starting price of $499.99.
• May the 4th be with you!

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[Caring1]

Proprietary H.P. motherboard with a single X16 PCI-e 3 slot, not much use if you want to add a card.
Also those cooling options for the CPU suck.

 

[trparky]

motherboard with a single X16 PCI-e 3 slot, not much use if you want to add a card.

But most people don't have dual GPUs anymore.

 

[PLAfiller]

I am not a fan of "Omen" branding, but I like what they have here for mass use. Simple, but working white led light on the top and front. Is the GPU proprietary? I don't recognize the shape of the card.

 

[Animalpak]

Overheating hardly upgradable machine, so you have to change it every 2-3 years. This thing can be competitve only by the price and for who dont like the hassle of a self building PC.
I like the simplicity but you cant put a 120mm AIO cooler on a i9 that goes up to 5.2 Ghz. At least 240mm AIO. C mon that chip will suffer so hard and his lifetime shortened.

 

[phanbuey]

It's really amazing what they did to Voodoo PC.

It's like watching Ford buy Lamborghini and then start making for escapes with a lambo badge. A cheaply-illuminated, glowing lambo badge.

 

[TheLostSwede]

But most people don't have dual GPUs anymore.

Fair, but some of us have other expansion cards. There isn't even a PCIe x1 slot spare on that board.

 

[trparky]

There isn't even a PCIe x1 slot spare on that board.

Oh... I didn't notice that detail. Damn. That sucks.

 

[phanbuey]

Oh... I didn't notice that detail. Damn. That sucks.

You just fell for that optical illusion where they managed to give you an atx-mid tower with a micro-atx sized mini-itx board.

 

[trparky]

You just fell for that optical illusion where they managed to give you an atx-mid tower with a micro-atx sized mini-itx board.

No, to be honest I just missed it. The picture isn't that great to begin with. It looked like it was above that one Omen logo in the lower corner, but I guess I was wrong.

 

[john_]

Harness the computing power a game needs with up to the new 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10900K with up to 5.3GHz, 10 cores and 20 threads or up to the latest AMD Ryzen 9 3900 desktop processors, which showcase "Zen 2" core architecture and 7 nm process technology.

OEMs still trying to push Intel stuff I see.

For the Intel model it is mentioned both Turbo speed and number of cores. Very specific stuff that most consumers will connect in their mind with high performance.
For the AMD model, only the model name, some general reference to an architecture and something about "7 nm" whatever that is. Go figure...

 

[TheLostSwede]

Oh... I didn't notice that detail. Damn. That sucks.

The height of stinginess. It appears it has very few rear ports as well. It seems like it might not even have Ethernet...

OMEN Gaming PCs - Desktops | HP® Official Site

Powerful HP® OMEN PC gaming Laptops built to meet the demands of todays gamers.

www.omen.com

Expansion Slots

1 PCI-E Gen 3 x16 (occupied)
2 M.2 (occupied)

External I/O Ports

Top I/O:
2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate,
Headphone/Microphone Combo,
Microphone Jack

Rear:
4 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate,
1 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 10Gbps signaling rate,
1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate
HDMI
3 DisplayPort™

 

[KnightStorm]

Between this and the new Omen laptop design, it looks like HP has gone all in with bland and indistinguishable designs. My guess is in a year,the Omen brand will be officially retired(again),and they'll just put gaming cards in their business/Pavilion lines.

 

[phanbuey]

I don't get it though, HP actually makes decent machines on the Z / workstation line, all they really have to do is take the Z4, put a consumer gaming card in there and put a omen sticker on it. Boom. Done.
The cooling system is already even built for Intel X processors.

This actually took more effort...

I am genuinely excited to read the reviews of highest end model of this with a 2080ti/3080ti and the full intel 10 core in there on a 120mm aio and a 92mm exhaust fan.

 

[KnightStorm]

I don't get it though, HP actually makes decent machines on the Z / workstation line, all they really have to do is take the Z4, put a consumer gaming card in there and put a omen sticker on it. Boom. Done.
The cooling system is already even built for Intel X processors.

This actually took more effort...

I am genuinely excited to read the reviews of highest end model of this with a 2080ti/3080ti and the full intel 10 core in there on a 120mm aio and a 92mm exhaust fan.

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The new zbook even has a 2080 super card. The Omen line is superfluous now that they've drained it of all identity. Just think of all the wasted r&d just to come up with this new Omen direction...smh.

 

[Valantar]

Proprietary H.P. motherboard with a single X16 PCI-e 3 slot, not much use if you want to add a card.
Also those cooling options for the CPU suck.

Proprietary? Looks like mATX to me. If you mean bespoke, that is another thing entirely. The lack of expansion slots is a bit of a shame, though for the target market I would expect >.5% of them to ever consider adding any type of second expansion card anyhow. Most of them won't even upgrade the GPU, just replace the whole system when it doesn't perform as they want any more. Yes, people are idiots.


For what it's worth I entirely approve of OEMs moving to smaller cases, though I wish they would allow for just a tad more airflow than this seems to. I've seen much worse though.

I am genuinely excited to read the reviews of highest end model of this with a 2080ti/3080ti and the full intel 10 core in there on a 120mm aio and a 92mm exhaust fan.

A 120mm AIO should handle 125W just fine, and don't expect a build like this to allow it to boost past that for any significant duration of time. At best they are following Intel guidelines, which means 250W PL2 for 56 seconds, then 125W - which, again, this should handle. The AIO is also set as exhaust. I'm more worried about the single intake fan behind glass, though it seems quite recessed with some allowance for side intake even if it will be very restrictive. A 275W open-air GPU in there would be a bad idea, though. They'll likely use blower coolers, which at least help heat escape even if they cool poorly and run loud.

 

[phanbuey]

A 120mm AIO should handle 125W just fine, and don't expect a build like this to allow it to boost past that for any significant duration of time. At best they are following Intel guidelines, which means 250W PL2 for 56 seconds, then 125W - which, again, this should handle. The AIO is also set as exhaust. I'm more worried about the single intake fan behind glass, though it seems quite recessed with some allowance for side intake even if it will be very restrictive. A 275W open-air GPU in there would be a bad idea, though. They'll likely use blower coolers, which at least help heat escape even if they cool poorly and run loud.

Absolutely - it's actually not bad for a mid range build. So the people that buy the $1200 6 core variant with a GTX 3060 / 3070 will be fine.

But you know they're going to have the $3000 10900K option where you will get 15% lower performance (compared to same spec builds) because of throttling/ lack of boost, and some amazing acoustic fan shrieking to go along with that. That's the one I kind of want to see reviewed.

 

[Valantar]

Absolutely - it's actually not bad for a mid range build. So the people that buy the $1200 6 core variant with a GTX 3060 / 3070 will be fine.

But you know they're going to have the $3000 10900K option where you will get 15% lower performance (compared to same spec builds) because of throttling/ lack of boost, and some amazing acoustic fan shrieking to go along with that. That's the one I kind of want to see reviewed.

Luckily most OEMs only seed top-end SKUs to reviewers, so we might get lucky

 

[XL-R8R]

I think from the pictures and the size of the case, this is a 120mm rear fan and 140mm AIO; if thats wrong, I have no idea what HP are thinking....


edit^ wow....

 

[dyonoctis]

Absolutely - it's actually not bad for a mid range build. So the people that buy the $1200 6 core variant with a GTX 3060 / 3070 will be fine.

But you know they're going to have the $3000 10900K option where you will get 15% lower performance (compared to same spec builds) because of throttling/ lack of boost, and some amazing acoustic fan shrieking to go along with that. That's the one I kind of want to see reviewed.

To get an idea with a 2080Ti (The Omen 25L is basically the same as the obelisk) :

HP Omen Obelisk 2019 Review: Now With More Power

The HP Omen Obelisk is a sleek desktop with premium part options, but it’s case design makes it difficult to make significant upgrades in the future.

www.tomshardware.com

They hardly send those computers to in depth tech reviewers, that's the only place where they ever mentionned thermals.

 

[Caring1]

Proprietary? Looks like mATX to me. If you mean bespoke, that is another thing entirely.....

Proprietary:

• 1.
  relating to an owner or ownership.
  "the company has a proprietary right to the property"
  • behaving as if one owned something or someone.
    "he looked about him with a proprietary air"
• 2.
  (of a product) marketed under and protected by a registered trade name.
  "proprietary brands of insecticide"

If you look at the website it clearly shows H.P. branded Motherboard.
As for Bespoke, we don't know if H.P. made the Motherboard or commissioned it.

 

[bonehead123]

Ventilation/cooling: f/A/iL #1
mini-mobo in ATX case: f/A/iL #2
no engineering effort: f/A/iL #3
blase' boring-assed asthetics: f/A/iL #4

shall I continue ?

 

[dyonoctis]

Ventilation/cooling: f/A/iL #1
mini-mobo in ATX case: f/A/iL #2
no engineering effort: f/A/iL #3
blase' boring-assed asthetics: f/A/iL #4

shall I continue ?

Big oems only care about selling huge volumes of pc's. that's why they got such a cluttered and confusing line-up with lots of products overlapping. They don't have the time to engineer anything, it's all about putting out cheap pieces as fast as possible with a nice margin. (at least that one isn't as cheap as what they used to sell).

Every once in while they make an effort, but it's always for a luxury product that doesn't stick around for too long. (Even the Corsair one is a luxury product, sadly they don't offer a midrange spec they could have put dell,lenovo, hp to shame.)

 

[KnightStorm]

Big oems only care about selling huge volumes of pc's. that's why they got such a cluttered and confusing line-up with lots of products overlapping. They don't have the time to engineer anything, it's all about putting out cheap pieces as fast as possible with a nice margin. (at least that one isn't as cheap as what they used to sell).

Every once in while they make an effort, but it's always for a luxury product that doesn't stick around for too long. (Even the Corsair one is a luxury product, sadly they don't offer a midrange spec they could have put dell,lenovo, hp to shame.)

This may not be the sales success they're hoping for. Bland and forgettable, with tons of competition...
I wonder if HP plans on shuttering the brand again? This whole new design direction doesn't say "stylish",it just screams "meh".

 

[Mussels]

If nothing else, massive kudos to whoever came up with that break-apart image showing details of everything fort us to nitpick