The Omen 15 is the best mid-tier gaming laptop, see below why.

Here are the most important things you need to know about the HP Omen 15 (2020) model. Overall, the most significant change of the HP Omen 15 model is the design and its logo. The new Omen version has a premium look for a gaming laptop. Moreover, it’s one of  the latest gaming laptops to switch from Intel with an AMD and Ryzen processor options to increase its performance. We’ll see its specs and features to answer why the 2020’s HP Omen 15 is the best gaming laptop. 

Display Of The HP Omen 15 2020

The display of the Omen 15’s 2020 version is 15.6 inch,1920 x 1080 pixel and 144 Hz anti-glare screen. Also, the display has a good brightness with around 311 nits, and it is a colorful panel with an incredibly vibrant precision of image details.

Design Of The HP Omen 15 2020

What is new in the HP Omen 15 2020 version is the logo design. The new logo design comes in a blue shade color with a diamond design on it. But, this is not the only major change in the design, the overall look of the laptop has a minimalistic square shape with a slick design. As well, the color of the device is “mica”, which is a gray color that looks like black– depending on the angle you see it. Linked to this, the Omen logo is engraved underneath the gray color. This finish,however, gives a premium definition on design for the HP Omen 15 2020 gaming laptop. 

In addition, you will see some metal in the design of the Omen 15’s, which are present in the aluminium palm rest from the keyboard deck. Also, this keyboard is designed and engineered by HP, which you will see printed on the right bottom.  It has thin display bezels on the sides, and the lid is quite flexible which can be a downside wobbling on its hinge. However, the HP Omen 15 2020 shows a great improvement in the design, with now a premium look of the gaming laptop.

Keyboard And Ports Of The HP Omen 15 2020

The keyboard design has good spacing, separated feature keys, and full size arrow keys which are separated as well, like a regular desktop keyboard, giving extra comfort to the user using this laptop.

The aluminum metal which is in the palm rest of the keyboard deck houses the touchpad placed underneath the spacebar. The touchpad of the HP Omen 15 2020 is large enough with 2.9 x 4.5-inch, giving more comfortable touch and a faster response when users are navigating on the internet and performing two finger scroll or three finger tap for example. Also, you can configure the RGB colors display on the keyboard for your gaming laptop.

About the ports of the Omen 15 2020, you’ll find four USB ports in total.  On the right side of the device, you will find a pair of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, along with a mini port Display and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port. Also, you have an HDMI 2.0a port, a SD card reader, Gigabit Ethernet port, jacks for power and headsets. For connectivity, you have Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 from the Intel AX200 wireless card. 

Configuration, Price And Performance Of The HP Omen 15 2020

• The first configuration of the Omen 15 2020 features an AMD Ryzen 5 4600, GTX 1650Ti, 8GB of RAM, SSD of 256GB and a 60Hz FHD display; and has a price of $849.99.
• A second configuration features an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H CPY, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD and 144 Hz 1080pixel display; and costs $1,299.99.
• The most expensive and highest configuration model cost $1,799.99. This configuration features an Intel Core i7 10750H, Nvidia RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, RAM of 16GB, 1TB of storage and a 4K OLED display. 

The HP Omen 15 (2020) model sports a 2.9 GHz AMD processor and the Ryzen 7 4800, with 16GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD;  which makes it a discreet but powerful gaming portable machine. Also, it has 1TB NVme drive, a 15.6 inch OLED 4K display with a refresh rate of 300 HZ.

Thermals Of The HP Omen 15 2020

The latest Omen 15’s model comes with vents on the side and on the back of the device, which allows the airflow to circulate better. Moreover, the gaming laptop has incorporated two bigger fans to boost the airflow from the internals of the laptop. Moreover, HP says that the latest Omen 15’s model is the first laptop to have an IR thermopile sensor to control the heat from the device.

Conclusion

The 2020’s HP Omen 15 is a powerful laptop due to its eight core AMD processor that runs cool while gaming. It should be noted that HP has improved the design of the Omen 15 lineup. The new model has a sleek and premium design for gaming laptops. We know it can be princely to get the highest configuration of Omen 15, that features Intel Core i7 10750H, Nvidia RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, 16GB RAM, 1 TB storage and more. For this, we recommend you to laptop trade in for value, your used devices with legit reseller sites. Visit Gadget Salvation and get a fast quote for your preloved gadgets online.