It’s gaming love at first sight. The OMEN 30L Desktop PC is crafted for the long term & was designed in collaboration with Cooler Master from the ground-up. A hassle-free liquid cooling system quietly draws heat away from one of Intel’s highest rated unlocked performance processors. Cooler Master’s 750 watt platinum power supply provides maximum efficiency & Kingston HyperX RGB XMP brings the customizable flair with performance.
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
Motherboard: Z490 Chipset
Processor: Intel Core i9-10850K Deca Core (3.6-5.2GHz TurboBoost, 20MB Cache)
Cooling: Liquid Cooling Solution
RAM: 32GB HyperX RGB DDR4 RAM (2 Dimm)
Graphics: 24GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Primary: 1TB Ultra Performance PCIe NVME SSD
Optical: N/A
Wi-Fi: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2×2) and Bluetooth 5
Accessories: HP Wired Keyboard with volume control, Wired Mouse & Eluktronics Large @$$ Mousepad
Ports: Front I/O: 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 1 microphone; 1 headphone/microphone combo Rear I/O: 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate; 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 10Gbps signaling rate; 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 2 USB 2.0 Type-A; 1 audio-in; 1 audio-out; 1 microphone; 1 RJ-45
Aesthetics: Shadow black front bezel – Tempered Glass Side Window
Audio: Audio by Bang & Olufsen
Power: 750 Watt Cooler Master Platinum Power Supply
Warranty: One Year Eluktronics Warranty with USA Based Support
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Nugent –
Powerful hardware, not so powerful airflow
Joni –
Noisy but fast
I’m an old school PC gamer. I started building PC’s in the early 90’s back when point and click games like Myst and Blade Runner were cutting edge. Nowadays, my eyes and patience aren’t what they used to be, so I decided to purchase a high-end prebuilt gaming rig. The Omen 30L is basically plug and play right out of the box, a major plus. I decided to load Horizon Zero Dawn to see what this rig could really do in Horizon’s snowy tundra. Everything cranked up to ultra, the Omen 30L rendered the blizzard conditions of Horizon Zero Dawn flawlessly. That was also about the time I noticed the fighter jet landing in my living room. When this computer kicks into cooling, ho-lee cow is it noisy. There were times when I could not hear what a character in the game was saying over the fan noise. I will say this. I exited the game and started downloading every driver update needed. After I finished, the really loud fan setting no longer kicked in as often. Still, it’s quite jarring when it does start up and the noise completely destroys the immersion games like Horizon creates. On the positive side, I tested 3 games on ultra-settings: Horizon, Cyberpunk 2077, and Dying Light 2: Staying Human. All three performed without a hitch. This is by far the best gaming rig I’ve ever owned but I’m left wondering if there could be a balance struck between performance and noise level. It’s like receiving a new pair of reading glasses with one lens, or worse, buying a state-of-the-art television that blast the Amber Alert tone every time it starts to get hot. Suffice it to say, it can get pretty annoying when you’re playing a game. With that said, I feel HP has still delivered a quality product, despite its noise flaw. If you have the money to spend and you want to elevate your gaming experience, I recommend the Omen 30L for its generous storage capacity, lightning-fast processor, and beautifully rendered graphics in ultra-mode.
Ramplin –
So as a lot of reviews have said, this cpu gets HOT with the cooling and this case. I’ve seen it hit 100C before, at which point it throttles down and the fan kicks on to the point it sounds like a jet is taking off. Temps regularly in the high 80s mid 90sC while gaming on certain games. However, I read another review, and skeptical I tried it anyway. I cannot believe how much of a difference it made. Go into power settings, go to processor state in advanced power settings. Turn the minimum to 5%, and whats important is to change the maximum from 100% to 99%. I really cannot believe the difference this made. Temps are no longer instantly spiking from 35C to 90C nearly instantly. Cyberpunk for example, regularly 85c to 94c prior, now low 60s to low 70s. A few other games, same thing. Temps hold steady in the upper 60s to mid 70s, and take a while to get there, where before it would happen in 2 minutes and it would be 90C. Obviously as a result, the fan does not crank itself up like before either, so it isn’t loud. As for the performance itself, it’s a straight beast with gaming. 4k in games like Red Dead, AC valhalla, Odyssey, with everything on Ultra seeing framerates in the mid 50s to 60. Cyberpunk maxed out with DLSS, seeing 60-75 fps. If you happen to play World of Warcraft.. Obviously not super intense, but everything on ultra, 4k you can expect to see about 90 to 140 fps. Ray tracing drops about 15 to 40 fps depending on the game so I usually keep it off anyway. All in all, great PC, will do anything you need it to.
Quick edit: The reason is because taking the processor from 100 percent to 99 is disabling turbo boost. So you’re going from about 5.0 to 3.6. no real noticable difference in game performance for what I’m playing. 1 game so far is the exception. Assassin’s creed odyssey, temps will rapidly spike up into the mid 90s within a few minutes depending on area. Could be an issue with the game as no other game is doing this with the CPU at 99.
Edit: I just installed a new Windows 10 feature update. It is the ONLY thing that has changed, and temps on the CPU dropped by 30C in every game. Some that were spiking into the 90s toward 100 earlier, aren’t breaking 65C suddenly. Nothing else has changed. They aren’t spiking up suddenly anymore. So a lot of the cooling issues might not be so much the cooling as whatever the issue was that seems fixed now.
Wayne –
This is my first gaming pc ever. I’m not a professional builder or have ever built a PC before so I was smitten by this prebuilt because it included the RTX 3080 which these days because of the short supply, people are charging 3 times its retail cost which is what I paid to purchase this entire unit.
Firstly, this thing is a gaming beast. Hits 4k native no problem. I don’t have a 120hz 4k panel but it makes my games look great on my 4k 60hz TV. I did buy an LG 2k 144hz monitor which I use mostly to play and the games look great and run so smooth! I own a PS4 Pro and Xbox Series X and honestly, I’ve rebought old games to play on this pc and will never go back. I also have Xbox game pass which includes pc games. I played Gears of War ultimate on Xbox Series X and you can tell it’s an older title and hasn’t gotten a next gen update. I then downloaded the game again for this PC in my Gamepass subscription and no lie you wouldn’t be able to tell that this isn’t a modern game. It looks so good. Gears 5 level good.
Now on to the bad, this thing gets hot and the fan starts to sound like a leaf blower. It’s unbearable. It’s probably because of the stock aio water cooler and the beautiful hp case being too small. I had to buy a new case ($60), a 240mm ek aio water cooler ($135 with tax), ($20 long cables for aio in new case), and a 120mm noctua rear fan ($20). Plus I paid $200 to have a PC shop install all of this since I tried and like I said, never done it before and after 9 hours of trying I caved. So I spent about $400 more dollars on this system to get it to work correctly. My Temps are down 30 degrees now so it was worth it. I’m telling you this just so you know that the stock Temps are real bad.
I also use this pc for my work designing videos in After Effects and plan to make up the costs by charging clients more. But the performance is amazing. Videos that would take 4 hours to render sometimes on my 2017 Mac take 2 minutes. Love this machine but do know you’ll have to invest more to get the cooling acceptable.
Timothy –
It was alright but not quite what I wanted for the money.
Bruce –
***this is an alright PC overall, however, HP made it so you cannot perform maintenance on it or swap cases easily***
Got this PC last year and i thought it was the best cause i dropped so much on it.
however, ever since i’ve had this PC, it has horrible temps and too many crashes. at first, i thought it was where i placed it that caused all the high temps, so i would move it/elevate it so it could breathe.
eventually, i got new fans, that’s the only change you can really do on this pc.
the case is not the best for breathability.
it’s a 1 fan cooler.
decided to get a new case and keep the main components (PSU, CPU and GPU), but the motherboard is extremely garbage.
the motherboard has a daughter board, in 2022.. that is a pain to even think about swapping to another case.
the bracket holding the CPU standpoints is so glued shut, there’s a chance to break the MOBO when swapping cases.
nothing is labeled on the MOBO so you can plug your cables into the correct slot (yes you can still plug them in whatever port fits the cable, but you will have to power the computer on just to see if it will give you an error)
the psu is horrid as well, not a modular one, so you have an absolute mess of cables, granted it’s hidden, but it’s not like we didnt pay for quality.
the case itself has so many clips for no reason extending any sort of cleaning process.
at the end of the day, this is an alright pc if you plan to use it for average use (some gaming), however, if you need this for work AS WELL AS personal use (such as multiple monitors, working throughout virtual servers, running strong applications for most of the day, etc), don’t do it, just build one, not worth the headache and extra money you’re gonna have to spend on top of your $2,500+ pc
Luanne –
I’ve had a lot of PC’s. I’ve built and bought them. Long story short, I’ve thrown everything at this thing and it out performs anything else I’ve had.
Tavares –
Powerful PC that will accomplish any task
Soucek –
Have the i910850k and 3090…. Gpu runs great. No over heat issues. CPU on the other hand is a furnace. And will for sure temp throttle in this case. I blame a mixture of intel turbo boost slamming as much voltage as possible and an insufficient 120mm aio. To be truly happy. You have to buy a new case and cooler, or be savvy at over clocking/ controlling voltage. Take control of the chip and stop it from short turbo boosting and it will pass until you can get it a cooler that cab handle it. These chips run hot in any build so hp should have known this wasn’t gonna work. But for 2999. Even adding a dream case and 360 aio is cheaper than a pre build with it already. But a heads up. Omen has a custom mobo and custom gpu. Both will work in a different case….but, mobo is micro atx and 3 fans controllers. So still doable but will need fan splitters and such. Also psu is nonmodular 750w bronze. Not that impressive. Still benching higher than my buddies origin 10900k 3080 for a grand less. I have undervolted the CPU by .050 and have restricted turbo past 93′. Seems to be benching right where it should. And prevents the quick temp spikes that force the h60i cooler to ramp up to 100% for 45seconds.
I also found some games running too good. Like steep and nfs heat. A little research and I found that engaging vsync on games that we’re a activating all 10 cores would usually do the trick and get my temps down while capping out frames. Seems those games will just max out frames regardless of what that does to gameplay. Capping frames lets one core handle it. Pretty much when tdp goes above 140w it’s gonna get too hot and throttle. So if this all makes sense you can probably handle the little effort needed to get this gear at this price. But just realize like really any PC this needs to be fine tunes. Intel doesn’t adjust you voltage they just set it to run hot and hard so you’ll be happy. There’s always wiggle room to get the same performance with less voltage…and that’s where heat comes from.
Burough –
This beast came in today, Wednesday (10/27/21) after ordering last Thursday. The computer was packed very cautiously with an abundance of big bubble wrap and air bags inside the case. Before I get into the technicals I will say that some of the bloatware was annoying on initial startup but I guess that’s the price you pay when you get a prebuilt system, and I can’t really complain considering it comes with Windows installed (allowing a choice between Windows 10 or 11 on first boot). Also I personally like the Omen software that allows me to monitor temps, customize lighting, and overclock if I choose to do so in the future.
The big thing I observed while reading reviews was temperature. My idle temps on day one (without doing anything but downloading things such as google chrome, discord, steam) were anywhere from 40-60C. With that being said, running games like Apex Legends and Overwatch at maximum graphical settings and a constant framerate of 240 did not turn the temperatures through the roof as I was expecting after reading some of the reviews on here. While streaming my gameplay to friends on discord and running these AAA titles maxed out, I was seeing temps of anywhere from 70-85C, which I was quite happy with considering I did not even tweak any of the settings yet. As others have stated, the chip runs hot; if the idle temps discourage you and you are willing to make a tradeoff, you can set the fans to run faster however you will be trading cooler temps for a louder machine.
Another thing I read in this review section was the noise complaint. I will say that initially booting these games made the fans go turbo mode and the computer was noticeably louder than when idle but who is surprised by this? After a couple minutes of gaming the fans start to chill out and the loudness dwindles (at least in my case). Not to mention I have a ceiling fan going, A/C, and over-ear headphones so it’s really not an issue for me. People were making this thing out to be a jet engine in the reviews when that is simply not the case. If the noise ever ends up bothering me I will just upgrade the case fans.
With that being said, this machine is perfect for my needs out of the box. I am coming from an i7-9700k and RTX 2070 Super, and even with those specs I can notice a decently significant improvement. I am the type of guy who likes to play games at the highest fps possible without sacrificing graphics, in addition with multitasking such as streaming to friends in discord or having a video or twitch stream on the other monitor. In this regard I have yet to find anything that will stump this computer.
Jim –
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?!
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Dave –
4.0 out of 5 stars Very fast once you overclock cpu, but one caveat YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF!
I’ve had this now for couple months and so far its been a good experience. Just like how others have complained about noise level when at full load, this can either make or break your decision to purchase. IT IS LOUD. As for the heat dissipation, its not very good. Even though the back case fan does its job, the heat is intense. So keep that in mind.
So on to the performance in regards to games, the system performs well with max settings on most AAA titles. When cpu is overclocked to 4..9-5.0 ghz, you can tell the difference from the base clock. The rtx 3080 handles whatever you throw at it with no problems. Remember you get what you pay for, because the cpu is 10 core and not AMD ryzen; this means probably not going to get best result for apps that need lots of thread cores for rendering and editing.
Now the caveat YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO! You will get 32 gig ram 3200mhz installed from factory, but should you think of added more ram to make it 64gb, the system will automatically reduce clock speeds to 2666mhz. So yes windows will recognize it to be 64 but now you have slow ram. You can’t change the setting in BIOS, because Omen BIOS doesn’t allow any changes to be done. So you are essentially stuck and have to return the unit for HP to to fix the settings for you. *** Moreover there is a work around to enable it and I have done so, but unless you are computer literate don’t try it. Reply to my review if you want to know how.
In the end, with all prices going up, if you are in the position to buy prebuilt pc, I purchased this unit for price and availability. If you can build your own system for cheaper, absolutely do it!
Denis –
I am happy with this system and recommend it.
I bought the 10850/3080 build in late November and it was delivered within 2 weeks, making it in time for Cyberpunk launch, and arriving quickly against the odds of low RTX card availability during the pandemic. I like the computer, although there are some compromises made for the price point.
On the positive side, the system is almost silent when idling, looks great, doesn’t take up much room, and has top-shelf performance. 3D Mark rates it in the top 1% of tested devices, and both the CPU and the GPU (which is a custom HP-made board) perform as expected. I can game on no-compromise Ultra settings in 4K with 50-60fps for the more demanding Cyberpunk and Flight Sim 2020, and with a modest overclock reaches 95 MH/s at 70% power on ethash. Overlocking in general is limited to software methods with Omen Control Center or Intel XTU for the CPU, and MSI Afterburner for the GPU, but there’s clearly some headroom above the base config.
On the negative, the thermals on the device aren’t great, and when under load, I often end up running it with the side panel off to get more air through the case. Surprisingly this makes the system quieter, as more cold air allows the fans to slow down and generate less noise. I’ll probably add an extra case fan to my build, there might be enough room next to the drive cages. My system arrived with the AIO cooler knocked off the mount, probably during shipping, so I had to get a screwdriver, find a YouTube video on how to open the back of the case, and then reattach it, no big deal. The cable management was also just okay, after taking the case apart I was able to make it look a little tidier.
I was initially concerned about relying on Omen Control Center for RGB and OC, but it exceeded my low expectations, and is reasonable to use. I downloaded the additional Omen Light Studio from the Microsoft Store, and it has similar RGB animation designs as Razer Chroma Studio. Although the two don’t directly sync, it’s easy enough to set up a consistent look and feel. There are only 3 RGB zones (front panel light, fan, inner case), which is okay I suppose, but feels like not including more RGB zones was done to hit a specific price point.
If it was easier to easily buy a 3080 card at retail, I would consider the option to build a system from scratch with similar specs, improving on the case thermals and the motherboard. But having this all pre-built makes life easier, and I’m glad I didn’t have to get involved with buying hardware from multiple sources and waiting for sales and rebates, this is a much faster way of getting a high performance system up and running.
Altogether I like this pre-built system, and recommend it – apart from unboxing it, plugging it in, and loading Steam, there’s not a lot standing in your way to jump straight into your favorite game.
Deb –
This gaming PC runs like a dream when everything is working and if you want to run your games in 1440p High to max settings this will do it.
A few warnings before you buy this prebuilt beauty/nightmare.
*CPU Cooling – Out of the box without fixing anything this pc can run from 90C-100C. So for people who don’t know that is about 200+ fahrenheit essentially it is turning your room into a broiler and destroying the PC itself. Luckily there are a couple of fixes for this which I will list from easiest fix to more technical fixes.
*Fix – Undervolt your CPU in the bios or if you don’t want to do that you can download intel fine tuning program and Undervolt it from there to fix the temperature and overheating issue (youtube videos will help here for settings) also there is the omen gaming hub where you can undervolt in the overclocking section of the program and set it to -.030V.
Second way to fix the issue is to swap out the cooling system with a Cooler master or another AIO to achieve the results you want which will require you to remove the motherboard so if you are not comfortable with this option just do the first one and you should be ok.
*Fan Loudness – The loudness of the fans when not undervolted is… insane it sounds like a jet engine. I couldn’t hear my game of apex when I was stress testing and I have razer kraken tournament edition headphones in.
*Fix – So the first fix to the CPU cooling should technically fix some of the loudness because of the power being drawn but you can also follow up by going into your Power & Sleep Settings>Additional Power Settings>Change Plan Settings>Change Advance Power Settings>Processor power management.
Now Change Minimum Processor State to 5% and Set Maximum Processor State to 99%
This will effectively help reduce the amount of power your fans are getting while keeping your system cool because the way it is setup 100% makes them Throttle to the highest possible speed (not even turbo in the omen hub goes this high underload).
*Second Fix – Essentially this is another part swap and I would suggest you get Noctua NF-A12x25 5V PWM premium quiet fan or any of the equivalent of these fans to swap out.
They are about $20-$30 so you can change the back fan and if you have the 120mm you can change out the Omen AIO fan as well but you will need a screwdriver that can fit.
All in all depending on your level of expertise with computers and willingness to work with this prebuilt it can give you a great experience or a horrible one. Would I buy this again? NO because I believe and product should be fine out the box for the customer period but because there is a shortage and we are in a pandemic I feel that this is the only situation where they get a “pass” since they are skimping out on important parts for costs. Hope this review helps 🙂