While the i7 is recommended for the most competitive experience, the HP OMEN i5 version is our pick for the best gaming laptop for under $1000. It offers the same brilliant display, keyboard, graphics, memory, and more, but with a slightly-slimmed down processor that puts a little money back into your pocket.
The HP Omen 15 (2020) is an admirably powerful gaming laptop, seeing specs climb as high as the 10th Generation Intel Core i7-10750H processor and Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q graphics card. HP sent me the top-tier configuration so I can see exactly how powerful these specs are.
The HP OMEN lineup features VR-ready PC gaming systems that are tuned and tested for the ideal VR experience. ... With 6th Generation Intel Core processors with overclocking capacity, HP OMEN PCs are equipped to address VR demands. In addition, HP OMEN laptops feature up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics.
The HP Omen 15 2020 is a rock-solid contender for the next gaming laptop you buy. It packs the perfect hardware configuration, only thrown off by the choice of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti in an otherwise high-end spec. Regardless, it performed really well in both gaming and creative workload tests we put it through