[Video Review] HP Omen 16 (16-k0000) – Fixed its main problem from last year
HP OMEN 16 (16-k0000, 2022) in-depth review
HP is another manufacturer that picked the safe option when NVIDIA released its RTX 3000 lineup of mobile graphics cards. It has chosen pretty low-power options, but now, the Omen returns with quite a significant upgrade.Not only did HP throw Alder Lake CPUs inside of it, but it has also upped the ante by introducing a 140W RTX 3060 in the mix. The top option also trades the RTX 3070 for an RTX 3070 Ti, but we don't have information on the TGP values of this card.What we do know, is that the Omen 16 (16-k0000) now has a MUX switch, which connects the internal display to the dedicated [...]
Pros
- Sleek metal design
- High TGP graphics options
- 100% sRGB coverage and accurate color representation (BOE BOE0AAE)
- Quick pixel response times (BOE BOE0AAE)
- No PWM (BOE BOE0AAE)
- 2x SODIMM slots + 2x M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slots
- Great keyboard
- 2x Thundebrolt 4 + HDMI 2.1 + SD card slot
Cons
- Bouncy lid
- No NumberPad
- HDD/SSD
- up to 4000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 2x 2280 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Home, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11
- Battery
- 83Wh, 6-cell, 83Wh, 6-cell , 70Wh, 4-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 369.06 x 247.90 x 23 mm (14.53" x 9.76" x 0.91")
- Weight
- 2.41 kg (5.3 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 2x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort, Sleep and Charge
- HDMI
- 2.1
- Displayport mini
- Card reader
- SD
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD with Temporal Noise Reduction
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Integrated Dual Array Digital Microphones
- Speakers
- Dual Speakers, DTS:X, Audio by Bang & Olufsen
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot