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HP's HyperX Omen 15 replaces the Victus 15 as the company's mainstream gaming laptop, pairing a Core Ultra 9 processor, 32GB of RAM and a 15.3-inch 1800p OLED screen with strong gaming benchmarks. Tom's Hardware found the as-tested unit costs about $2,100, a few hundred dollars more than its closest rival, and noted the build relies on an aluminum lid but cheap, flexible plastic for the rest of the chassis.
Woot is selling a refurbished Alienware 16 Aurora gaming laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU for $927 for new customers using a checkout code, or $1,029 for returning shoppers, undercutting the $1,099.99 new price at Alienware's own site. The refurbished unit still carries a one-year Alienware warranty and includes a 1600p 120Hz 16-inch display, Intel's Core 7 240H processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
MSI's Crosshair 16 HX E14W arrives as a budget-tier gaming laptop that manages to hold down its price despite the ongoing surge in memory costs. Reviewers note the machine delivers expected gaming performance for its class but does so through several noticeable trade-offs in build and features.