HP OMEN AMD Ryzen 5-4600H 15.6 inches FHD Gaming Laptop (8GB/512GB SSD/Windows 10 Home/NVIDIA GTX 1660ti 6GB/Shadow Black/2.36 kg), 15-en0002AX

I'll try to cover as many points as possible -So I bought this laptop on Jan 1 2021 for 79990 and writing this review on Jan 7 2021 after using it for 1 week.Build Quality (Pics Included) - The main concern for many (was mine too). Straight answer is - it is far Superior than others and the form factor is literally very small as compare to older laptops. I used HP Pavillion for past 5 years and boy it was a big laptop. This laptop feels so small as compared to other 15 inches laptop that it looks like a 14inch one. All metallic laptop except from the screen lid (which is a bit flimsy) but gets the job done. I was very Doubtful and worried about the hinges, screen, and it's build quality and not to forget the Flex issue but it not so major as people think it is, just be a little more careful than your laptop and you are good to go. (4/5)Display (Pic Included) - Another major concern which bothered me before buying after reading the reviews - coming from a 5 year laptop to this one I found the display to be good and sharp from that (as older one was a 720p panel) I agree to the people that colors are not that accurate and not the best, but it get's the job done. I don't know why are people complaining so much about it. IT IS FINE as for me as I do casual or mid level gaming, besides I do some editing stuff (photo and video both) and it doesn't bother me. Not to forget it's not the brightest, get's your work done indoors but not sufficient enough for outdoors. 60hz is fine for everything as long as you don't play E-sports. (4/5)Sound - Short answer - Good speakers - Clarity Okish - Loudness not upto the mark. (3.5/5)Performance - Absolutely beast - Many people know that GTX1660Ti is a very capable graphics card and I don't need to say much about it. Gives smooth gameplay on most of the games till 2019. The newer 2020 ones struggle a bit on High or Ultra setting and but are much more playable on Medium settings. R5 4600H is a beast and battery efficient as well. (5/5)Thermals - One of the best you can get at this price point. EXCELLENT cooling performance. Get's loud on max setting of fan but still bearable. (5/5)Keyboard (Pic Included) - Well spaced Keys - Backlight is good - Key travel is good. RGB would be much appreciated. (4.5/5)Charger - It is fast but bulky - get's extremely hot while playing games (plugged in). (4/5)Webcam - Poor quality but it is there on a gaming laptop (what else do you want). (2/5)Storage (Pic Included) - Samsung SSD Preinstalled in mine (some users had different SSDs) and it's blazing fast and better than SSD you'll install later if you'll install a different one. I installed a WD Blue 1TB in the second SSD slot for all other purposes. Although the Manual said only till 1TB combined I guess, but my laptop now has 1.5TB and it didn't affect the performance as well so I am happy. (5/5)RAM (Pic Included) - (SK Hynix Preinstalled) Get's the job and gaming done in 80% of the cases, gives a small bump in FPS in more RAM demanding game if you upgrade it to at least 16gigs. I installed another 8gigs 3200mhz RAM from ADATA and it works flawless in dual configuration. I guess you can add till 32gigs (as I attached the CMD pic of maximum supported memory) but don't quote me on this do on your own risk. In my opinion 16gigs is enough for 99% of tasks as of now. (5/5)Battery - Flawless - Great backup and fast charging. (4.5/5)At last I would say if you get it at below 80k it's steal deal. If it's 85k or above wait to get it at the best price.

Bought one a few days back. Here are a few observations.1. Build quality is very good, though there is a wee bit of screen flex about 2mm when lid is closed and the vents at the rear a little flimsy. The back panel and top lid are both made of plastic but are sturdy and can withstand abuse. Above all the looks are understated and not like a space ship.2. The display is quite ok not that great but quite decent. If this is a high priority (in case using for photo or video editing) then look elsewhere. Personally I dont see 144hz screen makes much of a difference but I would like to have higher colour accuracy.3. Performance from the CPU and GPU is great, one can work for long durations without worrying about overheating. Both stay cool even under heavy load.3. Cooling solution is far better than anything else in this price category.4. Battery lasts upto 5 hours under normal load and almost an hour and a half if u are running heavy loads on both cpu and gpu ( by heavy load I mean benchmarking software like furmark, cinebench etc loading both CPU and GPU at the same time).5. Keyboard and trackpads are very good though u will get only white backlight in this version.6. Fan noise is non existent under normal load and even if the fans are maxed out the noise is still relatively low (even at max fan speed one can easily listen to audio output from speakers without any irritation).7. RAM can be expanded to 16 GB (3200mhz) only and there is one free nvme slot.

First, I would like to tackle the sticking points on this laptop which many have spoken about based on "external" reviews.Screen- Its 60Hz and its not bad by any means. If you have been using a 3-4 year old laptop or an office laptop, you won't notice that the colour accuracy is off. Also, 60Hz is perfectly fine for playing games. Unless you are into competitive online gaming. But lets be honest, most people have been playing CS on 60Hz screens till now and couldn't be bothered by the refresh rate. The brightness is on the lower side though. For playing games, it works without any issues.Performance - Its mind-blowing. Ryzen 5 4600H is easily faster than i7 9750H. It runs during games consistently at 4.0 Ghz on all cores. Which is the max boost frequency. It came with a single channel configuration on my unit, which was disappointing. I had planned an upgrade to 16GB RAM anyways so it did not bother me much. But that is something worth considering. Upgrading to dual channel RAM has performance benefits. The SSD is a superfast Samsung PM981 in my unit. Other units might differ.Crystal disk mark read > 3300 MBpsWrites > 2200 MBpsCinebench R20 - Single channel 8GB RAM - 3331Dual Channel 16GB RAM - 3478The GPU doesn't exceed 64 degrees in Performance mode and Auto fanDoesn't exceed 60 degrees on Performance mode Max fan.Also during games, it runs at higher than boost of 1785 Mhz touching 1840 Mhz frequently. Basically, just 3-4 fps slower than a RTX 2060 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.Overall Build quality - There is screen flex, as the lid and bottom are plastic. Also the lid is soft. So easily flexes. But the display is not glass so it doesn't matter. The bottom cover is quite rigid and feels like metal. The keyboard deck is made of metal. And it has very sharp edges. It feels really sharp when you run your finger along it. But that is not that much of a problem during day to day usage unless you have large hands and rest them on the bottom of the palm rest.Battery life - I did not do any test per say, but under normal use it easily lasts longer than 4.5 hours with more than 20% to spare. So good in that regard as well.All in all, I consider this a very good purchase with great upgrade ability. I deducted 1 star because of absence of any sort of RGB in the keyboard and the single channel RAM.