HP Victus 15L Gaming Desktop PC Bundle, Intel i3, NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 11

I ordered this computer when it was $600 on March 17th. Given the INSANE prices for graphics cards right now (the GTX 1650 SUPER this thing includes isn't available anywhere for less than $400 right now), I knew I needed to snap one of these up as soon as my $1,400 stimulus payment hit. I figured they'd be sold out soon, and (at least for the $600 price) they did sell out within 24 hours of me buying.It has the traditional drawbacks of any big name brand prebuilt PC. It has a proprietary PSU. This means you can't easily upgrade it to power much stronger (but much higher power consumption) video cards in the future. But, I knew this going in.This was simply the best way for me to get a good computer with a solid CPU and GPU for a low price right now. I read that the HP motherboard keeps the RAM at 2667mhz speed, so I bought another stick of 2667mhz RAM to bring it up to 16gb.I also moved two internal hard drives from my old computer over to this PC. Between this and the added RAM, the two biggest shortcomings out of the box (short on memory and storage) are now handled. I don't anticipate having to open this computer for any reason over the next couple of years. If I do ever upgrade the GPU, I realize I'll be limited to a mid-level GPU because of the power supply. If there's something that's a good performance jump over the 1650 Super that doesn't use much more power, I could see upgrading to that in a year or two. Otherwise, I'm quite happy with this PC, and it should see to all my needs for the immediate future.SIDE NOTE: The case for this thing is SMALL. My old PC was one I built, and it has a mid-tower case. This HP Pavilion must use some kind of micro-tower case or whatever the proper terminology is. Getting my fat fingers between what I'm guessing is the hard drive cage and the motherboard to add the extra stick of RAM wasn't easy, but I got it done. It's not really made for working on and expanding both because of the small case and the proprietary PSU. That's OK though. Like I said, this should meet my needs for the next year or two, and by then, hopefully, GPU prices won't be insane anymore, and I'll be able to build something that packs a little more of a punch (and do it in a mid-tower case – I never appreciated how spacious they were before).ALSO: This thing was a REAL DEAL given nutso part prices right now. Think about it; the CPU goes for about $125, the GPU for $400 and up and add in the value of the 8gb stick of RAM and the 256gb SSD and you're already at or over the $600 I paid. It's like I got the case, motherboard and PSU for free, which kinda makes it OK that the case is cramped and the PSU is proprietary.

My son needed a computer in a pinch and this ticked all the boxes for what he needed. Something to do school work on and play some games with reasonably good quality. If you're a casual PC gamer, this is a pretty good system. Only has two DIMM slots but I had a spare 16GB stick of RAM from a previous machine and poof, upgraded to 24GB of RAM just like that. More than he'll need probably.Since this is an Intel based machined, I wanted to say a word about AMD Ryzen processors. I love them but, and a very BIG but, they are temperamental in my experience. The same 16GB RAM wouldn't work in that machine. In fact, that was a nearly identical HP machine to this one but we had endless blue screens. Multiple OS installs, driver updates, and multiple sets of RAM. Nothing worked. The MOBO could be the issue but this isn't my first time dealing with endless blue screens from a Ryzen-based system.If your machine is set up properly, they're great. Otherwise, go with an Intel-based machine like this one. They seem to be more forgiving with the hardware that you might swap around. That's just my two cents though.All that said, this is a great little machine with a lot of power for the price. Just uninstall all the bloatware when you get it. ;)

i got this pc in september of 2022,and its great for a low budget gaming pc. the intel i3 10100 cpu boosts to 4.1 mhz,and gtx 1650 super are perfect together. the pc is great, but you got get more ram. i got 32 gb ram,and omg it flies. it play all games smoothly with mods at ultra like msfs 2020 and msfs 2024 others smoothly,no lags, no stuttering at 1920 x 1080p cause that my monitor highest setting. ive also got 3 other drives, game controller with extra usb for dvd player, pc gaming headset,and external dvd player. the gtx 1650 super is a downgraded 1660 less some cores. but over all if you invest $50- $80 for 32 gb of ram. it will great gaming pc and with win 11 it really good. an great support for a year free from hp support. its worth the money buy one,and get memory,and make a great gaming pc.

Some initial start up and upgrade (8 gb ram to 16 gb ram) problems, this is a nice computer. Initially, having been being out of the hardware and pc world for a long time, I was concerned I didnt see a hard drive. For those like me, the hard drives these days are so tiny. I didnt realize they could make a 256 gb "chip". Its smaller than a ram chip. Its located beside and slightly "south east" of the cr2032 battery on the mobo.I bought ddr4 8 gb 2666mhz ram to go with the 8 gb ram it came with, only to find out it came with 3200 mhz ram. I tried it anyways and had problems with the pc turning on and off and on and off repeatedly no matter which stick was in which slot or how many sticks i had in... Eventually i tried no sticks. The mobo did its 3 long beaps and 3 short beaps repeatedly then was silent. I tried my new 2666mhz stick one more time alone and the pc booted??? So i tried the 3200 stick with the 2666 stick and it booted. Now i have 16 gb ram! Its probably 2666 mhz but that is all i thought i was getting anyways.Net positive. Im happy after futzing with it.The 256 gb is not lasting long after downloading all my games, but for the price. Its nice. Im happy.Side note.... If you are like me and dont like having a microsoft account log in, dont connect to any wifi or network cable when you set up the computer.Local accounts are soooo much better than microsoft accounts. I miss the old days >.<