It is a very excellent laptop and worth the money. Surprisingly, it is very good with cooling, especially since laptops are not known for that. No need for any overclocking as it has very good performance and details.
The HP Omen Max is a sleek, fast, and reliable gaming laptop with excellent build quality. That said, there are a few drawbacks to consider. The laptop tends to run hot, even at idle, and temperatures can reach up to 100°C during gaming. Additionally, it ships with a significant amount of bloatware, and the Omen Gaming Hub is cluttered with features most users don’t find useful. This excess content also slows the app down, making it occasionally unresponsive. There is also some concern about the long-term reliability of the liquid metal thermal solution, particularly the risk of leakage. Although my unit is only one month old, I am still considering repasting with PTM 7950.
Be aware that if you want to up grade the primary SSD1 by yourself you have to remove the entire heat sink that covers the cpu and gpu then clean and put new approved heat sink compound back on after you just wanted to change the ssd1, ssd2 is un unobstructed and is a peace of cake to work with
I’m a DJ, and like most gamer/workstation laptops , they are not made with the DJ (videos) in mind.
Very difficult to get the video from the USB-C’s to get picked up by the Nvidia GPU if not properly setup before running the software. Forget about using it unplugged or on a dock, the unit practically becomes useless. Everything freezes and or lags, BIG TIME!
Hardware issues I have include the up/down arrow keys being half the size of the other keys and the lack of illumination to the mouse pad. My setups are typically under low to no light areas, and for having so much other illumination on the unit, it is very difficult to see anything or go off of touch to do anything on the pad.