I thought this PC was going to be fast and also made sure it had lots of RAM. It is not fast at all, even when it is not going to the internet. It seems slower than the 8 year old PC it replaced. I am not much of a gamer so cannot tell if it is great in that area or not. It lags playing MS games.
I am not a gamer but I need lots of video and editing power and that is exactly what I get from this customized 35L. I have been jealous of my partner's 30L for a few years and now I feel like I can keep up. My partner just got an OmniPro 7 17 inch laptop too. We are HP all the way!
My previous PC would not fulfill the full potential of a newly purchased Omen 34c G2 Monitor that I purchased so I purchased this Omen35L which runs all my applications from the past and I am sure the future. What a blessing to be able to run my FSX SE and FS2020 at full tilt and more realism than I have ever been able to experience. It is extremely quiet and easy to access the inside for cleaning and adding future equipment. FAST and QUIET without the heat.
This is my first gaming-dedicated desktop and I'm loving it. It's exceeded my expectations of most of what I thought it would be like.
For the setup experience, I've really been unable to push to its limits, so far! But that's part of why I got the powerhouse - I wanted it to be more than half of what I needed for my usual dual monitor (one is a drawing display tablet) and moderate gaming and drawing activities.
Improvements: I can't think of any improvement areas, other than size. Then again, I'm new to gaming dedicated desktops and they are probably beefy in design for several good engineering reasons. I had to get creative with its placement and sit it on my desk's top shelf to keep its intake fans from sucking up too much floor-level dust and pet hair and also because there was little space to keep it at floor-level anyway. Luckily, it all worked out, and it's big for a reason, so not a concern anymore.
Now the lights... they attract a lot of attention. I didn't care for them when I planned to buy it, only the hardware performance. But the family loves them almost like a moth to a light. Maybe future versions could use more lights, somewhere, doing something?!
Overall, it's an excellent desktop and hope to use it 7 to 10 years before upping to a new computer!