Reddit reviews HP Omen 870-213w Desktop PC (256GB+ 1TB Hard Drive i7-7700) Windows 10

Hey there, Kramjam. I am in the midst of the same process looking in a similar price range. I am sick of always being disappointed in my gaming experience. I have used budget(ish) laptops and am now switching over to pre-built desktops for some true gaming with room to easily grow as gaming evolves. I thought it'd be helpful to write out my top choices.

I have found some good deals and have listed them. I am debating waiting until after Thanksgiving to see if there are any better offers. I have to decide soon, I guess!

This HP Omen 7700 GTX NVIDIA 1070. $1055.55 on Amazon now. It's the lower end of my spectrum but I think a great value. I am looking at 1080 and 8700 ideally but this is a mighty fine desktop and a huge jump for me. The brand name is helpful here too. Don't know about wifi connect.

I am leaning towards the iBUYPOWER 8700k GTX 1070 Ti. $1,399 Amazon. Great reviews, good value, and nice add-ons. I don't need a lighting remote but that's neat to have. Liquid cooling is also pretty cool (ha!). Good specs, good price, nice accessories, can't complain.

ABS 8700 GTX 1080. $1349.99 Newegg. This almost made it an easy search for me. GTX 1080 plus a great price. My biggest concern is reliability. A few bad reviews on Newegg scared me off and I think this is even their in-house brand. The customer service seems good enough from some research but I would rather not have any problems at all. If you want to roll the dice, I think this is the best value you can find. They also do a 1060 and 1070 for lower prices as you should see in the link. This is it's bigger, badder brother running 1080Ti and 8700k at $1,749.99.

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cyberpowerpc AMD Ryzen 2700 but NVIDIA RTX 2070. $1,449 Amazon. I having been leaning Intel so not a fan of AMD. This system is 3.2 GHz 8 core whereas the Intel 7700, like in the HP Omen, is 3.6 GHz 6 core. But an RTX 2070 in a prebuild desktop for only $1,449 is ridiculous from my research. It's overkill for what I am using now and I would like a better processor but I thought I would put it here for you.

cyberpowerpc Intel 8700k NVIDIA GTC 1070 Ti. $1,549 Amazon. Same stats as the iBuypower but for $150 more. I guess I like the design more than the i.b.p. but I'd rather save the $150. Maybe post-Thanksgiving will shake this price down??

SKyTech 8700k GTX 1080. $1,549.99. 1070 Ti is $1,499.99. Amazon. Looks great in terms of specs, reviews, even looks and add-ons. I would choose this over the cyberpowerpc above. Has some more customizable options too. But based on our budget, I think you would be better suited for the HP Omen or the iBuypower.

Tl;DR

The HP Omen and iBUYPOWER options listed are my two top choices but all of these made it to my final list. I think another $350 for a better processor, slightly better graphics, and better add-ons makes the iBUYPOWER worth it. Even if the name is terrible...

I hope this helps! Please share any of your insights as well.


Edit: I included the differences in specs most important to me. All have at least 240 GB SSD and some have 2 instead of 1 TB of HDD. All of 16 GB of memory and Windows 10.

Alright, got bunch of stuff for you

[$1250] HP Omen (Benchmark) - Alright so this one is way over budget, I'm not recommending you to buy this right now. However, this PC regularly goes on sale for around $1100. In fact, it was on sale only a week ago but only recently went back up. My gut feeling is that it will once again drop in price for Black Friday. FOUND IT! [$994] HP Omen The PC below will have around the same performance but I felt it was worth mentioning because I've personally owned this tower and can vouch that it's great.

[$1100] iBuyPower CylonNE (Benchmark) - Unfortunately over budget, it has a i5 8400 (which is actually better than the i7 6700 in the video (i7 6700 Bench, i5 8400 Bench)). The main upside is the 1070 which is really great and imo future proof for the foreseeable future (unless ray-tracing really takes off, I don't think it will for a few years).

[$800] HP Pavilion (Benchmark) - It's going to do fine with Fallout 76, don't expect anything too great but considering this PC has a i5 8400 (which is better than the i3 8100 in the benchmark) you can expect it to perform marginally better.

[$750] Dell Inspiron 5680 - Literaly last minute add, $50 cheaper than the one above, figured I'd give you both just so you can have options with the brands.

Definitely wait for Black Friday, it'll be your best bet for deals. Don't settle for anything less than an i5 8400 (or equal in performance) or a 1060. Good luck!

Edit: Formatting, I messed up :(

Dude, thank you so much for taking the time to put that together. I really appreciate it.

Interesting thoughts on the res vs htz issue. Another gamer told me the opposite---to ditch the 4K monitor and get a 144hz monitor. His reasoning was the silky smoothness of it, and buying a PC for 1k that can play the Witcher 3 and similar titles on 4K is gonna be pretty hard, so just stick with 1080p.

I actually stumbled upon this obscure deal on Amazon last night, and seems to be very similar to your build in specs. Never thought I'd buy an HP, but it seems like an absolute beast (to my amateur eye), and costs the exact same as your build!! It looks like last year's model hence the price point.

Any thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MNH4HP/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AW28EV66OQ1K3&p

Thanks for your quick reply. How does this compare to those?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B075MNH4HP#Ask here's a link sorry I didn't include one and I can't build a pc so I wanted a prebuilt one that was around this price, any suggestions?

I know very little about building pcs and am looking at building my own

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But this is similar in price range without the monitors.

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How does this stack up to what you posted?

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https://www.amazon.com/HP-870-213w-Desktop-i7-7700-Windows/dp/B075MNH4HP/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&fbclid=IwAR3dWSvDqtpphROG4JSDCgvJ28R2M5PWMVaQebpj47L_FY7CnSOcwSvQGcs

Sorry to be a bother but do you think this would be worth the extra $100:

HP Omen 870-213w Desktop PC (256GB+ 1TB Hard Drive i7-7700) Windows 10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075MNH4HP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UE58Bb46JZMMB