Although consoles and mobiles have become immensely popular in the current gaming scenario; PC gaming still enjoys a titanic chunk of serious gamers. From casual to professional, most of the gamers around the globe prefer PC over other mediums when it comes to gaming.
HP had delivered some fairly stable and fruitful gaming PCs in the past. Earlier, HP had successfully delivered their mid-range laptop based on Windows 8.1 and further launched gaming PCs under their Envy Phoenix and Pavilion names. However, all these names clumped up together seems to have confused the consumers. But now it seems like HP is changing its marketing strategy by bringing their upcoming series of gaming laptops and desktops under one name, ‘Omen’.
The company has recently unveiled some of their products for the upcoming ‘Omen’ series. For now, they have revealed laptops which will be available in two specific sizes, 15.6 and 17.3 inches. The laptops have a red LED lighting throughout with the ‘Omen’ branding on the keyboard and the lid. Each of them can be optimised in various ways. They can be upgraded up to NVIDIA GTX 965M, 6th Generation Quad-core Intel Core i7 processors, 16GB of memory, and up to 512GB PCIe SSD. There’s also a dual storage option with up to 4TB HDD and 128GB SSD on selective models.
The laptops will be available for sale from 10 June onwards. The 15.6-inch one will have a price starting from $899.99 while the 17.3-inch one starts at $979.99.
Whereas the Omen desktop looks like a winner here for one reason. It has been revealed that the gaming rig will be equipped with enough juice to be compatible with VR systems like HTC Vibe and Oculus Rift. The system can be configured to Intel Core i7-6700K processor, 32GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a 3TB standard hard drive. It also has the option of water-cooling. The desktop will be ready to ship in August (it seems) although no pricing has been revealed yet.
The company also revealed a 32 inch Omen-Display which sports a Quad HD (2560 x 1440) resolution.
The logo of the Omen branding is however a bit familiar as people would remember it from a company’s symbol that HP had acquired in 2006. Yes, VoodooPC and seems like HP is trying to bring everything under one umbrella as it tries to shine in the gaming sphere, again.