HP Omen 16 vs HP Omen 16 Slim

[ShadoSgt]

(MSRP $2020, Priced at $1376)

Laptop will be for new College Student, will be using for some gaming, basic stuff like Fortnite, a lot of marketing material

This will be for my daughter going off to college. I wanted to get her something that will last her for all of college, plus some years afterwards. She doesn't game much other than what's on her phone. I will be setting up a docking hub for her so she can have a workstation in her dorm to focus on her work. I just saw the HP Omen 16 deals going on, and I'm wondering if those would be the best option to go with.

Looking at the HP Omen Slim 16:Windows 11 Home
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H (up to 5.1 GHz, 24 MB L3 cache, 16 cores, 16 threads) + NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU (8 GB)
16 GB DDR5-5600 MHz RAM (2 x 8 GB)
16" diagonal, WQXGA (2560 x 1600), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, Low Blue Light, 500 nits
512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
No Additional Office Software
Security Software Trial
4-cell, 70 Wh Li-ion polymer
Full-size, 4-zone RGB backlit, shadow black keyboard with numeric keypad
HP True Vision 1080p FHD camera with temporal noise reduction and integrated dual array digital microphones
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.3 wireless card
HP 1 Year Warranty

Will upgrade to 32gb ram and add 1tb nvme seperatley after purchase.

or

(MSRP $2100, Priced at $1399 offer ends in 2 hours and 30 mins)

OMEN Gaming Laptop 16, Windows 11 Home, 16", AMD Ryzen™ AI 9, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070, WQXGA, Shadow black
Windows 11 Home
AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 (up to 5.0 GHz max boost clock, 24 MB L3 cache, 10 cores, 20 threads)[6,7]
Integrated: AMD Radeon™ 880M Graphics
Discrete: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU (8 GB GDDR7 dedicated)
Display 16" diagonal, WQXGA (2560 x 1600), 60-240 Hz, 3 ms response time, IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, Low Blue Light, 500 nits, 100% sRGB 500 nits 100% sRGB
32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
1 TB PCIe® Gen4 NVMe™ M.2 SSD
Integrated 10/100/1000 GbE LAN
MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.3 wireless card
230 W AC power adapter
6-cell, 83 Wh Li-ion polymer
Battery Recharge Time Supports battery fast charge: approximately 50% in 30 minutes[5]
External I/O Ports 1 USB Type-A 10Gbps signaling rate; 2 USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 1 AC smart pin; 1 HDMI 2.1; 1 headphone/microphone combo; 1 RJ-45; 1 USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate (USB Power Delivery 3.0, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge)[19,42]

Full-size, 4-zone RGB backlit, shadow black keyboard with numeric keypad and 26-Key Rollover Anti-Ghosting Key technology

 

I'm not familiar with the AI 9 365 or the 255H other than the ram and storage both of these are pretty much identical. Looks like the regualr Omen has a slightly larger battery but the slim is well slim. What's yalls take /advice?

[dizmo]

I'd go with the bottom one.

[jn9800]

Considering it is used for college, I'd suggest looking into smaller form factor devices. If you want to stick with HP the OMEN Transcend 14 would be a suitable option. coming with an Intel Ultra 9 285H and a 4070 (top spec) - yes it only runs on 65W, but plenty for gaming and schoolwork.