Skip to main content

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us?

This HP Omen gaming laptop is down to its lowest price ever

A press photo of the white HP Omen Transcend 16.
HP

These days, when we think of getting a gaming laptop, we almost assume that we’re going to have to spend at least a couple of thousand or somewhat close to that mark. And that’s pretty consistent across all of the best gaming laptops of the era. It isn’t that we ignore budget gaming laptops altogether, of course, but they don’t get much love overall. This mid-range laptop (now at its all time low price with a $500 discount) will turn your head with its trend-bucking prowess, though. The HP Omen Transcend 16, usually $1,600, is now only $1,100. The kicker? It has an RTX 4050. So, tap the button below to pick yours up today. Should you need more info, however, you can always keep on reading.

Why you should buy the HP Omen Transcend 16

In proper storytelling you’re supposed to leave some info after the fold to give the reader a shock and a twist. But there’s no need to tease here. The stat line on this laptop is amazing for the price. This is the laptop to buy if you want an RTX 4050, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage for just $1,100.

To put this even further into perspective, compare with the cheapest (at the time of this writing) deal over at Best Buy on a laptop with a 4050. The is on sale for just $750, with a similar stat line, but comes with a 144Hz at 1080p screen. The Omen Transcend? 165Hz at 1200p, and upgradeable to 240Hz at 1600p for just $70 more. In other words, the HP Omen Transcend 16 gives us the eye-catching RTX flash but doesn’t skimp on the details that make it worthwhile.

Let’s summarize that one final time. RTX 4050 plus good screen, $500 down — to $1,100 from $1,600. If these essentials sound good to you — and it is all about the essentials here — then go ahead and tap the button below to find the laptop. Be sure to choose between the white and black color figurations via the colored circles to get what you like! Should you be looking for something with different features, more RAM, or even a 4090, maybe you’ll have better luck in our wider collection of gaming laptop deals.

Topics
John Alexander
John Alexander is a former ESL teacher, current writer and internet addict, and lacks the wisdom to know what the future…
Best gaming laptop deals: Alienware, Razer, Asus and more
An Alienware m16 gaming laptop in use on a desk, playing Baldur's Gate III.

If you're thinking of picking up a new gaming laptop, there are actually a lot of excellent choices out there, with some huge advances in the last few years that have made them thinner, more powerful, and even cheaper. In fact, some of the best gaming laptops can even compete with the best gaming desktops, so there are a lot of options out there depending on your budget and your needs. Either way, pretty much most modern laptops you buy will be able to play the best PC games without too much of a hassle.

To help you with picking something great, we've found deals from some of the best laptop brands and include Lenovo laptop deals, Acer laptop deals, Dell laptop deals, and HP laptop deals, although if you're looking for some more general deals, these laptop deals have some good options, too.
MSI Bravo 15 -- $750, was $1,000

Read more
This Lenovo Legion Pro gaming laptop is nearly $900 off
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i on a desktop surface outside.

While gaming laptops used to be really big and bulky and made life quite a bit difficult, modern gaming laptops are nice, sleek, and surprisingly powerful under the hood.  While they are still expensive, they aren't prohibitively so, and you can find a lot of great deals to save you quite a bit. For example, this Lenovo Legion Pro 7 has an excellent RTX 4090 mobile under the hood, and you can grab it from Lenovo for just $2,604, rather than the usual $3,500 it goes for. That's a whopping $896 in savings you're getting, so it's well worth grabbing if you want one of the best gaming laptops on the market.

Why you should buy the Legion Pro 7
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7 is a paired-down version of the Legion Pro 7i, but there really isn't a ton of difference, and that's obvious given that the Legion Pro 7 still runs the powerful RTX 4090 mobile. That's roughly equivalent to a desktop RTX 4080 in terms of power, so you'll easily be able to push the 16-inch, 2560 x 1600 resolution screen close to its limits. The screen can even handle a whopping 240Hz refresh rate, although you may have to make some graphical compromises if you want to hit that, even with the powerful GPU.

Read more
Dell’s most popular business laptop has a $600 price cut today
Overhead view of the Dell Latitude 5540 laptop against a white background.

Owning a reliable business laptop is one of the best things you can do to optimize your workflow. After all, relying on an old PC with tired internal components is only going to slow you down. Fortunately, laptop deals are all over the place, and we found a great one from Dell: 

Right now, you can purchase the Dell Latitude 5540 Laptop with an Intel Core i7 for $989. Normally priced at $1,609, you’ll be saving yourself $620 on a new and fantastic Windows machine!

Read more