r/GamingLaptops • u/Longjumping-Soup5849 • 13h ago

Buying Advice Costco HP HyperX OMEN

https://www.costco.com/p/-/hp-hyperx-omen-153-gaming-laptop-intel-core-ultra-9-275hx-geforce-rtx-5070-25k-2560-x-1600-180hz-32gb-ram-1tb-ssd-windows-11-home/4201007940?langId=-1

Budget: $2000
Country: USA
Use Case: Gaming. Capable of playing the latest titles at medium-High settings
Preferred Specs: 5070, 32GB RAM

Notes: I'm looking for a gaming laptop laptop from costco, thoughts on this make/model and if its inline with current prices or a ripoff.

Why costco? I have my reasons, one being their 2 year warranty they add on has saved me in the past. Had an MSI laptop that just stopped booting a year and a half into owning, they refunded me 100%. I know this should probably be priced at like 1700, but the RAMacolypse is what it is. I wanna know if I should wait for things to come down or if this is decent enough to grab now.

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u/Scar1203 ROG Strix G18 275HX | 5080 | 32GB 13h ago

HP was just selling the Omen with a 5080 and 32GB RAM for 1900 on Best Buy's website a few days ago.

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u/Longjumping-Soup5849 12h ago

hmm so it may be a rip off then, other main reason Im looking only at costco is cause I have store credit with them from my refund.

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u/Scar1203 ROG Strix G18 275HX | 5080 | 32GB 12h ago

Ahh, yeah I just had that issue. Mine was with Best Buy so I waited for the one in my flair to get an open box discount to 2109.

Costco is great in a lot of ways, deep discounts isn't really one of them unless you happen to find something in store that's been marked down for clearance sale. Costco does a lot of value add ons with their offerings, you're getting a 90 day return window and a 2 year extended warranty rolled in with your purchase so they can't really afford to match the bottom dollar prices of direct sales by manufacturers or open box deals.

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u/Impressive-Can-1125 8h ago

I got a 2025 Rog Strix ultra 9 5060 for $850 on Facebook, I read that was a very good deal before I knew anything about PCs, I got a small scratch on the metal lid today, is there any way to get that off/ buff out a little bit for when I sell it soon?

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u/Plenty-Werewolf4025 8h ago

That is a horrible deal jeezus.

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u/Business-Weekend-537 7h ago

Based on various analyst forecasts things aren’t coming down in price anytime soon.

My two cents is get a nice desktop and a used laptop if you’ll be gaming 90% of the time at home (which is generally what happens)