HP Omen MAX 16 (2025) – Too Much Power for Its Own Good?

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💵 Save money on your next gaming laptop with our daily deals: https://gaminglaptop.deals 💻 Check Omen MAX 16 Prices: https://geni.us/Omen-MAX-16 🔍 Find your perfect gaming laptop in 30 seconds: https://laptoppicker.com HP’s Omen MAX 16 is their most powerful gaming laptop, and it looks great on paper - but we found some issues you need to know about. 💬 Chat with me and the community in Discord and get behind the scenes videos! https://patreon.com/jarrodstech Other items featured: Tools I use for opening laptops: https://geni.us/eT3n Cooling Pad I test with: https://geni.us/cooling-pad Screen Calibration - X-Rite i1 Display Pro: https://geni.us/uhlitT RGB HDMI cables: https://geni.us/rgb-hdmi EVERYTHING I USE: 💻 My Current Laptop - https://geni.us/JarrodsLaptop 🖥️ My Current Desktop PC - https://geni.us/JarrodsPC 🎥 My Camera Gear - https://geni.us/JarrodsStudio 💍 My Smart Ring - https://geni.us/oFfTMJ HP Omen MAX 16 (2025) Review Timestamps: 0:00 HP’s New Best Gaming Laptop! 0:25 Design & Build Quality 1:02 Size & Weight 1:37 Laptop Specs 2:00 Keyboard, RGB Lighting & Touchpad 3:02 Ports & Display Output Connection 3:54 Getting Inside 4:08 Internals 4:16 Upgrades Are Difficult… 5:00 SSD Speed 5:18 More Annoying Upgrades 5:35 Wi-Fi Speed 5:51 Upgrade Options 6:11 Speaker Test & Latencymon 6:28 Battery Size & Power Saving Features 7:10 Battery Life Comparison 7:27 Battery Drain During Sleep 7:46 Cooling Design 8:11 Performance Modes 9:13 No Dust? Self Cleaning Fans 9:33 Thermal Testing - Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP 10:33 Thermal Throttling - Is it a Problem? 10:59 So Our Laptop Turned Off While Testing… 11:43 Game Performance in Different Modes 12:14 CPU Performance (All Performance Modes) 12:27 Cinebench vs Others (On & Off Battery) 12:54 Does it Feel Hot - Keyboard Temperatures 13:15 Keyboard Temperatures vs Other Laptops 13:25 Is it Loud - Fan Noise 14:02 Fan Noise vs Other Laptops 14:17 OLED Screen (Color, Brightness, Contrast & Accuracy) 15:11 OLED Burn-In Protection? 15:25 Screen Response Time & Latency - Crazy Good! 15:51 MUX Switch, Advanced Optimus, G-Sync & Adaptive Sync 16:19 Camera & Microphone Test 16:27 Game FPS Comparisons - 4K, 1440p & 1080p 16:38 Cyberpunk 2077 - Native & RT + DLSS 17:09 Black Myth: Wukong - Native & RT + DLSS 17:33 Alan Wake 2 - Native & RT + DLSS 17:47 Game Crashing Issues - Thanks Nvidia? 18:07 3DMark & Content Creation 18:23 BIOS 18:31 Linux Support - Impressive! 18:39 Pricing, Availability & Laptop Deals 19:30 RTX 5080 or RTX 4090? 🧐 19:58 Is Omen MAX 16 Worth It? Good & Bad Summary 21:34 An Alternative Gaming Laptop to Consider Disclosure: Purchases made through store links above may provide some compensation to Jarrod'sTech.