A lot ventilation grills, yeah but only fans are seen through of grills, rest are hidden by black plastic sheet (only on HP, other vendors keep grills open for a good reason)

Worst thing with HP Victus 15 models is that cursed MT7921 WiFi network card, certain models are sold optionally with Intel AX211 network card.

Replacement Intel AX211 is pretty low cost, yet easy to change as usual with most M.2 network cards.

There is simply no any reason to stay with MT7921.

While this was a very in-depth review, it was so focused on twat results that it didn't really touch upon what it was like to actually game on the laptop.  As far as pricing goes, you realize nobody ever buys these at list price, right?  I purchased the i7, 16Gb, RTX 3050 Ti model for $799 at Best Buy this Christmas season.  Why you rated it based on a $1,200 price is confusing, especially since it lists for $1,099.  Perhaps your model had some early production issues as I have experienced no loud fan issues. It seems you let test results decide everything and forgot the important issues: can I buy this at a good price and have fun gaming on it?  The answer to those questions is yes, you certainly can.

I have the same model but with i5 12450h and about the fan spin in idel mode it can be turned off from the BIOS

Quote from: NikoB on January 03, 2023, 09:16:52For adequate people, in the first place is the minimum noise from the cooling system at the operating levels of their typical load. Then the screen and keyboard, then the set of ports and their convenient location. And last but not least, performance. But for idiots it's the other way around...

Well said.

For adequate people, in the first place is the minimum noise from the cooling system at the operating levels of their typical load. Then the screen and keyboard, then the set of ports and their convenient location. And last but not least, performance. But for idiots it's the other way around...

Very disappointing. This one fails in so many levels.

Simply the fact that Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming laptop  "350 Nit 70% P3 144Hz" display disqualifies HP Victus, Asus TUF, Acer Nitro, and any other "BUDGET" gaming laptop that cheapens out on the display.

At this price, performance doesn't matter. Noise and thermals don't matter. It's all about who can meet the basics at the lowest price. For most people, that means having a "usable" display + keyboard.

None of the budget tier Nvidia dGPUs (GTX 950, GTX 1050, etc) have ever aged gracefully, so this is not at all surprising. Expect the same with next year's the GTX 4050 aswell with it's anemic 96-bit memory bus interface.

"The Victus 15 keyboard trades off the larger arrow keys on the Omen 15 for an integrated numpad"

This comment is wrong. The trade is not with the numpad. Instead, the arrow keys are small so that the right Shift key can be as long as the left Shift key. The arrow keys ought to be ordinarily sized.