HP OMEN 35L Panda Metal Color 2026
Powered by an 8-core Ryzen 7 8700F and GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics, this mid-tower handles 1440p gaming and multitasking with 32GB DDR5 RAM and a massive 1TB SSD plus 2TB HDD. The Panda Metal chassis features RGB lighting, an 850W PSU, Wi-Fi 6, and includes a Dockztorm USB hub for extra ports. It scores 91.7 for home office and 91.5 for gaming, suiting users who need a single desktop for both production work and VR-ready gaming with abundant local storage.
About This Desktop
Powered by an 8-core Ryzen 7 8700F and GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics, this mid-tower handles 1440p gaming and multitasking with 32GB DDR5 RAM and a massive 1TB SSD plus 2TB HDD. The Panda Metal chassis features RGB lighting, an 850W PSU, Wi-Fi 6, and includes a Dockztorm USB hub for extra ports. It scores 91.7 for home office and 91.5 for gaming, suiting users who need a single desktop for both production work and VR-ready gaming with abundant local storage.
- CPU AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
- RAM 32 GB
- Storage 4096 GB
- GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- Form factor mid-tower
- Psu 850 W
- OS Windows 11 Home
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong port (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong gpu (81th percentile) 81th
- Strong ram (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.1 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage 1 | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD |
| Storage 2 | 3 TB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
| PSU | 850 |
| Weight | 17.9 kg / 39.5 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 8 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 3 x Displayport |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP OMEN 35L | Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 | Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 | MSI Aegis A2NVP7-1480US | Apple Mac mini M4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Intel Core Ultra 9 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | Apple M4 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 4096 | 3072 | 2048 | 24000 | 2048 | 256 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple M4 10-core |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini |
| Psu W | 850 | 1200 | 850 | - | 750 | 155 |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | macOS Sequoia 15.1 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP OMEN 35L | 70.6 | 80.9 | 76.8 | 95.8 | 96.6 | 71.2 | 71.7 |
| Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 Compare | 97.8 | 87.8 | 96.8 | 92.4 | 96.5 | 71.2 | 80.2 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 98.8 | 77 | 94.5 | 97.6 | 91.3 | 39.3 | 71.7 |
| Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 Compare | 97.8 | 80.9 | 94.5 | 85.8 | 100 | 71.2 | 47.7 |
| MSI Aegis A2NVP7-1480US Compare | 95.9 | 80.9 | 88 | 98.4 | 91.3 | 39.3 | 83.3 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 56.3 | 90.2 | 29.8 | 97 | 13.1 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
Usage Scores
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