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If you have access to an edu email address, the HP OMEN 15 with the AMD Ryzen 5800H and the Nvidia 3070 Max-Q is currently 21% off at the HP Student Store. The usual retail price is $2799 but you can obtain it from the student store for $2195.00 delivered.
Delivery seems to be 1 to 3 days for most metro areas.
Specifications from HP Website:
System Features
Operating system Windows 10 Home 64
Processor AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H (up to 4.4 GHz max boost clock, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores, 16 threads)
Processor footnote [6] Multi-core is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. Performance and clock frequency will vary depending on application workload and your hardware and software configurations. AMD’s numbering is not a measurement of clock speed.
[7] Max Boost clock frequency performance varies depending on hardware, software and overall system configuration.
Processor family AMD Ryzen™ 7 processor
Chipset AMD Integrated SoC
Form factor Standard laptop
Memory
Memory 16 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
Memory Note Transfer rates up to 3200 MT/s.
Storage
Hard drive description 512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
Storage type SSD
Optical drive Optical drive not included
Display and graphics
Display 15.6" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 300 nits, 72% NTSC
Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 with Max-Q design (8 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Graphic card footnote 2 [8] NVIDIA® Max-Q Design can help reduce system heat and noise in thinner form factor PC’s. Form factor design and thickness of the system will vary. Overall graphics performance may be lower than alternative graphics solutions that do not utilize Max-Q design.
Expansion features
Ports 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 5Gbps signaling rate (DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge); 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate (HP Sleep and Charge); 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 1 Mini DisplayPort™; 1 HDMI 2.1; 1 RJ-45; 1 AC smart pin; 1 headphone/microphone combo
External I/O ports footnote [19] For best results with HP Sleep and Charge, use a USB charging protocol standard cable or cable adapter with an external device.
Expansion slots 1 multi-format SD media card reader
Media devices
Audio features Audio by Bang & Olufsen; DTS:X® Ultra; Dual speakers; HP Audio Boost
Webcam HP Wide Vision 720p HD camera with integrated dual array digital microphones
Sensors IR Thermal sensor
Input devices
Pointing device HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support; Precision Touchpad Support
Keyboard Full-size, 4-zone RGB backlit, mica silver keyboard and 26-Key Rollover Anti-Ghosting Key technology
Communications
Network interface Integrated 10/100/1000 GbE LAN
Wireless Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 combo (Supporting Gigabit file transfer speeds)
Wireless note MU-MIMO supported; Miracast compatible
Power and operating requirements
Power supply type 200 W Smart AC power adapter
Battery type 6-cell, 70.9 Wh Li-ion polymer
Battery life video playback Up to 9 hours
Battery weight 270 g
Energy Efficiency Compliance ENERGY STAR® certified; EPEAT® Silver registered
Dimensions and Weight
Dimensions without stand (W x D x H) 35.79 x 23.97 x 2.29 cm
Dimension note (metric) Dimensions vary by configuration
Package dimensions (W x D x H) 6.9 x 52 x 30.5 cm
Weight Starting at 2.37 kg
Weight note (metric) Weight varies by configuration
Package weight 3.65 kg
Design
Product color Mica silver
Software
Software - Productivity & finance footnote [24] Must activate within 180 days of Windows activation.
Warranty and Services
Warranty 1 year limited parts and labour
Good deal