HP has always been one of the world's largest notebook brands in the personal PC market, and its global PC market share has surpassed Lenovo in 2017 to jump to the top of the list, and it has been the sales champion for three consecutive quarters in 2017.
 
Although desktop computers have been greatly impacted in recent years, gaming desktop computers have been growing in recent years, so many manufacturers are making efforts in the field of game competition, and HP is no exception, with a total of 3 gaming desktop computer series, including the top-of-the-line Omen X series, the high-end OMEN series (OMEN Wizard) and the mid-range mainstream Light and Shadow Wizard series, which are highly consistent with gaming notebooks, and the positioning and characteristics of each series are similar to notebooks.
 
The official model of the Omen X series is Omen 900, which supports dual graphics cards, and is positioned as a top-level gaming desktop computer, comparable to similar models in the gamer country and aliens, using a cube full-tower chassis design known as the X Rubik's Cube, which looks like a standing 2*2 Rubik's Cube from the front, which is very recognizable, but the configuration of this model has not been updated for a long time, and it has lagged behind other brands, and the current cost performance is not high.
 
The Shadow Phantom series is very well-known in China, it is HP's main model, the latest generation of notebooks has come out to the Shadow Phantom 4, and the desktop computer has also come out to the third generation, all of which have been upgraded to eight generations of processors, using a standard mid-tower chassis, with the typical characteristics of a gaming desktop computer, up to supporting GTX 1080Ti graphics card, and other configurations such as LED, liquid cooling, and side-view panels are also available.
 
The Light and Shadow Elf series is a compact mid-tower case, the size is smaller than the Shadow Elf, the appearance is relatively low-key, more like a business desktop computer, the main cost performance, mainly covering entertainment and work needs, LED light effect is far less rich than the Shadow Elf, and it is not equipped with a liquid cooling system and a side-view panel, and the internal workmanship and overall configuration are much inferior to the Shadow Elf, and the highest only supports GTX 1060 graphics card.
 
The Shadow Phantom 3 series currently has 2 models on sale, namely 880-181cn and 880-177cn, 181cn is a high-end version, using an overclocked version of i7 8700K processor GTX 1080Ti graphics card, water cooling and heat dissipation, 177cn is a low-profile version of i7 8700 GTX 1070, air-cooled heat dissipation, for most users whose performance needs are not very high, the low-profile version of Shadow Phantom 3 880-177cn is also enough to play most games, And the price is less than 10,000 yuan, and the price of 16,000 yuan is obviously much more cost-effective than the high-end version.
 
Users who pursue practicality and high performance can also consider Light and Shadow Elf II. Generation Plus 790-076ccn, the configuration of this model is almost exactly the same as that of the low-profile version of Shadow Elf3, and the performance is at the same level, although the appearance and workmanship may not be as good as Shadow Elf 3, but the price of 7999 yuan is nearly 2000 yuan cheaper than that of Shadow Elf 3, and it also enjoys three years of door-to-door after-sales service, which is also worth buying.
 
Users who pay great attention to cost performance can choose Light and Shadow Elf 2 690-056ccn or Light and Shadow Elf 2690-053ccn, both of which belong to the mainstream level from the configuration point of view, i5 8400 GTX 1060 graphics card combination is completely sufficient for the vast majority of users, office/games can be easily competent, the difference is only that the graphics card memory capacity is different, 056ccn is 6G video memory, 053ccn is 3G video memory, the prices are 5499/4999 yuan, There is not much difference with the price of the assembly machine, but it has more than 2 years of after-sales, it is very cost-effective, if it is mainly run in 1080P resolution, it is recommended to have a more cost-effective 053ccn, and at 2K resolution, it is more suitable for 056ccn with large video memory.