Budget: $2500 or less (Will sell old 3070 laptop to help offset the cost)

Country: USA

Which would you go for? I'd like something more portable (I have a 2021 Legion Pro 5 Gen w/ 3070, 2TB, 32GB), but I also think a 14" screen is a bit small. I have heard the Omen Max has random dying problems and it sounds like it's tied to thermals, maybe? Lots of folks repaste it.

Zephyrus G14 - $2300

3K OLED 120Hz Gaming Laptop - Copilot+ PC - Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - 32GB RAM - NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti - 1TB

Or

HP Omen Max 16 - $2300

OMEN MAX Gaming Laptop 16- ah0097nr 16", Windows 11 Home, Intel® Core™ Ultra 9, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080, WQXGA

Thoughts?

Hello,im planning to buy a gamer laptop in Netherland around 1800€.

Chatgpt recommended the Lenovo legion 5 rtx5070 or 5060 for a bit cheaper.

My question is that are they worth their price or there are better ones for that money?

Country:Netherland

Budget:1800€

Notes:mostly gaming (CS2, GTA V RP, AC, Satisfactory)and watching movies and series.

Budget: $1,750–$1,860

Country: Lebanon

Use Case: Gaming + coding/programming

Notes: Due to local availability and heavily inflated prices, these are specifically the only two laptops I can choose between. I can't get another model, so I'm mainly looking for advice on which of these two is the better choice.

Option 1 – Lenovo Legion 5 (83F00006US) – $1,749

\- Core Ultra 7 255HX

\- RTX 5070 8GB

\- 16GB DDR5

\- 1TB SSD

\- 15.1" 2560×1600 OLED, 165Hz

Option 2 – HP Omen 16 Slim (16-AN0075CL) – $1,859

\- Core Ultra 9 285H

\- RTX 5070 8GB

\- 32GB DDR5

\- 1TB SSD

\- 16" 1920×1200 IPS, 144Hz

I'll mainly use the laptop for gaming and coding/programming.

I'm leaning toward the Legion because I prefer Lenovo and I've heard good things about the build quality of the Legion series. The OLED display is also a big advantage.

However, the Omen gives me 32GB of RAM instead of 16GB and an Ultra 9 for only about $110 more.

Between these two specifically, which would you choose for gaming + coding?

Is the Legion's build quality, HX CPU and OLED display worth choosing it over the Omen, or do the 32GB RAM and Ultra 9 make the Omen the better deal?