HP unveils Omen desktops with new CPU cooling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 4, 2022
Updated June 19, 2025
3 min

HP unveiled its new Omen 45L desktop gaming PC along with a series of other gaming products at CES 2022.

The 45L desktop comes with Omen CryoChamber, a new cooling system for the central processing unit (CPU) that enables players to overclock, or run the machine at higher-than-usual specs.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.