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HP is on a roll recently with huge discounts on some of its most powerful gaming PCs, but this one truly smashes the competition. You can pick up this HP Omen 35L gaming PC with a 9900X3D, RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5 RAM, and 4TB of SSD storage for just $2,899.99 right now. Hold on to your hats, because that's a $2,600 saving in your pocket, almost half the price you're paying here for a 4K-ready rig.
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You're getting the recent refresh of the HP Omen 35L, so this isn't just HP clearing out old stock. These specs are top tier, from the powerful 9950X3D to the unstoppable RTX 5080. The 35-liter case used here is a great option that eschews a huge RGB monstrosity for something a little more understated for your desk, with its cool black design a more refined option for somebody more interested in raw gaming power.
That power is formed, front and center, by its CPU and GPU combo. Our AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D review named this the middle child of AMD's 3D V-cache line-up on its release last year, offering epic performance power but at an oddly high price. That isn't a problem here, though, so we can focus on its power. Our CPU benchmarks confirm that this is a processor that continues to perform well against its rivals, especially compared to the Intel competition.This Zen 5 processor has 12 cores, 24 threads, and a boost clock speed of up to 5.5 GHz. The more important thing for gaming, however, is that it features the boosted 96MB L3 cache that will reduce latency and deliver higher, more stable frame-rates while you're gaming. However, one thing to point out is that, unlike some of the eight-core X3D chips like the 9800X3D, the 9900X3D uses a dual-CCD design, meaning its six cores are split over two dies. Only one of those dies has the stacked 3D V-cache, meaning only six cores have the boosted cache, which explains why the 9900X3D isn't quite at the top, even if it does deliver decent performance.
