HP OMEN HP OMEN 45L GT22-3090 Gaming PC, Intel Core Ultra Review

This HP Omen is a performance king with a clown-shoe price tag. You're paying a massive premium for the brand and the latest model numbers when nearly identical power is available for much less.

The HP Omen 45L GT22-3090 is a monster truck of a gaming PC, and you're paying for the privilege. The one thing you need to know is that this thing is built to crush any game you throw at it, now and for the foreseeable future, thanks to its top-of-the-line Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and NVIDIA RTX 5090 combo. But it's also a classic case of diminishing returns, where you're spending a ton of extra cash for bragging rights over slightly more sensible high-end builds.

Looking at our database, the performance is predictably insane. The CPU sits in the 97th percentile and the GPU is in the 93rd, which basically means there's nothing faster on the market right now. What surprised us, in a bad way, was the RAM score landing in the 9th percentile. For a $4,670 machine, you'd expect top-tier, high-speed memory, but the included 64GB of DDR5-5600 is just okay. It's fast enough not to bottleneck that beastly CPU and GPU, but it feels like a corner was cut on a no-expense-spared build.

Worth it? For 99% of gamers, absolutely not. You're paying nearly five grand for a PC that will get you maybe 10-15% more frames than a system costing $1,500 less. The value proposition is terrible unless your budget is truly unlimited and you must have the absolute best, right now.

If you want similar brute force but better value, look at the Corsair Vengeance a7400. It often packs the same tier of components for less money. The Dell Alienware Aurora is the other big brand competitor; it's often more expensive for similar specs, but sometimes has better deals on financing. Both are smarter financial moves than this Omen. The MSI MEG Vision X is in the same 'luxury flagship' category, but often includes more unique cooling or design features for your money.

If you're looking for the best performance per dollar, this isn't it. Go get a Corsair Vengeance a7400 or build your own. Also skip it if you have any space constraints—this thing is a literal tower.

We can't recommend buying this. It's an incredible machine, but it's a flex, not a smart purchase. For the same money, you could build an identically-specced PC yourself and save hundreds, or buy a prebuilt from a less flashy brand and get more storage or faster RAM. Only get this if you have money to burn and zero interest in tinkering.