New for CES 2019, the HP Omen Obelisk is a tightly designed gaming desktop brimming with cutting-edg
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Most high-powered gaming desktops come in sizable towers, taking up a big chunk of your desk or floor space. A handful of pre-built, space-saving options out there come in small cases, while the HP Omen Obelisk lands somewhere in the middle. With a traditional desktop tower shape but a compact size, the Obelisk comes with all the latest components for enthusiast-level gaming. Considering the size, it’s certainly impressive that it can pack up to an Intel Core i9-9900K processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card, and all the parts and cooling needed to run them effectively. It will be available starting in March for $2,249.99, but for now, let’s take a closer look at what’s inside.
Despite packing the latest components and requisite cooling hardware (liquid cooling for the CPU, in this case), the Obelisk stands at just 20.31 by 11.77 by 19.53 inches (HWD). That’s not especially tiny, exactly, but it’s on the smaller side for its class and the footprint is really small. (Most of the case extends up rather than sprawling across your desk.
