OMEN 2026: HP’s 16L desktop pairs Core i7-14650HX with RTX 3050 to RTX 5060 Ti
HP has listed the OMEN 2026 gaming desktop in China as part of the OMEN 16L line. It uses Intel’s Core i7-14650HX (8P + 8E) . If that sounds confusing, you are probably right, because HX chips are normally used in laptops, not desktops. HP is taking a similar approach to Lenovo, which has been using mobile HX parts as embedded CPUs in budget desktop systems. The silicon is the same, but you cannot upgrade the CPU later, so keep that in mind.
Buyers can pick from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, RTX 5060 8GB, RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, or RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. All SKUs ship with DDR5 memory and a PCIe 4.0 SSD, plus a second drive bay reserved for expansion.
Source: HP
Power comes from a 400W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU (which is really low wattage for desktop PC). Cooling uses a front 120mm intake fan, a rear 90mm exhaust fan, and a tower CPU cooler rated for 110W. Front I/O includes three USB-A 5Gbps ports, one USB-C 10Gbps port, and a 3.5mm combo audio jack. Rear I/O lists three audio jacks, one 1GbE RJ45 port, and four USB-A 480Mbps ports, while the GPU provides one HDMI and three DisplayPort outputs.
Sales start on December 29. Pricing:
- 5,699 RMB ( about $813 ) for RTX 3050 8GB with 16GB + 512GB,
- 6,799 RMB (about $970 ) for RTX 5060 8GB with 16GB + 1TB,
- 7,299 RMB (about $1,042 ) for RTX 5060 8GB with 32GB + 1TB,
- 8,299 RMB (about $1,185 ) for RTX 5060 Ti 8GB with 32GB + 1TB,
- 8,799 RMB (about $1,256 ) for RTX 5060 Ti 16GB with 32GB + 1TB.
This is another 2026 prebuilt that leans on Raptor Lake-era silicon instead of a newer desktop platform. MSI recently took a similar budget approach with its Infinite E1 in China, using an older LGA-1700 board and DDR4 to keep costs down.
Source: HP (JD)
