YouTuber discovers dry ice can indeed cool your gaming PC, if you have a very specific model from a very specific manufacturer
A YouTuber known for creative PC cooling experiments discovered that dry ice can effectively cool a gaming PC, but only when used with a specific HP Omen model featuring a dedicated 'Cryo Chamber' cooling system. Placing dry ice in the isolated chamber below the AIO radiator lowered CPU idle temperatures to 34°C, slightly better than regular ice. While the cooling improvement is notable, it results in only minimal performance gains for gaming.
- ▪The YouTuber used dry ice to cool an HP Omen Max 45L gaming PC with a special 'Cryo Chamber' cooling system.
- ▪Dry ice placed in the chamber reduced CPU idle temps to 34°C, beating regular ice by a few degrees.
- ▪Directly placing dry ice on the AIO radiator is risky and can damage components due to melting and condensation.
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Hardware Cooling YouTuber discovers dry ice can indeed cool your gaming PC, if you have a very specific model from a very specific manufacturer News By Andy Edser published 1 May 2026 Still, we've all had our fun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I added Dry Ice to OMEN's $6,500 PC - YouTube Watch On Hey, it's mryeester again. We've covered this particular YouTuber's attempts to build an infinite ice-based CPU cooler, and edible thermal paste.
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