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apparently when gaming some people get a little overheated they even get sweaty ears now it doesn't have to be personally but I've heard about it and HP wants to do something about that with their brand new omen mine frame advanced gaming headset it claims to be a set of headphones that will actually keep you cool while you're gaming so we're gonna take a peek we're gonna plug it in we're gonna try it out I've got them right here and this looks like a pretty standard set of gaming headphones it's got a little fold-out microphone it connects via a USB and inside instead of panning or fabric on the inside of the ear cups there's actually metal and I actually have my temperature gun right here and if I do a little check on the inside with a little laser pointer it's about 78 degrees on the inside of the ear cup keep that in mind we're gonna come back to that number later we're gonna take these we're gonna plug them in via a USB to my little desktop right here got it on the first try and that means the headphones turn on and we should see a little light here and a little light there on the microphone and right away you can tell the thermoelectric plates are turning on they're very similar to little plug in USB accessories you would see for computers where it's a little pad with a circle on it and you plug it into your USB port and you put a soda-can on it and it makes the soda cold after a while and I can already feel it getting a little chilly I'm gonna slip these headphones on right now play a little Tomb Raider and let's see how hot things get I don't really get overheated while gaming I don't have sweaty years I swear I do not but if you do get a little hot when you're playing something like fortnight or another competitive game which I'm no good at I could see wanting to cool off a little bit so right now I can feel just by putting my fingers on the plate that is actually very cold on the inside and it's getting warmer on the outside as the heat is transported from the inner part of the panel to the outer part take my handy temperature gun again and now in the interior I'm down to about 67 65 in some places generally about 67 that's a full 10 degrees cooler in just a couple of minutes than what we were when we started do you need self cooling headphones probably not but these have all the other features you're looking for in a standard set of gaming headphones it's got the flip down mic it's got seven point one virtual surround sound big cushy cups and an adjustable head strap and of course you plug them in they get cold that's HP's new mind frame headset available now for just two hundred frosty dollars