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Lenovo IdeaCentre 5 Gaming Desktop: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 12-Core, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, RTX 3060 12GB, Win 11
$899.97
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Model: 90T00003US
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See you in a few generations...
Edit LOL dang meant the 3060ti or 3070
They're designed to under-cut the machines to ensure your product is as sub-optimal as the money they can squeeze out of you.
That's why i always recommend learning how to build a system from scratch. Not only is it rewarding, but you know you are putting quality parts in your machine that are built to last...
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Edit LOL dang meant the 3060ti or 3070
See you in a few generations...
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I wonder if the 500w psu is standard size because if you upgrade the gpu you'll have to upgrade that too.
Lenovo says only 2x m.2 and one is wlan.
https://psref.lenovo.co
Can I pull the wlan chip and add another nvme?
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Thanks missed that
i7-12700
16GB
3060 12GB
1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe
Compact, super quiet, works decently.
However:
- Using Bluetooth causes Wifi to drop out. I read this can happen due to frequency interference, etc. Maybe a router setting could fix it, but never had this issue with many many other tested devices.
- Actual performance soft-limited by Lenovo, hard-limited by stock cooler. CPU benchmarks ~50% of expected performance (Cinebench R23). Lenovo limits PL1 (low CPU power mode) to 55W, and PL2 (boost power mode) to 169W. Intel specifies 65W and 180W respectively. Even when I max out all available settings (using Intel XTU software), I can only achieve ~60-70% of the expected performance for a stock i7-12700.
It's a decent system, but desktops are like laptops these days--the specs are useless. i7 i5 i9999 they're all throttled by various mechanisms and cut-corners so you don't actually get the performance you think you're buying.
i7-12700
16GB
3060 12GB
1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe
Compact, super quiet, works decently.
However:
- Using Bluetooth causes Wifi to drop out. I read this can happen due to frequency interference, etc. Maybe a router setting could fix it, but never had this issue with many many other tested devices.
- Actual performance soft-limited by Lenovo, hard-limited by stock cooler. CPU benchmarks ~50% of expected performance (Cinebench R23). Lenovo limits PL1 (low CPU power mode) to 55W, and PL2 (boost power mode) to 169W. Intel specifies 65W and 180W respectively. Even when I max out all available settings (using Intel XTU software), I can only achieve ~60-70% of the expected performance for a stock i7-12700.
It's a decent system, but desktops are like laptops these days--the specs are useless. i7 i5 i9999 they're all throttled by various mechanisms and cut-corners so you don't actually get the performance you think you're buying.
That's why i don't trust pre-built systems no matter how good the price is
They're designed to under-cut the machines to ensure your product is as sub-optimal as the money they can squeeze out of you.
That's why i always recommend learning how to build a system from scratch. Not only is it rewarding, but you know you are putting quality parts in your machine that are built to last...