expired Posted by Conscious • Feb 9, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 6:07 AM
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Item 1 of 8
expired Posted by Conscious • Feb 9, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 6:07 AM
Lenovo - Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-12700 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD - Black $999.99
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I'm not experienced with XMP and can see how not supporting this, if accurate, might limit the ability to fully utilize high-performance RAM, but I don't see how this limits RAM choices to what is only available new directly from Lenovo.
ibuypower or skytech are good since they use standardized parts. But according to Gamer's Nexus the parts are not installed correctly so you may have to reapply thermal paste to the CPU. Also ibuypower has a sticker that says "assembled from tested components (complete system not tested)". So be prepared to troubleshoot your PC. The OEM PCs should work fine right out of the box but most use proprietary parts.
Windows 11 Home
Short answer: yes.
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Windows 11 Home
Short answer: yes.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=65018
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=65018
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I had to call M$FT to get the key activated, but they did it no problem.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=6501813 [bestbuy.com]
The 11th gen microcenter one is even worse, that was a botched generation intel cpu.
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Before I saw this deal today, I just picked up an ibuypower "slatemesh2070" with an i7-12700F CPU and an RTX3060 GPU (also from Best Buy) on sale for $150 more.
Had not heard about the brand since I switched from desktops to laptops a while back. However when I sorted by rating on bestbuy.com, the ibuypower was right at the top with a 4.8 / 5 rating (across just under 700 reviews) and is 97% recommended.
Also read some people who have had them for years with great reliability.
I have have not opened it yet though while checking alternatives.
The ibuypower has a bigger PSU than the Legion in this deal.
The Ibuypower has a 600W PSU (Thermaltake I believe) vs. only a 500W PSU on the Legion Tower 5i. PSU size is important with these RTX30xx cards
The ibuypower has a 512GB SSD vs 256GB on the Legion (I would get extra SSDs, so not a huge deal for me, but larger SSD drives tend to last longer = higher TBW).
The PSU is a bigger deal to me.
Also it seems the Legion is a midsize case so, as I believe someone pointed out here on SD. So getting a new motherboard for the Legion might require a proprietary model (just in case of failure or to support a potential motherboard upgrade down the road).
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