Lenovo IdeaCentre 5 PC (Refurb): Ryzen 7 5700G, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, RTX 3060 Expired

I ordered one of the Intel models and had to send it back due to Motherboard issues; thankfully they refunded without issue. Lenovo went cheap with the Motherboard for this model by not placing any heatsinks on the VRM's and instead choose to use the default Intel Turbo Max Duration of about 50 seconds(most manufacturers bypass this and go for thermal throttling instead) on 100% load and collapse to 3.4ghz at a locked 65w. The one I had would actually collapse after 2 seconds on 100% load and go down to 2.7ghz at 65w, so mine wasn't even hitting standard spec.

The AMD version has a problem in that it's using one of the 5xxx G series APU's that only support PCIe 3.0, decreasing GPU performance by up to 20%. This also means that the M.2 SSD is slower for Direct Storage support in upcoming games. Thankfully the Intel Model is sporting a Micron PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD that is comparable to a Crucial P5 Plus with a better heatsink and is a reasonable 6400Read/5000Write for Direct Storage. Both of these PC's are using DDR4 which hurts a little but it's really just a few FPS difference from DDR5-4800.

These systems are restocked daily and for a starter Gaming PC the Intel model isn't that bad aside from the fact it only has one M.2 NVMe X4 slot and the drive is 512GB. It will be a little annoying but you can store older games on the slow 7200 RPM HDD. If the intel is OOS then check back tomorrow and they will probably have more. The AMD one is at an end of life period and should be avoided unless they discount it more.

for $725 you can get it brand new with a warranty. https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-0001-00FR1

i don't know if saving $80 is worth getting a refurb, that was probably sent back because it had issues in the first place

You should state that its refurbished in the post title.