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I searched online that microcenter does ship , however every time I go into their site , pretty much everything I look at , shipping is grayed out , no phone number to call and the chat section keeps glitching and can't send a customized message to get in touch with a rep 🤔
First thing to do is to remove the pre-installed antivirus and just go with windows defender and the the free malwarebytes... its all you need. Next thing to do is check for updates in the vantage app, update (I dont recommend bios updates) and then uninstall the vantage app. The next thing to do is download Lenovo Legion toolkit here:
That is essentially Vantage but uses much less resources.
The next thing to do is type "Startup Apps" in the search bar in windows 11.
Disable everything except the realtek audio driver and the windows security notifications.
Reboot..
Next update your geforce drivers (open geforce experience).
Next, install the xbox app and xbox accessories app if you are an xbox controller user and gamepass user.
Next, go into nvidia control panel and make sure in the settings that power management mode says "Maximum performance"
Next, make sure enable G-sync is selected for the laptop display in nvidia control panel.
Next, download steam, gog, and epic games and make sure to get your free weekly epic game (farming sim right now).
next, if you are gamepass user, download the new Hellblade 2 to test your system, its a next-gen game that looks insane on this laptop. Some games are crashing with RTX ray tracing enabled (Witcher 3 for example).
next, go ahead and type startup apps again and disable anything except the mentioned above..
Lastly, remember to user the FN-Q keyboard command often... if you are not gaming, make sure the power light is on blue...
The only negative of this laptop is getting the bottom cover off... took me an hour and i almost threw it againnst the wall... youtube is your friend for a walkthrough... and a guitar pick or something similar. I threw in a samsung 990 2tb for the secondary d: drive for all my games... runs great.
Last edited by scrapplejoe May 25, 2024 at 08:43 AM.
Briefly owned one and returned it, but that's only because I have a very niche use case... and the replacement machine wasn't actually that good... I should have just kept this Lenovo. It's a great deal at this price. Temps were excellent, and performance was top tier. I highly recommend it, and wish I'd just kept it instead of paying twice as much for an MSI Titan. It's a monster machine with surprisingly good temps.
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Two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, dual-channel capable
Max Memory: Up to 32GB DDR5-5600 offering"
This's from https://psref.lenovo.co
There's a big chance that you can install 2x32GB DDR5
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Two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, dual-channel capable
Max Memory: Up to 32GB DDR5-5600 offering"
This's from https://psref.lenovo.co
There's a big chance that you can install 2x32GB DDR5
This is a good price. Two months ago saw a HP Onen 17 with similar config but only win 11 home and RTX4090 for 2.1k.
Came from a razor 2080..
My review:
First thing to do is to remove the pre-installed antivirus and just go with windows defender and the the free malwarebytes... its all you need. Next thing to do is check for updates in the vantage app, update (I dont recommend bios updates) and then uninstall the vantage app. The next thing to do is download Lenovo Legion toolkit here:
https://github.com/BartoszCicheck.
That is essentially Vantage but uses much less resources.
The next thing to do is type "Startup Apps" in the search bar in windows 11.
Disable everything except the realtek audio driver and the windows security notifications.
Reboot..
Next update your geforce drivers (open geforce experience).
Next, install the xbox app and xbox accessories app if you are an xbox controller user and gamepass user.
Next, go into nvidia control panel and make sure in the settings that power management mode says "Maximum performance"
Next, make sure enable G-sync is selected for the laptop display in nvidia control panel.
Next, download steam, gog, and epic games and make sure to get your free weekly epic game (farming sim right now).
next, if you are gamepass user, download the new Hellblade 2 to test your system, its a next-gen game that looks insane on this laptop. Some games are crashing with RTX ray tracing enabled (Witcher 3 for example).
next, go ahead and type startup apps again and disable anything except the mentioned above..
Lastly, remember to user the FN-Q keyboard command often... if you are not gaming, make sure the power light is on blue...
The only negative of this laptop is getting the bottom cover off... took me an hour and i almost threw it againnst the wall... youtube is your friend for a walkthrough... and a guitar pick or something similar. I threw in a samsung 990 2tb for the secondary d: drive for all my games... runs great.
Currently, only MC is selling it.
This model comes with 2 x 1tb ssd. So need to remove one to upgrade
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