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Jun 22, 2024 10:35 PM

Costco Members: Lenovo IdeaCentre 3i Desktop: i5-14400, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

$415

$600

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Lenovo IdeaCentre 3i Desktop (90VT0065US) on sale for $399.99. Shipping is $14.99.

Thanks to Community Member whenry83 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Intel i5-14400 10-Core (6P+4E) / 16-Thread Processor
  • 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
  • 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Integrated Intel UHD 730 Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.1
  • Wired Keyboard & Mouse
  • 260W Power Supply
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (Support Data Transfer and 5V @ 3A Charging)
    • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x VGA Out
    • 1x RJ-45
    • 1x HDMI-Out 2.1
    • 1x Headphone/Microphone Combination Jack
    • 1x Microphone Jack

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $160.01 lower than the next best available comparable prices starting from $574.99. -SaltyOne
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Lenovo IdeaCentre 3i Desktop (90VT0065US) on sale for $399.99. Shipping is $14.99.

Thanks to Community Member whenry83 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Intel i5-14400 10-Core (6P+4E) / 16-Thread Processor
  • 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
  • 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Integrated Intel UHD 730 Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.1
  • Wired Keyboard & Mouse
  • 260W Power Supply
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (Support Data Transfer and 5V @ 3A Charging)
    • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x VGA Out
    • 1x RJ-45
    • 1x HDMI-Out 2.1
    • 1x Headphone/Microphone Combination Jack
    • 1x Microphone Jack

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $160.01 lower than the next best available comparable prices starting from $574.99. -SaltyOne
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.

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Written by whenry83

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Mine arrived today and after some quick testing here are my initial impressions.
Size: This thing is tiny (photos below).
Performance: I installed my favorite video and RAW image processing software and put it through some quick paces. It performed very well on all tasks, navigating and rendering files and effects more rapidly than my 6 month old ThinkPad X1 Carbon with an i7-1365U processor and 32GB RAM. This is out of the box with the installed 16GB RAM. I haven't set up multiple monitors yet but am eager to see how it does.
This little desktop is cool and silent. There are benefits to small power supplies and no GPU.
Power cord is short -- about 5 feet long.
It's definitely not designed with mods in mind (but we knew that). You need to use a screwdriver to open it up.
The 3.5" SATA HD cage is very accessible and adding a one will be a piece of cake.
Upgrading RAM will be a more labor but not hard. The RAM slots are under the 3.5" drive cage, which means you have to remove the side and front panels, unplug the HD from the motherboard, unscrew the HD cage and lift it up, install the new RAM stick, and then put everything back.
This model is new so there weren't any YouTube videos I could find. Here are some photos: Image 1 [ibb.co] Image 2 [ibb.co]. The size of the HD cage should give you an idea of how small the desktop is.

EDITED: Removed the bullet about the rear audio out. I found it. :-)
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Here is what I was able to glean from the specs (corrections are welcome):

HDMI Out is likely limited to 1080p max resolution is 3840x2160@60Hz (4K@60Hz);
The RAM is single stick (16GB x1);
There is one empty RAM slot (2 slots total);
There are no PCI-e expansion slots;
There is room for one extra hard drive.
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dclive
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Smokin' deal. This is a fast machine in 2024.

This is not a 'basic' desktop unless your criteria is 'gaming GPU graphics', in which case, yes, get something else; the 260W PSU won't allow adding big PCIe GPU muscle. I see no clear way to even add PCIe cards, which is a bit of a surprise. The website makes no reference to this in the ports and slots section, and I can't find the manual.

For everyone else, this is a cheap, fully ready to go screaming fast machine with fully current CPU - at around $200 less (plus Costco returns, warranty) vs. almost anywhere else.
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Jun 23, 2024 4:04 PM
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dcliveJun 23, 2024 4:04 PM
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Quote from paulhenta View quoted comment :
I still Would prefer the ms-01 by minisforum with the lowest intel cpu for $399 for this purpose just because its more versatile io wise and can accept a gpu. I know this cpu is technically faster but that wont matter.
This. https://store.minisforum.com/prod...5972093173

$499 includes i9-12900. But what makes this box special is the IO available:

1. Intel vPro for easy remote management and power on/off and screen control
2. 2 10GBe NICs (Intel X710!!!)
3. 2 2.5GBe NICs
4. 96GB max ram (2x48GB DIMMs) [https://forums.servethehome.com/i...ad.42785/]
5. USB4 (for 40GB/s expansion options)
6. All the normal USB, NVME (3x!!!), etc. options

$679 with 32GB / 1TB NVME.

Great for a VMware ESXi farm, particularly if 10GBe is available on your network. It's fast.
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Jun 23, 2024 4:06 PM
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dcliveJun 23, 2024 4:06 PM
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Quote from Zeleboba View quoted comment :
Even though price is good , you give up too much on future upgradeability for my taste - case, mb, cpu fan, psu and even disk are the usual suspects, usually you get all cheapest components except cpu. I bought a bunch of pre-builds as well as built my own pcs, and building your own always seemed a better decision once you considering an upgrade later. But for some people pre builds will be a good choice because of warranty and not having to build anything, just consider the limitations.
Agreed. This $400 box is for the vast majority that never open anything. They buy it, use it for 5 years, then discard it. And for them, this is perfect.
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caged_rageJun 23, 2024 4:09 PM
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I'm not a PC gamer, so can someone tell me if this would do well for Sims 4? My wife has wanted to get back into this game. It's the only real PC game that would be played on this as I'm a console player.
Jun 23, 2024 4:12 PM
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dcliveJun 23, 2024 4:12 PM
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Quote from caged_rage View quoted comment :
I'm not a PC gamer, so can someone tell me if this would do well for Sims 4? My wife has wanted to get back into this game. It's the only real PC game that would be played on this as I'm a console player.
Did you google the requirements for Sims 4 ? Here they are: https://help.ea.com/en/help/the-s...uirements/

The Intel 770 graphics meet minimum requirements, and honestly, even though they're a low end integrated graphics solution, they're probably better than the recommended requirements also; the game is very old. I see posts from 2018 of people running TS4 on integrated graphics at medium settings; even with a few TS4 updates between 2018 and 2024, I suspect the 770 UHD would do 'high' at a modest resolution without issue.
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Jun 23, 2024 4:19 PM
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warrenw3000Jun 23, 2024 4:19 PM
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No monitor?
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Jun 23, 2024 4:22 PM
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SiavashSJun 23, 2024 4:22 PM
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This is a great deal. The only issue for me is that it seems there are only two ports on this motherboard for monitors. Can someone confirm this please?

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Jun 23, 2024 4:24 PM
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wrufaiJun 23, 2024 4:24 PM
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Quote from SiavashS View quoted comment :
This is a great deal. The only issue for me is that it seems there are only two ports on this motherboard for monitors. Can someone confirm this please?
That is correct. You can do one HDMI and one VGA monitor.
Jun 23, 2024 4:25 PM
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wrufaiJun 23, 2024 4:25 PM
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Quote from warrenw3000 View quoted comment :
No monitor?
Quote from warrenw3000 View quoted comment :
No monitor?
At this price point, you will rarely see monitors included.
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smartdealsJun 23, 2024 4:38 PM
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no full size motherboard no buy
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TheEdgeJun 23, 2024 4:42 PM
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Quote from Lilyly View quoted comment :
no win pro. no remote desktop. no bitlocker.

plus, op "forgot" to include another $15 shipping to his title for his own convenience.
If the person who asked wasn't sure which was the better deal, they probably don't have a need for anything you mentioned. And I believe I've seen Win 11 Pro licenses for ~$20 or so if they did.
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Jcv911Jun 23, 2024 4:57 PM
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Quote from Lilyly View quoted comment :
so they can harvest your personal info or naked Picts. you think your wiping is good enough? only Hilarys hammer can destroy the hard drives.
Nobody wants to see you naked. They won't be taking your pics
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dxxviJun 23, 2024 4:59 PM
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Quote from DRILLINDK View quoted comment :
Wish it was Windows Professional
If you want to give it a try:
disconnect Internet, Settings | System | Activation | Change Product Key, use this generic key VK7JG - NPHTM - C97JM - 9MPGT - 3V66T. Finally run this in powershell irm https:// get. activated. win/get | iex

Don't forget to remove some unnecessary spaces in the instruction above.
Jun 23, 2024 5:07 PM
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dxxviJun 23, 2024 5:07 PM
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Why is it not in a mini pc form? A $310 2-year old beelink ser5 can handle 3 4k monitors. This one can do only 1. However, this one has a much faster cpu (~ 85% faster).

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UTjunkieJun 23, 2024 7:46 PM
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Is this slim or fullsized, or somewhere in between?

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