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product_id: 373834573
title: "2021 - IdeaPad Gaming 3 - Laptop Computer - 15.6\" FHD Display -120Hz - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H - 8GB RAM - 256GB Storage - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - Windows 11 Home"
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# AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 6 cores, 3.3GHz boost NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 4GB GDDR6 VRAM 15.6" FHD IPS display, 120Hz refresh rate 2021 - IdeaPad Gaming 3 - Laptop Computer - 15.6" FHD Display -120Hz - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H - 8GB RAM - 256GB Storage - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - Windows 11 Home

**Brand:** lenovo
**Price:** 1116309CFA
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎯 Level up your game and grind with style — power meets portability!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 2021 - IdeaPad Gaming 3 - Laptop Computer - 15.6" FHD Display -120Hz - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H - 8GB RAM - 256GB Storage - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - Windows 11 Home by lenovo
- **How much does it cost?** 1116309CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- lenovo enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted lenovo brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Fluid Visuals:** 120Hz FHD IPS display ensures ultra-smooth, tear-free gameplay
- • **Dedicated Graphics:** NVIDIA GTX 1650 GPU supercharges modern game graphics with 4GB VRAM
- • **Ready to Game & Work:** Spacious backlit keyboard with 1.5mm key travel for precision and comfort
- • **Stay Connected & Cool:** WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and advanced thermal system keep you online and chill
- • **Powerhouse Performance:** 6-core Ryzen 5 CPU delivers seamless multitasking and gaming power

## Overview

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (2021) is a sleek, Shadow Black 15.6" gaming laptop powered by AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics. Featuring a 120Hz FHD IPS display, 8GB DDR4 RAM, and 256GB PCIe SSD, it balances high-performance gaming with everyday productivity. Enhanced by a backlit gaming keyboard, Nahimic audio, and a robust thermal system, it offers smooth visuals and responsive controls. Connectivity includes WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, HDMI, USB-C, and Ethernet. Ideal for millennials seeking a budget-friendly, portable gaming rig that doubles as a professional workhorse.

## Description

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 escalates your game and levels the playing field. Engineered with the latest generation AMD Ryzen™ 5000 H-Series processors and NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics, DDR4 memory and PCIe SSD storage options, this gaming laptop projects a quiet and serene confidence with smooth, crystal-clear visuals and seamless gameplay. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 also stays cool, with a reengineered high-performance thermal system that keeps you playing without worry. Enjoy the clear 1080p FHD display with a 120Hz refresh rate for tear-free gaming, and blazing-fast NVIDIA® GeForce GTX™ 1650 GPU to supercharge today's most popular games, including modern titles. Plus, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 is also stunning visually turned on or off with a sleek Shadow Black exterior that is perfect from the classroom to the dorm room.A gaming laptop needs great gaming inputs, and the IdeaPad Gaming 3 has what it takes to make all the difference. Play your favorite PC gaming titles on the spacious, high-caliber gaming keyboard with white backlighting and 1.5 mm of key travel, and a 120 x 70 mm one-piece PTP Gaming TouchPad. Stay connected with the 720p HD webcam and microphone array with privacy shutter, 2x2 WiFi 802.11 ax, and Bluetooth® 5.0. Ports include RJ45, HDMI™ 2.0, USB-C, USB 3.0, and an audio combo jack. At home or on the go, this slim laptop computer offers 8 hours* of battery life and Rapid Charge Pro for quick recharging.*All battery life claims are approximate and based on results using the MobileMark® 2018 v1.0.2.46 battery life benchmark test. Actual battery life will vary and depends on many factors such as product configuration and usage, software use, wireless functionality, power management settings, and screen brightness. The maximum capacity of the battery will decrease with time and use.

Review: Great budget gaming laptop - Quality feel, responsive and easy to upgrade. I don't play a lot of demanding titles, but this pc preforms well in games like WOW, Minecraft Dungeons, ESO and Genshin. It works nicely for office work and other media consumption as well. Pros: Keyboard has a nice tactile response, and the typing experience is enjoyable even if a little truncated. That is to say that the 10 key (numbers pad) is a bit on the smaller side. It feels natural after a few hours of typing. It is backlit which is also nice. The screen, to me, is more than bright enough and the colors are vibrant. Not as good as my desktop monitor but way better than any of my budget media/office laptops. It was very easy to upgrade as well. Included the bracket, connector, and screws to mount a 2.5 inch drive. Cons: There is a lack of ports, which I knew when I bought it and is not a deal breaker but is worth mentioning. Two usb a (3rd gen), one usb c (data only), an hdmi, a combo audio jack and a proprietary power port. A third usb a (even if only 2.0) would have been nice, on the opposing/lefthand side as would a car reader. I also don't understand the lack of usb c charging in this day and age but that seems to be a common issue with gaming laptops (at many price points) so I would hold that against it. It did not include a standoff of adding a second M.2 NVME even though there is a slot for it. Not the end of the world but odd, nonetheless. Battery life is nonexistent. 2-3 hours of mixed use and less than an hour when gaming. Overall: I must say that I am happy so far. As I said, it was easy to upgrade and is quite responsive both in office work and at gaming. If what you are looking for is portable gaming setup, this might be for you. Or you want to do some light media editing. It also does office/schoolwork and media consumption well, as it should. Makes a great alternative to trying to buy a graphics card for your desktop at the moment too. Quality seems to be there; it is your use case that will decide if this pc is for you. Want a portable gaming setup that can do office/schoolwork, some light editing and media consumption? Then this might be for you. On the other hand, if you want a work/school pc that can game on the side I might look for something with good integrated graphics that is lighter and has better battery life. That call is going to be on you. As long as you understand what you are buying, I think you will be happy with this laptop. I know I am.
Review: Great general purpose laptop - Ive had it for a few days now and I have been pretty satisfied with it (I'm using it to type this review) I mainly got it so that I could bring a PC when I am staying over at my friends house instead of bringing my entire tower, monitor, etc etc... It runs WarThunder on high, runs modded fallout new vegas stutter free and of course it can play mine craft, it can also host a minecraft server fairly well. The only thing on this laptop that I would change right out of the box is just put an extra 8gb of ram in it, I think that would help it run a lot of the newer games. storage is bad but the biggest game I have installed on this is 50gb and the rest of what I have installed is no more a few gb per game. I still have some room to spare for what ever I need it for but will be considering an SSD in the future.

## Features

- Fueled by the revolutionary AMD Ryzen 5000 H-Series mobile processor, this IdeaPad gaming laptop delivers the wins; with 6 ultra-responsive cores, it's the new standard for gaming performance in innovative, thin, and light laptops
- Includes free 3-month trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - Play over 100 high-quality PC games on Windows PC; includes iconic Bethesda games, new day one titles, and the EA Play on PC catalog
- 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU to supercharge your favorite games - Slingshot your gaming visuals with 120Hz refresh rate for tear-free gaming
- 8GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM memory and 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD storage
- 2 x 2W speakers with Nahimic Audio for Gamers; spacious gaming keyboard with white backlight; RJ45 Ethernet, 2x2 WiFi 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.0; 720p HD webcam and microphone array with privacy shutter; HDMI, USB-C

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09BDFTX65 |
| Audio Output Type | Speakers |
| Audio Recording | No |
| Automatic Backup Software Included | Webcam |
| Battery Average Life Standby | 8 Hours |
| Battery Cell Type | Lithium Polymer |
| Battery Life | 8 Hours |
| Best Sellers Rank | #81,429 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) #14,230 in Traditional Laptop Computers |
| Bluetooth support? | Yes |
| Brand | Lenovo |
| Built-In Media | Computer, Charger, User Guide, 2.5 HDD/SSD bracket + cable kit (within the PC) |
| CPU Model | Ryzen 5 |
| CPU Model Number | 5600H |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 6 |
| Camera Description | Front |
| Color | Shadow Black |
| Connectivity Technology | Bluetooth, Ethernet, HDMI, USB |
| Control Method | Touch |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005 Reviews |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 1920x1080 |
| Display Technology | LCD |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Form Factor | Laptop |
| Graphics Card Ram | 4 GB |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 |
| Graphics Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Ram Type | GDDR6 |
| Hard Disk Description | SSD |
| Hard Disk Interface | USB |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Hard Disk Size | 256 GB |
| Hard-Drive Size | 256 GB |
| Hardware Interface | Bluetooth 5, Ethernet, HDMI, USB, USB Type C |
| Has Color Screen | No |
| Human-Interface Input | Keyboard, Microphone |
| Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 16"L x 1"W x 12"Th |
| Item Weight | 6.9 Pounds |
| Keyboard Description | Gaming |
| Keyboard Layout | QWERTY |
| Lithium-Battery Energy Content | 45 Watt Hours |
| Manufacturer | Lenovo |
| Memory Clock Speed | 3200 MHz |
| Memory Slots Available | 2 |
| Memory Speed | 3200 MHz |
| Model Name | Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 |
| Model Number | 82K200UTUS |
| Model Year | 2021 |
| Native Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Number Of Cells | 3 |
| Number of Ports | 6 |
| Operating System | Windows 11 |
| Optical Storage Device | No Optical Drive |
| Other Special Features of the Product | Anti Glare Coating |
| Processor Brand | AMD |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Processor Series | Ryzen 5 |
| Processor Speed | 3.3 |
| RAM Memory Installed | 8 GB |
| RAM Memory Technology | DDR4 |
| RAM Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
| Ram Memory Maximum Size | 32 GB |
| Resolution | 720p |
| Screen Size | 15.6 Inches |
| Specific Uses For Product | Gaming |
| Supported Monitor Maximum Quantity | 1 |
| Total Number of HDMI Ports | 1 |
| Total Usb Ports | 1 |
| UPC | 196118026053 |
| Video Processor | NVIDIA |
| Virtual Reality Ready | No |
| Voltage | 5 Volts |
| Warranty Description | 1 Year Limited |
| Webcam Capability | Yes |
| Wireless Compability | 802.11ax |
| Wireless Technology | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Lenovo
- **CPU Model:** Ryzen 5
- **Color:** Shadow Black
- **Graphics Card Description:** Dedicated
- **Hard Disk Size:** 256 GB
- **Model Name:** Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3
- **Operating System:** Windows 11
- **Ram Memory Installed Size:** 8 GB
- **Screen Size:** 15.6 Inches
- **Special Feature:** Anti Glare Coating

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can the ram be upgrated?**
A: The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15 Laptop, model number 82K200UTUS, ships with 8GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM (1x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200MHz RAM), there are two DDR4 SO-DIMM slots, dual-channel capable.  The maximum RAM this model configuration can support is:  Up to 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM.  We recommend you consult with your certified technician about your RAM upgrade options.

**Q: Is the keyboard rgb? Im buying it for a friend and this was the one thing she requested it have**
A: No.
The keyboard comes with only a white color.

**Q: Se puede cambiar el disco duro?**
A: Esta computadora portátil para juegos Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15, número de modelo 82K200UTUS, se envía con un disco duro de estado sólido de 256 GB M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe instalado. La capacidad máxima de almacenamiento que puede soportar la configuración de este modelo es: hasta dos discos, 1x 2.5" HDD + 1x M.2 2242 SSD o 1x M.2 2242/2280 SSD + 1x M.2 2242 SSD
• Unidad de disco duro de 2,5" de hasta 1 TB
• SSD M.2 2242 de hasta 512 GB
• SSD M.2 2280 de hasta 1 TB
Le recomendamos que consulte con su técnico certificado acerca de sus opciones de actualización de almacenamiento.

**Q: Would this game be able to play sim games such as Cities Skylines with the mods?**
A: Yes

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great budget gaming laptop
*by B***A on February 3, 2022*

Quality feel, responsive and easy to upgrade. I don't play a lot of demanding titles, but this pc preforms well in games like WOW, Minecraft Dungeons, ESO and Genshin. It works nicely for office work and other media consumption as well. Pros: Keyboard has a nice tactile response, and the typing experience is enjoyable even if a little truncated. That is to say that the 10 key (numbers pad) is a bit on the smaller side. It feels natural after a few hours of typing. It is backlit which is also nice. The screen, to me, is more than bright enough and the colors are vibrant. Not as good as my desktop monitor but way better than any of my budget media/office laptops. It was very easy to upgrade as well. Included the bracket, connector, and screws to mount a 2.5 inch drive. Cons: There is a lack of ports, which I knew when I bought it and is not a deal breaker but is worth mentioning. Two usb a (3rd gen), one usb c (data only), an hdmi, a combo audio jack and a proprietary power port. A third usb a (even if only 2.0) would have been nice, on the opposing/lefthand side as would a car reader. I also don't understand the lack of usb c charging in this day and age but that seems to be a common issue with gaming laptops (at many price points) so I would hold that against it. It did not include a standoff of adding a second M.2 NVME even though there is a slot for it. Not the end of the world but odd, nonetheless. Battery life is nonexistent. 2-3 hours of mixed use and less than an hour when gaming. Overall: I must say that I am happy so far. As I said, it was easy to upgrade and is quite responsive both in office work and at gaming. If what you are looking for is portable gaming setup, this might be for you. Or you want to do some light media editing. It also does office/schoolwork and media consumption well, as it should. Makes a great alternative to trying to buy a graphics card for your desktop at the moment too. Quality seems to be there; it is your use case that will decide if this pc is for you. Want a portable gaming setup that can do office/schoolwork, some light editing and media consumption? Then this might be for you. On the other hand, if you want a work/school pc that can game on the side I might look for something with good integrated graphics that is lighter and has better battery life. That call is going to be on you. As long as you understand what you are buying, I think you will be happy with this laptop. I know I am.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great general purpose laptop
*by M***C on July 9, 2022*

Ive had it for a few days now and I have been pretty satisfied with it (I'm using it to type this review) I mainly got it so that I could bring a PC when I am staying over at my friends house instead of bringing my entire tower, monitor, etc etc... It runs WarThunder on high, runs modded fallout new vegas stutter free and of course it can play mine craft, it can also host a minecraft server fairly well. The only thing on this laptop that I would change right out of the box is just put an extra 8gb of ram in it, I think that would help it run a lot of the newer games. storage is bad but the biggest game I have installed on this is 50gb and the rest of what I have installed is no more a few gb per game. I still have some room to spare for what ever I need it for but will be considering an SSD in the future.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An incredibly impressive machine for the price
*by T***T on February 22, 2022*

Edit: This was originally a five-star review. I'm still really happy with my purchase, but I ran into stuttering on YouTube videos and unimpressive/inconsistent download times that I couldn't seem to fix. Come to find out the wifi cards that come preinstalled on these laptops leave something to be desired. This isn't a big deal if you have an ethernet cable handy, but it would likely be a massive pain for anyone meaning to, say, write an essay at a coffee shop. I swapped out the wifi card in my old laptop for the one in this one and it works flawlessly. I can't vouch for it, but I've read Intel's AX200NGW wifi card is a good replacement for the one that comes stock in these machines. If you're going to be adding RAM or an extra HDD anyway, swapping out the wifi card isn't too difficult; the tiny connectors are just really finicky. I could live with the wifi as it was, but I don't have access to a wired connection as much as I'd like. If that's you, be prepared for a bit of tinkering. Everything else I said stands. Edit 2: Elden Ring runs great on this. ---- I paid a little under $750 for this laptop. Out the gate, I added 32GB of RAM, which cost me around $150. That's overkill - 16GB is perfectly serviceable on this configuration, especially without a secondary SSD, and 16GB would cost roughly half that. I wanted to future proof my purchase and make it simple to switch out my secondary mechanical drive in the future. I would absolutely recommend swapping the RAM for two 16GB sticks (you want them to be the same variety to get the most performance and bang for your buck) and the 8GB my model came with is only just enough for Windows at this point. If you only intend to run Steam and some games, it might do. If you have a Chromium-based web browser running in the background, forget about it. Trust me - extra RAM will save you a lot of headache. My model didn't come with easy access panels on the back for adding an HDD or for changing out the RAM. Luckily the screws are fairly easy to remove, and the panel came off pretty easily with a plastic pry tool. (Amazon sells the kit I use - it's really handy to have on hand in case you ever need to get inside your machine. Search "Syntus Electronic Repair Tool Kit with Magnetic Driver Kit, 80 in 1 Professional Precision Screwdriver Set with Portable Pouch for iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Gaming Console, Controller, Black") There's two M.2 slots and one SATA slot. I wouldn't recommend mounting a second M.2 drive - one, I'm not sure how you'd safely mount it in this revision. Two, if you watch Linus Tech Tips video on the performance difference between a SATA SSD and M.2 drives, you'll see that the average user isn't going to notice a difference between the two types of SSDs. Frankly, my 7200rpm mechanical drive loads things really quickly on this laptop, so I'm not even in a rush to upgrade from that. Games like The Witcher 3 run perfectly fine off of it. (And honestly, if you're on a budget and don't want to deck out this laptop with the best kit it can handle, 2TB 7200rpm mechanical drives can be had for around $40-$80 these days.) The build quality is fantastic. You can tell which parts of it are a little cheaper than others - I'd be careful with the plastic tabs when you're prying the bottom off; take your time with it - but it feels solid the moment you take it out the box. The back of the IPS panel is mounted to metal. The bezels are designed such that it's entirely feasible for you, as the user, to open up and work on your own hardware. From a right-to-repair standpoint, this machine is as good as it gets in this price range. Even if you have no interest in working on it or ever opening it up, you can take it to a local computer shop and be rest assured they can easily get to whatever they need to work on. The screen is the part most likely to fail on a laptop over extended use. I haven't cracked open the bezel on my unit because my screen was in perfect working order and after a nightmare I had with a different laptop, I just wanted to get back to using my computer. Looking up tutorials and images online, every model of this computer I've seen uses screws to hold the screen in place. No glue or anything like that. In the event that you or a technician ever needs to swap out the screen for a different one, it should be a fairly simple process. And again I return to build quality - I've noticed very little light bleed when I'm running various applications. This is not the best ips panel I have ever used, but let me stress again - for the price? It's amazing. High refresh rate. Everything is crystal clear. Good contrast. It's been a joy to do photo editing work on it. For gaming - I use Linux as my daily driver, and removed Windows from this device as soon as I got it set up and made sure there weren't any malfunctions or defects that would warrant calling the manufacturer or returning it to Amazon. If you're curious whether this makes a good Linux machine - yes, with some caveats. My model - 15ACH6 - did not have working wifi out of the box in Pop OS or Manjaro. I initially wanted to use Pop OS because it has great hybrid graphics support (better than Windows, if you ask me) and it comes pre-packed with tools to help maximize your laptop's battery life. However, making the wifi work wasn't a simple fix. There are several methods; the least complicated one for me was upgrading the kernel. Problem is - Pop OS is an Ubuntu-based OS and isn't designed to have the kernel upgraded independent of the operating system. Long story short - I got Pop OS working perfectly, but getting the kernel upgraded was just the first issue I had to solve. I also had to change the power management settings so my wifi wasn't throttled, and my printer was detected but wasn't working properly out of the box. Manjaro makes it easy to upgrade the kernel, and I was up and running within an hour. The thing that took the longest was waiting for all the updates to install. The only thing I had to do to make full use of my hardware was update the Nvidia drivers, manually install the Optimus Switcher (look up "How to setup Optimus Manager on Manjaro! | DenshiHelp" on YouTube, especially if you use KDE) and adjust the power management settings. If you're a Linux user or you're Linux-curious, Manjaro is your best bet on this thing if you want a relatively painless experience. (This is also why I bought so much RAM - if I absolutely have to use Windows for any reason, I want the extra memory to run a VM.) Mind, this shouldn't be an issue in the future. The latest version of Pop OS at the time of this writing is 21.10. If you get this same model of this laptop and newer revisions of the major Linux operating systems have been released, it should be a fairly seamless experience regardless of which one you choose. I also want to note - in terms of getting this laptop to boot from USB, this was by far the most painless experience I've had. Any other laptop I've had has fought me tooth and nail when I wanted to remove Windows and install Linux. Part of that's the AMD architecture - in my experience, AMD respects their users more than Intel or Nvidia does, so if that's important to you, this is a great machine. If you've ever heard of Intel's Management Engine, AMD's equivalent - the PSP - can be just be switched off in the BIOS. Not once has this machine tried to tell me - its owner and end user - what I can and cannot do with it. But back to gaming - I didn't try to run anything on Windows, but I can tell you just from the hardware specs you're going to have a great experience with anything released from 2018-2020, and the GTX 1650 would be a respectable graphics card even in a desktop at this point thanks to the current market. You most likely won't be running a game released in 2022 on Ultra on this laptop, but you should be able to get admirable performance on medium-to-high settings running something that just released. On Linux running Proton - The Witcher 3 runs flawlessly for me on the highest settings using the current experimental version of Proton through Steam. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, runs flawlessly. All the indie and retro-style platformers I threw at it - Cuphead, Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, Blaster Master Zero - flawless. Streets of Rage 4, Mother Russia Bleeds, Terraria, Celeste, Knights of the Old Republic 2 - those are Linux native so they ran for me as well as they do in Windows. Most of your older RPGs like Fallout: New Vegas and Morrowind will run amazingly on here regardless of what OS you're using. I won't sugarcoat it and tell you that gaming on Linux is every bit as good as gaming on Windows. It's not. If you want to play the latest multiplayer games with your friends or you like to hop around and try different games when they come out without having to check if they work and without having to tinker, keep Windows on this machine. For me - I have always been about 5 years behind the curve, my favorite games are in 2D, and I refuse to play games with excessive DRM (here's looking at you, Denuvo) or invasive anti-cheat (that is a security timebomb waiting to go off) so my experience switching from Windows to Linux has been relatively painless as a gamer. Valve's Proton is at a great place right now, and if you look up anything that's Steam Deck verified you should have a good time. You've got hundreds - if not thousands - of games at your disposal regardless of what kind of OS you're running. To end this off - I am in love with this laptop, and I would gladly get another Lenovo machine in the future. The 8 gigs of RAM it came with is a little lean, but it's an easy upgrade, and you will definitely want to add a harddrive anyway. The IO is a little lacking at a mere two USB 3.0 ports, but - they're both USB 3, and you can attach a USB hub. (Just don't run an external HDD off it as most USB hubs don't draw additional power from the slot.) The build quality is rock solid. The specs are respectable enough that it will breathe new life into your older games and allow you to play most newer titles. You can easily do photo and video editing on this. It's set up to be easy to clean, maintenance, and repair. All in all, for less than $800? This thing is a steal.

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