It has: 16GB RAM, 1060 vid card, 256GB SSD

I’ve been looking at the Lenovo y520. It’s got a 2tb hdd, no ssd, 8gb ram, 1050ti and i7 for around 800 bucks. I’d prefer an ssd, but for the price I can’t complain!

https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/lenovo-legion-y-series-laptops/Legion-Y520/p/88GMY500808

This post was edited by Slanman on Jun 4 2018 09:58am

I found this, couldn’t pass it up! Hope it’s not shit

https://m.newegg.com/products/9SIADUJ7DD2460

This post was edited by Slanman on Jun 4 2018 12:48pm

Good luck. I've been hearing that Lenovo is starting to lose it's shine so to speak.

/e On top of everything else, that laptop is refurbished.

This post was edited by Ghot on Jun 4 2018 04:37pm

I figured id give it a try, if its a pos, it has a warranty.

Yeah but is it a warranty where you can a refund. Otherwise it's gonna spend most of the time in the shop.
You MIGHT luck out, I wouldn't bet on it though.

Yeah it says return for $. I’ve never bought anything used before, but it has such better specs than anything else for the money. Hopefully it was just a 2 week return or something

Looks like a pretty good option. Lenovo makes good products. Gaming focused lines are kinda new to them.
Still much safer choice than some garbage HP or Acer or random Chinese offbrand.
Run some tests to check the temps. If the cooling system works well enough and like the physical layout you should be golden.

What kind of tests?

no laptop is going to handle a proper synthetic test without getting hot as shit.
you go desktop if you want consistently low temps and no throttling.