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Lenovo introduces three new VR-ready gaming towers

Lenovo introduces three new VR-ready gaming towers

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On August 21st, Lenovo took the wraps off three new gaming towers that are set to fully gauge the interest of gamers and their needs. The company introduced Legion Y920, Legion Y720, and Legion Y520.

The top-of-the-line tower is Legion Y920, which runs on Windows 10, can feature a CPU up to 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K quad-core processor, and has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card under the GPU hood.

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Another selling point of the tower is that it includes the option to have up to 32GB 2800Mhz Corsair Vengence LPS overclockable DDR4 memory and integrated Asetek liquid cooling. You can order with either two 512GB PCIe SSDs in RAID 0, or a 512GB SSD paired with a 4TB HDD.

Starting price is $2,715 USD when it’s released in September. If you want liquid cooling, you will have to wait until October.

The Legion Y720 and Y520 both come with Windows 10 as well. Here are the specs for the other two towers:

Legion Y720:

  • Up to a 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7700 processor
  • Option for 16GB Intel Optane memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card
  • 256 GB PCIe SSD and 2 TB SATA HDD
  • Includes: Six USB 3.0 ports; four USB 2.0 ports; one USB 3.1 Type-A port; one USB 3.1 Type-C port; one microphone jack; one headphone jack; six audio ports; and a 7-in-1 card reader
  • Starts at $1,534 USD

Legion Y520:

  • Up to a 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7700 processor
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU card
  • Up to 16GB DDR4
  • Up to 256 GB PCIe SSD and 2 TB HDD
  • Four USB 3.0 ports; two USB 2.0 ports; one microphone jack; one headphone jack; one HDMI port; and one RJ45 Gigabit LAN
  • Starts at $884 USD

If you’re in the market to purchase a gaming monitor, Lenovo also introduced a 24.5-inch monitor with a Full HD display, 144Hz refresh rate, and 400 nits of brightness.

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