Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6" Intel Core i7-3610QM 8GB Memory DDR3 1600 64GB SSD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit 20994EU

Pros: A very good budget gaming laptop.

Cons: I deducted one star because when I started it up there was an annoying ticking noise coming from the fan. I've owned/worked with a lot of brand laptops and this is the first I've heard of a ticking noise coming from a laptop. I thought it might have been because the fan hadn't spun in a while and needed to run. After 2 hours running in the house it still ticked. RMA thoughts came to mind. However, since I live in Dallas and it was 100 degrees outside, I decided to let it run outside for a couple of hours and see if I can encourage the oil in the fan to thin and spread. That worked and 2 weeks later it is running well and as expected. Btw, others have complained about the fan noise out of the box and there is one video on youtube. One point deduction for the quality control on the fan lubrication but other than that I've very happy with it.

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Pros: Incredibly lightweight despite its power. Was able to run Borderlands 2 on high graphics with hardly any slowdown. It never went above a comfortable temperature while running, either. I'm mentioning this in past tense because...

Cons: The hard drive completely failed after a week of normal use. It stopped being recognized as a bootable device, unable to recover it. Completely bricked. The only forewarning of this was that it was unable to recognize the hard drive once or twice before, but a restart would fix that.

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