Lenovo Legion Y 25 – 80

Whether we’re talking about desktops or notebooks, their performance depends on the performance of all components, from the processor and graphics card to the system cooling, storage or RAM. And when we talk about performance or competition, the talent and experience of the user of the desktop or notebook must be supported by a balanced system, in which all components are designed to serve the same purpose. Nothing new under the sun, I would say, this is true in any field, since ancient times.

Only when we are talking about some more recent competitive activities, such as eSports, the progress of the different components did not take place simultaneously, some with a considerable advance, while in the case of others the necessary technology has become available only recently, if we refer to the existence of PCs in general.

Thus, processors and graphics cards have constantly developed in the last 25 years, systems cooling closely following this development. Then it was the turn of storage to evolve, the last 12 years bringing impressive progress in this regard. Thus, the computers of the year 2020 are equipped with incredibly powerful processors and graphics cards, ultra-fast SSDs, certified sources 80 + Titanium and impressive amounts of memory, WiFi 6 has appeared on mainstream motherboards and slowly, slowly we are witnessing the assault of network cards 10 Gigabit.

However, for competitive gaming we need something else, namely a monitor with a refresh rate as high as possible, and the evolution of these monitors, as I told you In another article, it was a bit slower than what I could see in the case of processors, video cards or storage units. Fortunately, in recent years, monitors have been launched that offer the perfect balance between image quality and refresh rate, and this year we can even discuss a democratization of the field, with the appearance of such monitors that can boast a report enviable quality / price.