After five generations, Lenovo has discontinued its flagship ThinkPad X1 Extreme series of business laptops in favor of the ThinkPad P1. Fortunately, the Chinese PC manufacturer still has some inventory left and is now granting considerable discounts on refurbished units of the RTX 3080 Ti-equipped Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5.
Therefore, laptop shoppers should head over to eBay, which is where Lenovo is currently selling the certified refurbished ThinkPad X1 Extreme with the Intel Core i9-12900H and 32GB of upgradable memory for $1,251 instead of $1,738. This is an additional $486 discount on the pretty reasonable list price, which applies to the high-end configuration with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card and a large 1TB SSD.
In our comprehensive review of a much more affordable variant of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5, we praised the sturdy chassis and decent selection of connectivity options including Thunderbolt 4. Please note that this particular version of the 16-inch laptop comes with the QHD IPS display with up to 500 nits of brightness and a refresh rate of 165Hz.
In contrast to most other ThinkPads, the X1 Extreme is a fairly capable machine that easily runs all modern games, although passionate gamers should still opt for a full-fledged gaming laptop. Nevertheless, for ThinkPad fans who would like to get some GPU-heavy work done and also want to play on occasion, this refurbished deal for the RTX 3080 Ti-powered Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is tough to beat.
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