The ThinkCentre M715q is Too Powerful (For Its Size)

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My first ThinkCentre was this M600 that I rescued from being recycled. It’s so underpowered today, that it’s practically unusable, though it works great as a sync server along with a few other things.

But this ThinkCentre M715q? Feels like a whole different league. Powered by an AMD Ryzen 3 Pro with Radeon Vega 8 graphics, hosting two always-on USB ports and three DisplayPorts — this thing is packed with good stuff, especially for its price.

And performance? Let’s just say... it runs circles around its Intel counterpart.