Heres Lenovos first eGPU enclosure and a gaming laptop to go with it

Lenovo is getting into the eGPU market with the Legion BoostStation, a new eGPU enclosure which can accommodate graphics cards up to 330mm in length. The company also has a new laptop it’s announcing today: the Legion Y740S, which starts at $1,099.99. The company’s press release calls it “our thinnest and lightest gaming laptop yet,” but that’s a claim you’re going to have to take with a hefty pinch of salt, not least because it lacks a dedicated graphics card, potentially making it a good partner for the BoostStation.

The pairing puts Lenovo in more or less direct competition with Razer, which already offers a pair of eGPU enclosures in its Razer Core X lineup that can be used alongside laptops like its compact Blade Stealth models....

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