Transform a laptop into a gaming powerhouse

With an external graphics setup, you can transform your laptop into a gaming powerhouse. IAN PAUL shows how

My desire to power up a laptop with an external graphics card began in 2015, when I set out on a quest to get back into PC gaming – a beloved pastime I’d neglected since childhood.

But the only PC I had at the time was a 2011 Lenovo ThinkPad X220 laptop with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics. That just won’t cut it for proper PC gaming.