Boost your gaming performance with the latest generation AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors and a 15.6″ FHD IPS screen with 120Hz refresh rate
GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs deliver the ultimate performance for gamers and creators, powered by Ampere – NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture – with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors for realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features
The signature Lenovo gaming keyboard comes with all the best media control and number pad features stocked out of the box
Excellent battery life lets you take this gaming laptop with you; use Rapid Charge to boost your battery by 40% in just 15 minutes
Stay connected: this Windows gaming laptop offers built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, two USB-A ports, one USB-C (DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 3.0), HDMI 2.0, RJ45, and an audio jack
The model I received comes with a Ryzen 5 6600U, RTX 3050 4GB, 8GB of DDR5-4800 (I added another 8 gigs before doing much else so bear that in mind for performance reviews), and a 256 gig internal storage drive (I use an external 1TB SSD for games).
Not a bad laptop overall. Had some issues but some were caused by Windows, not the laptop itself.
If you’re upgrading the RAM or storage, be extra sure to make sure Windows doesn’t have any updates waiting. Windows 11 made the great decision to no longer tell users if their shutting down of a PC would also be applying updates. So unplugging the battery and adding more RAM unknowingly mid-update despite having shut down the laptop bricked my operating system and I had to reinstall. Downside is that you need ethernet upon a reinstall so you can download wifi drivers. Upside is it gets rid of the bloatware Lenovo tries preinstalling with the laptop.
The inside is pretty simple, RAM is covered by a small metal tray with thermal pads on it for heat dissipation. A free M.2 storage slot is right in the open, ready for you to add storage as needed (you will need it). Thermals seem pretty solid, fans ramp up in gaming (I barely hear them over my headset which I don’t run very loud and is an open-back headset, meaning I can hear noises outside of the headset fairly well) but rarely get too extreme.
For gaming, it’s a mixed bag. Needless to say, ray tracing will not be something you’ll use on this laptop for playable frame rates. I doubt even 30 fps is achievable without dropping to 720p or less. Rainbow Six Siege was able to handle 1080p 120 fps consistently with mixed graphics settings (90 fov, ultra LOD, Medium textures and Shadows, most else set to low) with or without DLSS enabled. Though I did experience a bug where the render scaling option said I was running at ~850p even with the render scaling set to 100… an oddity to be sure. Halo Reach struggled to achieve similar results on Forge World, with bad tearing when the fps cap was set to 120. I lowered it to 60 and all was well, though drops may not be out of the question in high-intensity situations like custom games or campaign. Minecraft Java ran mostly above 60 fps on a modded server without Optifine or any other performance enhancers. Even in a particularly-taxing area it was mostly fine when the render distance was turned down. I’m sure with the use of Optifine or Sodium it’d be a very solid gaming experience.
Windows 11 is a bit of a chore. Upon first installing Steam, I realized that my default Documents folder pinned to my Quick Access in the File Explorer was labeled under OneDrive. I never gave OneDrive permission to backup anything on my PC, as the measley 5 GB it gives you isn’t enough for anything I would use a computer for. But it forces a backup, and deleting from the OneDrive cloud deletes it from your PC as well for… some insane reason. So be wary if you use Windows 11, make sure you remove the tabs from the Quick Access bar in File Explorer and replace them with the actual local file locations (Documents, Pictures, Music, etc).
The keyboard is… weird. I’ve used mechanical and membrane alike in plenty of scenarios, but this one just feels weird compared to either. It’s not unusable by any means but it takes getting used to. The trackpad is fine, I prefer having mouse buttons with my trackpad but it’s not unusable even without them.
The speakers are tinny. For 2W speakers it’s not bad but it’s not going to have the amazing sound quality the description would lead you to believe. Would suggest using headphones.
The I/O is alright. Type-C with full DisplayPort functionality is nice to have, HDMI 2.0 is plenty for what this laptop is capable of, and the back-facing Ethernet and charging ports are quite handy in most situations. I’ve always been a fan of Lenovo’s chargers as well, for some reason the reversible square shape just feels right. My only complaint would be a lack of USB ports, and the lack of SD/MicroSD. I know the latter is getting up there in age which makes it more a personal preference, but the former can make it difficult to use with numerous external devices (keyboard, mouse, storage, controllers, etc) since you are limited to 3 max only if you have type-C connectivity, otherwise you get two ports for peripherals and nothing more. An extra USB 2 port would have been nice to have.
Overall it’s a solid deal. Boot times are fast, gaming feels alright, the wifi signal is solid (though I did notice some lag while using a bluetooth Xbox Series controller with wifi, need to test and see if the lag is still present while using ethernet) and the laptop is easy to modify for basics like RAM and storage for the most part. A solid system from Lenovo.
*Update 2/11/2023 – Found out that this laptop actually does support VRR via AMD Freesync. However, this is not listed anywhere the laptop can be found. I had to install AMD’s graphics software in order to enable it, despite the laptop having an Nvidia GPU inside. This helped immensely with stuttery FPS in various games, though issues with Nvidia control panel’s FPS limits caused other issues unrelated with the laptop itself.
Rated 1 out of 5
Jonathan –
Just a horrible experience, I feel like I’ve gotten ripped off so bad with this machine. I’m never dealing with lenovo again. I had a reasonable negative review here but I came back to update because this whole deal is complete trash. Nothing but issues. It’s a bad product, sloppy made, I sent it back, they didn’t fix any of the issues, and returned it with my data wiped which was an awesome bonus, and just 2 months later it’s a brick. I had the 1 year extended warranty which was horrible anyway, because they didn’t fix anything, because they weren’t sophisticated enough to understand the main issue this machine came with since birth. You know, when you’re more tech savvy than the tech who’s supposed to be fixing your device? It’s becoming more common. Now out of the blue, it just quit. No screen or hdmi picture, just quit. For releasing such a trash product, I’m never dealing with lenovo again. I’m out 770 dollars, out of data I won’t ever get back because they did an unnecessary reformat that didn’t have anything to do with the actual issue, and now also out of the 70 it cost for the warranty in which they fixed nothing.
3rd update: I am faced with the decision to keep spending 70 bucks a year or whatever for the extended warranty, or scrap this and shell out a thousand dollars for an actual good laptop. If you’re thinking of going budget for a gaming laptop, do yourself a favor and just shell out a few more hundred. I wouldn’t get one less than 900 bucks as far as the options I’m seeing out there currently, with reputable people reviewing and investigating their quality. This one, when I bought it, it had hundreds of reviews and was rated 4.5 stars. A year and a half later now it’s 4.2 stars and declining. Which if you haven’t learned, in 2024, anything 4.4 is not great and 4.3 or less has too high of a chance of being junk to be worth it. So 4.2, it’s gonna be about a 50/50 chance you’re getting junk.
The reason for the swift decline in ratings is because all of those people who gave it 5 stars are trickling in now to give it lower ratings because it’s a problem machine. They pushed the budget too far and it resulted in a bad product.
I spent 650, then upgraded the hard drive and ram so about 800 then I had to buy the warranty because of the problems so that puts me at 870 into the machine. It’s now a 870 dollar occupancy in my closet. It’s like buying a car that’s a lemon. Now you have to decide how high you want to rack the bill up before you cut your losses and buy another one. Don’t know what your budget may be but this was an expensive mistake for me. And it’s getting more expensive. And if I renew the warranty I’ll have to wait one entire month using the backup gaming desktop I have thank God, until I can even get this one back in commission if they fix it. And then it’s back to ticking time bomb status waiting to see if it breaks down again and needs a warranty renewal.
Expensive mistake, don’t go this route man the odds aren’t in your favor. I give maybe a 50 percent chance that you’ll make it last long enough to fit your needs. Research the reviews, this is too problematic of a machine and it has a high rate of failure.
Rated 5 out of 5
beau –
**update: this laptop can at times, be powered on, but have a black screen. No matter how many times it’s reset, it will not work. I had to take it apart and remove the ram and reinstall it then it would boot up.
I believe I figured out the cause, using hibernation mode! So I changed hibernation mode to sleep mode and haven’t had it happen again.
That’s the only problem I’ve had, it still works perfectly. ****
This laptop came perfect, new and not damaged. On its own it was a nice laptop but I upgraded the laptop ram with teamelite group ddr5 4800 2x16gb = 32 gb
Then I upgraded the ssd to crucial p5 plus 500gb, used the cloning software to clone existing ssd then switched boot order and formatted the old drive. Everything is super fast and works great.
One thing about the backlit keyboard, it does have it but it needs to be turned on in the lenovo software that comes installed.
Also great feature if the ethernet port which would be great for gaming I imagine, tho I don’t game with this laptop
Rated 5 out of 5
alaasoubani –
يفضل انك تشتري رامات + هارديسك عشان الالعاب الجهاز بالنسبة للسعر جميل ورائع
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Co –
I like this product.
Pros
1. Great system components 2. Easy to use and upgrade Bios 3. Great controls of the laptop (ex: performance mode) 4. Super fast charging 5. Great build quality 6. Great cooling fans
1. A bit heavier than other laptops (shouldnt be an issue if u are a fan of heavy laptops) 2. Windows 11 ( a little bit of an issue for gaming) 3. Only 2 USB 3rd gen 4. Only 256gb m.2 ssd (won’t be an issue if u are ready to upgrade it)
Did a lot of research and found this to be the best bang for the buck. Definitely needed to buy an extra 8gb of ram, which was easy to install, as it comes with 2 ram slots. No issues starting, takes a bit of time to set up, and windows 11 really is quite ass, but it’s acceptable. Only issue I have so far..(.3/31/23) battery life. Not the best. But I only bought it to game with the boys when I’m on business trips. Which it does it’s job. Save yourself the money and upgrade it yourself. I shall update this if I run into issues. So if it’s been a while from the date I posted….see that as a good sign
Rated 5 out of 5
عبدالله هادي –
ركز على كلمة بالنسبة للسعر … لان رح تحتاج تجيب رام تاني و رح تحتاج تجيب m.2 عشان الألعاب … بس الاداء ممتاز بيصير بعدين
Rated 5 out of 5
Jonathan –
Despite all the negative things and problem i’ve read in reviews about this laptop it works as it should be. I hope to use it for a long term.
Update: After a month of using it. I came to the same problem like the others, it turns on (keyboard light is on) but no screen. Luckily i have some troubleshooting knowledge on this kind of devices, i did fixed it by unplugging the battery, removing all the ram and ssds and then putting it back again. And it works again. Hope it fixes it.
Rated 1 out of 5
Manar Fallaha –
So, I bught this in December of 2022 thinking it would last me 2-3 years until I would buy a decent gaming station. One day as I was using it, the screen suddenly went black and never turned back on again. Tried going through warranty repair but I was shocked to learn that the 1 year warranty it came with was no good in my country. I’m disappointed.
Michael J. Caboose –
The model I received comes with a Ryzen 5 6600U, RTX 3050 4GB, 8GB of DDR5-4800 (I added another 8 gigs before doing much else so bear that in mind for performance reviews), and a 256 gig internal storage drive (I use an external 1TB SSD for games).
Not a bad laptop overall. Had some issues but some were caused by Windows, not the laptop itself.
If you’re upgrading the RAM or storage, be extra sure to make sure Windows doesn’t have any updates waiting. Windows 11 made the great decision to no longer tell users if their shutting down of a PC would also be applying updates. So unplugging the battery and adding more RAM unknowingly mid-update despite having shut down the laptop bricked my operating system and I had to reinstall. Downside is that you need ethernet upon a reinstall so you can download wifi drivers. Upside is it gets rid of the bloatware Lenovo tries preinstalling with the laptop.
The inside is pretty simple, RAM is covered by a small metal tray with thermal pads on it for heat dissipation. A free M.2 storage slot is right in the open, ready for you to add storage as needed (you will need it). Thermals seem pretty solid, fans ramp up in gaming (I barely hear them over my headset which I don’t run very loud and is an open-back headset, meaning I can hear noises outside of the headset fairly well) but rarely get too extreme.
For gaming, it’s a mixed bag. Needless to say, ray tracing will not be something you’ll use on this laptop for playable frame rates. I doubt even 30 fps is achievable without dropping to 720p or less. Rainbow Six Siege was able to handle 1080p 120 fps consistently with mixed graphics settings (90 fov, ultra LOD, Medium textures and Shadows, most else set to low) with or without DLSS enabled. Though I did experience a bug where the render scaling option said I was running at ~850p even with the render scaling set to 100… an oddity to be sure. Halo Reach struggled to achieve similar results on Forge World, with bad tearing when the fps cap was set to 120. I lowered it to 60 and all was well, though drops may not be out of the question in high-intensity situations like custom games or campaign. Minecraft Java ran mostly above 60 fps on a modded server without Optifine or any other performance enhancers. Even in a particularly-taxing area it was mostly fine when the render distance was turned down. I’m sure with the use of Optifine or Sodium it’d be a very solid gaming experience.
Windows 11 is a bit of a chore. Upon first installing Steam, I realized that my default Documents folder pinned to my Quick Access in the File Explorer was labeled under OneDrive. I never gave OneDrive permission to backup anything on my PC, as the measley 5 GB it gives you isn’t enough for anything I would use a computer for. But it forces a backup, and deleting from the OneDrive cloud deletes it from your PC as well for… some insane reason. So be wary if you use Windows 11, make sure you remove the tabs from the Quick Access bar in File Explorer and replace them with the actual local file locations (Documents, Pictures, Music, etc).
The keyboard is… weird. I’ve used mechanical and membrane alike in plenty of scenarios, but this one just feels weird compared to either. It’s not unusable by any means but it takes getting used to. The trackpad is fine, I prefer having mouse buttons with my trackpad but it’s not unusable even without them.
The speakers are tinny. For 2W speakers it’s not bad but it’s not going to have the amazing sound quality the description would lead you to believe. Would suggest using headphones.
The I/O is alright. Type-C with full DisplayPort functionality is nice to have, HDMI 2.0 is plenty for what this laptop is capable of, and the back-facing Ethernet and charging ports are quite handy in most situations. I’ve always been a fan of Lenovo’s chargers as well, for some reason the reversible square shape just feels right. My only complaint would be a lack of USB ports, and the lack of SD/MicroSD. I know the latter is getting up there in age which makes it more a personal preference, but the former can make it difficult to use with numerous external devices (keyboard, mouse, storage, controllers, etc) since you are limited to 3 max only if you have type-C connectivity, otherwise you get two ports for peripherals and nothing more. An extra USB 2 port would have been nice to have.
Overall it’s a solid deal. Boot times are fast, gaming feels alright, the wifi signal is solid (though I did notice some lag while using a bluetooth Xbox Series controller with wifi, need to test and see if the lag is still present while using ethernet) and the laptop is easy to modify for basics like RAM and storage for the most part. A solid system from Lenovo.
*Update 2/11/2023 – Found out that this laptop actually does support VRR via AMD Freesync. However, this is not listed anywhere the laptop can be found. I had to install AMD’s graphics software in order to enable it, despite the laptop having an Nvidia GPU inside. This helped immensely with stuttery FPS in various games, though issues with Nvidia control panel’s FPS limits caused other issues unrelated with the laptop itself.
Jonathan –
Just a horrible experience, I feel like I’ve gotten ripped off so bad with this machine. I’m never dealing with lenovo again. I had a reasonable negative review here but I came back to update because this whole deal is complete trash. Nothing but issues. It’s a bad product, sloppy made, I sent it back, they didn’t fix any of the issues, and returned it with my data wiped which was an awesome bonus, and just 2 months later it’s a brick. I had the 1 year extended warranty which was horrible anyway, because they didn’t fix anything, because they weren’t sophisticated enough to understand the main issue this machine came with since birth. You know, when you’re more tech savvy than the tech who’s supposed to be fixing your device? It’s becoming more common. Now out of the blue, it just quit. No screen or hdmi picture, just quit. For releasing such a trash product, I’m never dealing with lenovo again. I’m out 770 dollars, out of data I won’t ever get back because they did an unnecessary reformat that didn’t have anything to do with the actual issue, and now also out of the 70 it cost for the warranty in which they fixed nothing.
3rd update: I am faced with the decision to keep spending 70 bucks a year or whatever for the extended warranty, or scrap this and shell out a thousand dollars for an actual good laptop. If you’re thinking of going budget for a gaming laptop, do yourself a favor and just shell out a few more hundred. I wouldn’t get one less than 900 bucks as far as the options I’m seeing out there currently, with reputable people reviewing and investigating their quality. This one, when I bought it, it had hundreds of reviews and was rated 4.5 stars. A year and a half later now it’s 4.2 stars and declining. Which if you haven’t learned, in 2024, anything 4.4 is not great and 4.3 or less has too high of a chance of being junk to be worth it. So 4.2, it’s gonna be about a 50/50 chance you’re getting junk.
The reason for the swift decline in ratings is because all of those people who gave it 5 stars are trickling in now to give it lower ratings because it’s a problem machine. They pushed the budget too far and it resulted in a bad product.
I spent 650, then upgraded the hard drive and ram so about 800 then I had to buy the warranty because of the problems so that puts me at 870 into the machine. It’s now a 870 dollar occupancy in my closet. It’s like buying a car that’s a lemon. Now you have to decide how high you want to rack the bill up before you cut your losses and buy another one. Don’t know what your budget may be but this was an expensive mistake for me. And it’s getting more expensive. And if I renew the warranty I’ll have to wait one entire month using the backup gaming desktop I have thank God, until I can even get this one back in commission if they fix it. And then it’s back to ticking time bomb status waiting to see if it breaks down again and needs a warranty renewal.
Expensive mistake, don’t go this route man the odds aren’t in your favor. I give maybe a 50 percent chance that you’ll make it last long enough to fit your needs. Research the reviews, this is too problematic of a machine and it has a high rate of failure.
beau –
**update: this laptop can at times, be powered on, but have a black screen. No matter how many times it’s reset, it will not work. I had to take it apart and remove the ram and reinstall it then it would boot up.
I believe I figured out the cause, using hibernation mode! So I changed hibernation mode to sleep mode and haven’t had it happen again.
That’s the only problem I’ve had, it still works perfectly.
****
This laptop came perfect, new and not damaged. On its own it was a nice laptop but I upgraded the laptop ram with teamelite group ddr5 4800 2x16gb = 32 gb
Then I upgraded the ssd to crucial p5 plus 500gb, used the cloning software to clone existing ssd then switched boot order and formatted the old drive. Everything is super fast and works great.
One thing about the backlit keyboard, it does have it but it needs to be turned on in the lenovo software that comes installed.
Also great feature if the ethernet port which would be great for gaming I imagine, tho I don’t game with this laptop
alaasoubani –
يفضل انك تشتري رامات + هارديسك عشان الالعاب
الجهاز بالنسبة للسعر جميل ورائع
Chris Co –
I like this product.
Pros
1. Great system components
2. Easy to use and upgrade Bios
3. Great controls of the laptop (ex: performance mode)
4. Super fast charging
5. Great build quality
6. Great cooling fans
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Cons
1. A bit heavier than other laptops (shouldnt be an issue if u are
a fan of heavy laptops)
2. Windows 11 ( a little bit of an issue for gaming)
3. Only 2 USB 3rd gen
4. Only 256gb m.2 ssd (won’t be an issue if u are ready to
upgrade it)
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It is great for its win win price.
Pretty Mutt –
Did a lot of research and found this to be the best bang for the buck. Definitely needed to buy an extra 8gb of ram, which was easy to install, as it comes with 2 ram slots. No issues starting, takes a bit of time to set up, and windows 11 really is quite ass, but it’s acceptable. Only issue I have so far..(.3/31/23) battery life. Not the best. But I only bought it to game with the boys when I’m on business trips. Which it does it’s job. Save yourself the money and upgrade it yourself. I shall update this if I run into issues. So if it’s been a while from the date I posted….see that as a good sign
عبدالله هادي –
ركز على كلمة بالنسبة للسعر … لان رح تحتاج تجيب رام تاني و رح تحتاج تجيب m.2 عشان الألعاب … بس الاداء ممتاز بيصير بعدين
Jonathan –
Despite all the negative things and problem i’ve read in reviews about this laptop it works as it should be. I hope to use it for a long term.
Update:
After a month of using it. I came to the same problem like the others, it turns on (keyboard light is on) but no screen. Luckily i have some troubleshooting knowledge on this kind of devices, i did fixed it by unplugging the battery, removing all the ram and ssds and then putting it back again. And it works again. Hope it fixes it.
Manar Fallaha –
So, I bught this in December of 2022 thinking it would last me 2-3 years until I would buy a decent gaming station. One day as I was using it, the screen suddenly went black and never turned back on again. Tried going through warranty repair but I was shocked to learn that the 1 year warranty it came with was no good in my country. I’m disappointed.