Legion Y740 Review - Everything You Need To Know

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @Techtablets
    @Techtablets  5 лет назад +50

    01:06 - RGB options
    02:02 - Webcam
    03:14 - Speaker sample
    03:25 - Screen
    04:43 - Benchmarks
    06:34 - Thermals (internal)
    07:55 - Lenovo software
    08:40 - Internals/Fans
    09:10 - Gaming performance
    10:54 - Fans & external temps
    11:33 - Final words
    15:27 - Pros & Cons

    • @rztrzt
      @rztrzt 5 лет назад

      Wrt superposition score (and other benchmarks), the results will be less than desktop 2070 results because the clocks are 400-600MHz lower on the laptop. You can see the core frequency fluctuating between 1.3 - 1.5GHz (vs ~1.9GHz on desktop), that's nvidia gpu boost at work adjusting things according to thermals etc. This is always gonna be an issue on laptops with their thermal characteristics. Still great performance though.

    • @lesliechiang1710
      @lesliechiang1710 5 лет назад

      Excellent job! What about linux installation? Cheers!

    • @hijodelsoldeoriente
      @hijodelsoldeoriente 5 лет назад

      Do you think the Y540 will have the same screen color gamut?

    • @HUSTLER1346
      @HUSTLER1346 5 лет назад

      Hey bro where in the video do you talk about battery life?
      Edit: Nvm lol

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 5 лет назад

      Hello!
      I wish to know if this is already a decent device for running statistical computing softwares like SAS or R for processing large datasets.
      Thank you very much in advance!

  • @MrDalugoga
    @MrDalugoga 5 лет назад +13

    wow, just WOW! This is easily the best laptop review I've ever seen on youtube. Everything layed out perfectly, enough detail without taking too long, and even included timestamps for the sections viewers are intersted! Keep up the awesome work. Subbed!

  • @Redbulpro
    @Redbulpro 5 лет назад +28

    You are the king of unbiased reviews. Doing great work man! Love your videos

  • @_aakashpandey
    @_aakashpandey 5 лет назад +33

    This channel deserves more viewers.

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад +4

      Would be nice the youtube algorithm seems to running against me lately with views :(

    • @kodaph
      @kodaph 5 лет назад

      Yes, at least A million subs

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 4 года назад

      @@kodaph yep well thought out layout real use

  • @SidTheGeek
    @SidTheGeek 5 лет назад +4

    I love the RGB on keyboard & Side vents! The laptop is pretty good for gaming

  • @BobOfAllTrades
    @BobOfAllTrades 5 лет назад +9

    Aargh I wanted to love this laptop so much but those Flippin macro keys on the left-hand side was something I could not get used to!

    • @jorgiewtf
      @jorgiewtf 5 лет назад +1

      Bob Of All Trades I just bought this laptop today from Lenovo’s site. I got the 17” with i7-9700h, 2080 max-w, 16 gigs of ram (which I have the 32 gig replacement already waiting on it here), 1tb ssd for just over $1600. If I don’t like the keyboard, I’ll probably just end up getting a stand-alone keyboard. I think at the price I got it for, I can put up with the imperfections lol.

  • @Itzhennessy
    @Itzhennessy 5 лет назад

    This deserves a medal!
    Thanks for taking ur time to give a detail breakdown.. much appreciated

  • @jestipussycat
    @jestipussycat 4 года назад +1

    i love that you chose carbon based lifeforms as music sample ! I am such a fan! haha thank you for this review helps a lot with choosing my next laptop

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  4 года назад

      Glad you liked it. Yes CBL are great!

  • @tannurek
    @tannurek 5 лет назад +2

    Great review! Great channel.

  • @anastaciu
    @anastaciu 5 лет назад +8

    I have the 17.3 inch model and the 15.6 inch problems are all adressed, the camera is on the top bezel, the kb layout is much better, without those pesky macro keys, the battery is mutch bigger, with 76Wh, I can easily get 6+ hours of battery life with swichable graphics on, the tradeoffs are of course the weight and the larger bezels...

  • @gullugadha
    @gullugadha 5 лет назад +15

    Chris will you be reviewing the Asus Zenfone 6, looks really promising, would love your in-depth review.

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад +4

      No sure if I'll buy it, it's due to be released here on the 25th I think. The stock Android and no bloatware looks like a great move more need to follow, and that big 5000mah battery. However, for experience, ASUS isn't great at camera optimisation. Still for $499 it looks promising.

    • @gullugadha
      @gullugadha 5 лет назад +1

      @@Techtablets have seen some initial impressions, the camera seems to be promising especially the HDR++ mode, please check it out, no proper reviews are available in English.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 4 года назад

      @@gullugadha i think they should put macro keys between the spcae bar and trackp[ad, now thats bigbrain

  • @martymitch8375
    @martymitch8375 5 лет назад +6

    Chris, I bet you'll reach 250k before May ends.🤞 Perhaps putting Vera more often on thumbnails might help! 🐱

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад +3

      Not so sure I will, things have been slow lately. Yes, maybe more Vera Catbait is needed!

  • @pangkiazis4977
    @pangkiazis4977 4 года назад

    The Benchmark test totally awesome 👍🏼

  • @D3PeXoR
    @D3PeXoR 5 лет назад +1

    Very factual review. Thank you!

  • @rishaadsk5412
    @rishaadsk5412 5 лет назад

    I bought the 17 inch one. Its got subwoofer, webcam at the top and it doesn't have that extra column to the right. Just love it

  • @eliseo5416
    @eliseo5416 5 лет назад

    I've been looking at Y740 reviews for MONTHS to see if I should get one. This is the best review I've seen yet and I dunno why RUclips hid it from me.

  • @genexis_x9040
    @genexis_x9040 5 лет назад +3

    Keep in mind that the PL1 will drop to 45W when dGPU is under load for some time. I think this is a good solution to balance thermals and performance. Also, the fan noise is one of the quietest compared to other RTX laptops.
    Can you test out the battery life with Optimus? (this model has MUX)

  •  5 лет назад +1

    You and MobileTechReview I can rely on, a rare thing. More power to you.

  • @DEADSISSOU
    @DEADSISSOU 5 лет назад +5

    Have a nice day people

  • @dylandejonge6511
    @dylandejonge6511 5 лет назад

    Great review, subbed!

  • @Crazyocta
    @Crazyocta 5 лет назад +8

    I think the general consensus among reviewers is that this laptop is by far the best option for an RTX laptop given price to performance.
    In regards to the keyboard, i doubt gamers don't have keyboards with macro keys on them anyway so that shouldn't be that much of an issue.

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад +3

      Seems that well for me with the 4 other 8750h laptops I've tested this got the best scores and performance. And then, of course, the RTX 2070 is no slouch even if it's the Max-Q version.

  • @oscarbarrios
    @oscarbarrios 5 лет назад

    You usually review Chinese store products, do you get the Lenovo laptops from anywhere besides official Lenovo? Also how do you configure the afterburner to show like in 10:43?

  • @hold_w1282
    @hold_w1282 5 лет назад +1

    Great review!
    Could you please mention what the response time on the screen is?

  • @Horned26
    @Horned26 4 года назад +2

    This is just great laptop! I run it on queit profile while gaming

    • @bluupbrr286
      @bluupbrr286 4 года назад

      hows the battery life on it?

  • @evactuat
    @evactuat 5 лет назад +1

    Hi Chris did you try to undervolt the CPU and get better performance?

  • @xMel21x
    @xMel21x 5 лет назад +9

    If it has a 80 wh battery, it would be perfect laptop for me

    • @UtkarshNarainSrivastava
      @UtkarshNarainSrivastava 5 лет назад +4

      As per the manual, you can install the 76Whr battery from the 17' model but that would require you to remove the 2.5" drive. So, if you can go with a big NVMe drive you should be able to have the bigger battery.

    • @AlexThorn
      @AlexThorn 5 лет назад

      Yeah, the battery is like less than 2.5 hrs. And that's with everything turned down or off. But if you can carry around the charging brick. It's amazing as long as it's plugged in.

    • @Hater_Tots
      @Hater_Tots 5 лет назад

      @@UtkarshNarainSrivastava How do you get the larger Battery?

    • @UtkarshNarainSrivastava
      @UtkarshNarainSrivastava 5 лет назад

      @@Hater_Tots You got to buy it as a spare part from Lenovo, I guess.

    • @UtkarshNarainSrivastava
      @UtkarshNarainSrivastava 5 лет назад

      @@AlexThorn You can turn off gsync by just putting the laptop in hybrid mode, that should bring the battery life to 3+ hrs of non gaming usage. Also, of we can reduce the screen refresh rate to 72 out something let that should also help.

  • @HuntaKiller91
    @HuntaKiller91 5 лет назад

    Good to see ur reviewing mainstream laptops aswell now..imho,the best value are 1660ti/rtx2060 laptops..if there's a 17" on the cheap with those two, that's a great value considering most laptop panels is still in 1080p

  • @highendcheaptech9705
    @highendcheaptech9705 5 лет назад

    Great review! Looks like a very decent laptop.

    • @naveenkataria1501
      @naveenkataria1501 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, it's an amazing laptop. I own one too and it works incredibly well.

  • @Justin-pp3pl
    @Justin-pp3pl 4 года назад

    This laptop is great. I was broke when buying it but I don't regret that purchase at all. The only thing I don't like about it is the macro keys and the lid which feels loose as you can see when move the laptop in the beginning of the video but those are minor issues.

  • @ethanpratt330
    @ethanpratt330 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Chris, excellent review as always!
    Is there any chance of you being able to review the Asus TUF fx505dy (the and version with the 120hz display)? I've bought this for 700£ GBP and I'd like to hear your thoughts

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад

      Not sure the last ASUS TUF I bought was horrible with 25W TDP power throttling with its 8750H. And I have no ASUS contact that can loan me one to review.

    • @ethanpratt330
      @ethanpratt330 5 лет назад

      @@Techtablets yes I saw that review and that's what made me wait until this version came out. From what I have observed, this model doesn't have any throttling issues due to a front air vent. Also, the Radeon R3550H from my gaming use (Black ops 3 all high settings running at a 120hz lock) all cores stay stable at 3.6ghz

    • @ethanpratt330
      @ethanpratt330 5 лет назад

      @@Techtablets All I'm saying is, compared to my last laptop (MSI ge62 Apache pro) this thing runs cool and doesn't sound like an A380 next to your ears

  • @AdamDguitars
    @AdamDguitars 5 лет назад +2

    I don’t like how they took away the number pad on the right side

  • @usbuzb
    @usbuzb 5 лет назад +4

    I have RTX 2060 one it's still super dooper good!

    • @damanichildrey84
      @damanichildrey84 5 лет назад

      You have the Legion Y540 2060? It still shows coming soon on the website.

    • @usbuzb
      @usbuzb 5 лет назад +1

      @@damanichildrey84 nope, mine is y740 15"

    • @kenten77
      @kenten77 5 лет назад

      is the kayboard as bad as they say

    • @usbuzb
      @usbuzb 5 лет назад +1

      @@kenten77 not at all. No issues with mine, solid laptop I would say

    • @TheSaabzternater
      @TheSaabzternater 5 лет назад

      Are all the legions 500 nits and 300 also

  • @SuperGojeto
    @SuperGojeto 5 лет назад

    Good review

  • @jbreedprovisuals800
    @jbreedprovisuals800 4 года назад

    Can I change the hard drive to ssd ?

  • @Roman18071
    @Roman18071 5 лет назад

    Cool review, but what about backlight bleeding? I've got mine a week ago and a few day days later noticed that it has backlight bleeding on the corners, and it's quite upsetting. Did you have this issue? Overall I agree it's a great device except this blb problem and hot in-game cpu

  • @wildmanofhk
    @wildmanofhk 5 лет назад

    Have you guys seen the power brick it provided with the Lenovo Legion. It is massive.

  • @parthpadia3521
    @parthpadia3521 5 лет назад

    Hey Chris great review! Really insightful.
    Do you think I can get around 4 hours+ on the Legion Y540 (144hz panel, Geforce 1660 ti 6GB version) on battery during casual use (ms office, light programming) using the hybrid graphics , power saver mode, low brightness and maybe dropping the refresh rate to 60hz, since both the models use the same battery?

  • @AlexThorn
    @AlexThorn 5 лет назад

    The icue software was pre-installed on mine.

  • @XXXXLance
    @XXXXLance 5 лет назад

    hahaha ;D seriously? 11:09 - you made the noise test with the music in the background?

  • @ivisuals9867
    @ivisuals9867 4 года назад

    any idea if they sell hard shell cases? for the panel?

  • @blkpanthercards
    @blkpanthercards 5 лет назад +1

    My Y740 had horrible backlight bleeding unfortunately. Decided to send it back to Lenovo.

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад +1

      I lucked out or it's hand picked maybe as it is a review loan unit after all

    • @usbuzb
      @usbuzb 5 лет назад

      What does even that bleeding do? I don't understand this... mine is good

  • @UserMum7512
    @UserMum7512 5 лет назад

    Good info thank you!
    Edit: does the Y740 have windows hello?

  • @krzysztofkwietniewski9100
    @krzysztofkwietniewski9100 5 лет назад +2

    09:10 I don't know how to skip this Ad. O wait...

  • @dibyajibansahoo2618
    @dibyajibansahoo2618 5 лет назад

    How much it costs?

  • @TinCole
    @TinCole 5 лет назад +2

    how do you get away from paying customs when ordering electronics from china?

    • @Techtablets
      @Techtablets  5 лет назад

      Express shipping = tax. The slow mail methods normally mean no tax.

  • @tm06ufo
    @tm06ufo 4 года назад

    is it ubuntu compatible?

  • @er.charansinghbamrah6359
    @er.charansinghbamrah6359 5 лет назад

    what is the release date of legion y540 in india ???

  • @iFrostSkys
    @iFrostSkys 5 лет назад

    Can u review the new asus tuf fx505

  • @dddd-xj8ie
    @dddd-xj8ie 5 лет назад +1

    Great review. But I'll personally never buy a Lenovo again.
    Bought the Yoga Pro laptop a few years back and had nothing but problems. 2 screens, constant frozen touchpad, major lag, screen auto dimming even when disabled, bad viewing angles, battery life was awful (after 1yr - 90min). And more...

    • @TimKJV-vs5pl
      @TimKJV-vs5pl 5 лет назад

      That Yoga must have been a bad apple. I've had my Lenovo G770 for 8 years and still running good. I only had to replace the mechanical hard drive after 5 years and replaced it with a SSD.

  • @davidsebesta677
    @davidsebesta677 4 года назад +1

    As Patrick said: "Take It or leave It"

  • @rate4ever
    @rate4ever 5 лет назад

    Is there any point in getting an RTX 2080 Max Q over the 2070 max q?

  • @gaussgaming9869
    @gaussgaming9869 5 лет назад +2

    Just watched a hardware canucks video on this and it was complete trash, thank you for this quality review

  • @thsv5740
    @thsv5740 5 лет назад

    Would you happen to know when the y740 15" with the 2080 max q is going to come out?

  • @mateuszk3210
    @mateuszk3210 5 лет назад +5

    Got the same laptop. Long story short. Although I was aware of this when buying. I am even more assured there is special place in hell for people who designed THIS particular keyboard layout. I have to use external keyboard. Otherwise good laptop.

    • @Silagane
      @Silagane 4 года назад

      Wait whats wrong with the keyboard?

    • @mateuszk3210
      @mateuszk3210 4 года назад

      @@Silagane are you trolling or asking for real? If for real, answer is that functional keys are in creative position that is very annoying because esy to press by accident. Was almost was a deal breaker for me. If not specs I wouldn't buy this laptop because of the keyboard which I still despise after 1 using it.

    • @Silagane
      @Silagane 4 года назад

      @@mateuszk3210I am serious, it's on heavy discount and I want to buy it. But it triggers me that the keyboard is not in the middle. So I am not sure if I will like it. Thanks for your info!

    • @mateuszk3210
      @mateuszk3210 4 года назад

      @@Silagane I got this laptop because rtx2080 bigger brother was too big and too heavy for me, I need it for CUDA not really for gaming. I am happy with the laptop, and keyboard is just annoying. I would still buy the laptop for the specs and quality, but it depends if you can get used to ignoring this keyboard inconvenience. You can always use external one or probably disable those keys (I use GNU/Linux only no other OS) and I got this laptop without OS preinstalled which was another sweet thing that I didn't have to pay for OS I am not going to use. Fans are not super loud and it has this grid under for better air flow, but I don't run long computations on it either. I wouldn't buy other laptop than Dell or Lenovo nowadays. Other brands quality is shit IMO.

    • @Silagane
      @Silagane 4 года назад +1

      @@mateuszk3210 Nice to know thanks for your insight. But with the current 500 off deal there is nothing this good. Furthermore none of the others have 1tb hard drive + ssd, and also the RAM is incredibly. And while I love the Razer looks and keyboard, I think i just gotta suck it up and get used to the lenovo keyboard.

  • @andyg4181
    @andyg4181 5 лет назад

    How did you set up that RGB lighting??? It says no device detected for me! Please help!

  • @darkspl
    @darkspl 5 лет назад

    Can u remove hdd?

  • @russellunhinged
    @russellunhinged 5 лет назад +4

    pls review y540

  • @ElectroSwingable
    @ElectroSwingable 5 лет назад

    Nice one

  • @månemannmånemann
    @månemannmånemann 5 лет назад

    Ahhh I see you're a man of culture listening to The Psychedelic Muse! 3:13

  • @prymus1005
    @prymus1005 5 лет назад

    In Hungary it costs 2770$ (RTX2070 version). It is insane, that here in the link, almost half the price.

    • @jamesboaz4787
      @jamesboaz4787 5 лет назад

      It's not though. What your seeing is perception.
      If I came to your country with us money, my money would go further for sure. But here it goes just the same. More or less. I'm aware not every contry is doing as well as the USA but I would counter by saying alot of Americans are actually fully impoverished. I'm close to it. I work a full time job and can't afford to live anywhere. I don't even make 1 months rent in 1 month. At 40+ hours a week.
      Don't move to Colorado.

  • @kenten77
    @kenten77 5 лет назад

    is the keyboard as bad as they say?

    • @naveenkataria1501
      @naveenkataria1501 5 лет назад

      Not really, the keyboard is good, but it's not that great compared to the thinkpad's. I use it and it works pretty well.

  • @OmenJap
    @OmenJap 5 лет назад

    Which one is better Dell G7 17 (RTX2060) or Legion Y740 15 (RTX2070) or hp Omen 15t 2019 (RTX2060)? where the price for Dell is 1510$, Legion around 1670$ and Omen 15t 2019 1670$ .

  • @ThatOmadGuy
    @ThatOmadGuy 5 лет назад

    I really want this but 2060 version in my country is about $2100 :(

  • @toughtofindname6209
    @toughtofindname6209 4 года назад +1

    Do not buy this laptop in India.. All the laptops mine and my friends are having display flickering issue just after an year after the warranty expired.. Investigate about this before you buy.

  • @kamalhm-dev
    @kamalhm-dev 5 лет назад

    They should ditch the hdd and use the space to expand the battery

  • @dnkira16
    @dnkira16 4 года назад

    Anybody else has problems with their macro keys not working???
    I have a 15" Y740

  • @xMel21x
    @xMel21x 5 лет назад

    Lenovo has Motorola. They could get a sensor of a budget smartphone and put it on the laptops. It would look miles better...

    • @imranakhtar4478
      @imranakhtar4478 5 лет назад +2

      moto does not manufacture camera sensors. Sony and samsung do.

  • @munawarshahafridi7921
    @munawarshahafridi7921 5 лет назад

    Goooood!!! Its missing num keypad!!!

  • @SD-vs4wx
    @SD-vs4wx 5 лет назад

    Review asus rog Strix lll

  • @indiegemba1445
    @indiegemba1445 5 лет назад

    I got the iCUE software for the keyboard when i got the laptop

  • @abamlong2934
    @abamlong2934 5 лет назад

    I check the price in website🤔🤔 This laptop is overprice super saiyan 😑😑😑

  • @interfacesubject9139
    @interfacesubject9139 5 лет назад

    i7 8750h is old cpu.

  • @Kryptix0III
    @Kryptix0III 5 лет назад

    Don't know why you faked the cod ww2 gameplay

  • @ThatOneRandomPearson
    @ThatOneRandomPearson 4 года назад

    I have it and you are wrong I love this thing evrything you said is wrong

  • @lucianmihai4661
    @lucianmihai4661 5 лет назад

    As

  • @UGuyU_
    @UGuyU_ 5 лет назад

    I can recognize the Dolby Atom crappy disturb sound from miles away.
    I never buy Dolby Atom ,shame on lenovo that don't bring back the old good JBL from the Y50 era.
    Atom Dolby = sucks.

  • @workingmanbh
    @workingmanbh 5 лет назад +1

    As I'm seeing, it's worse than the Legion y720 in a lot of areas....

  • @hmst5420
    @hmst5420 5 лет назад

    Are you gonna repaste it?