I got this laptop during black friday for 300 last year and for the past few months, it works like a charm for school and low end gaming. I'll soon try to do some emulation and see the results.
I bought this as a capable laptop that is not my main computer. If I have to travel for a week I can get by just fine with this. And remember you have a HDMI jack that you can plug into a monitor for more serious viewing.
I upgraded from an inexpensive chromebook to this one (i5 1021, 8ram, 126gb storage) as a student. I am so so happy with it as someone who does endless essays, but I use it alongside my iPad Pro 11inch. I wouldn’t use it for intense photoshop though since the screen is so lack lustre. I do prefer the matte finish since high def screens always make my eyes hurt a lot faster.
I recently switched to one without even trying...I was just going for a Windows device under $300 so I can afford one at 15 years of age Mine has: 11th gen Core i3 4K integrated Intel Graphics 4GB RAM 128GB SSD It's absolutely great, coming from a Samsung Chromebook that my parents bought and forced me to use for school purposes. I can run Minecraft 1.19.3 with Forge and WorldEdit (and NO OptiFine). With the exception of a VERY UNCOMMON frame stutter, it does over 100 FPS. It costs less and performs better than my dads work laptop XD EDIT: every Windows device I've ever owned before this beauty was randomly taken away by my mom, never to be seen again (she doesn't even know where she put it, it's been about 5 years)
Well, by now your 16 years old and can go out and get a job. You can buy your own laptop now..... as for your Mom. Maybe she put it under the floor boards or up in the attic somewhere....lol. Nice treasure hunt!
Lol, yeah, good point. The idea was to demonstrate that it handles 4k playback just fine. So it could be utilized as a media PC, outputting to a 4k TV, if you wanted.
I've been testing games on it and it seems to run pretty well. It's almost as good as my old desktop PC with a GTX 970. But the CPU is definitely better than my PC. Definitely needs an external storage to game with it though. Also would be nice if it had an ethernet port, Wifi only.
It would be nice if you could make a gaming review for this computer! I just got 17 inch version of this computer with 8gb RAM and Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1005G1 CPU @1.20 GHz 1.19 GHz processor and I would like to know little bit more about gaming on it, because I wasn't into all of that computer stuff... at least until now! 😅
Awesome! I’ll make one taking a look at the gaming performance. It will be a bit different from yours because there is RAM and Processor differences. But it should be close, I think.
please do a gaming test on this computer, that would be my primary use for this device and for the price it’s cheaper than any gaming pc/laptop, even the really crappy prebuilts.
I bought mine at office depot on sale. Ryzen 7, 8G Ram, 512G SSD, smokin fast. It kept dropping the wifi until a BIOS update was released. Zero issues. Yes, camera sucks, but I don't need people seeing my face in HD.
i need your advice. I just enrolled in college studying for a computer and information science degree. I will be studying routing, programming, operating systems, command language etc. I am looking at two laptops -- the Lenovo® IdeaPad 3i Laptop, 17.3" Screen, Intel® Core™ i3, 8GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive, Wi-Fi 6, Windows® 10 for $379 or the Lenovo® IdeaPad 3 Laptop, 15.6" Screen, AMD Ryzen 7, 8GB Memory, 512GB Solid State Drive, Windows® 10 for $499. I would rather have the larger screen real estate but if the specs are better for the money I would take the 15.6 inch screen.
I would say get the second one, for sure. The one with the Ryzen 7. I don't know what you budget is, but if you can afford it, you could also pick up a used TV for like $50 and get a lot of screen real estate that way. I'm no coder, but to me, that would make the most sense.
@@nerdyneighbor Thanks for the reply. I also saw this system and was interested: ASUS VivoBook 17.3" i5 8GB/128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Laptop; 17.3" FHD (1900 x 1280), Intel Core i5-1035G1, Intel UHD Graphics, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home for $549. But, I think you are right that Ryzen 7 4700U system is probably the best configuration out of them all.
I've had a rather different experience. I find it generally ok and there are some things that I do like, but I don't find it terribly fast and unless the brightness is 70% or so and above, it's kind of dim. But what really bothers me is the battery life. I can go from 100% to about 55% in maybe an hour and that's just doing some writing and some research online.
Hi nerdyneighbor, I would grateful for your advice. I have just bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3 17.3 inch intel pentium gold, 4 gb ram, and 1 tb HDD - window 10S. I want to upgrade with 256 GS SSD from my existing Lenovo laptop and increase the RAM. Should I do the upgrade before I setp the new laptop or after the upgrade
Sorry to take so long to reply. I would say upgrade before setting up the new laptop. The SSD is going to make it so you need to reinstall Windows anyway.
Thinking of buying the 15ITl682H802BKTA model but am concerned about the rumors the screen is crap for video editing and working on photos. Here in Thailand they about about $700 USD good deal?
Hi, I have problems with the reproduction of contents on the web, in particular I have some delay between audio and video, have any of you had similar problems? (I have already formatted windows but nothing ((with linux no problem))).
My brother got a new Lenovo ideapad 3 i5 gen 10 but it's really slow it also is a gaming with Nvidia. How can I make it fast but while I play a game only some times it gets stuck the fps comes to 0 normally in 60 but sometimes it goes to 136
It all depends on what the specs are and what you're using it for. For example, I know the Vivobook has a better screen, which would make more sense for photography editing. But it's also more expensive, and I don't know what specs you're comparing.
I just bought one of these from Best Buy for $370. It’s a pretty good laptop but my only issue is with the screen. It’s pretty dim with poor viewing angles.
@@noisyy3876 Essentially, IPS screens have better viewing angles and just look better. The kind of screen this laptop has is a TF panel (I think) so the viewing angles aren't great and it looks a little harsher. Kinda like a laptop from 2002.
Hi thanks for the great review What do you think about this one? Lenovo Ideapad L3-15IML05 / 81WB0047AX / Core i7-10510U / 8GB RAM / 128GB SSD+1 TB HDD / 2GB GDDR5 Graphics / 15.6 Inch Need it for Autocad and heavy spreadsheet work. Thanks
I haven't purchased one. This review is just for the 10th Gen. Although my guess is the performance gains from 10th to 11th gen are going to be small. I hear different things from 12th gen Intel processors, but 11th gen is basically reheated 10th.
Do you think an IdeaPad 3 i5 10210U (4c/8t, 1.6/4.2GHZ, 6MB) 12gb ram dd4 1tb hdd is good enough to edit videos on Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Da Vinci, etc?
I wouldn't call that a video editing computer. It might be able to handle some video editing in a pinch. But I wouldn't count on being able to color correct, add effects, multiple layers of video or anything like that.
Help! which one should I choose?? both same price: IdeaPad 3 15.6" Ryzen 5 5500U (6 núcleos), 12 GB , SSD 256GB vs. Huawei Matebook D15 Core I5 10th gen, 8gb, 512 ssd,
@@nerdyneighbor bro but when i put my serial number in lenovo support it shows 1 nvidia vga driver 1 nvidia geforce experience and 1 intel vga but it doesn't install nvidia one having error of invompatible hardware
@@nerdyneighbor I was attempting to switch out of s mode but was having no luck. I restarted my Microsoft store app as well as restarted my pc. After that not working, I typed in Wsreset and somehow that worked, allowing me to finally switch out! And download zoom ( since with s mode on I wasn’t able to download) Posting in case someone needs help switching out! Sorry for lack of context
Lenovo Ideapad 3 15.6" FHD Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 11th Gen - 12GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Arctic Grey
This is mine hehe
@@justinbuenviaje8104 i am going to buy this laptop. How it's working so far?
@@upscale4058 so good for its price
I got this laptop during black friday for 300 last year and for the past few months, it works like a charm for school and low end gaming. I'll soon try to do some emulation and see the results.
I bought this as a capable laptop that is not my main computer. If I have to travel for a week I can get by just fine with this. And remember you have a HDMI jack that you can plug into a monitor for more serious viewing.
i just ordered it for the same reason and also for college as well i hope i like it
I upgraded from an inexpensive chromebook to this one (i5 1021, 8ram, 126gb storage) as a student. I am so so happy with it as someone who does endless essays, but I use it alongside my iPad Pro 11inch. I wouldn’t use it for intense photoshop though since the screen is so lack lustre. I do prefer the matte finish since high def screens always make my eyes hurt a lot faster.
Lmao same I started traveling a lot and just upraised from a chrome book 4 used it for about 4 years then it just stopped working
you have a premium top of the line tablet by apple, and a budget windows laptop? hh
I recently switched to one without even trying...I was just going for a Windows device under $300 so I can afford one at 15 years of age
Mine has:
11th gen Core i3
4K integrated Intel Graphics
4GB RAM
128GB SSD
It's absolutely great, coming from a Samsung Chromebook that my parents bought and forced me to use for school purposes. I can run Minecraft 1.19.3 with Forge and WorldEdit (and NO OptiFine). With the exception of a VERY UNCOMMON frame stutter, it does over 100 FPS. It costs less and performs better than my dads work laptop XD
EDIT: every Windows device I've ever owned before this beauty was randomly taken away by my mom, never to be seen again (she doesn't even know where she put it, it's been about 5 years)
@@XZ-III joke's on you. I use that thing for my 4K renders
Well, by now your 16 years old and can go out and get a job. You can buy your own laptop now..... as for your Mom. Maybe she put it under the floor boards or up in the attic somewhere....lol. Nice treasure hunt!
@@thommysides4616 that is a laptop I bought thank you very much. I don’t have time for a job.
"the screen is 1080p" 5 seconds later "watch it run 4k"
Lol, yeah, good point. The idea was to demonstrate that it handles 4k playback just fine. So it could be utilized as a media PC, outputting to a 4k TV, if you wanted.
I've been testing games on it and it seems to run pretty well. It's almost as good as my old desktop PC with a GTX 970.
But the CPU is definitely better than my PC. Definitely needs an external storage to game with it though. Also would be nice if it had an ethernet port, Wifi only.
It would be nice if you could make a gaming review for this computer! I just got 17 inch version of this computer with 8gb RAM and Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1005G1 CPU @1.20 GHz 1.19 GHz processor and I would like to know little bit more about gaming on it, because I wasn't into all of that computer stuff... at least until now! 😅
Awesome! I’ll make one taking a look at the gaming performance. It will be a bit different from yours because there is RAM and Processor differences. But it should be close, I think.
Looking into buying this laptop. They are selling it here in South Africa with a 1 TB HDD hard drive added on top of the SSD. Not a bad deal....
Just bought this laptop, pretty excited
please do a gaming test on this computer, that would be my primary use for this device and for the price it’s cheaper than any gaming pc/laptop, even the really crappy prebuilts.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm not huge into gaming. What do you want to see it run?
@@nerdyneighbor possibly rocket league? something that is reasonable yet a big title
@@ballerspro8310 I've gotten requests for minecraft, roblox, and now rocket league. Maybe I'll try fortnite too.
@@ballerspro8310 there is a gaming version of this laptop, you should check that out, it has better gaming specs
I bought mine at office depot on sale. Ryzen 7, 8G Ram, 512G SSD, smokin fast. It kept dropping the wifi until a BIOS update was released. Zero issues. Yes, camera sucks, but I don't need people seeing my face in HD.
No one expects great camera quality on laptops.
Bought this for parents. Seeing how it will turn out.
i need your advice. I just enrolled in college studying for a computer and information science degree. I will be studying routing, programming, operating systems, command language etc. I am looking at two laptops -- the Lenovo® IdeaPad 3i Laptop, 17.3" Screen, Intel® Core™ i3, 8GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive, Wi-Fi 6, Windows® 10 for $379 or the Lenovo® IdeaPad 3 Laptop, 15.6" Screen, AMD Ryzen 7, 8GB Memory, 512GB Solid State Drive, Windows® 10 for $499. I would rather have the larger screen real estate but if the specs are better for the money I would take the 15.6 inch screen.
I would say get the second one, for sure. The one with the Ryzen 7. I don't know what you budget is, but if you can afford it, you could also pick up a used TV for like $50 and get a lot of screen real estate that way. I'm no coder, but to me, that would make the most sense.
@@nerdyneighbor Thanks for the reply. I also saw this system and was interested:
ASUS VivoBook 17.3" i5 8GB/128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Laptop; 17.3" FHD (1900 x 1280), Intel Core i5-1035G1, Intel UHD Graphics, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home for $549.
But, I think you are right that Ryzen 7 4700U system is probably the best configuration out of them all.
or a used computer monitor at a pawn shop etc.@@nerdyneighbor
I've had a rather different experience. I find it generally ok and there are some things that I do like, but I don't find it terribly fast and unless the brightness is 70% or so and above, it's kind of dim. But what really bothers me is the battery life. I can go from 100% to about 55% in maybe an hour and that's just doing some writing and some research online.
Sorry your experience was negative, my friend. Thanks for commenting. This info's useful to have.
Use conservative mode, with it you can use your ideapad like a desktop. Worry no more on battery consumption or deterioration.
Hi nerdyneighbor, I would grateful for your advice. I have just bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3 17.3 inch intel pentium gold, 4 gb ram, and 1 tb HDD - window 10S. I want to upgrade with 256 GS SSD from my existing Lenovo laptop and increase the RAM. Should I do the upgrade before I setp the new laptop or after the upgrade
Sorry to take so long to reply. I would say upgrade before setting up the new laptop. The SSD is going to make it so you need to reinstall Windows anyway.
Thanks for vid. worth a $90 difference over the i3? (for word processing and browsing)
For basic tasks like that, I think the I3 model will be just fine.
Thinking of buying the 15ITl682H802BKTA model but am concerned about the rumors the screen is crap for video editing and working on photos. Here in Thailand they about about $700 USD good deal?
Did you buy it? I heard they are making them a bit better now....
Hi, I have problems with the reproduction of contents on the web, in particular I have some delay between audio and video, have any of you had similar problems? (I have already formatted windows but nothing ((with linux no problem))).
I've never even heard of that happening on a regular basis. That's weird.
My brother got a new Lenovo ideapad 3 i5 gen 10 but it's really slow it also is a gaming with Nvidia. How can I make it fast but while I play a game only some times it gets stuck the fps comes to 0 normally in 60 but sometimes it goes to 136
Hi, could you please tell me which one is better Asus vivobook x413ja or this one? Thanks in advance)
It all depends on what the specs are and what you're using it for. For example, I know the Vivobook has a better screen, which would make more sense for photography editing. But it's also more expensive, and I don't know what specs you're comparing.
I just bought one of these from Best Buy for $370. It’s a pretty good laptop but my only issue is with the screen. It’s pretty dim with poor viewing angles.
It’s true. Not great viewing angles. If Lenovo had used an IPS panel instead, this would be a near perfect laptop.
@@nerdyneighbor Performance has been really solid so far though…
is that really bad? can you explain
@@noisyy3876 Essentially, IPS screens have better viewing angles and just look better. The kind of screen this laptop has is a TF panel (I think) so the viewing angles aren't great and it looks a little harsher. Kinda like a laptop from 2002.
I got the hp ryzen 3, I’m not thrilled with it, considering spending a bit more and exchanging it for this, would this be noticeably better?
would it do well with overwatch? what about digital art?
It will do great at digital art. I'm not sure about overwatch. I'm going to try some games on it here in a video soon.
Hi thanks for the great review
What do you think about this one?
Lenovo Ideapad L3-15IML05 / 81WB0047AX / Core i7-10510U / 8GB RAM / 128GB SSD+1 TB HDD / 2GB GDDR5 Graphics / 15.6 Inch
Need it for Autocad and heavy spreadsheet work.
Thanks
That should for sure handle the heavy spreadsheets, not sure about autocad--I haven't ever done cad work. But it should be okay?
Would you recommend this one for a teacher working from home on a daily basis of 6 hours per day?
Yeah, it should be totally fine for that.
good laptop.
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 11 generation 8/256ssd ???
I haven't purchased one. This review is just for the 10th Gen. Although my guess is the performance gains from 10th to 11th gen are going to be small. I hear different things from 12th gen Intel processors, but 11th gen is basically reheated 10th.
why does the plastic bend so much on the keyboard?
Do you think an IdeaPad 3 i5 10210U (4c/8t, 1.6/4.2GHZ, 6MB) 12gb ram dd4 1tb hdd is good enough to edit videos on Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Da Vinci, etc?
I wouldn't call that a video editing computer. It might be able to handle some video editing in a pinch. But I wouldn't count on being able to color correct, add effects, multiple layers of video or anything like that.
Is this laptop good for hardcore programming?
I just bought this for $319 Canadian at Best Buy.
does the touchscreen screen can be use with stylus?
I don't know. That's a good question! I actually don't have a stylus.
Is it good for software development?
I'm not sure, but the specs would suggest it would do fine.
Does it come with touch screen display?
It sure does!
I am med student so i spend a lot of time studying on it ... is the screen good ?!
It's not awesome. It's okay, but It's not its best feature, for sure. Maybe for like 4-5 hours a day.
Does it have ms office lifetime or 1 year ?
Help! which one should I choose?? both same price: IdeaPad 3 15.6" Ryzen 5 5500U (6 núcleos), 12 GB , SSD 256GB vs. Huawei Matebook D15 Core I5 10th gen, 8gb, 512 ssd,
Frankly, you probably won't notice much of a difference in performance between them. Whichever one you want is fine.
is this laptop good for making animation? like on adobe animate?
I'm not sure. I don't do animation, but I imagine, if you can afford it, you'd want something higher end.
Do you think this laptop can run games like valorant?
I’m about to buy this mainly to play valorant good idea?
would things like gmod, roblox, war thunder and games like that work?
I would be a little suspicious about war thunder. But gmod and roblox should be fine, I think? But I've never played those games.
Just based on the recommended specs, that's what I would say. You may get away with war thunder on medium or low settings.
@@nerdyneighbor alright, thanks!
Do you guys think that this laptop can run valorand or games like layers of fear or indie horror games ? And i need it for autocad too
I don't know about autocad. I'm going to try some games here soon though.
Is this good for video editing and digital art?
I think the Gateway laptop would be better than this one. I replied to your comment on my other video.
@@nerdyneighbor thanks
Are you able to play Minecraft Java on it
I'm not sure. I don't play minecraft. But I'm pretty confident you can.
Hey! Please reply sir
Can I use it for coding ???
Yes.
I have the same model but i cant download dedicated gpu driver please help
So, the Ideapad 3 doesn't have a dedicated GPU. So I don't think it would have a driver for the GPU.
@@nerdyneighbor bro but when i put my serial number in lenovo support it shows 1 nvidia vga driver 1 nvidia geforce experience and 1 intel vga but it doesn't install nvidia one having error of invompatible hardware
My sister bought it for $200 on black Friday. Immediately removed windows now running Linux mint 20
That is a WICKED good deal if it's the same model. There were a lot of different ideapads released last year.
I'm using Fedora Linux on mine
Can this item be used for djing?
True 👍🏾 ✔️
I still use turntables, but a short-cut helps sometimes. 🤣😅
i cant use zoom! please help
It has a camera cover. Make sure that the camera is uncovered.
Are you saying zoom won't even start up?
@@nerdyneighbor I was attempting to switch out of s mode but was having no luck. I restarted my Microsoft store app as well as restarted my pc.
After that not working, I typed in Wsreset and somehow that worked, allowing me to finally switch out! And download zoom ( since with s mode on I wasn’t able to download)
Posting in case someone needs help switching out! Sorry for lack of context
@@L33ric I'm glad you were able to figure it out! Thanks for posting!
@@L33ric I had a problem with Microsoft Store too these days. It wasn´t openning. But "sfc /scannow" solved my problem.
Can it run football manger game ?
No clue. I don't even know what that is.
Gaming test
can i play valorant here?
Yup!
this laptop comes also with a low res screen in 220 nits. a total waste of money, an awful experience.
Yeah, it’s not the best. But the actual performance of the laptop is good.