Is The Cheapest Ryzen Laptop On Amazon Worth Buying?

[@Luke-qs2cg]

Having a 500 nit 1080p ips is absolutely stellar at this price. This is essentially the perfect notebook for the avg budget shoper. Its almost worth it to have as a backup at that price

[@22Tech]

especially when there are 800$+ laptops that still have shitty 250 nit or 300 nit screens, like come ON

[@iosonodadoleggenda915]

In italy, from amazon, this exact one is 420 euros

[@adrian__4678]

in America life is easy

[@calaveracode4235]

@@adrian__4678 sure xd

[@iosonodadoleggenda915]

@@adrian__4678 i mean, yeah pc hardware is cheaper, but we have pizza, mozzarella, la caprese, a lot of good food that everyone should try in their lives, and if for that i have to pay 120 bucks more for a laptop im all in (im fat and joking) Also let me point out that in italy this is not on sale, so maybe the difference is not hat big. I love when people in the comment compare how in europe and different places the price change, because this makes a big difference on the product.

[@saschapurner9579]

479 in Germoney. I think in Amerika the difference is also not so big like some Americans dream about. ;-)

[@MnemonicCarrier]

Order straight from China.

[@madmod]

This is what I was looking at for a budget igpu setup for playing older games like fallout New Vegas, runescape, and some war thunder. I'm still rocking an old i3, 8gb dual channel setup xD

[@AdkinsGamer]

@@madmod Trust me when I say that you will fall short with those 8gb of ram, may as well order a second hand Ryzen 5000 series laptop, it's ram isn't soldered down and there's a good chance you'll get more storage and better processing power

[@madmod]

@@AdkinsGamer does this amd powered laptop not have a second swappable ram slot? Should be easy enough to upgrade to 12-16gb or so

[@iokwong1871]

Even weaker CPU like N200, would rock at those games, probably not max out everything, but these run these older games well.

[@madmod]

@@iokwong1871 i mean, my i3 runs them fine but looking at the performance of the 780m igpu from ryzen and even the lower stuff seems awesome

[@rudraacharya8247]

I have an i3 7350K overclocked a bit, 8gb ram on windows 10.. it's nice for PS2 emulation, and I even completed gta 5 on 720p normal settings with soft shadows, high reflections and fxaa with around 25fps.

[@DatOneGuy901]

i have the vivobook 15 model above this one w a r5 7520u 16 gb ddr5 and a gorgeous OLED 1080p screen. its a perfect laptop for everyday use, just fast enough to surf the web, watch media and edit documents on. i dont desire to game on my laptop, so it fits my use case perfectly

[@rizefwe]

@@DatOneGuy901 how much did that costed you?

[@DatOneGuy901]

@@rizefwe it was 420 usd on sale at newegg

[@pweddy1]

$220? That’s not much more than a Raspberry Pi kit with a power supply, keyboard, mouse and case? Edit: As soon as you add a MONITOR to the cost that's extra $100 minimum. You can't buy Rp5 w/8gb of Ram, a monitor, Mouse, Keyboard and power supply for less than $220.

[@saschapurner9579]

Zeig mal kurz nen Screenshot wo Du den für diesen Preis kaufen kannst gerade. Bei uns kostet der doppelt so viel wie im Video angegeben.... Letzteres im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes.

[@retro_pollo998]

Id take this over any pi

[@iokwong1871]

About $80-100 more than the pi with all those things you mention. Not to mention you got a much better SSD, and a screen. So yeah. It would be actually cheaper than running a pi at such a setup.

[@MrGhostyk]

8 GB of non upgradable RAM. This device will be a junk in a few years. Even now it's barely usable just thanks to SSD SWAP file. Which is destroying cheap SSD, placed in a laptop.

[@kylelitwack]

@@MrGhostyk I think this device on windows is quickly e-waste but will run just fine on most linux distros until it no longer works.

[@rafaelshirakura4165]

I use one for daily work programming and college studying. With Linux it gets really good and perfect for it's price! Love from Brazil!!!

[@anonamos225]

Cost effective tech like this is how I found this channel way back when. This was cool.

[@Mr.darken1990]

This seems perfect for cloud gaming rather than actual gaming. Decent price though. Looks like it has no problem running older games and indie games. Probably could run emulation as well depending on which you run on it.

[@RidwanGosal]

Yeah I have the vivobook go oled version and I use it to stream my steam games.

[@mmpsp693]

I would disagree, gaming has such a long history that any device can be a good option. If this can play Bioshock, Mass Effect, XCom, Civilization, Dragon Age, Divity Original Sin, plus most indies, can be a great device.

[@Mr.darken1990]

@@mmpsp693 that fall in to the old games section not current AAA games.

[@Luke-qs2cg]

This isn't really for gaming at all, but rather the same type of person that would like something like a MacBook air but doesn't have the money, or for kids first laptops, etc.

[@Mr.darken1990]

@@Luke-qs2cg My thoughts exactly

[@DanDoesGame]

I miss you testing emulation

[@GoblinArmyInYourWalls]

It's in a legal grey area now with Nintendo taking down people's video, a huge risk to even do Sony and Microsoft stuff incase they wanna do it too

[@MarkHyde]

The APU really means that won't work well.

[@Oli00ps]

I know this is a gaming channel but when it comes to reviewing laptops a video render/transcoding test would be helpful. A lot of us are doing some kind of video work on our laptops and PCs.

[@dicebeatsofficial2525]

It will be a lot of work to also concentrate on video editing

[@Oli00ps]

@@dicebeatsofficial2525 I'm talking about one Handbrake transcode or one Blender render.

[@bahamut505ci]

The ram not being upgradable is a deal breaker.

[@djsmileyoflasvegas]

Really u cant swap out the 8gb for 16gb that suks

[@frankwong9486]

Ram not being upgradable isn't the deal breaker Non upgradable 8GB ram is deal breaker 16GB non upgradable? 90% fine 32GB non upgradable? More than enough for most people Who the hell makes a non upgradable laptop 8GB sku in 2024 is a crime

[@iokwong1871]

In reality, most people don't and don't need to upgrade the RAM. I would rather have soldered RAM that can run at higher speed (and yes, this is also why many laptops RAM are soldered.) know what you are getting, and get enough of it at the beginning. There's no guarantee that RAM will get cheaper in the foreseeable seeable future nowadays.

[@Ripcode2233891]

Not a deal-breaker if you weren't going to buy it in the first place. This is for uni students to take notes, not to play games. They know their market

[@bahamut505ci]

No it really is a deal breaker no matter the use if your ram breaks your screwed.

[@lloydc5736]

Be interested to see how a Linux Distro runs, use Zorin Core Disto on my old spare AM3+ system, and was quite impressed with gaming results using Steam Proton, as appears I'll be experiencing a few weeks hospital stay from surgery, and on my budget can't afford much in $$$, if older games run as you show wondering how they'd run on Linux (as most games I've tried run better than on Windows in FPS, although not all) would sure beat being stuck watching TV and looking out the window, thanks for the review

[@bionicseaserpent]

Linux stuff should be a standard for reviews. Not just Windows. nobody actually likes windows

[@saysbadman]

It would have been nice to see some emulation, and battery runtime. I am sure batocera would run great on this. Im also fairly impressed with the screen. I think the last cheap laptop I bought had an ugly TN panel that took some maneuvering to find the sweet spot for the screen.

[@gonz4led]

And the vivobook 14 i3 1215u will run circles around this laptop simply because RAM can be upgraded. I bought one at 279 usd then upgraded it using an 8 Gb stick from Crucial and the difference in performance is substancial.

[@pm5k00]

ETA PRIME, who is we? I've never heard you mention other people working on this channel.

[@LaptopLiebe]

His Wife.

[@Kaaputenen]

Would have loved to see some emulation results, but good video, thanks!

[@gdjaybee742]

Unupgradable 8GB RAM default should be banned and made illegal. This is against my religion.

[@iokwong1871]

@@gdjaybee742 Exactly, it is a religion.

[@quarteratom]

Normal usecases don't require anything above 8GB. Linux or even Windows11 works perfectly fine with 8GB.

[@iokwong1871]

@@quarteratom Exactly, I mean all this should be case driven. Most Pi users don't complain about the little RAM that it comes with, which MAX out at 8 GB. And suddenly when it comes to laptops, it is a far crime with soldered RAM, LOL. I mean pick as needed, or just don't buy it.

[@60fpsplanet]

LOL and then you'll only use not even half of it? Unused RAM is a wasted RAM.

[@gdjaybee742]

@@60fpsplanet It's still against my religion. The religion of 16GB RAM. I don't submit to the religion of 8GB RAM like you do.

[@needsLITHIUM]

I would love to see this thing tested with Linux. Preferably, both a distro like Bazzite for gaming, but also with a distro like Linux Mint or MX Linux, to see how well desktop Linux works for gaming, along with the "everyday use" stuff like in Windows. TBH, I would love to see more of that desktop Linux testing in general, on more devices.

[@georgeg7259]

So much better than a tablet

[@Joshpods]

Depends. As a med student a tab is so much more portable

[@analyticalmind4493]

You can get basically the same setup as a chromebook plus as well. I wonder if this would run better without windows.

[@adamyates3580]

I've got a Asus Chromebook Plus CM3401 with the same CPU. The performance is excellent and the battery life is insane.

[@MobiusGT]

are you going to do a video on the new galaxy tab s10 series? Im very curious on how a flagship samsung powered by mediatek will do when it comes to emulation

[@MS-tu5ew]

I would be interested in seeing how Linux works on this laptop and how to upgrade the nvme drive. Thanks for the review.

[@pushpanshu89]

Emulation video is a must❤.

[@Spee33]

Great lil laptop for vacation.

[@JoseG-pn8vm]

Waiting for emulation tests!

[@AdkinsGamer]

Too early, imma come back when the comment section is full

[@richardwilliams706]

What about the i3 variant? How do you think this laptop holds up against it? It was 249 on Walmart's sale.

[@MrByambaa602]

@@richardwilliams706 it blows

[@azure8247]

I have this exact model and run linux mint on it. To get it to connect to wifi/bluetooth on linux i had to swap the wifi card for an intel one (Intel Ax210) and then everything was flawless. PC gaming with this is a bit of a let down considering it has a RDNA2 igpu (2 CUs i know...) but emulation is pretty good! PS2/Gamecube ran full speed for me and im sure Wii and 3DS would be fine as well. My recommendation for anyone considering it is to buy the one with the smallest SSD since it can be swapped out pretty easily and also that Intel Ax210 wifi card if you plan to run linux on it.

[@kurtwinter4422]

The 5500U smokes the 7320U in benchmarks, with slower memory and with Zen 2, not even Zen 3 cores.

[@iokwong1871]

@@kurtwinter4422 Totally, never get laptop like 7320u if it more than $250. Unless it has other features, like a super nice screen and rugged body, etc. and you want to limit the computation power for the kids, which they do for education laptops. The 5500u at typical price makes much more sense at the $380-450 range.

[@adamyates3580]

You are right there but the 7320U will probably smoke the 5500U when it comes to battery life. I have the 7320C in my chromebook and the battery life is well over 10 hours. For a student, this might be the most important thing.

[@ShotByTWade]

I found a Ryzen 5 4500u Lenovo Thinkpad E15 Gen 2, which runs my games well, for 200 bucks. I wanna run ps3 but id need to set up an egpu tho based on the vids ive seen. Its also good for video and music production, but to be fair, so is Ryzen 3 when it comes to music production.

[@kajurn791]

It's funny because Skyrim and Dirt 3 are games i've played on a i5 4210U intel laptop (at lower resolution and framerates of course). These games not running all that great on this 10 years after makes the 7320u look terrible to me. This is a much better laptop than the one i had of course and at $220 it's a solid deal, but people buying 7320U devices thinking they can play some 3D games here and there are going to be pretty disappointed.

[@iokwong1871]

@@kajurn791 Seems like a driver issue.... Even a weaker current Gen CPU can run those games just fine. In fact, I bet ETA prime will do a video on that the very next day or two LOL. (That would be my guess)

[@billysherman2702]

How come whenever I see one of the 'cheapest' videos and I click the link to get one, the price is $50 to $70 more than the video said it was?

[@Mamiya645]

This one starts out at 8495 SEK in Sweden, on in a direct currency conversion, 795 USD. If someone in the US complains over expensive electronics even Nvidia graphics cards, we will look at them like DiCaprio glares at a woman who just turned 25. Over here the stores park laptop prices at around 5000 SEK no matter how garbage they are, with the exception of chromebooks, so this one would just stay forever. Until last year I could go and physically buy a new AMD A-8 non-gaming laptop for around that price in a common electronics chain store.

[@spe2800]

What game capture device do you use in your videos ?

[@pavaomrazek]

What a steal for $220! It even has preinstalled Windows!

[@iokwong1871]

Just realized most people didn't even realize that with current RAM speed, Soldered RAM are far more stable and reliable than socket RAM. Sure, one can argue that 8 GB os not enough for their application, whatever that maybe. And sometimes that's actually true. But that's completely different subjects matter with soldier RAM. One thing most people didn't realize is that modern OS will use as much RAM as possible. Not because it really needed but because it is actually a good thing to do, and can help with responsivness and all that. And let user to keep those millions tabs they have it open. But seeing RAM nearly MAX out all the time. Doesn't mean you really needed more RAM. A lot of time is just things sitting there doing nothing. (in fact 8GB should be enough for these kind of CPU, most max out at 16GB anyway).

[@Dr.Anarchy]

Ahh another Hades 2 fan I see 👌🏻👌🏻😎😎

[@quarteratom]

It's not really "user-upgradeable" if upgrading voids the warranty.

[@DrakeTech-kh8hs]

Mendocino was AMD's worst idea, it has only 2CU. 5600u is similarly priced and better in every aspect.

[@bionicseaserpent]

You don't have a clue do you?

[@kollin1138]

I just bought this exact model at my local target. THEY HAD IT FOR $110!!! Couldn’t pass it up

[@lelouchabrilvelda1794]

For that price. I have zero complain. I know the ram are not upgradable but still a good deal 🤝

[@iokwong1871]

I am a professional who find that I can live by with sub $300 laptops. (In fact, I can live with sub $200 until inflation kick in.) LOL

[@kuyache2]

Mendocino had a great promise but super underdelivered! We are better off buying a cheap Ryzen 5500U which performs way better on both graphics (specially entry level gaming) and computing tasks. There are tons of older laptops that are on sale that are better than this.... This SOC is intended for ultra cheap handhelds like 199$ below but was eclipsed by Steamdeck and others. It was just too late and too weak...

[@AlexK-xb4co]

I'd wish they would have shipped with no OS, instead of Microsoft Adware OS - it would have saved some bucks off the price. Slap Linux on it - and it will be a good deal. I'd also pay additional bucks for more RAM, 16 Gb nowadays it bare minimum. And bit disappointing that the huge charger and barrel jack. I think USB C is the way to go - it's universal.

[@Marnda7]

Big Like 👍

[@foolish501]

I looked at this when it was on sale, but the fact that it had ram that wasn't ungradable was why i didn't buy it. With these AMD APU's you need at least 16gb

[@ARK2022]

What kind of gaming test was that? Where was gta5, rdr2 and others? 😂😂

[@davidgarris5440]

Do you know if this will run Ableton?

[@slimqq7694]

Cyberpunk:"Ight Imma Head Out"

[@Oli00ps]

Amazon Canada's non-sale price is $459.

[@smacdad]

I wonder how it would work as a Steam Deck.

[@MrRadar]

LOL, checking the Amazon description of the laptop they advertise the screen as having a "vibrant" 45% NTSC color gamut. Bruh 💀

[@Joshpods]

I mean you have to cheap out somewhere

[@MrRadar]

@@Joshpods Yeah, I don't expect a high quality screen on a laptop this cheap, but the way they're trying to sell it as "vibrant" specifically is hilarious.

[@Makoj32]

Where can I download the background image in the video with an AMD logo?

[@leeminh2401]

Would this be better than a used ThinkPad?

[@joprecious4570]

Love your vids can you please run programs like photoshop or blender

[@ManishKumar-sg1hg]

I don't think that's an ips display, no mention of it on the amazon listing

[@IvoPavlik]

Instead the new Zen 5 laptop reviews, we get to see cheap old Ryzen ones. Two months after release...

[@quarteratom]

The Microsoft Store probably requires a Microsoft account to switch out of S mode. The Microsoft account requires deanonymization. So no, it's not free.

[@sipynais_1161]

This laptop or a steam deck at the same price?

[@srvuk]

I was very unimpressed, even at the sale price. No wonder why they are trying to dump these. 16Gb RAM and a backlit keyboard would make a difference but otherwise, I would not even give it a second thought.

[@jeffenad5412]

The most affordable gaming laptop that I can find with a dedicated GPU is the Victus 15 with RTX 2050 at $600. Although it is not excellent, at least it has an RTX 2050.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

I bought that one when I was at thailand, about the same price. I own a 4060 latpop at home as my main. the 2050 laptop isn't too bad. I mean it can run decent games at 60, I never bother going above as it's not Esports just single player games. Resident evil remakes, some cRPGs and stuff. The temps max out at 65 too, with the fan not audible at all, even with a full load gpu - so you don't need to worry about heating. I don't like the stiff hinge though and the HP omen program you need to use to control it is trash compared to the stuff I get with Lenovo. They closed it in a very annoying way so it's hard getting inside of it, you'll probably need to use one of those plastic prying tools and be extra careful. The plastic can be better too. I remember seeing they actually used to sell (maybe they still do) the 4050 version at the same price. Gotta admit that a great bargain if you're american.

[@Luke-qs2cg]

Low power 2050 isn't much more powerful than the current igpu crop

[@polarvortex6601]

should have tested gamepass with this. btw, i have the same laptop that i bought back in sept but it has an intel 12th i7-1200u with 16 gigs of ram and 500 ssd hard drive and i mostly use it for gamepass on the go. at least it beats my steamdeck not by much mind you but the 16 inch screen is much better for my eyes than the 7 inch steam deck

[@dailylife8901]

Where's the Timespy score? Got used to just understanding that score lol

[@faustinpippin9208]

So People in NA make 4 Times more and have 2 Times cheaper stuff??? In My country this is 500 euro....

[@dlewis9760]

Move? Cross over in Mexico. They'll probably give you a laptop at the border.

[@jt3000o]

I don't think any laptop should be running 8gb of RAM doesn't matter how cheap it is especially since it's not upgradable It's basically e-waste at that point

[@iokwong1871]

@@jt3000o 8 GB is fine. It may cost you a little performance due to how modern OS works. Especially for laptops. Unless you are using the laptop as a desktop replacement, then you might want at least 16 GB. One most misconception people have is that they see things use a lot of RAM, this is true, but the reasons behind it are actually very different than most people think. Applications like web browsers use a lot of RAM not because it needs a lot of RAM, but because non-used RAM is wasted RAM. So they will try to utilize it as much as possible to make things more responsive. Even when many in RAM are just standing there doing nothing.

[@kenshisanki]

That's the same specs my gaming handheld has

[@TheSPENCERModds]

Bro Can You Review a Used Lenevo T470s?

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

dirt 3 legend

[@MarkHyde]

Measley soldered RAM and the 128gb SSD really means this is just an Office and YT viewing laptop. AVOID if you even want to just casual game. Also, this is a ZEN 2 based SoC/APU - that RADEON 610M graphics chipset shoes that.

[@emeraldeyesinthesand8355]

The higher end spec of this laptop costs around $550 in india.

[@ofacesig]

I couldn't buy a 8gb laptop in this day and age. 16GB is fine, but 8gb is a non-starter for me.

[@djayjp]

Can it run Crysis...? 😅

[@雲開-u4u]

iGPU needs ram to use, and win11 need some, 8g ram will be very hard to run other things, like games

[@TheMetalisImmortal]

in my country it starts from $300. i prefer an amd 5700 or intel 1215u for that price range.

[@saschapurner9579]

Where do you Life? Is that without Bonus Dreams about prices?

[@atranimecs]

16GB is minimum for RAM especially with an iGPU....why do companies think 8GB is "enough"?

[@iokwong1871]

@@atranimecs For low end laptop like that, or laptop that are used to do something these laptops can do. Even 4 GB is actually workable. The only drawback with 4 GB is you can't really open hundreds of web tabs or do heavy media editing. I know because I actually try it myself to figure out how much RAM I actually need. At 4 GB, I would say I can use the device 80% of the time without thinking. I can even do CAD without much problem. Again, nothing crazy, but making several parts and typical assembly is fine. With 8 GB of RAM, I almost never worried about pretty much anything. And things still run relatively smoothly. Again, no heavy media editing, or rendering and such. Now gaming is a completely different story. 8 GB is only for AAA games from about 5-8 years ago as long as you got an OK GPU. And anything from about 12 years ago should run fine on pretty much anything. Anything beyond 8 GB is a bonus for typical computing. Most people don't need more than that. Of course there are more and more professionals calling themselves typical PC users who make up properly 10% of Computer users. LOL But one thing to keep in mind is that any unused RAM is wasted RAM, so it is totally OK to see RAM usage at 90+%. If you often see less than 80%of RAM, that means you probably don't really need that much RAM.

[@bigbadxogames]

its empty in here

[@argononfire3084]

I’m here so it’s not anymore

[@subzero-ku2wx]

It doesn't have to be...🙋🥵🥵

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

@@subzero-ku2wxStranger danger

[@bigbadxogames]

@@subzero-ku2wx 😂 wild

[@H_illz_]

@@bigbadxogames 😂

[@ionamygdalon2263]

Was hoping to see emulation tested on this dirt cheap laptop

[@gregyance9901]

What's the cheapest ryzen 300 series laptop?

[@pavy415]

Dont get this for gaming its super limited save for the higher end model that he showed

[@BastetFurry]

8 Gigs from which the GPU portion will take its tax? Barely good enough for some web browsing, office work and older or indie gaming. Sad reality is, even with Linux most stuff got so fat that 8 GByte is the utter bare minimum.

[@adamtlee]

how does it run bazzite as a steamtop?

[@moakim4930]

So is it faster than N100?

[@brulsmurf]

about 50% faster in multicore and better iGPU

[@shuttzi9878]

But it's better to get one with 7530u since it's much better

[@iokwong1871]

@@moakim4930 much better.

[@MnemonicCarrier]

AMD silicon is fascinating. I can't wait to see this thing running Linux! Would be very interested in battery life (i.e. just having a terminal and a browser open - would it last a full working day?)

[@adamyates3580]

The Chromebooks with this CPU easily can last a day.

[@NetflixForeign]

I would reformat that to scrub 11 from it first. No recall, no thanks.

[@rofalmatt]

Samsung Galaxy tab 10+ review please with separate emulation video please How good does it compaire to the tab s9

[@thegreatTBA]

Man that 610m is a fucking disaster

[@michaels9917]

What?!?! No emulation tests?!?!?

[@dgillies5420]

4 cores ...8 threads ... 4 cores .... 8 w/eThreads ... Where else have I been hearing about a new series of processors this month with 4 cores ...8 threads? Starts with an "i" I think ....

[@troyshilanski380]

Please do emulation.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

300 dollars for me, before shipping (110)

[@craigreustle2192]

What is the battery life?

[@adamyates3580]

It's insane on my Chromebook with the same CPU. No bloat of windows to contend with though.

[@muuy1853]

In Jordan like this laptop cost 600 dollars

[@exodus0316]

could use this with the Geforce NOW easily...

[@yoppindia]

always open the laptop and show.

[@DanhNguyen-zf2vc]

i bought this laptop at target 4gb just 109$ :))))

[@ultimatums1]

its @ $293+TAX now. pass if it was $220.

[@P455x3]

Lenovo v15 g3 aba with ryzen 7 is great on gta online on high Setting s yes it runs some games

[@obiey2540]

nah, i3 1215 u is cheaper, and has better video encoding and decoding, those low end ryzen is just trash.

[@saschapurner9579]

479 Euro here in Germoney....

[@Xeonophon]

the screen is a TN panel?

[@adamyates3580]

He says IPS but I'm also questioning that, as it doesn't look great in the video.

[@Xeonophon]

@@adamyates3580 says tn panel on Currys website