Is This $450 RYZEN 5500U Laptop From Walmart Worth Buying?

[@MandoMTL]

Lenovo does budget decently. They typically don't make you regret choosing their brand.

[@GameC3nt]

hows the Battery life ??!

[@NeblogaiLT]

@@GameC3nt Battery life of 5000-series APUs is just great, but I would go for ideapad5 instead of ideapad 3, just to get a better overall package at minimal price increase.

[@DOHA104p3]

@Joel Sunny can't you order online?

[@DOHA104p3]

@Joel Sunny then I guess there's nothing else you could do

[@juanignacioaschura9437]

Until the plastic around the hinges breaks in the short term and you're left with a dislodged screen. Trust me, I've been repairing many IdeaPads with this issue, hence why I only recommend cheap ThinkPads with Ryzen. There are always deals on E-Series ThinkPads with 4th and 5th gen Ryzen APUs.

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

This is so close to excellent. I feel like we are on the cusp of a budget gaming laptop that doesn't feel like obsolete tech

[@slickrounder6045]

As soon as Amd release an Apu with Zen 3 + Rdna2 we may reach that point where budget laptops can do decent gaming. Intel isn't too far off either, with some impressive performance from their 11th gen tiger lake 1165g7 and 1185g7 with the full 96 E.U igpu.

[@broklond]

@@slickrounder6045 problem is, intel is offering those laptops at double the price of this lenovo system

[@wikwayer]

@@broklond touche

[@Aka.Aka.]

@@slickrounder6045 Intel has some good tech, too bad they sell APU's at the same price as a CPU+ GPU ckmbo

[@selohcin]

@@slickrounder6045 AMD won't release any Zen 3 + RDNA2 SoCs. The RDNA2 GPUs will be paired with Zen 4, and that's AFTER AMD releases Zen 4 in 2H 2022. You won't see any RDNA2 iGPs until 2023 at the earliest.

[@SpoonHurler]

"A lot of people just do web browsing" I feel attacked.

[@soupwizard]

Don't be - you're not only web browsing, you're watching videos online too!

[@Ali-Halal]

My brother only browsing and watching youtube and always ask me to download movies for him xd

[@JackPillawa]

Once when I came home, caught my girlfriend was surfing the web, how dare she!? I was so pissed, took my smartphone and started browsing the web right away.

[@doiceslife8374]

@@soupwizard Watching videos online is pretty taxing on most budget laptops XD

[@Vysair]

According Vivaldi browser history statistic, I have over 1K page view per month and tenth thousands (or was it hundredth thousands?) of page view from 2019 - 2021

[@johnmichaels4330]

Now that ETA has reviewed it, it'll be $750 everywhere. Lol.

[@tamiwu0346]

The scalpers watching this video: 👀

[@kobalt9299]

Its 449 now

[@kobalt9299]

But has tlc ssd

[@isorc5804]

@@kobalt9299 can you send a link to it? I only have my phone as of now

[@delta62__9]

@@isorc5804 just look up ryzen 5 5500 on walmart

[@GameplayandTalk]

Honestly for the price this seems like a pretty solid option. I'm looking to do mobile streaming with software encoding and it seems like the CPU has enough "oomph" to do that well enough. Pretty good bang for the buck it seems. Being able to play my massive library of old Steam games and handle emulation well is just icing on the cake.

[@vancanque2213]

Hi sir! Where you able to do a stream using your mobile and a capture card with this laptop? Planning to have this with my low budget and I want to stream mobile games. Thanks!

[@GameplayandTalk]

​@@vancanque2213 It works fine if you only run a stream. A 1080p60 stream at 6mbps sits at around 30 - 35% CPU utilization in OBS. However, it has limited resources and the moment I even so much as load up a web browser the CPU utilization jumps up a lot, sometimes to the 50+% range which is where you will start dropping frames because it's being pushed too hard. I cannot stream and record a 1080p60 stream at the same time, as it's too much for the system (recording while streaming 720p60 is OK). I still haven't upgraded the RAM yet though and that might help with the performance. Ultimately I wish I just paid the extra $150 or so for a more capable laptop, but it's getting the job done either way. Just not as well as I thought it would.

[@AhmedAkram903]

@@GameplayandTalk so is it good? I don't stream but I sometimes do record

[@GameplayandTalk]

@Husnain Bukhari Don't do it. Save up some cash and get one that's got a better processor.

[@zg3746]

And this one cost 700€ in Europe! How can the US have always such good prices?!

[@donofriocarlo46]

USA always has amazing prices in EVERYTHING. Example: Cheapest 65" TV in Italy is 650€ while in USA is 429$.

[@pgee8702]

Blame it on your government and the EU for placing all those"protectionist" taxes on all products not from the EU..

[@Its_Soph_ie]

@@pgee8702 to be fair, we now have hiked gpu prices in the states due to anti China tariffs,so it's not like we're free from "protection" taxes

[@worldsendace]

Price in the US is without taxes. And i payed for the same model with 12 GB RAM and 3500u 389 Euro inkl. Taxes in Germany Back in 2019 when the 3500u was new. Right now prices are up because of Corona. But they slowly come down again. also dont forget europeans get always 2 years mandatory warrenty on items . The US dosnt.

[@zg3746]

@@worldsendace 500€ for the 8gb model here in Greece. I need a new laptop but no way in hell I pay 500€ for a dated 3500u

[@raszelast]

Nice surprise that the cooling is sufficient for high power mode, really nice!

[@Thermophobe]

would've loved to have that as my first laptop

[@kameronshope6637]

I just wanted to point this out, but you can change the tdp of the laptop by pressing the function and q keys at the same time. It is a really nice timesaver since you can immediately switch between a high tdp for when the laptop is connected to its' power adapter and a lower tdp for when you want to take it somewhere.

[@zxv_l.]

There is an indicator?

[@Diegonando64]

how?

[@kindzadza134]

I have a different 5500U laptop (HP 15s-eq2008 is the exact model) and I am very pleasantly surprised of the machine - snappy APU, good IPS screen, VERY loud speakers, light and respectable battery. The Vega iGPU is very respectable performer and totally wasn't worth buying an i5 + MX330 combo instead like I intended initially. The performance would have been overall the same even worse in some cases and also my track record with the budget laptops I have owned shows that the dedicated GPU always dets gamaged first as a component. So that's why I am glad I found a powerful enough APU solution for a relatively small price ( my budget was not so high and the local PC market sucks in general )

[@piyushkadam4296]

How's the build quality

[@guyunknown9123]

This CPU is absolute beast. AMD has insane power with APUs. 6c 12T in this price... I'm satisfed with this CPU

[@Prod-Fresh]

and yet you can get way better price to performance if you legit look around locally lmaoo

[@benjamintan2733]

I have Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 6 13ARE05 powered by Ryzen 4700U with 16GB RAM, and man, this is a beast. So far I'm looking for ways to push it, and yeah, for normal workload and even light gaming, this thing works like a charm. Too bad the RAM is soldered to the board, but M2 NVMe SSD is upgradable. I got mine for over USD1100, but for thin and light 2 in 1 ultrabook, they are quite the bang for the bucks. Battery life (while using intelligent cooling) can last me 6 hours of continuous KZbin video, and with Windows Battery Saver mode, I can get at least 7 hours before needing to recharge. Thanks for the tip for adjusting the BIOS setting so we can gain more performance on this laptop. Although I wish Lenovo allows us to hit enter when booting out instead of use a small pin to press Novo button to enter the BIOS. My Novo button located underneath the laptop, which is so super annoying.

[@HowToRacist]

Can you make a pc inside of a wii? It would make a cool series after the gamecube!

[@marcialpena2730]

Put a 3090 in it. Thermals be dammed

[@HowToRacist]

An rtx 3090 is huge

[@marcialpena2730]

@@HowToRacist laws of physics be dammed

[@HowToRacist]

It would be really cool if he could fit a dvd drive in but...

[@lukepayne7657]

Wii is pretty small that would be tough

[@pedro4205]

This is still Zen 2, still waiting for the R5 5600U that would be the Zen 3 R5 U series. But still a really great product. Its so incredible how much AMD raised the bar

[@jkaustok]

I think it's exactly why the pricing is so on point. A laptop like this before zen at this price point was unthinkable. I love how AMD has made Intel start playing their game at all price points for once.

[@sinephase]

interesting thing is that intel's mobile graphics are better than all the mobile radeon GPUs

[@camryuser]

@@sinephase AMD is still using GCN architecture for the Vega igpu. They are saving integrated RDNA2 for Ryzen 6000 and/or 7000.

[@pedro4205]

@sinephase AMD is keeping Vega for a lot of generations, they are making little improving but it's still an old architecture. In the mean time Intel has contracted a lot of Radeon engineering directors for the last 5 years and Intel Xe is the first product coming from that brain steal wave. I think AMD was overconfident and should have at least change for RDNA 1 in the 4XXX series. But i don't know how good RDNA scales in low core counts, Vega is really impressive for APUs in that matter.

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

@@camryuser They will still perform the same as Vega igpu's though without a solution to DDR4's low bandwidth.

[@shrewdcritic83]

People: We want a cheap laptop Lenovo: Yes

[@arthasfrost]

Ryzen laptops in budget category is simply a steal, simply valuable... especially now Intel 11th gen + Nvidia MX would instantly shoot up the price despite the same chassis...

[@AdmitthatijustdiditX]

My 5600X tops out at 10977 CB and this gets 7126. That's absolutely amazing, as this is 33W or less and mine is about 100w.

[@joetheman74]

Amazing what AMD has accomplished in a few short years. CPU's were so stagnant for so long and now we have a budget laptop with a low power cpu that is faster then the once mighty i7 7700K! This reminds me of the late 90's. You would buy a new computer and it would be overshadowed in less than 6 months. It's happening again. Bought my daughter a thin and light Ryzen APU laptop for christmas with 3600U for same price as this. 5 months later this comes along. Oh well. So glad AMD is back on top of their game!

[@Tol1as]

I ordered this model with a ryzen 7 5700U for 650€ (730$) a few days ago and there's quite a bit of sales tax in my country for electronics.

[@ikillyou]

It's astonishing

[@richard35791]

i7 7700k only minor improvement over 4700k

[@creepingmee]

After owning this for a month or so I figured I'd comment since I doubt this will get a revisit. This has been a great laptop for some Pc gaming and pretty much all emulation for me. The weird problems he was having running skate3 have been fixed in later versions of rpcs3, and If I lock sake3 to vsync 30fps It's smooth and playable at a constant 30. All other emu has been great, ps3, psp (chains of olympus I played though the entire game 3x res) it's all been great. I put a 1tb m.2 drive and an 8gb stick for 12gb total. Also, I run a laptop cooler and boost the TDP to 40w.Play Forza Horizon 4 900p low, gtaV 900p low no problem. This thing has performed beyond my expectations and my only real complaint would be the TN panel. Should have been IPS. Otherwise, Lenovo hit a home run on this and if you can handle the TN display (doesn't bother me that much) the performance of this thing is great.

[@selfdestructivef0rce]

I just recently got this a issue I have with this laptop is my usb memory stick fits on the left side but wont fit on the right side. Also my micro sd cards wont fit on the left side is it a certain card that fits in there?

[@djcaptkirk]

is that an additional m.2? or did you have to clone the main drive and reinstall? thanks

[@creepingmee]

@@djcaptkirk It only has the 1 m.2 slot. I removed the original 256 and added a 1tb. Fresh install no clone.

[@mparagames]

@@creepingmee how does the 5700u version of this laptop compare to this??

[@notfound_63]

I know it takes a lot of time to do this tests, but I'd appreciate it if you threw Rocket League into the mix. Since it's free now I believe more people would be interested to know about its performance in several devices too. Cheers and good work!

[@AdilAli-dj8uo]

Anyone tried this yet?

[@felixklimm7225]

@@AdilAli-dj8uo You get 60 fps + on 1080p quality. So it's basically like playing on old gen consoles

[@AdilAli-dj8uo]

@@felixklimm7225 Ye I've got one now Ryzen 7 5700u, I'm getting anywhere between 90fps and 150fps

[@alioksuz4693]

@@AdilAli-dj8uo Did you buy the same model with upgraded cpu? How is the battery life. Ive seen pople saying that a full charge only lasts about 2 hours. Is that true? What are your experiences?

[@AdilAli-dj8uo]

@@alioksuz4693 I got the Lenovo ideapad flex 5 Ryzen 7 5700 for £700. Overall it's great! Smooth and snappy. However the fans can randomly start to get slightly loud when having multiple tabs and programs open. Gaming also worked decently depending on the game but the fan can get very loud during gaming.

[@dxmino-]

I've been gifted this laptop with the exact same components, with this video i'm really excited to use it

[@stevematthews4178]

I've been hearing that those CPUs without a dedicated graphics card are quite demanding of your RAM so upgrading the Rams should get substantially better benchmarks

[@jesus5258]

Maybe not because one of the ram sticks is soldered and upgrading will disable dual channel so it might end up slower unless he is playing a highly ram demanding game like call of duty.

[@jesus5258]

After researching more the dual channel actually only works for however much ram the smaller stick has. After that it is single channel so maybe the more demanding games do work a bit better since they have access to more ram

[@gamingdragon1356]

The gaming performance is excellent for the price .

[@ans3825]

Hell nah it lagging asf on Valo the FPS ping

[@zsanettdulai5180]

I had a 4gb ram laptop with a shit intel on it still played genshin, it was laggy af but it played so this is really good. You don't need it to play in the highest graphics.

[@afdalridwan3813]

@бог done i call that was either a fake or abyss level of painful life to dealt with such a soesification lmfao Must be reach -4fps....

[@QuintessenceON]

Thanks for doing the review. Just got it off Walmart for $400. Last one apparently. I had a 4500u/4700u laptop before and it seemed like they were 720p laptops just like this one after watching your review. The 4500u/4700u ran both World of Warcraft/FFXIV at 720p really well.

[@alexismendoza6661]

Did you buy it online? I saw it on sale this morning but I just checked again and its 560 again

[@QuintessenceON]

@@alexismendoza6661 Yeah. I got mine directly from Walmart. Looks like third party sellers bought the rest of the stock (maybe Walmart is reselling them under a third party name) and raised the price. Hard to say but it's not 400 anymore.

[@alexismendoza6661]

@@QuintessenceON damn that sucks, I was planning on buying it later this week

[@tryhard3244]

How's your experience after 6month I was thinking to buy my dad this or is there a better one you'd recommend me to buy?

[@derekdauzat]

I just got a thinkpad L14 with ryzen pro 3 4450u for $160 like new... I already had 2 sticks of ddr4 3200 32gb..... and 500gb nvme on hand to stick in it..

[@kevinjahir18]

Omg, such a nice deal :D

[@GreySkullification]

How significant was the performance boost with more RAM. I believe APUs benefit greatly from more available RAM.

[@someonehere4380]

eyy good catch my country's economic crisis is rlly bad and everything is so expensive so im still hunting for a laptop like in my country not in the us lol

[@justassimple8328]

@@GreySkullification Not actually since APU have maximum allocation of 2GB. But the speed of APU relies in RAM speed or memory bandwidth

[@VanillaB3ar5]

Where at Ebay?

[@jdisdetermined]

Holy shit! This is shockingly decent. Way better than what I was expecting. We are getting very close to good budget laptop gaming here. Has anyone tested performance gains with expanded ram?

[@daniellondono7927]

Excelente 20 GB de ram

[@HomiRuimm]

I was looking for this one, but i didn't find any review on Internet, til now 😆

[@HoshikawaHikari]

Finally a review that tests Genshin, all the other games ppl normally test I don’t even know about or play

[@alexsalazar5161]

Eww gensin is weird af.

[@maublie4868]

literally same,when I saw the thumbnail I clicked instantly 😄

[@hijacked6663]

Hey genshin impact fan wanna learn a fun fact

[@edgelord6094]

@@alexsalazar5161 lol you wish. of course it's ranked the highest because it's 'weird'

[@ericsinchina]

Thanks for this video. I was helping my mom find a new laptop. I was talking to Asus to try to figure out the difference between their two 5500u Vivobook models, (The customer service didn't even know). Saw this video, and for $150 less, it was a no-brainer.

[@Morphineck]

Nothing can beat this configuration and price, this is THE back to school laptop... now if we only were able to go back to school.

[@ウォッチフロッグ]

Basically only CPU-5500U is evaluated through the whole video, and it gets well powered. I know there must be tradeoffs considering the price, like chassis, screen panel, keyboard, speakers, SSD speed and etc. That's fine, but it would be more helpful if you listed them out. A fingerprint reader integrated within the power button is above expectation though.

[@9099Bruce]

I bought this after the review and its mostly awesome. Did upgrade the ram to have dual channel. The NVME SSD is very fast 2389MB read and 1207MB write in Crystal mark. The only possible drawback would be the screen. I use a monitor attached so not a bid deal but it works for browsing and watching video, etc. Would not work for video editing (profesisonal) , image editing (pro) gaming beyond some simple Esports games. Very fast overall and capable Laptop.

[@TheRedOwl]

Wait it has a fingerpring reader integrated within the power button?!

[@AhmedAkram903]

@@9099Bruce so should I buy it? I do game and do not so professional video editing

[@matuzaato]

@@AhmedAkram903 the screen on the ideapad 3 is incredibly awful

[@AhmedAkram903]

@@matuzaato interesting. What about the HP 15z-ef2000? I'm currently looking at laptops to buy, I stumbled upon the HP 15z It has a 5700U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Idk about the screen and if it's good Thank you for the reply tho

[@rizqiput_x]

i didn't know that performance settings include in the bios😅, this is really helpful

[@icerink239]

you HAVE TO retest all APUs that you have once FSR gets released. Try playing games at 360p upscaled to 1080p, let's see how worth it APUs will be due to FSR

[@hoangd4132]

don't give FSR such unrealistic expectation since the tech is just annouced. if it can upscale from 720p to 1080p without notable quality downgrade then it's already a huge success

[@scale8125]

Idk about 360p to 1080p, it can turn dirt to gold but it probably won't even be able to turn liquid shit to metal. FSR is expected to not be as good as DLSS 2.0 (at least at launch, fingers crossed for open source). In their press conference they showed mostly upscaling to 4k from "Almost 4k". We aren't sure how bad their lower end super sampling will be, but I can guarantee 360p will not work, or will look terrible. You're probably gonna see "almost 1080p" do the best. 720p on the low end, 900p in most scenarios.

[@icerink239]

@@hoangd4132 nahhh I just saw one of 2kliksphilipp's videos regarding dlss 2.0 and he did that. There were obvious artifacts but I'd happily accept that trade-off if it meant me being able to play high end titles during this gpu unavailability situation.

[@hoanganhnguyen894]

i dont think fsr will be good, at least for now. Mainly because it doesnt use computing core like dlss 2.0, and more like spatial upscale method used by dlss 1.0, which everyone already know how terrible the quality was back in the day. But i still hope that with AMD's support for the game dev and the tech being an open-source project, i think it will be a good thing for APUs and old gpu in the future.

[@sunitasangwan3226]

Please can you test ryzen 3 5300u laptop. I am buying it for studying but I will do some casual emulation like Pokémon games .You should definitely try Nintendo switch emulation also.

[@stevEN-es7pd]

I appreciate the video ETA! My girl has one of these and wants to do some light gaming, so this has answered basically every question i had!

[@rush21hit]

Not too shabby for the price. Lenovo's typically does decent job on their stuff. They did made compromises on cheap stuff, but acceptable if we consider what they deliver for the price. For example, my 1 year old C340 already show the symptoms of battery degradation. But I can't really complaint with what I got.

[@cakestealer5983]

When we start getting budget laptops like this with rx680m it will be glorious.

[@MrDavidRicketts]

There's an Asus Vivobook flip for a $500 on sale and $530 normal price

[@_haru_na]

my experience with the vivobooks has been shit, cpus are always pegged at the highest temps possible. (Though it may just be the country i live in being hot too)

[@ashwin372]

Worst don't buy

[@MrDavidRicketts]

What to buy then?

[@MrDavidRicketts]

@black-leg Sanji that's what I was wanting to get for my girlfriend

[@MrDavidRicketts]

@black-leg Sanji dang. Eh IDK I was kinda wanting to wait until they came out with Navi Apu. It'll be better overall

[@abelromero8967]

FYI I'm pretty sure the 5500u enables per-core voltage scaling on the CPU vs the 4600/4500u, so there should be a modest increase in efficiency when you're doing lightly-threaded stuff.

[@DiazThumb]

Lenovo is just killing it, so much value!

[@Wingedmagician]

Ikr it’s like they’re trying the be the Apple of laptops

[@CDYTRCG]

@@Wingedmagician accept this laptop is more powerful then most MacBooks before 2020 for like 1/3 of the price

[@gamergarett]

Just bought this laptop last week and I’m a complete noob on a PC. I have literally never owned a computer before and I am having a hard time learning all this stuff. I only really wanna play single player and mostly strategy games and stuff like that tho so I shouldn’t need anything to crazy powerful to run those I don’t think. I keep getting told by games that I need to update my drivers (which I’ve went to Lenovo support and auto updated everything) but it’s still showing that message when I start some games. If anyone could explain what I’ve done wrong or how I can fix my issue tho I’d really appreciate it 😂😂😂 I’m computer illiterate tho so please don’t kill me for not knowing how to do shit 😂🤦‍♂️

[@henrikg1388]

Calling it a gaming laptop might be a stretch, but for that price it's bloody amazing!

[@brendankirk3917]

I mean, the most demanding game I want to play is Minecraft, so close enough for me lol.

[@stikmit]

thank god! i'm so glad i found this, because my sister wants to give me this for xmas.

[@jaseaquino]

I recently bought HP 15s as a secondary PC. It surprises me that it can still be capable to do the same tasks as on my main desktop gaming/heavy video rendering machine even with a Radeon iGPU. What I also love with this HP laptop is it has 2 upgradeable RAM slots instead of 1 soldered RAM so I quickly installed another 8GB of RAM after purchase.

[@arrjayarejae]

same!! im loving my hp15s

[@piyushkadam4296]

@@arrjayarejae how's the build quality and your experience till now?

[@julianpighin1572]

Thanks for this video, specially for the bios trick!

[@chadlane9513]

For a 450 dollar laptop it's pretty good for gaming on medium settings 👍 you really can't complain

[@lunaticliberal7115]

i still use 2 laptops from 2012 for everyday use and i have no issues, def not gaming on them or anything but thats not why i have them. i did install SSDs to both of them 3 years ago and thats all ive done

[@largejoe2195]

This looks sick

[@CloudyLuvsSlvts]

Damn lenovo did really well, alot of laptops with ryzen apus from the u series dont go over 25 or even 15 watts in performance mode without a unlocked bios and dont even let you ajust vram without a unlocked bios.

[@askdavidhow]

And as always, thanks for posting!

[@24thCenturyBuff]

I bought one about a year ago, no regrets. I 3D model, do architectural drawings, use a secondary monitor often and it all runs smoothly. I did NOT know about the BIOS performance mode and will check that out next! The LCD screen leaves a lot to be desired however. Poor viewing angles, poor colour representation, very dim backlight not suitable for outdoor or brightly lit areas. Solid 9/10 for a business and light gaming machine for this price point.

[@HanzoxShimada101]

thanks for trying genshin its really a good game at the moment. Update got the laptop tested it out works just as stated in the vid tried dirt 5 its works nice even without the messing with the bios but there was like 2 dips in fps but overall good experience. the laptop is feature rich its likely the best laptop for the price ( i seen so many horrible laptops while looking some trying to catch you with there marketing and vibrant color options but use an ancient rock of a CPU and others that are using 2 year old CPUs but selling for the same price if not more while offering less features and performance)

[@augusto0187]

I bought this laptop, but is the maximum ram really 20Gb? because I want to buy more ram but Lenovo tells me that the maximum ram supported is 12GB. Please help me.

[@reze0001]

Can u send me the link from amazon I'm looking everywhere and cant find it?

[@warwagon]

The only thing I dislike about Lenovo Laptops is the short-ass charge they include in the box.

[@Josh-cd4pt]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but if you upgrade the RAM to more than 8GB combined, you won’t be able to run them in Dual Channel mode which should mean less gaming performance for Ryzen CPUs. I think the “Flex mode” where you can run the first 4+4 in Dual and the remaining 4 in Single doesn’t work on these laptops

[@haunt97]

yes, less a tiny bit of performance, but its still dual channel 8gb , the rest is single channel. and the ram share as vram is always in dual channel

[@karendenney4126]

Thank for your review! I was looking for a laptop with these specs and went online and purchased for $449.00 at Walmart. Microcenter sells this laptop for $699.99. I got a great deal. 😃

[@myerwerl]

I envy people from the US. Their laptop prices are very cheap!

[@tamjc9093]

Yes, laptops in China are cheap too even with 16gb and 100%sRGB screen configuration(usually 5000~6000yuan)my country can only get 8gb with low color gamut screen. I'm so envy:'(

[@myerwerl]

@@tamjc9093 where are you from?

[@tamjc9093]

@@myerwerl Malaysia

[@salman4319]

idk if my standards are just super low but this thing is legit amazing to me, but also its like basically 200 more dollars here cuz everything is priced better in america

[@SirReptitious]

Man, when AMD eventually releases Zen3 APUs with RDNA2 GFX(both desktop and laptop) we will have the ultimate emulation systems. :-D The GPUs will finally have the horsepower to match the Ryzen CPUs. And it should be at a decent price.

[@jusia80]

There's a lot of talk about any increase in APU graphics performance being linked to DDR5 introduction, so in a way that is the step we're waiting for. Without DDR5 the bandwidth to support better graphics performance is not there, which is likely why the current APUs still don't have RDNA2 in them

[@chriswright8074]

6800m is out

[@SirReptitious]

@@jusia80 Actually, when new DDR versions come out, they are around the same performance as the high end of the previous one, so there is very little gain. But once it's been out for a while, THAT is when the speeds start to go up and you realize it's actual potential. So what I am saying is that DDR5 is not required to have RDNA1 or 2 perform better than Vega. I am still on AM3+ with a FX-8350, so I am not yet on Ryzen. I would be perfectly satisfied with an 8 core- 16 thread Ryzen APU with RDNA using DDR3200-3600.

[@Broly_06]

This laptop is between a gaming and work laptop which is all I need

[@edgar-vt5qi]

Do you know if this can run warzone ?

[@Broly_06]

@@edgar-vt5qi well I've seen a similar laptop that can run warzone but from what I can see it depends but probably not

[@laptoponsale]

I would like to see something about the quality of the display also - without that this review is incomplete.

[@Gnerma]

Yeah if nothing else if it's a TN display it's ruined. I'm surprised he didn't mention that.

[@slanted4me]

I have this laptop, the display is mid almost high, its a very good display for price

[@MenkoDany]

I wish we got new HW in Europe as quickly as you get it in north america or asia. I just bought almost this exact laptop for my mother with the 4500U, same chassis and design, except it was 17". It would probably be months until we got this one anyway, and it probably wouldn't be as cheap either. The 17 inch one cost 670 usd, and that was with the discount for being returned

[@MenkoDany]

That said, I'm always much more impressed with the engineering that goes into cheap and mass produced products than the buggati-equivalents of the world (as are most thinking people I imagine), and I must say, I've been rarely impressed by cheap notebooks in my life, and this one really impressed me! It still doesn't match old thinkpads, but I mean for the price, in the current market? Lenovo is insane

[@fuzzycuffs]

How does dual channel memory work when 4gb are soldered and you have something like a 8gb or 16gb in the dimm slot?

[@mattmichael2441]

If you place say 16gb on the dim slot 4gbs of it will run in dual channel mode and the rest 12gb will run in single channel mode.

[@Josh-cd4pt]

I’m not sure I’ve seen that for these Ryzen laptops. I’ve heard of people doing that on desktop Ryzen, but every sample I’ve seen for laptops doesn’t play well with the Flex mode

[@justassimple8328]

That is still in dual channel but in asynchronous dual channel mode. So your lowest capacity of your ram will be followed and the rest will be in single channel. So once the lower Ram is full it has a performance penalty

[@maugod6972]

@@mattmichael2441 no, no dual channel at all

[@maugod6972]

It just isn't dual channel lol

[@rbajra9484]

Great video but i suggest you talk about screen panel quality as well. we do value screen quality as well.

[@chochanga]

Since you have 4gb in the motherboard, that means that if you want dual channel you can only have 8gb of ram?

[@zydiz]

@@rustyshakkleford which doesn't mean "dual channel" you just have a total memory of the soldered ram+slotted ram

[@Dracossaint]

Dual channel just means both slots are occupied allowing a larger address size per cycle of the ram clock. It dosnt have to be matching size for dual channel, its ideal, but not completely necessary. Check the specification tab to see how big of a stick it'll support. Some laptops even lock it to only accept ram with x model#'s, dells known for it. However the size limit should be a 8-16gb dimm, but the speed will be forced to whatever the soldered ram will run at, which id imagine is set out of the box and can be found in the bios screen. 8gb is usually whats typical for laptops. Some of them support 16gb dimms, but if thats not listed, check the oem page and see what is the largest ram size they'll let you add if you purchase it from them and just minus the soldered on ram

[@chochanga]

@@Dracossaint thanks! I thought they HAVE to be matching size in order to work as dual channel. Thanks! Bye!

[@maugod6972]

@@Dracossaint if they aren't the same capacity there isn't dual channel lol

[@maugod6972]

@@chochanga they do XD

[@questioneverything5595]

So I just came across one for $354 is a steal

[@bbaker6212]

The Ryzen 5 5500U can support 2x32GB RAM sticks depending on the motherboard/notebook so maybe it's possible to get a total of 36GB of RAM to work on this. Too bad no Gen4 NVMe.

[@ocha-time]

Slot taps out at 16GB so unless you can find a way to solder on another 16GB of RAM you're not even gonna break 20GB. This is a limitation of the interface, not the CPU

[@vbvmaratha]

​@@ocha-time As per what i could find on internet, 20GB (4+16) is working fine. But I'm not sure about 36GB. Have you tried?

[@vbvmaratha]

I checked crucial website and 16GB stick can be added as per them to go upto 20GB. Not sure about 32GB stick, if you tried then please share the results.

[@y33zus350]

I got this a few months ago, it works great. I like using with dual monitors. Although I’m probably gonna have to buy an external hard drive. I only have 90 GB left. I think overall it’s a pretty good budget gaming laptop, especially the fact that it has an AMD processor.

[@XoWill999]

Aye uhh I’m trying but this but I wanna know if this is good for streaming

[@nathanlamaire]

​@@XoWill999 Nope. You'd need a capture card and another $100 second handed laptop or PC to help you stream. But honestly it's far from ideal unless you absolutely want to.

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

You need to start testing battery life

[@rummimg]

lcd screen... you're really trying to hide it is a TN panel.

[@Tekz12]

The more recent models have a 300 nit IPS screen.

[@der8enutzer]

Which resolution are u using in cemu emulator?

[@ETAPRIME]

Stock 720

[@crisabelfrancososa9964]

Hello Eta prime, just in case, my name is Cris Abel, I am from Latin America, Guatemala, today I am more than happy because on March 2 of this year I will receive my Lenovo ideapad 3 with the Ryzen 5 5500u that my cousin will send to me from the states. joined. There are only a few days left to receive it. I hope you continue improving your channel and continue uploading your videos.

[@after12islunch31]

will you be using it for gaming? if yes what games

[@PhoticSneezeOne]

Nothing about the display? Is it an IPS ? How are the viewing angles ?

[@someonehere4380]

ikr ill go check the link for specs brb

[@someonehere4380]

it just says 15.6" FHD display

[@sinephase]

@@someonehere4380 Probably TN at that price and resolution

[@camryuser]

@@sinephase Your right it is a TN panel. Item code: 82KU003NUS Lenovo's site says 250nit; TN panel

[@Trojanality]

Excellent, informative review. Just ordered the same laptop but with 17.3" screen on Amazon for $479.

[@KingCez100]

The IO This is impressive for $450.

[@doctorjustice]

finally tdp unlockable in BIOS! Former lenovo laptops have tdp locks that limits power to the CPU when over 65 degrees celcius.

[@laptoponsale]

Thats right, you can set this to extreme performance mode with a tdp of 30 watts

[@alfiezy]

Thank you for including Genshin again 👍🏼

[@GVankov]

I recently bought the 14" version Lenovo V14 G2 ALC, AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U, 14", Full HD, 8GB, 512GB SSD. It has some differences, for example it has 8GB RAM soldered and comes with empty ram slot(instead of dual channel 4GB soldered and 4Gb in the slot), and also has a slot for an additional 2.5" drive(but you need to buy HDD/SSD connector flex cable ~$5).

[@مممممم-س5د]

Did you notice some overheating while gaming ?

[@josejurado5906]

Ryzen 4500U: Zen2 6/6 _(Radeon 6 1500Mhz) Ryzen 4600U: Zen2 6/12 (Radeon 6 1500Mhz) Ryzen 5500U: Zen2 6/12 (Radeon 7 1800Mhz)

[@FruitlessGaming]

I seriously bought this laptop cause of this video and have been enjoying watching your integrated graphics PC videos. I had a 10+ year old gaming PC and it barely runs league of legends at 60fps on low. Can't wait to play some more modern stuff.

[@notyouraverage1saiah660]

What games u play

[@akanar_1924]

Soldered RAM on the board... and I'm out.

[@thatoneguy335]

i mean 8gb will be more than enough for the average user.

[@magik97]

@@thatoneguy335 yep, I don't think anyone's buying this for high end computing

[@storyanaksekolah2]

ideapad is for low budget and basic computing. the processor make it amazing so we can do gaming too. 8gb still very good for it

[@storyanaksekolah2]

@@sudarshan_p slow for what? opening doc on ms office? open web on chrome? playing video? as i said this laptop was made for basic user with cheaper prices. gaming in this laptop just a bonus, as this laptop used AMD APU. if you want to go for such heavy workload, then get gaming laptop or proper ultrabook. you can also put another 8gb or 16gb stick there as AMD support for max 32gb dual.

[@theinktician]

If there wasn't an extra slot this would be a valid comment. Usually being soldered is a problem not just because it's soldered, but because there's no way to add memory to upgrade it. That isn't the case here

[@donbustoarigato2997]

I got this a while back for $399. And at that price, it's a no brainer! Yeah it's a TN panel, you have to get into the settings and tweak it for MAX contrast to get anything near acceptable and run it at 100% brightness which will kill some battery life. And even then the colors are on the cold side. It leans COOL very COOL, too cool! But at this price? I got a Philips 24" monitor with 100% sRGB color, etc. for $119 on sale and, well. $520 for a pretty fast laptop with good color, lol. What is there to complain about? The AMD 5500 is more than enough for the "average Joe". For gamers, sure perhaps a 5600/5800, a graphics care, and more RAM might do the job. But most other uses? It FAST! lol! At less than $400, if you can find it, this is the machine to beat! Backlit keyboard, fingerprint scan, decent keyboard, OK speakers-could be better there. SSD-fast! The screen, yeah, not so great.

[@aemilianusmartinus5472]

I just want to know if it runs TF2 at 1080p at 60fps lol.

[@Skerp129]

If it can run dolphin, rpcs3, and CSGO then I'm sure it can run tf2

[@nolifealan9746]

it should be able to based on everything else it can run well

[@technodrone313]

my 3650u laptop is great. i paid 320 open box at micro center this spring. 15 in hp. thin and light too.

[@nielhvg9408]

Would Love to see some PS3 emulation on this.

[@dj4monie]

You didn't pay attention he did, Skate 3 and Tekken Tag Team are PS3 games.....

[@nielhvg9408]

@@dj4monie I know.

[@magetowermania919]

I love that you test out emulators, good one thanks! Planning to buy it for my mom as a gift for the classes, might as well use it for some on the go gaming xD

[@pedroh4778]

Thats more than impressive. Pretty decent one, despite my bad previous experiences with lenovo..

[@jamesleaty7308]

Duel Channel ram slots. Thats the deal now. The cpu and boards need the capacity now with the high core count, and threads.

[@jfsosa80]

Good review! Instant subscriber, keep up the good work man! Will wait for new AMD/ Intel reviews

[@nathanlamaire]

Such a bummer when they don't put it 8 GB soldered RAM because if you want dual channel (which is crucial for APU) you need RAM with same capacity and at least same speed as internal RAM. You'd be forced to get worse performance if you use different RAM capacity.

[@mohdshadamier5249]

Unfortunately, most of us in another region will pay at least 800 Dollars to buy Lenovo IdeaPad 3 with similar specs.

[@hillsongbest3818]

You can game on with all AAA titles ,but set to 720p or even below for maximum fps. I've tested all, not a single PC games can't be run on this Ryzen 5 5500u ,Vega 7 igpu,no dedicated GPU. All AAA PC games run well ....

[@clipsdelvilches833]

You think is worth it this laptop? I saw this laptop for 450 dollars,I need to save 150 more dollars😔 Sorry for bad English my main language is Spanish 👍

[@hillsongbest3818]

@@clipsdelvilches833 yes worth it my friend . Can play all games ,this is actually not a gaming laptop but can play all AAA games in 720p and below ...even the most demanding games cyberpunk 2077 , it runs well. Gaming laptops are expensive ,buy this instead .hehehe.

[@clipsdelvilches833]

@@hillsongbest3818 thanks for your answer,I think I will need to wait for saving that 200 dollars 👍

[@ulfricstormcloak7142]

For $450 definitely go for it. I bought a Lenovo V14 G2 with the same Ryzen 5 5500U APU for $560 in my country

[@hillsongbest3818]

@@ulfricstormcloak7142 and it can run all Aaa games right? Just not the highest resolution. Ryzen 5 5500 u vega 7 is a good non-gaming laptop for gaming.

[@noway2241]

Here in the Philippines the price range for this exact laptop is 780-800 dollars. Almost twice the price here in the video.

[@z_7235]

That sucks ngl

[@Errcyco]

Looks compelling.. I need a cheap PC laptop because I don’t want to spend a G on a MacBook Air right now. This looks like a great candidate. Ryzen CPU’s have been killing it. This is a medium end one and did well enough for what I’d need

[@heli0s2003]

So what's a better laptop for this price? Is there one? I think this is it.

[@Macabre215]

There are HP options that are the same specs and similar price which have upgradable RAM. I would check that out first before getting this.

[@laptoponsale]

you won't beat this build quality and keyboard, but hp may be a very good choice also.

[@RobBCactive]

This is the kind of laptop I'd like to replace my gaming laptop, I'm sick of the noise and burnt hands. Built a desktop tower to stream games from, so iGPU is all I need.

[@laptoponsale]

This great ryzen 5500u processor runs so cool its amazing. Extremely quiet laptop.

[@danny8911]

screen is 250nits, look else where, unless u using external display

[@saik0pod]

Just bought it on Walmart because of the video. It's a great laptop to game on especially when you add in a 16GB DDR4 3200 Sodimm, it bumps up the VRAM up to 11GB allowing you to set game textures to high or ultra. However the most disappointing thing about this laptop is the cheap Screen. It's 2021 and the screen is those cheapo TN panel where if you move your head the screen turns dark or bright. Color accuracy, there is none, just lifting your head up an inch inverts the colors. I wish there was a way to add a IPS panel to this laptop.

[@yejubrando272]

thanks

[@Mrx-iy7yj]

Yes this is a paid review he hadn't mentioned biggest cons TN panel

[@9099Bruce]

Jeffrey r u sure this will take the 16GB ram stick? The documentation says it will not support a total of more than 16GB (including the 4GB soldered). I even talked to Lenovo level 2 support. So i just ordered a 8GB RAM stick (total 12GB) and it works well. I even pushed the level 2 guy and said what will happen if i put the 16Gb stick in and boot. He told me it wont boot. Would love to know if it truly works for you. thanks.

[@jasonblubla4391]

@@9099Bruce what kind of of performance boost are you getting after the ram upgrade

[@9099Bruce]

@@jasonblubla4391 its noticeable in some specific tasks. I'm not really a gamer so don't have FPS to provide. It did increase handbrake rendering times. I wanted to make sure I could open a lot more tabs and have many things going on concurrently and its working. I can't seem to get an answer from those claiming you can add a 16GB stick to the one RAM slot since the MOBO has 4GB soldered. Lenovo says you cannot but im leaning toward believing it will work but not willing to buy a 16Gb stick only to find it might not work.

[@Damhnaic_28]

Thanks for video. I'm about to buy the same laptop with upgraded APU. A Ryzen 7 5700U. 😊

[@Spriggen1337]

the next rank of mobile chips using rdna2 will be alot better i think they will be a game changer for thin and lites even more so with samsung exynos chips also coming with rdna2 this year for there tablets and phones

[@lord_khufu]

And they gonna be expensive i just know it

[@Spriggen1337]

@@lord_khufu samsung stuff sure but not the apus, they be around current ones now