Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p 59388313 15.6-Inch Laptop (Dusk Black) Review
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p 59388313 15.6-Inch Laptop (Dusk Black) Feature
- Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4 GHz Processor (6 MB Cache)
- 8 GB DDR3 RAM
- 1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 8 GB Solid-State Drive
- Non-Touchscreen 15.6-Inch Display, Dual NVIDIA GeForce GT750M Discrete Graphics
- Windows 8, 4-hour battery life
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
By POLAR
I have not found a better gaming laptop for this price. (I got mine for $999.99)
Besides the obvious facts that this laptop has great specs, this is why I like and dislike:
CONS:
- The keyboard can turn a bit hot when gaming. However, I use it with a external keyboard and mouse so it is not a big deal for me.
- The touchpad is a bit oversensitive.
- It is larger than previous Ideapad Series Y 15" laptops. (It barely fits in a laptop case I used for my Y580)
- 5400 RPM hard drive and no mSata connector. (Come on Lenovo, who wants a 5400 RPM hard drive for a gaming laptop? At least include 7200 RPM and/or an mSata connector)
- It is a bit complicated to remove the bottom cover if you want to upgrade memory or hard drive.
- It has a heavy 170w power adapter. So the regular ac adapters that you can get at your local PC shop will not work if you want to game)
- The Intel HD graphics drivers do not come installed.
- The screen is very nice. However, the bezel is very glossy.
PROS:
- Ultrabay - Apparently Lenovo will start selling DVD, Blu-Ray, Fan cooler, and hard drive adapter for this port.
- Best specs for the money. (The dual Nvidia 750M in SLI perform similar to a single 770M)
- The speakers sound great
- The back light for the keyboard can be adjusted (Low/High) depending on how dark is the room where you are using it.
- The Intel HD Graphics can be enabled in order to extend battery life.
Tips:
1) If you are using Windows 8.1 and the second 750M is not showing as SLI capable then you have to update the BIOS.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS038406
2) If you want to improve battery life by enabling the Intel HD 4600 graphics (Nvidia Optimus):
2.1 - Turn off the laptop
2.2 - Follow the instructions to remove the second graphics card (fairly easy)
2.3 - Turn on you laptop and install the Intel VGA drivers found in your Lenovo partition (Drive D for mine)
2.4 - Now you will see the Intel logo in your task bar. (Optimus will not work if the second graphics card is inserted in the Ultrabay port)
3) Upgrade to a SSD of at least 250GB (More GBs is better but costly)
4) Use a cooling pad when gaming
5) I have used 90 watt ac adapters when I'm not gaming or doing anything graphics intensive without signs of overheat. I would suggest to remove the second graphics card if you want to run games but you don't have the 170W brick handy.
27 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
By Chad Bowman
First off I went into this purchase knowing full well that the Lenovo Y510p has a very bad name in regards to its SSD card slot. Some laptops include the SSD, some laptops don't include the SSD but have the slot on the motherboard to install your own, and for some reason there are quite a few out there that don't even have the slot soldered on to the motherboard to install the SSD.
I purchased from this page because the product clearly states a 1000GB Hard Drive and 8GB SSD. I'll just fill you in right now, this particular model shipped by this product page does not even have the connector for an SSD soldered on to the motherboard.
Great laptop regardless, slightly disappointed, I wish Amazon would do a better job of keeping product descriptions up to date and accurate.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Morten Wendelbo
My wife and I just bought two of these computers - it was time to upgrade. We had actually bought two Dell computers, but they performed so poorly (despite similar specs) that we returned them and replaced them with these Y510P beauties.
Now, we are both big time gamers and that is the purpose we got these for. We also use them for our research and home entertainment, where they are clearly overkill.
Among the games we expected these to run well are Starcraft II, Crysis 3, Total War Rome and Civ V. Because we are suckers for beautiful graphics (and because we don't like breaking our bank on truly high end gaming laptops) we opted for getting the second graphics card in the Ultrabay. So, to be clear, this laptop works in an SLI configuration, which improves graphics drastically in very heavy games. For the past several hours I have been playing Crysis 3 in the native, full resolution with all graphics or high or above - with the graphics this computer delivers in the SLI setup it is simply an incredible experience. Without knowing the exact frame rate, I can tell you it was well into the land of diminishing returns - I don't need a higher frame rate. Crysis 3 is among the most graphics heavy games out there at the moment, so if this runs well, almost anything if not everything on the market at the moment will as well. Starcraft II and CIV V, both maxed our on all settings, look stunning.
On performance in general - although not a perfect measure, the windows experience index (WEI) is a decent indication of hardware capabilities. On this laptop they are as follow (out of 9.9):
Processor: 7.6
Memory: 7.7
Graphics: 7.5
Gaming graphics (like 3d and gaming): 7.5
Primary hard disk: 5.9
That makes the overall WEI a 5.9 because the "weakest link" (subscore), in this case the hard drive, ends out as the overall score. Be aware, though, that this "bottleneck" doesn't actually affect your game experience much. Compared to a 7200 rpm hard drive, or an SSD, you will take slightly longer to load a game, but once it is loaded the hard drive will not be so slow as to change your game experience. Exceptions to this rule are large open world games where the computer doesn't load a full level at the beginning, but instead does so on the run - in that case you could experience a SLIGHTLY better experience with the 7200 rpm drive, but a significant improvement with the SSD. But, in my mind not one that is worth the few hundred bucks more a large SSD will cost you (unless you want improvements in hard drive speed for reasons other than gaming, such as frequently moving around large files). In all other aspects, the y510p performs very, very well.
On other aspects than performance:
This computer is pretty heavy for its class, as should be expected from the hardware it contains - two dedicated graphics cards, for example. That means it is by no means impossible to transport, but it is not an ultra-book. Don't expect to effortlessly throw it around in a should bag - the power transformer is the size of a brick, and weighs thereafter as well. So, if you are not out to get a laptop for its raw power, you are much better off with another device - one that is easier to transport and is smaller. That is why I say in the title that this is not an office PC.
The laptop itself is absolutely stunning - but, of course, that is a matter of taste. It makes a statement with its bold corner shape and bright red keys (even when the back light of the keyboard is off), but I personally like that. The black, brushed surface, though, I imagine almost anyone will find beautiful and refined. It IS unfortunately a fingerprint magnet, and they are difficult to wipe off. But, I don't notice them unless someone else is handling the computer.
On the software end, unfortunately Lenovo has left behind a bit of its legacy by including a bunch of bloatware (whether they were paid to or not, I do not know) and that is annoying, but 5 minutes of work will get rid of it all. They DO include a windows start button replacement which recreates the look of the start menu in Windows 7 and older, which I dearly miss in windows 8 (even with the update to Windows 8.1), and it works well.
Overall, especially considering this very reasonable price tag of 999 dollars, we are incredibly happy with our purchase. We have bought a three year warranty (not accident plan) - With three years of warranty and this kind of hardware, we are sure to have great computers for the foreseeable future.
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