Reviews Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 - 2022 - Everyday Gaming Laptop - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics - 15.6" FHD Display - 120 Hz - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H - 8GB DDR5 - 258GB SSD - Win 11 - Free 3-month Xbox GamePass
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5.0 out of 5 stars Insanely good deal (if you catch a sale)
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 16, 2022
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I just picked this laptop up on an awesome sale for $600. What an unbelievable deal. BUT there are a few catches.
If you get this laptop on sale, you should consider it an ABSOLUTE necessity to pick yourself up an additional 8gb stick of ddr5 ram and at least a 500gb nvme ssd. Both are extremely easy to install, cost me about $80 total, and took this laptop to a level that is u fathomable for under $700.
The screen brightness is probably the biggest let down but gaming in a darker room it is plenty bright. Probably couldn’t be using this thing right next to the window during peak sunlight though.
Everything else is rock solid. It’s a simple design that doesn’t scream “I’m a gaming computer” which I like. Solid build, fans are reasonably quiet, temps stay below 70C even when pushing things to the limit, I mean it’s just awesome.
Having a 3000 series gpu, even just a 3050, is such a massive upgrade from something like a 1660ti because DLSS is unbelievable. I’m running the newest call of duty (mw2) on basically ultra settings with DLSS set to quality mode and averaging 103fps in the benchmark. And that is making the game look way better than it needs to to be playable.
Keep in mind, though, those numbers are only after the RAM upgrade. Before the upgrade I was average ~70fps under the same conditions, which is respectable, but for a cheap $30 ram stick it’s totally worth the 30+% boost to fps.
For anyone wondering, yes you can just add a RAM stick and it works, you don’t need to replace the original ram that’s installed. I just got DDR5 4800mhz 1.1V CL40 ram and it worked just fine when I popped it into the system
And the extra storage is a must-have as well. The 258gb drive it comes with only has like 160gb usable space after windows takes up all its space so if you want more than like 1 game on your laptop then get a 500gb or 1tb nvme drive. I went with 500gb for ~$50
With those upgrades, this thing is performing like a $1000+ laptop and I put it all together for under $700.
If you’re on the fence, it’s time to jump off the fence and get this laptop.
Last thing to note, this laptop isn’t on sale and it costs like $899 or whatever it usually costs, then it probably isn’t the best value. If you can get it for less than $700 I’d say it’s worth it, otherwise look for options that don’t require you to buy your own ram and storage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Laptop for price and performance
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 4, 2022
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I am super amazed by this laptop. When I bought it, i paid just under $600 as it was on sale. But, for the Ryzen 6600H and 3050, I have to say that the performance exceeded my expectations. To actually be able to play Modern Warfare 2 (2022) with 100-150 FPS with DLSS is amazing or close to 100 in native 1080p. Temperatures are alright. Not the greatest but not the worst either.
One thing I would HIGHLY recommend doing is getting a 16gb kit (2 x 8GB sticks) of DDR5 RAM for the BEST gaming experience. You could do 32GB as well but 16 is perfect. I would also get a NVME drive for games only so the game and OS is not on the same drive. All can be gotten for under $80. (At time of writing this review at least) Bring the total price of this laptop in the $700 range which is great compared to all other laptops in the market right now. Even used. (12/4/22)
All in all, this is a GREAT buy for the money.
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Techquest89
5.0 out of 5 stars A STEAL for the price!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 16, 2022
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I got this machine about a week ago with medium expectations. I have to say I'm blow away by this machine!
Cons first: you may have to use the Lenovo software to tweak the battery for off charger performance. If you aren't tech savvy you can watch the Lenovo YouTube channel but it's just a few extra steps I wasn't expecting.
PROS!: Everything else about this system is amazing. Played several games at 120-148 frames per second while playing music in the background. The system stayed cool the entire time and handled it in stride! It's very fast, it has many upgrade options, coming in low with 8 gigs of ram is a trade off for getting it at 600$, however, this system can handle upto 64 Gigs of DDR5 RAM, the processor according to Lenovo can also be upgraded to a Ryzen 7 series. The battery is easy to replace in case of upgrade or repair requirements, and supports 2 M.2 SSD hard drives! All in all I expect this system to last a long amount of time and handle it in stride!
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Charlotte Gross
5.0 out of 5 stars Works great as is-love it!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 25, 2022
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I needed a new computer and I like to game, so I wanted a gaming one. I wasn't sure what to get, but this one is amazing! I can actually play the games I want to with no issues, including games with lots of Mod files. It's upgradable, but works great so far as is straight out of the box. Battery life isn't the best, but I'm used to leaving my laptop plugged in, so it's not a deal breaker for me. Was able to download multiple apps and games with the space already on the computer. I will upgrade what I can with time, but for now, it's perfect. Download times are great as well.
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Mongler
5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT TO UPGRADE ... BUY IT
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 2, 2022
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Reviews here and elsewhere all say you are limited to 16gb of ram and 1tb of SSD or NVME... yea thats just simply wrong 100%.
Just got this. got 64gb of gskill 4800 2x 32gb each sodim
and also a 2tb evo pro... both work just fine, you have to use disk management to verify and initialize the drive but it is a flawless gaming rig for the price. the screen is a tad bit dark but honestly if you want to game on it your getting a 4k screen and mouse and keyboard.
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Isaiah
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for gaming, good graphics, loud
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 3, 2022
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Gaming features are cool, especially sinxe it comes with some ultimate, wil have to switch a few games out for the pc version , i keep mine on its charger whenever i do long gaming sessions (can be 6 or more hours in a day, maybe 40 or more hours in a week) it gets very loud since the fan runs a good amount of the time but all and all best bang for your buck imo
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Budget Gaming Laptop of 2022!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 2, 2022
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GREAT BUDGET gaming laptop! Definitely a steal when on SALE!
Performance could handle Minecraft RTX very well. Other games like Destiny 2 just fine. Battery dies pretty quickly when not plugged in WHILE GAMING screen brightness could be a little better but is more than OK. Overall I’ve had it for 2 weeks I already installed new ram and storage super easy to do. Great overall product!
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peacefulcreek
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice price and easy upgrade
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 13, 2022
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Got it at a good price and used the saved money easily upgraded the pre-installed Micron ddr5 4800 memory to 16gb and added a 1T M.2 ssd. It works very well!
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Tyrique Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s a great laptop fr
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 24, 2022
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3 days of using the laptop I realized that the number 3 key is not responding when pressed, it only respond when I press a little hard. Otherwise it’s a great laptop no other problem and I’m looking to get a replacement not refund. It’s great laptop.
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Raymil Abreu Peña
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente computadora por excelente precio
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 6, 2022
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Muy buena, rápida, excelente pantalla y software fenomental con buenos elementos de desarrollo.
Los contra: Poco almacenamiento, se necesita más ram.
4.0 out of 5 stars An incredibly impressive machine for the price
Reviewed in the United States ???? on February 22, 2022
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Edit: This was originally a five-star review. I'm still really happy with my purchase, but I ran into stuttering on YouTube videos and unimpressive/inconsistent download times that I couldn't seem to fix. Come to find out the wifi cards that come preinstalled on these laptops leave something to be desired. This isn't a big deal if you have an ethernet cable handy, but it would likely be a massive pain for anyone meaning to, say, write an essay at a coffee shop.
I swapped out the wifi card in my old laptop for the one in this one and it works flawlessly. I can't vouch for it, but I've read Intel's AX200NGW wifi card is a good replacement for the one that comes stock in these machines. If you're going to be adding RAM or an extra HDD anyway, swapping out the wifi card isn't too difficult; the tiny connectors are just really finicky. I could live with the wifi as it was, but I don't have access to a wired connection as much as I'd like. If that's you, be prepared for a bit of tinkering.
Everything else I said stands.
Edit 2: Elden Ring runs great on this.
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I paid a little under $750 for this laptop. Out the gate, I added 32GB of RAM, which cost me around $150. That's overkill - 16GB is perfectly serviceable on this configuration, especially without a secondary SSD, and 16GB would cost roughly half that. I wanted to future proof my purchase and make it simple to switch out my secondary mechanical drive in the future.
I would absolutely recommend swapping the RAM for two 16GB sticks (you want them to be the same variety to get the most performance and bang for your buck) and the 8GB my model came with is only just enough for Windows at this point. If you only intend to run Steam and some games, it might do. If you have a Chromium-based web browser running in the background, forget about it. Trust me - extra RAM will save you a lot of headache.
My model didn't come with easy access panels on the back for adding an HDD or for changing out the RAM. Luckily the screws are fairly easy to remove, and the panel came off pretty easily with a plastic pry tool. (Amazon sells the kit I use - it's really handy to have on hand in case you ever need to get inside your machine. Search "Syntus Electronic Repair Tool Kit with Magnetic Driver Kit, 80 in 1 Professional Precision Screwdriver Set with Portable Pouch for iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Gaming Console, Controller, Black")
There's two M.2 slots and one SATA slot. I wouldn't recommend mounting a second M.2 drive - one, I'm not sure how you'd safely mount it in this revision. Two, if you watch Linus Tech Tips video on the performance difference between a SATA SSD and M.2 drives, you'll see that the average user isn't going to notice a difference between the two types of SSDs. Frankly, my 7200rpm mechanical drive loads things really quickly on this laptop, so I'm not even in a rush to upgrade from that. Games like The Witcher 3 run perfectly fine off of it. (And honestly, if you're on a budget and don't want to deck out this laptop with the best kit it can handle, 2TB 7200rpm mechanical drives can be had for around $40-$80 these days.)
The build quality is fantastic. You can tell which parts of it are a little cheaper than others - I'd be careful with the plastic tabs when you're prying the bottom off; take your time with it - but it feels solid the moment you take it out the box. The back of the IPS panel is mounted to metal. The bezels are designed such that it's entirely feasible for you, as the user, to open up and work on your own hardware. From a right-to-repair standpoint, this machine is as good as it gets in this price range. Even if you have no interest in working on it or ever opening it up, you can take it to a local computer shop and be rest assured they can easily get to whatever they need to work on.
The screen is the part most likely to fail on a laptop over extended use. I haven't cracked open the bezel on my unit because my screen was in perfect working order and after a nightmare I had with a different laptop, I just wanted to get back to using my computer. Looking up tutorials and images online, every model of this computer I've seen uses screws to hold the screen in place. No glue or anything like that. In the event that you or a technician ever needs to swap out the screen for a different one, it should be a fairly simple process.
And again I return to build quality - I've noticed very little light bleed when I'm running various applications. This is not the best ips panel I have ever used, but let me stress again - for the price? It's amazing. High refresh rate. Everything is crystal clear. Good contrast. It's been a joy to do photo editing work on it.
For gaming - I use Linux as my daily driver, and removed Windows from this device as soon as I got it set up and made sure there weren't any malfunctions or defects that would warrant calling the manufacturer or returning it to Amazon.
If you're curious whether this makes a good Linux machine - yes, with some caveats. My model - 15ACH6 - did not have working wifi out of the box in Pop OS or Manjaro.
I initially wanted to use Pop OS because it has great hybrid graphics support (better than Windows, if you ask me) and it comes pre-packed with tools to help maximize your laptop's battery life. However, making the wifi work wasn't a simple fix. There are several methods; the least complicated one for me was upgrading the kernel. Problem is - Pop OS is an Ubuntu-based OS and isn't designed to have the kernel upgraded independent of the operating system.
Long story short - I got Pop OS working perfectly, but getting the kernel upgraded was just the first issue I had to solve. I also had to change the power management settings so my wifi wasn't throttled, and my printer was detected but wasn't working properly out of the box.
Manjaro makes it easy to upgrade the kernel, and I was up and running within an hour. The thing that took the longest was waiting for all the updates to install. The only thing I had to do to make full use of my hardware was update the Nvidia drivers, manually install the Optimus Switcher (look up "How to setup Optimus Manager on Manjaro! | DenshiHelp" on YouTube, especially if you use KDE) and adjust the power management settings.
If you're a Linux user or you're Linux-curious, Manjaro is your best bet on this thing if you want a relatively painless experience. (This is also why I bought so much RAM - if I absolutely have to use Windows for any reason, I want the extra memory to run a VM.)
Mind, this shouldn't be an issue in the future. The latest version of Pop OS at the time of this writing is 21.10. If you get this same model of this laptop and newer revisions of the major Linux operating systems have been released, it should be a fairly seamless experience regardless of which one you choose.
I also want to note - in terms of getting this laptop to boot from USB, this was by far the most painless experience I've had. Any other laptop I've had has fought me tooth and nail when I wanted to remove Windows and install Linux. Part of that's the AMD architecture - in my experience, AMD respects their users more than Intel or Nvidia does, so if that's important to you, this is a great machine. If you've ever heard of Intel's Management Engine, AMD's equivalent - the PSP - can be just be switched off in the BIOS. Not once has this machine tried to tell me - its owner and end user - what I can and cannot do with it.
But back to gaming - I didn't try to run anything on Windows, but I can tell you just from the hardware specs you're going to have a great experience with anything released from 2018-2020, and the GTX 1650 would be a respectable graphics card even in a desktop at this point thanks to the current market. You most likely won't be running a game released in 2022 on Ultra on this laptop, but you should be able to get admirable performance on medium-to-high settings running something that just released.
On Linux running Proton - The Witcher 3 runs flawlessly for me on the highest settings using the current experimental version of Proton through Steam. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, runs flawlessly. All the indie and retro-style platformers I threw at it - Cuphead, Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, Blaster Master Zero - flawless. Streets of Rage 4, Mother Russia Bleeds, Terraria, Celeste, Knights of the Old Republic 2 - those are Linux native so they ran for me as well as they do in Windows. Most of your older RPGs like Fallout: New Vegas and Morrowind will run amazingly on here regardless of what OS you're using.
I won't sugarcoat it and tell you that gaming on Linux is every bit as good as gaming on Windows. It's not. If you want to play the latest multiplayer games with your friends or you like to hop around and try different games when they come out without having to check if they work and without having to tinker, keep Windows on this machine.
For me - I have always been about 5 years behind the curve, my favorite games are in 2D, and I refuse to play games with excessive DRM (here's looking at you, Denuvo) or invasive anti-cheat (that is a security timebomb waiting to go off) so my experience switching from Windows to Linux has been relatively painless as a gamer. Valve's Proton is at a great place right now, and if you look up anything that's Steam Deck verified you should have a good time. You've got hundreds - if not thousands - of games at your disposal regardless of what kind of OS you're running.
To end this off - I am in love with this laptop, and I would gladly get another Lenovo machine in the future. The 8 gigs of RAM it came with is a little lean, but it's an easy upgrade, and you will definitely want to add a harddrive anyway. The IO is a little lacking at a mere two USB 3.0 ports, but - they're both USB 3, and you can attach a USB hub. (Just don't run an external HDD off it as most USB hubs don't draw additional power from the slot.)
The build quality is rock solid. The specs are respectable enough that it will breathe new life into your older games and allow you to play most newer titles. You can easily do photo and video editing on this. It's set up to be easy to clean, maintenance, and repair. All in all, for less than $800? This thing is a steal.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I'm impressed, reread this.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 22, 2022
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Ok going for a budget gamer this is the choice the other 2 MSI/Acer had better graphics cards 3060 but only had ddr4 memory, 200 nit 10-14 ms response time screens which were deal breakers in my decision and why i went with the Lenovo 3 gaming. That and about $140 difference in price tag which since all 3 models needed memory and hard drive upgrades this makes a big deal in terms of budget. Now the good and the bad of this laptop, THE GOOD: DDR5 4800 mhz memory can hold 64 gigs I'm running 24gbs to keep price down, The screen is bright 300 nits or so at 120hz colors and viewing angles are great, backlit keys, super small easy to tote around, keyboard feels good, most of the ports are on the back dead center which is nice. THE BAD: Speakers are very weak i ordered headphones after hearing them lol, tiny amount of back light bleed at bottom of screen when viewing all black, fans can get loud even during normal tasks bad for some, for me i appreciate a mobile device with aggressive cooling because i know it needs it and the battery i haven't tested life on it but 46wh batter is small and wouldn't expect to game on this for more then a hour. Last 2 aren't bads for me since the nature of the beast being a mobile device i cut it some slack and am just happy it can come close to my home rig when on the go and want to watch HD movies and play games. I have even when only had 8 gigs of ram ran two world of warcraft accounts at same time while running star trek fleet command with 5 chrome tabs and hulu on a second monitor with zero issue now with the extra 16 gig stick it's a beast.
Ok this took a long time to review fully and i am sorry for statements of it handling 32-64 gigs of ram it does not. As a matter of fact it only handles 16 gigs atm and barely the bios may need updating because even with the stock 8 gigs of ram memtest86 won't make a 3rd pass it locks up. I can't get dual channel to enable the bios has no xmp options or any options you can set that are for advanced users. Working on editing a video showing all this but i am new to making videos so needed to make this statement in the meantime.
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AsonJ
4.0 out of 5 stars 599 Good Deal for a gaming laptop
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 29, 2022
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Just received mine today!
I ordered before black friday sale at $599, but then it dropped to $549 during black friday, can't cancel order and I am not in US, returning will be a mess so I lost $50. sad
Anyway, this laptop is a good deal at $600 and below, also for this amd 6600h version, the ram is ddr5 262pin, don't order ddr4 260pin ram. With about $50 and $30 for 1TB nvme ssd and 8gb additional ram on black friday sale, it is now a 16GB 1TB gaming laptop and is able to play all triple A title smothly in 1080p.
p.s. the laptop current only support max 1TB nvme ssd (2 slot total, so 2 tb) and max 16 GB ram in total, I checked in their official product specification, it may rise WITH bios update but now don't buy anymore stroage or ram than that!
keywords works fine, screen is ok. Small complaint, the laptop only got 2 USBA port, so with a gaming mouse and keyboard/headset plug-in there is no space left. A USB hub is definitely needed. The HDMI port, display port, power port and USB-C port all located in the back for the laptop, so the sides of laptop look clean.
Also, there seems to be no wifi issue for mine, as I read other's review and their wifi-cards seems faulty.
For look, the laptop looks fine, does not feel cheap or premium, just a normal laptop and after romoving the labels, no one will notice it is a gaming laptop.
May update after weeks/months of usage.
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Daniel Porter
4.0 out of 5 stars When I bought it for 600 is was a Must buy device..
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 14, 2022
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So I used this for a mix of things mostly as a work laptop. Why this was a must buy device for me from the other options was the specs in this machine. Along with its ease to upgrade.
So I'll say this off the back when you purchase this a second stick of ram and a 2 tb or your choice of ssd is a must. The 8 gb it comes with for ram isn't enough for gaming if you plan on doing that. Also the 256gb won't hold Warzone. I know most of you will probably buy it for a simple warzone machine.
The 6600h and the 3050 are a good match for the type of work i'll be doing along with the types of games I'll be playing mostly simple smaller indie titles on my off time.
So if your wanting something simple that will run games at a good framerate when you lower the settings this is a solid choice. If you wanna mix work and fun at the end of the day this game will hit that mark as well.
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Haley B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Runs the games I care about without a problem, but the battery life is abysmal.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 10, 2022
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It does what I need it to do. My main games are Sims 4, Civ 6, and Cities Skylines - they run beautifully on this laptop. After a few days of using the laptop, my only complaint is the battery life. 100% to 0% took 110 minutes - not even 2 hours off of the charger. Not ideal.
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Alyssa
4.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginner gamer!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 29, 2022
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This is great for me because my boyfriend and I wanted to buy a laptop to share just for gaming. It works great for that! We have about 6 games and it doesn't crash or anything. The only thing about it is the battery life is like 30 minutes while its unplugged. Otherwise, it's pretty good and is def worth the price!
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Veronica Vides
4.0 out of 5 stars la bateria no dura practicamente nada
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 21, 2022
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la computadora en general funciona perfecto pero la bateria le dura como 2 horas y media lo cual es muy poco ya probe de mil maneras y nada funciona ademas cuando uno revisa el consumo de bateria por aplicaciones figura que el 60 o mas porciento de la bateria la consume el sistema mismo
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Seth
4.0 out of 5 stars The only thing is the storage you should go with the 500gb version
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 16, 2022
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Product is great although I probably haven’t had enough time to fully review it for the day I’ve had it I’ve played a bunch of games so far and man is this little beats fast the boot up times and download times are insanely fast
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4.0 out of 5 stars Convenient
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 8, 2022
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Gets the job done
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4.0 out of 5 stars It is easy to set up and the speed for gaming is very good, too.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on October 17, 2022
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I use this laptop for my daily work and for gaming as well. It meets my expectations for both.
3.0 out of 5 stars Poor Battery Life
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 4, 2022
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I bought this laptop only so I could play the Sims 4. I've always wanted to try a gaming laptop, and since the Sims is the only game I play I figured the Lenovo Ideapad would work well, and it wasn't too expensive. I've pretty much always played the Sims on just regular laptops, so my main hope was that the battery life on this gaming laptop would be better than my old laptops. Unfortunately, those hopes were in vain.
Once the Ideapad was fully charged, I downloaded the Sims and left the settings on Ultra when I played just to see how the laptop would do. I got less than an hour of game play before I had to plug it in, which, while disappointing, I kind of expected because the Ultra settings are pretty high. So I stopped the game, let the laptop charge, and when it was done I turned on Battery Saver to Always On and lowered the settings in the Sims 4. These are the same things I did on the HP Pavilion I used to play on, and that extended my unplugged battery life to about 3 hours while playing the Sims 4.
However, when I did these same settings for the Ideapad, I got ONE hour of unplugged game play. One. Now, I understand that gaming laptops with Lithium-polymer or Lithium-ion batteries can be used while they are charging without harming the battery, but isn't one hour still a bit low for a gaming laptop? I'm not an expert on them so I don't know, but I was disappointed. There are some other general things about the laptop I don't like, like the volume/brightness control buttons, but the battery was my main issue. I'm pretty sure I'll be returning this for my money back. It's just not for me.
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Canvas B.
3.0 out of 5 stars Great for gaming, but it's not 8GB RAM
Reviewed in the United States ???? on October 7, 2022
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The specs are fantastic, with the graphics and speed of the processor. I love this laptop and for the price, it is a very solid laptop for me as someone who does some games but not a hardcore gamer. My only complaint is with the 8 GB RAM. Upon starting up the laptop, the Window settings specified that there was only 5.9 GB RAM available before I even downloaded a single game. I was fortunate enough to be able to find that I could upgrade the RAM storage by purchasing and installing another card into the laptop, but I wish the listing could have been clearer about the available RAM on this product in the description instead of making people like me believe there was a full 8 GB available for use.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Needs memory
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 12, 2022
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Review for i7 12th gen, 3050 Ti.
Upon initial boot the PC was using about 57% of its RAM. After uninstalling some bloatware that went down to 50%. If you are shopping for this computer please factor in about $75 for 32 GB of memory, plus one hour of labor for installing it. I will update with a proper review once I've had a chance to do the necessary work and see how it goes.
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Todd Wells
3.0 out of 5 stars The Ethernet port doesn't work
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 5, 2022
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Everything else works great but I bought this specifically for the Ethernet port and it doesn't even work. Rubbish
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Laura
3.0 out of 5 stars Short battery life.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on September 24, 2022
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I do llike this laptop, but don't get me wrong, I was expecting to play for hours and not for one hour without having to charge the laptop again. So just keep an eye on that... this laptop is great for starters for gaming.
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Jordan Mers
3.0 out of 5 stars Great gaming laptop but not the best
Reviewed in the United States ???? on August 25, 2022
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It’s a decent laptop but it has its flaws. Tends to randomly freeze while playing. Most of the time my game would freeze and I can’t even minimize the game so the only way to get out is to restart the laptop. I mainly play warzone on modern warfare and I get avg 76fps on med settings. I also play gta v on max settings with an avg of 85fps. Other than that I would recommend building your own pc. You can build a stronger pc for the price of this laptop.
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3.0 out of 5 stars It Seems Different than the images listed
Reviewed in the United States ???? on April 20, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
Basically, I bought 2 units for my friends to have Linux installed on the right the way with 32 GB of RAM, and 2TB of NVMes. Now, on the images that you see in the marketing section, you are going to find that this laptop suppose to have full size NVMe (2280) storage slots. However, it doesn't. While it has one slot that can hold full size NVMe (2280). On the other hand, the slot which is populated by manufacture, has small size NVMe (2248) storage. With no possibility to be swapped with 2280. This limits the main slot to only hold NVMe of size 2242, and can't hold a full size 2280 NVMe.
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Eli
3.0 out of 5 stars Can't even get on
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 18, 2021
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
I do not know if they sent me a refurbished one or what the deal is I can not log on to the defaultuser0 No password works. Not an empty one. Not *blank*, or admin, password nothing. Very unhappy as there is no paperwork to fine it. Update: I will give it half. After trying to return it for an instant refund due to having to buy my son a gift I got nothing I would have to wait to get it. I had tried to call Lenovo and nothing I had wrapped it up for return and suddenly they called and the Tech got it reset for me I was finally able to do a fresh install. I would not trust a computer with a password already set up could have been sent with a trojan. If you get one with a password reset it or send it back.
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Arepo
3.0 out of 5 stars Bare minimum for a gaming laptop
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 20, 2021
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
The build quality overall is fine. But you can tell where they really cut corners on the hardware. On battery, expect to get about 1hr of gaming time. An extra 8gigs memory is basically a requirement for this machine, so add that into your cart as well. And you'll most likely need an additional hard drive if you plan to have more than a few games in it at a time. It's noisy too. Even running FFXIV on med settings has this machine sounding like wind turbine.
Expect to add an additional $150+ in hardware updates.
Overall, this machine isn't so much a laptop as it is a GPU with a screen attached, a very dark screen.
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Michael
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance......WEAK BATTERY!!!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 31, 2021
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
The performance for this laptop is top notch but the battery life is ATROCIOUS!!! The only consolation is that its cheap and runs steam and PCVR on the oculus (although its laggy and may crash from time to time. If you have the money then pay the money for a better pc but if you dont have more than $1000 for a pc then this may work for you as it does for me.
2.0 out of 5 stars If screen is not starting, check the SSD, my was broken.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 9, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
Well this is real drama for me. I live in another country, And to return this laptop will cost me another 100 dollars. I contacted with amazon, they give me link to Lenovo, they said they cant fix my problem in another country. Sooooo, I tried it myself, open the laptop and checked everything, Lan card, Bios battery, Battery unpluged. Nothing helped. At last I tried to remove SSD 2240 type. And magic happened, its started. So for anyone who have same problem, no Screen, black screen, nothing on screen, but leds working on keyboard so maybe its time to check the SSD. Thanks for Reading. UPDATE BIOS NEWS: Dear friends after updating bios dont touch anything wait at least few minutes, after that it will boot up. Yes, I agree, this is very strange laptop I ever met, I have also Acer Nitro 5 and this one is really strange one with its own strange and crazy things. Sometimes broken ssd, lan card can couse of black screen and no sign on screen, biso test will not start. Good luck to everyone with this powerfull and strange and little crazy laptop. Mine still working, after bios update. ??
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Susan Swede
2.0 out of 5 stars Good deal when on sale for 500 - not much else
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 26, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
This is a great deal for the hardware when it's on sale, but the device is severely lacking in a number of ways. It comes stock with a measley (though upgradable) 8 gb of ram, and 256 gb of storage. This is barely enough for modern gaming. Another disappointment is the display. The colors all seem washed out and no matter what configuration I try, I can't get it to feel right. By far the biggest downfall of this laptop is it's speakers. They're quiet and lack any real resemblance of bass.
When you can get it cheap, it's worth the money, but otherwise I'd look into different options.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Battery Drains While Gaming (Except on Silent Mode)
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 25, 2022
Capacity: Intel i7-12700HVerified Purchase
The battery drains faster than the laptop can charge while gaming. Only when put on silent mode does this not happen, but then at this point you're not using the full capacity of the laptop you paid for. The brightness of the display is mediocre too. Honestly I can live with the screen being slightly inferior if I can actually use the full extent of the CPU and GPU without worrying that my battery would run out even while charging.
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Gary P.
2.0 out of 5 stars Would not connect to my wifi
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 17, 2022
Capacity: Intel i5-12500HVerified Purchase
Laptop would not connect to my wifi modem. Other devices work fine with my modem. Customer support was poor at best. My son suggested to purchase a wifi dongle that fits in one of the USB ports. This bypasses the defective wifi card in the laptop and allows me to connect to my modem. I have no other issues with this laptop.
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Juan
2.0 out of 5 stars Well disappointed
Reviewed in the United States ???? on May 30, 2022
Capacity: Intel i5-12500HVerified Purchase
Well where should I start... I'm going to start with screen so if you want something bright don't look at this laptop I was putting it around 50-75 brightness looked dimmer than my old 2015 laptop that is at 10% brightness. The second bad for this laptop is the battery life big down grade was getting around 2hrs on a full charge not doing anything but watching some YouTube videos. When I did use it for gaming Apex expect around barely 1hr after those disappointing facts I didn't see myself with this laptop since I want to be mobile while not gaming. I don't want to be carrying the big power brick when not using to game. The only good things going for it where the appearance and feel. The laptop looks amazing feels solid and the keys and touch pad felt decent. If they could had packed a big battery into it or fixed the issue with it not lasting the advertised 8hr battery life it would had been and amazing laptop to have.
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MANUEL PALACIOS
2.0 out of 5 stars Laptop screen doesn't work ??
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 3, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
When you get a new laptop, everything is supposed to work, but in this case, the screen doesn't work, is completely black and only the keyboard lights up.
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Jesse Gallagher
2.0 out of 5 stars Battery does not last gaming and unplugged.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on October 12, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
This laptop has been easy to use however, the only drawback we currently have is that you can't use it long for gaming while being unplugged. It lasts 45 -60 minutes. This is our house laptop and gaming laptop for my son, so it was very disappointing to learn about the battery the hard way.
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2.0 out of 5 stars POOR QUALITY!!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on July 11, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
POOR QUALITY!!
BOTH USB PORTS STOPED WORKING AFTER 32 DAYS!
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE DIDN'T HELP AT ALL!!
1.0 out of 5 stars Dies after a few days!!! Ideapad Gaming 3 is DEFECTIVE series
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 10, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
After reading many positive reviews and a few bad ones I decided to purchase this machine anyway. As an IT person surely I would be able to deal with anything that came along. SO WRONG!!! IT DIED AFTER JUST A FEW DAYS.
I even purchased extra memory for it, another SSD, and other accessories.
While the processor and motherboard are indeed high quality and using DDR5 as well as PCI 4.0, this machine fails on some of the most basic fronts:
- The stupid keyboard, new out of the box, had two keys that barely worked if I pushed it in the right direction (the 1 and 2 numbers). How frustrating
- The battery lasts like an hour even when not gaming, and just browsing the web
- After having done a BIOS update, the machine totally died on me. Lenovo has introduced a Novo button, basically a rest hole, that is meant to allow you to get back into Bios and do recovery and restore when something goes wrong. Except, there was no way for me to get that to work.
There is a reason this gaming laptop is cheap. I had such huge hopes and such a significant disappointment experiencing this. The DDR5 is new memory, and PCI 4.0 also, so the combo of those two for this price sounded like an unbelievable deal. Also, the memory is upgradable to 64 GB (2 x 32), and not just 16 the way manufacturer claims. Yet in spite of all that, the overall build is such a garbage even the most conscious bargain hunter has nothing to gain from this.
I'm so frustrated with Lenovo I'm never coming back to that brand again. Also disappointed with Amazon to not be paying attention to what people are saying and vetting the products sold on their site a bit better.
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Joseph E.
1.0 out of 5 stars Loose item inside on arrival
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 25, 2022
Capacity: Intel i7-12700HVerified Purchase
I ordered this for a compact, cost-effective product. I got it and then later that night after I picked it up to move it, I heard something was loose inside. I shook it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't imagining it.
Sure enough, there was something inside the main body that was loose. It almost sounded like a rounded object. I didn't think it was going to be a big problem, until I tried connecting to my Home WiFi. It refused to do anything aside from giving me the "Connected, No Internet" error message. What is mind-boggling and infuriating is that it can connect to other networks (like an internet cafe), and my phone and other devices can connect to the home WiFi. But not this laptop for some reason.
I did all of the troubleshooting, and it still won't fix the problem.
Didn't get to do much gaming as a result, or experience what this laptop can offer. One star review for now until I can get a new one.
I am returning this product in exchange for a new one that will hopefully work and I can get back to gaming with my friends.
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Margarita
1.0 out of 5 stars Several problems from the day of delivery
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 17, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
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Problems from the start:
- Slow
- Problem with "hidden"? RAM
- Horrible electronic noises, MUCH MUCH louder than on the video, hardly possible to hear anything because
- VERY low volume sound. Even at the loudest, many YouTube videos are hard to hear
- Hard disk noises sound like a 20 year old laptop that's about to die
- Warranty was months shorter than a year as it should be from the time of sale or even deliver.
- Amazon shipped a $600 via USPS who randomly threw it in front of the door
- Constant crashes "out of memory."
Lenovo support is stalling and making comments, such as in the image.
UPDATE: I found tons of deleted files from several different months 2022 on the recovery drive. That would match the shortened warranty. This is not a new PC, unless Lenovo took it out of the box every month and deleted some stuff.
I spoke with the customer service, who said they would help me out if the manufacturer doesn't resolve the issue. I explained I'd have to wait and also give the device to the police to see what's going on.
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Amanda Rivera
1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't turn on after having it for 3 days!
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 4, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
Everything set up smoothly, no drama until today I turn it off after finally be able to set up the Xbox pass, when I try to turn on, doesn't boot up. No Lenovo logo in screen, i tried everything in the Lenovo support page and nothing works! I submitted a ticket because there is no way and my luck that after 2 months searching for a laptop because I had any the one I finally decide to buy and still paying up for the pass 4 years dies in day 3.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Short battery life + could've bought it for 50$ cheaper
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 15, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
A decent budget laptop.
Disappointing battery life can't use this laptop without a charger.
Screen is way more dim than expected.
I bought this laptop for 600$ a bit before black Friday and have missed a chance to buy it for 550$ which is a bit disappointing.
Overall it's doing a fine job although I would've looked for different options if I've had the chance.
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Rob
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 29, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
Bought on black Friday Because price was lower only to be sent a defective one that I can only get my money back on and can't replace so I missed the sale and now must Pay 700 for a equivalent laptop instead if the 500 Amazon is such a waste of time it's not my fault you sent me a laptop that doesn't work now you won't honor the sale I bought it during
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John
1.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States ???? on July 15, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-5600HVerified Purchase
Couple of things that make this laptop borderline unusable. The battery life is virtually non-existent. Even during very light gaming while plugged in the battery can and will die on you. There is absolutely no excuse for that. In order to use this I will have to have two to four batteries sitting around on standby at all times. But I'm not even sure you can remove the battery on this unit.
The second thing that really makes this a joke is that you have to have internet connection just to sign into your Microsoft account. I'm not talking about using any form of Internet. It just requires internet connection to function. I don't know if that's windows 11 or the laptop. I don't really care. Unless you have a internet connection when you boot it up the laptop literally cannot be used. I wouldn't buy this laptop again for $10. It's almost completely unusable.
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Stephen Monsanto
1.0 out of 5 stars Received a very obviously refurbished device.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on December 12, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
It had scuff marks on the bottom, one of the rubber feet fell off, and there was a loose screw inside the chassis. After not even an entire day, the laptop will no longer boot. Pretty sure something shorted out. Don't bother buying laptops here, they're clearly happy to straight up lie and sell you a refurb.
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American player
1.0 out of 5 stars Loose keyboard component
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 20, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
I replaced this computer once because there was a loose component in the keyboard, on the lower right area. I got my new computer today but it has the exact same problem, did they just repackage the old computer??? It works but how long until this loose component messes up the entire computer??. I'm so angry I really need this computer
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Theodora Bergman
1.0 out of 5 stars NOT WORKING.
Reviewed in the United States ???? on November 29, 2022
Capacity: AMD R5-6600HVerified Purchase
So incredibly frustrating. As previous customer's have said I cannot connect to WIFI and its nothing wrong with my home internet. cannot even get past the first set up stage and it doesn't help that Lenovo's customer service is rubbish and so impeccably slow
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