Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14" Laptop, 14.0" FHD 1920 x 1080 Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics, Narrow Bezel, Windows 10, 81W0003QUS, Abyss Blue

This is probably the best value for the money laptop I could find after extensive research. Sure, there's been deals with other laptops with an AMD 3500u inside but that was before the pandemic + prices have gone back up to normal. Now, the laptop. For $450, you're getting the AMD 3500u with the included Vega 8 GPU, 8GB RAM, 256gb SSD. The screen itself is nothing to die for. It's 1080p 60hz, and you definitely have to adjust the viewing angle sometimes because it can be too overexposed or too underexposed when viewing from extreme angles but it's a good screen in the end The magic of this laptop comes from the price point vs. performance The 3500u totally demolishes any intel equivalent laptops at this price range out of the water, and the fact that it is an APU that comes with Vega 8 graphics is a godsend a i5 8250u (the price equivalent of the amd 3500u) with it's integrated graphics does half of the performance in games that the Vega 8 achieves, this can mean the difference between viewing a powerpoint presentation and getting a consistent and playable frame-rate Take GTA V for example. The Vega 8 achieves for me 1080p 35-45FPS with all "Normal" settings, and 720p 50-70FPS. The intel equivalent will only run you up to 720p 35-45FPS. Don't even try 1080p, at only 15-25FPS. Rocket League at 720p performance settings on the i5-8250u? 40-60FPS. Try 70-80FPS on the 3500u/Vega 8 combo. Fortnite? (yes I know) - 720p 35-45FPS on the 3500u. Try 20-30FPS on the i5-8250u. Enough gaming. Battery is fine on light workloads, and it charges super quickly. Like others have noted, some of the information on this amazon listing is wrong so do your research! Either way, I'm really happy with this laptop. Definitely is a good machine at a good price point. Great for work and for some light games. I would definitely recommend this laptop as well if you want to gift it to a child/teen for school + knowledge that it can run titles like Fortnite, Minecraft, etc and are on a budget.

It is very difficult to find a good laptop under $500, but this is a solid sub-$500 choice. I have owned this laptop for 3 years and haven’t noticed any issues with it. I have been able to run Steam and play games on this laptop with little to no issues. It isn’t a gaming laptop, but games are definitely playable and it seems to be able to handle most games with the occasional lag. This laptop is great for basic use and school or work use. It is a relatively fast laptop, especially for the price. The screen took me a while to get used to, though I am not sure if this was just my own personal issue or if the screen just takes time to get used to. Eventually I did get used to the screen. It is not a touch-screen laptop, which is what a lot of people might want. But, despite it not being touch-screen, it is still a really nice laptop. In terms of aesthetics, the color isn’t quite like what is pictured. It’s a much darker blue, more like navy blue. The laptop is pretty thin and isn’t too heavy, which makes it good for travel.

This laptop has been doing well for me so far. The screen is a bit dimmer than I'd love and the speakers honestly suck (quieter than my Samsung Galaxy Note 10). But unless you're planning on showing a room full of people some music/videos, the speakers don't matter. The laptop ran great right out of the box with fast boot up times, but once I started downloading my different applications, it slowed down noticeably. Not so much that it's a problem, but enough that it was disappointing. When running multiple high demand applications it can be a bit clunky as well. Internet browsing works perfectly fine. As for gaming. This laptop surprised me as it can actually run some of my games smooth enough to play (on very low settings of course). I recommend single player games only as multiplayer games begin to push it into unplayable. An example being, Minecraft on near lowest settings is playable with no noticeable frame rate issues. But when I logged into a server with a friend, even when it was just the two of us on the server, I had a lot of frame rate issues. But I tried stuff like Dead Space, Stardew Valley, Hades, and Minecraft and they all ran well enough. Streaming is another iffy area as it puts even more stress on the system. So if you want to stream more simple games like Stardew Valley and Hades, it works perfectly fine. But Minecraft on the absolute lowest settings possible while in a server was unplayable still. I'll update this if anything ever comes up that is noteworthy.

I bought this laptop for my dad (as his first laptop). While he isn't completely computer illiterate, this would be the first computer he has ever owned. A few things that I like about this laptop: Battery life: he's been using this laptop on his first charge for an entire week already! SSD: solid state storage in this laptop makes it very responsive Camera shutter: one of his biggest concerns over computers and internet was identity protection. The camera shutter was a perfect feature for him in this regard. Size and weight: This laptop is quite thin and light weight. Charger: the power supply for this laptop is built into the wall plug, making portability absolutely fantastic. Wish more laptop chargers came this way HDMI port: I like that this laptop retains an HDMI port over some other display outputs. Here again, dad isn't going to want ten adapters to worry about when he wants to connect up to the TV. Overall, I found this to be a great option, especially at the price point. It came in his favorite color and is everything he needed to get started. Only con so far has been screen brightness. It does get a little difficult for him to read on screen text on a sunny day.

For the first time in my life I was able to get a laptop. Not only was I confused by the array of choices and what a lap top does, this brand has made me feel so humble. The specs and hardware can be difficult to understand, but that's okay because you can contact Lenovo support after purchase. I got mine with a payment plan, and I can tell you, I was happy I did so. the PC is amazing and has some sweet mesh work. You can install virus free software to connect your phone to the laptop, so you can work, text, and create in whatever way possible. The processor is more than enough to play most games, and any small work load can be delivered with cloud software given the choice you made to upload and download to your laptop. The only issue I have with this laptop is that I have no issues with it; it's relatively perfect for any situation. I would suggest this for a lap top, or a gift any day. Tip: Be sure to buy insurance for you're laptop. How or who you choose is your personal choice. I can only inform you it's wise to have insurance on your smart devices.

I have had the product for one day now. First: I tested it on Age of Empires 2 on the ranked forum where it unleashes a ton of stuff to test the power of the computer. Exceeded expectations. Currently have a couple tabs open and two games open. The keys are kinda cheap feeling, but super easy to get use to. 3 USB ports.. like come on, I cried when I saw them, beautiful. Sound quality is kinda funny, because it's not good. But if you're like me and use a headset it doesn't even matter, one hdmi plugin tooo, whaaaaaat. The CPU is extremely awesome, the Ram is like everyone said, doesn't say it has 8gb im seeing 5.9 gbs to 7 gbs it's random. The feel of the laptop is actually nice and quite light. But I mean its $450, I would call it a great cheap gaming laptop with limitations, but I'm not one of those people that are crazy about graphics so it's perfect for the normal gamer. I'm getting about 5 hours of battery life. Great laptop for the money that's for sure.

I got this for my wife to replace her aging HP Core I5 machine. She could not be happier. Very thin, very light, great looking display, and the AMD Ryzen5 CPU paired with the SSD just kicks butt. I mean, it is one fast laptop for under $500. It is not used for gaming, so I couldn't testify as to how it would do with, say, World of Warcraft, but it's perfect for mundane everyday tasks. Battery life seems really good, it's been unplugged for days at a time while being used 2 or 3 hours a day & hasn't run down the battery yet. (No DVD drive, but haven't missed it - but you can get an external Dell portable here on Amazon for under $20.00.) Overall, we are really happy with this Lenovo and I may soon buy another one for myself.

Pros: - Great spec for the price range. - Easily can run emulators and run up to ps2 games - very light weight. - battery run for long period of time. Cons: - left click mouse hardly functioning. - you need to get knowing how to use the mouse - The laptop was built from cheap plastic For upgrading: - I successfully upgrade the 256GB SSD to 1TB (only one storage slot is available) the SSD type was hynix 256GB and I replaced it with NVME M.2 PCie Adata Swordfish 1TB. it works smoothly and fantastic - you can upgrade to 20GB however once I test the ram performance in (user benchmark) , it appears that the laptop scores 46% in ram performance while the 12GB Scored higher Upto 70%. So I used 12GB instead of 20GB. The only issue: After updating the windows 10 to latest version, As normal procedure. it required a reset. Then the Laptop defect. I have 5 other laptops and I am doing the Windows update regularly to all of them. But this ONE is the lowest built quality. The reason I choose the lenovo because I have old lenovo G550 which I bought it before 10 years and it still run strong . However, I successfully manage to reboot it from bios and delete all the firmware and update. The laptop works again but I feel little bit disappointed. The only good thing about idealPad 3 is the price compared to other competitive. Do I recommend this laptop for you ? Yes I do, I gave it 4 stars of 5 stars.