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Lenovo Ideapad S145 AMD A6-9225 15.6-inch HD Thin and Light Laptop






Now last year when  you probably saw a couple of Lenovo laptops and that includes PID pad 330 this one and the IdeaPad S145 with a metal lid on top of it. However, this year when you shop on Amazon or Flipkart you're bound to see another model on sale and that's the IdeaPad s1 45 let's see how this new the laptop did in our review shall we well sadly everyday performance of our review the net was woefully bad but I can more than confidently chalk that up to the low ram and the sluggish hard drive inside the laptop took well over minutes the cold boot to the Windows desktop and be fully ready for work the Start menu took over 6 seconds to pop up on an average Dever constant stutters and window freezes while using everyday applications like Chrome File Explore and OneNote even one application at a time maximizing a window would sometimes take up to five whole seconds to happen and the contents inside would get stretched and distorted in the process foreground would often sputter and stahma in summary then the IdeaPad s 145 3 is an unbearably sluggish device if use it in the same bundled 4gb and hard drugs and figuration as the review in it I highly recommend you purchase a variant with a GB ROM minimum and a solid-state drive if you plan to use this laptop for every day work well what if you already bought and it if you already bought from the same configuration as our review unit consider upgrading the RAM to 8gb and replacing the hard drive with a SATA 3 solid-state drive the 290 GB unit shouldn't cost you over five thousand rupees anyway these two updates will go a long way in improving the FD performance of this laptop what about the battery on everyday tests where the screen is set to 70% brightness and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled laptop lost 42% of its full charge in roughly two hours charging from 36% to about 95 took roughly one to half hours during the tests multiple instances of chrome OneNote file explorer was open alongside WhatsApp for PC in summary then the battery inside the IdeaPad s1, 6 appears to be an ideal companion for fairly long stretches of continuous operation away from the wall socket expect up to three and half hours of continuous use on this laptop let's move on to the display the IdeaPad s145 features a 15.6-inch display with full HD resolution and two hundred twenty minutes of maximum brightness according to Lenovo the screen is capable of covering 45% of an unspecified color space in reality however colors on the screen of your totally washed out leaving the white of the backlight to burn through brightly, in addition, the matte finish on the screen creates a grainy effect on the screen thereby making the overall viewing experience even worse tilting the display even by a few degrees renders text on the screen unreadable in summary the IdeaPad s145s display isn't a great one for video focused work but that said it'll do the job for all the boring spreadsheets and documents you throw at it the idea 5s 1:45 has most of its ports on the left side of its body which should prove convenient for by kind of mouse users on the left is a proprietary round pen power port for charging a full-size HDMI port a USB a port a couple of USB 3.1 ports as well on the right side all we see are full-size SD card reader and the 3.5 mm audio jack for headsets understandably the laptop skips the USBC port and fingerprint scanner let's move on to the keyboard the IdeaPad s1 45 keyboard is not particularly comfortable but it's not particularly uncomfortable either the entire keyboard island and individual key caps are mainly convex in shape and they bulge upwards right at the center, this is the exact opposite of that laptop manufacturers usually do to offer a more comfortable driving experience on the plus side though the Numpad section includes dedicated keys for media playback if anything I wish the key to a backlit but that's too much to ask for a laptop in this price range because it's not a Windows 10 recognized precision unit the touchpad is sluggish and I mean in tracking the movement of the pointer across the screen the acceleration of the pointer to ladies with the direction of the fingertip movement making for an unpleasant touchpad experience overall surprisingly the click buttons under the touchpad clean plastic surface have a great feel all things considered you're better off getting yourself a mouse along with the laptop okay then let's move on to the building design the IdeaPad s1 45 uses plastic in its construction in a manner that's similar to last year's IdeaPad 330 the laptops top cover and keyboard island have a glossy plastic finish but the my lead brush design in plain silver not only does this lens the device a toyish look but also makes it less grippy in the user's hands especially while taking it out of a backpack in a hurry luckily the keycaps screen bezels and other elements use a darker shade for some added contrast opening and closing the lid from one side reveals quite a bit of flex on the lid surface the same is observed on the keyboard island when the keys are pressed down hard on the plus side however the laptops lid opens out to a maximum of 180 degrees what's more the laptops power brake is now integrated with the wall clock making the entire charging kit more portable and appealing all things considered, the IdeaPad s1 45 looks and feels decent for a laptop of it's price range although a matte finish all around would have been better appreciated for reasons of grip and overall appearance well then all things considered I think the new Lenovo IdeaPad s1 45 is not a bad choice by any means now if you're buying this laptop you have to and have to get it with at least 8gb RAM and a solid-state drive if you want to use it for everyday work that said if you have the patience of a monk you must be ok with 4gb RAM and a 1tb hard drive 













The 14 inch 3 notebook from HP a 1.7 kilo very nice looking laptop it's an Intel Core i5 processor with 4 gb of ram and 256 gig SSD solid state 740 drive now this is quite a nice looking laptop it's in a beautiful champagne gold it does come in other colors as well but let's take a look at the actual notebook in more detail and see how it so I was quite excited when this one 15  arrived to review I think this laptop is  a beautiful looking laptop is 1.7 kilos  it really doesn't feel 1.7 kilos and so  it's quite light in the hands and the  other thing is that this is absolutely  packed full of features so we have  multiple USB 3 and connectivity on the left-hand side here and a single USB standard 2 on the right-hand side now  the USB 4 3 will allow for really high-speed data transfer so again you know if  you've got a lot of photos or videos  that you want to move around onto  external hard drives or if you're just  looking to back off your laptop on a  regular basis it's going to save you time and effort on the back of that so  he also has all have an HDMI out so this  will allow you to connect this to a  separate monitor or if you want you can  view maybe your photos or your videos  off your laptop but on that other monitor that you may have so we also as  well have an Ethernet port on the left  hand side this will allow you to connect things like your networks and maybe you  might be in the office or if you've got  home network that's using cable then  great so it also as well comes with AC  standard Wi-Fi in it already inbuilt now this allows for high speed data transfer  using the wireless service and again  that's gonna really give you that next generation of connectivity so no major worries about anything slowing down or  anything like that so really great from HP there we also  have a power cable on this left hand side and we also as well have a VGA so 54 if you want it connected to another monitor by a VGA you can on the right hand side here we've got as I say we've got a USB slot here is a USB 2 and we've 58 also as well got an SD card slot here that's really really hungry so if you're using say a digital camera or a go 350 probes like that you can plug in your SD card in its there and download your images very quickly so that's enough of the outside so let's take a look at the 65 inside so as we open it up we have a beautiful looking screen here sorry inches is an anti-glare screen so it we're not having to worry about I mean I've got whites coming from many different directions and I can still see this screen perfectly fine we also as well see a really beautiful keyboard here it's nicely set down there's no distractions so this keyboard is not backlit I think it would have been nice  with a backlit on it and I think about what it has been a real nice advantage but I don't think it causes many issues so the really nice thing about having the i5 processor from Intel and this is the eighth generation running at 1.6: with a 3.2 gig burst on it this just really allows you to do a lot of multitasking so take for example if you're working on a large document or you might be doing some video processing or you might be just watching a Netflix video and something you want to do something else so just allows you to be able to do lots of different things at 91 at the same time without the PC running slow so it's a really nice benefit to have this high fiving built into this so the other nice thing that comes inside 95 this is the SSDs and this is the solid-state drive pretty much a replacement for the old versions of hard drives that could be quite slow but also as well quite noisy and if you move your laptop around I'll put it down heavily and they were subject to possible issues such as crashes or possible damage now the great thing with the SSDs is the solid-state so we know that moving this around or you know if it was to be dropped we don't have any worries about loss of data so we're getting a really nice benefit and also as well it makes it really really speedy so I'm really fast to boot up and really fast to process any files that you're working on so this keyboard is a beautiful keyboard it's lovely and set out nicely it's got  a mechanical feel to it and again really low profile on the actual keys I quite like it hidden Steve feels very very easy to type on and I can get through quite a lot of documents just type it on this so the trackpad is really nice it's a quite a wide trackpad compared to all the trackpads out there  is really nice it's nicely placed but also as well it's got some solid keys on them in it's a ball top sense tip so I could do multi-touch I can use two fingers to swipe up and down I can move things around but also as well having the buttons at the bottom are really handy to have so I can use my fingers and also as well use them buttons at the same time so it's all set on this plastic Bank that looks like a  brushed metal and it's really nice it sets off the whole piece very nicely and again it blows up into the screen so all in all it just looks so nice also it's all further up at the top we have a HD webcam err so again if you're using it things like sky or looking to videoconference with your friends family or even at work maybe with something like Skype for business this is going to allow you to be able to have them really high-definition calls but also as well have that really nice way of being able to take photos and videos on the fly so  put together the HD graphics that are on the screen the HD web camera but also as well the high quality sound that comes from the speakers you're getting an 240 all-in-one package that really really will give you the best experience when it comes to using a PC so this laptop is 440 based on Windows 10 from Microsoft and again that's packed full of features that are going to integrate into all these wonderful Hardware functions that have brought to this notebook and again we have things like voice control we have application stores we have loads of different applications that work with this also as well we've got integrations into multiple peripherals accessories such as Wi-Fi printing or different things like Xbox games and so on so let me show you a few little things like about this laptop and the first one is is that it's got inbuilt poise control so Microsoft bring a voice control service called Cortana now if we open that up 550 what's the weather like today it's kind of snowing at the moment it is 660 definitely zero degrees and it is a bit cloudy so open Netflix I do fancy just sitting back and watching the video so as you can see here I can do some really nice little things I'm not having to click around a lot so it's really nice the fact that I can have some voice control service on my laptop and automate some of my different functions instead of having to click around various things so the thing that I like about this HD graphics and this beautiful looking screen it's just that  I can sit there and I can consume I can watch videos I can type I can create graphics without any worry I can sit there I can check my emails I can look at photos and they're really nice things that I'm getting that crystal clarity and I think what HP had brought into  this laptop is just it looks extraordinary is such a lovely laptop to use so partner up all of this hardware  that HP brought to the table along with Microsoft and Windows 10 you're basically getting a package that's giving you such a lovely future proof laptop that's really going to last quite a long time also as well give you lots and lots of hours of enjoyment so I've  tested a lot of laptops in the past I've looked at various ones from all the different vendors but also as well different sizes different weights different thinness I have to say this one's won a little space in my heart is a lovely laptop it's really lightweight for what it is it comes with lots of different features in it it's a  mid-range laptop but also as well it's very powerful I've found I've been able to run multiple applications such as Premiere Pro from Adobe with the word with PowerPoint also as well watching Netflix in the background without any problems whatsoever I've been able to render videos quite quickly on these compared to other laptops that I've tested in the past but also as well the fact that it comes with all these wonderful features such as USB 3 Wi-Fi connectivity in the AC grade we've got Ethernet we've got HDMI out we've also as well got an SD card slot in there  what else are you going to need so whether you're at school college university whether you're a home worker or an office worker or if you're just 080 somebody who's at home and wants to watch some box sets or look at your 00:09:55,450 photos this laptop is really going to fit everybody's needs it's a high 760 powered laptop with really long battery range but also as always the 470 crystal-clear graphics on it is just absolutely perfect for consuming and creating.

Acer Aspire 3 Thin A315-54 15.6-inch Full HD Thin and Light Notebook



what's the best punch wait back with it in the video and today I'm going to unbox a very budget oriented Acer laptop so without further ado let's get started so I won't be making a very long review of this laptop as this is a very basic one and I will just show you briefly about the setup and basic use the Mark II was 22 proline rupees but I bought it for a piece 15 990 opening the box we get the laptop itself with a lot of documentation we are provided with the Chandra power cable and power adapter which has the reading of 19 volts and two-point three seven amps now let's move over to the laptop itself now my first impression by just holding it would be not bad plastic material is looking good now the model number. Acer Aspire a three one five three one out of the box it's looking too good for the price it comes with some kind of Linux OS known as endless if I talk about the configuration, it comes with 2gb ddr3 RAM 26 0Intel Celeron and three three five zero processors 500 gigs hard disk and inbuilt Intel HD graphics its appearance truly  looks like brushed metal but it isn't the whole body is made up of plastic but of a good quality let me start with the trackpad it looks awesome but is above average 34 I mean multi-finger gestures are not that accurate but you can surely tap anywhere just like MacBook trackpads the keyboard also has an above-average  satisfaction typing on this is not so bad travel distance is okay and overall 40 it is good to the left we have the lock along with HDMI port USB 3.0 and an SD card slot you'll find the air vents at back and on to the right you will have the power port along with two LEDs for power and hard disk processors two more USB 2.0 ports are given and a 3.5 mm headphone port there is a camera which you can probably ignore as it is a VGA camera with mic and led the screen you get is just a 15.6 inch HD screen no 119 Full HD as you can probably expect in this price range the screen can open up to an angle of 180 degrees but the viewing angles aren't that great okay enough of the overview let's boot this up from that key on the keyboard 329, the endless waste was pre-installed which I didn't like as most of the things weren't working properly for example not even QD was working so I decided to get rid of it by inserting my Windows bootable USB it was recognized by computer but as expected 00:02:52,590 dot exe file was unreadable so I restarted the computer and went into Boot Options by pressing f2 key to my shock my pen drive wasn't recognized 6by it I tried a lot of methods but nothing was working after a lot of researching googling I get to know that I have to set supervisor password first I set the password one two three there and save the changes after that step it akin wasn't working again searching many forums I tried one more thing I formatted my pen drive and again made it bootable with the software Rufus I'll put the software link in the description after installing it on my second computer I selected my Pendrive and this time I use GPT partition scheme instead of MBR and file system fat32 next, I selected my Windows version that is Windows 10 and started the process now when I inserted the pen drive in this asset laptop and opened the boot option with the help of f12 key I found my Pendrive found it this laptop recognized the bootable USB which has used this GPT scheme method it demanded the driver so I install all the drivers including the Wi-Fi driver sound driver etc it's a 64-bit computer with Intel Celeron n3 3 5 0 which is clocked at one point one zero gigahertz that's a caged processor for day-to-day usage well the web surfing ms-office multimedia was running fine on it I would say overall it's a good laptop for journalists of life for office work and watching multimedia content but don't do any gaming stuff on it I will never recommend that to make it a little smooth I would recommend a 4gb stick to sum it up in a single-line this laptop is made of strictly to do office work and general multimedia content up to 1080 P this laptop justifies its price all the required ports are there the way thin design the build quality and the screen of 15.6 inches is decent the battery backup I caught was between 4 to 115 4.5 hours which was decent there are many laptops in this price 117 range and if you are in the need of a decent laptop for journal work this would be good enough.

                


           Dell Inspiron Core i5 8th Gen 13.3- inch FHD Thin & Light Laptop







 Dell 2 Inspiron s is a 15.6 inch 5000 series Inspiron just bought it yesterday from Costco for 650 dollars and I think it's a pretty solid deal  Costco does give you a built-in four-year warranty so you can get the pill up top for the same price from Dell comm 9 but it's kind of a no-brainer if you got a Costco card to go to Costco because for that same price for that warranty definitely a good deal so I'll go ahead and dive right into first impressions 130 it's got pretty decent build quality means isn't Inspiron 5000 series they 390 also have a 3000 and 7000 series so it's in the mid-range you don't get a full metal build it is all plastic but as far as plastic goes it's definitely pretty sturdy it's not on the flip seaside by any means the screen doesn't have too much bend to it especially the actual body itself does seem nice and sturdy it's not gonna you know wobble around on you too much it's a design like a lot of the other it sprung laptops is meant to be kind of like clean professional looking but also nice at the same time and one thing that's pretty cool is that it does have a fingerprint sensor that  doubles as a power button you got to hold it for a second turn the laptop on pulling your lock and you can just go ahead tap your finger on that and it'll read your fingerprint the trackpad is 36 pretty solid I've seen them trackpads a lot worse than this and seen trackpads maybe just a little bit better but it's definitely nothing that can complain about it just have what would I click to it be pressed 42 down there but it's fairly responsive to your finger I really don't have any complaints there although the one complaint is that the backlight could be a little bit better the lights are a little bit dim and you can actually see some of the hardware that connects the key to the frame of the laptop beyond the backlight so that when you're in when you're in kind of like a lit room like this the backlight actually makes it he's hard to read because it makes them pretty much the same color as the actual rest of the key when you're in low-light it probably looks fine but I think that could have done a little bit of a better job with a backlight but that's not really too big of a complaint right there it's not the slimmest laptop but it's also not the thickest I think it's perfectly reasonable I really have any complaints about that size it's still plenty portable and it's heavy either it's definitely fairly 66 light so it's pretty transportable for what it is I do like that it has these phantoms action ports back here where it's got some up here and some under here because some laptops have one large hinge that goes all the way over here and so the Phantom section just goes straight to the hinge and doesn't really go anywhere but with the hinge is here and here you got plenty of good ejection 76 for the CPU fan and I will say that this laptop runs super quiet it's not loud at all especially with that 15 watt CPU doesn't make very much he doesn't get 80 very much power and overall it's just I 81 can barely hear most of the time the fans do definitely speed up a little bit you can definitely hear them when it's under load when we were doing more heavy stuff but just idling here you know I'm 290 not 1% CPU usage and I can't even hear the laptop because I've use laptops where they just scream like a jet engine no matter what they're doing this thankfully does not do that. A lot as far as ports go you do have a fairly  small charger port on the side right I think it's the same size as that 500 they'll XPS laptop series I could be wrong about that though it's smaller than you know your other Dell laptops like your G 3s and things like that so I can't use my same charger on my laptop on this laptop but that's not a big deal it's got HDMI a compact Ethernet port it's gonna be gigabit of course a couple of USB threes super-speeds combination headphone and microphone jack port which is nice to have and then on the other side we've got USB 2.0 had an SD card slot so other laptops at a higher price point they'll come with USB C which is pretty neat you'd be able to plug that into like your Dell WD dock that I made a video on for additional 540 displays and things like that 459 it also plug in other USB C devices like you know Google pixel your buds things like that which you don't get on this thing but that's that's okay for the price point if you want something like that you probably more of a professional user but another benefit of USB sees that you can usually plug it displays as long as it Sports DisplayPort or wonderful I believe it is actually it's not a big deal you've got this HDMI port it should 750 support a 4k display no issue which means that ultimately you're only gonna be able to plug it in one external did 210 supply to this laptop in total but chances are you're gonna be perfectly okay with that so it's got a 15.6 inch 1080p display this particular model is 590 touchscreen not all of this model come with the touch screen display but it's nice to have here especially for the  price point and I will say the screen 450 looks fine there's nothing stellar to it it's not bad looking it's not fantastic looking either I guess but it looks perfectly fine I have no complaints about it okay so if respects it's got Intel i7 85 to 65 you know it's a 4 core 8 thread CPU nothing groundbreaking right there it is a 1.8 gigahertz base clock speed which is definitely more on the modest side but that's good in one way because of it doesn't use up very much power comparatively speaking but it can also boost all the way up to 4.6 gigahertz so it has lots of power when you need it to but it doesn't chew up electricity just Iowan that's a 14 nanometer 15-watt TDP CPU I know integrates their TDP is a little bit low but a 15 watts basically what that means that doesn't make very much heat and it doesn't consume very much power which is definitely good and if absolutely seen that to be the case using the laptop which I'll get into in a minute so it did only come with eight gigabytes of RAM that's a 1/8 gigabyte chip I had a 4-gigabyte chip lying around with my Dell G through your laptop from a couple months ago that I went ahead and just threw in there and so now has 12 gigs it might have caused the rammed 840 underclock little bit to 24 megahertz or excuse me 24 hundred megahertz instead of 20 666. It's definitely good to have the extra four gigs around eight gigs are fine for like use you know what 183  browsing unless you have you know chrome tabs open it's fine but gigs would be more preferable so it's doesn't cost very much to buy load effects, Duran, to throw it in yourselfI'm taking the case off the bottom is a little bit of a process you have a number of screws on the bottom and our tabs that snap in the top bit to the bottom bit but it's very common that's not by any means but you definitely want to take it apart more times than you have to but it's not too big of a deal if here you forgot to buy a bit of extra ram or another the hard disk you can go ahead and throw that in without too much trouble it does have a 2.5 inch hard drive bay that you can't put a hard diskinto and some of the configurations for similar prices and do have a hard disk pre-installed taking apart I didn't notice it actually has a fairly small motherboard which is kind of cool I've never seen a motherboard that small bodes well to the fact that it probably doesn't have a lot of circuitry and doesn't use up very much power so it's a very efficient laptop but the SSD is a gigabyte m2 intel updated SSD and  nothing honestly just flies I'm super  happy with it I've never seen as a Stevie this fast and a consumer-grade  laptop before because it wasn't too long  ago that you know people would buy a  brand new laptop for let's say even a  thousand dollars and it would come with  a spinning hard drive and those days are  thankfully over because this SSD 599 absolutely just it just it flies doing a speed test here with crystal disk mark it gets about fifteen hundred megabytes  per second read and 600 right that's pretty stellar it does use Intel obtain again which uses caching so if you were to write a ton of data at once you wouldn't see these speeds be sustained for very long but for average use this is SuperDuper fast you know you know  your your typical see that SSD would maybe do its 550 550 but this is so that's it's just blazing I can even tell you just using the laptop it just it flies it also comes with Intel HD graphics 620 that's pretty modest built-in graphics chances are if you're buying this laptop you're not looking to do a lot of gaming on it so that's fine I'm not gonna bother with benchmarks you can probably run Minecraft on it but you're not going to be able to run a triple-a titles which is perfectly reasonable for this price point so the battery life is pretty solid right now I am on 95% and it says I have 8 hours and 42 minutes remaining usually don't get quite as good as what Windows tries to predict that you get I'm willing to bet it gets at least 5 hours or so of light use which is definitely pretty good and again that ties back into these low power consumptions you definitely pretty impressed with the  amount of power and tell pageants the CPA without chewing up power now here's  the charger it's absolutely tiny I was  not expecting it to be this small but I  definitely enjoy that the cable  comes with it has a grounding cable built-in keep that in mind  it's not super long you can easily get a longer one of these guys though much much trouble what the charger is it's tiny it's portable definitely pretty great to have and of course a connector on the end there's pretty small as well so that's actually about it for this video if this were a  gaming laptop I'd be doing benchmarks right now but that's not really necessary I mean it's a solid because of a great laptop I'm actually super duper impressed by this it's fast it's reasonable price point 590 it's not loud it's not hot it's designed well it's compact and I'm honest I'm super happy with it, I would definitely absolutely recommend us again my only gripe is the backlight not being as good as it could be but considering that's my only gripe I think this laptop is pretty solid.



        Lenovo Ideapad L340 Intel Core I5 8th Gen 15.6-inch FHD Laptop





The Lenovo IdeaPad L340 has been such a highly requested gaming laptop on the channel that I bought one just to review for you all, so let’s get into the details and find out if it lives up to the hype in this review. Starting with the specs, mine has the Intel i5-9300H CPU, Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics, and 539 8gb of memory in a single channel as the L340 only has one memory slot. For storage, I’ve 6 got a 256gb M.2 NVMe SSD, and a 15.6” 1080p 60Hz screen. For network connectivity, it’s got gigabit ethernet, 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 5. The plastic lid has a brushed silver finish with a subtle blue Lenovo logo towards the side, while the interior has the same material and smooth texture. There were no sharp corners or edges anywhere, and considering the plastic build it didn’t come off as cheap feeling. The starting weight of the L340 is listed at 2.2kg, and mine was around 100g less without 880 a 2.5 inch drive installed. With the 135-watt power brick and cables for charging this rises to just over 2.6kg. The dimensions of the laptop are 36.3cm in width, 25.4cm in-depth, and around 2.4cm thick.  There are smaller laptops, though it’s not too chunky looking, and I measured the screen bezels at around 1cm on the sides. 19 01:31,869 --> 01:37,909 The 15.6” 1080p 60Hz IPS screen has a matte finish, good viewing angles, and no G-Sync. I’ve measured the color gamut using the Spyder 5 Pro, and my results returned 64% of sRGB, 46% of NTSC and 49% of AdobeRGB. At 100% brightness in the center, I measured nits with a 940:1 contrast ratio, so lower brightness and color gamut compared to most 340 machines I’ve tested, which is to be expected in a gaming laptop at this price point. It looked alright to me, a little dim, but otherwise ok for gaming. Backlight bleed seemed alright in my unit, but this will vary between laptops and panels. There was more screen flex than expected considering how thick it is, and that the hinge runs along 27 most of the width of the body. I could almost open it up with one finger, and it did feel a little back heavy, but no problems using it on my lap. The top above the screen is still fairly thick, so plenty of room for the 720p camera. The camera and microphone look and sound about average, though it looks a little dark, but you can change the brightness settings through the Lenovo Vantage software. The keyboard in my unit only has blue backlighting, and it lights up everything including secondary key functions. The brightness can be controlled in two different levels or turned off completely by pressing the function and space bar. I wasn’t a fan of the smaller arrow keys, however, I did like typing on the keyboard. The key presses weren’t mushy, here’s how it sounds to give you an idea of what to expect. There wasn’t as much keyboard flex as I was expecting considering the plastic build, it seemed pretty sturdy all things considered. The touchpad uses ELAN drivers, was smooth and worked well enough. It clicks down anywhere with left and right clicks down the bottom, though the usual two-finger click anywhere for right-click works too. The touchpad felt a little loose, that’s the best I can describe if you tap it sort of moves a little and makes this noise which isn’t the actual click. Fingerprints showed up fairly easily on the plastic interior, though as a smooth surface I found it easy to clean. On the left from the back, there’s the power input, gigabit ethernet, HDMI 2.0 output, 47 two USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports, 3.5mm audio combo jack, and USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C port, 480 no Thunderbolt 3 here. On the right there’s no I/O at all, so no possibility of cables getting in the way of your mouse hand if you’re right-handed, just the Kensington lock at the back. 51 On the back, there’s nothing at all, just smooth plastic, and it’s a similar deal on the front as well. Underneath is pretty clean looking, with just some blue air intake vents towards the back above the fans. The bottom panel can be easily removed by unscrewing 11 Phillips head screws. Once inside from left to right, there’s the 2.5-inch drive bay, the single M.2 slot for storage, WiFi card just below it, battery below that, and single memory slot towards the right. While my 256gb M.2 drive is short, you can install a regular-sized one instead, just removing the mounting bracket. While there does appear to be a space for a 2.5-inch drive, my L340 didn’t actually come with the cable necessary to connect a drive to the motherboard, and there’s nothing to properly mount it provided either. You need to first remove the M.2 drive, under this is the spot to connect the cable to attach a 2.5-inch drive. My Y540 did come with such a cable, so I tried using that one instead, but I wasn’t able to get it to work so not sure if there is a difference between the cables. 66 I contacted Lenovo support asking how to get this, they said they’d send me a quote. 10 days later I got a quote for $200 AUD before tax, so about $135 USD, however, I’m not sure how this would vary by region. Just to get the cable, bracket, and screws they want me to spend 20% of the total cost of the machine, no thanks. If you plan on adding a drive later based on this I’d recommend just buying it with a hard drive, to begin with, as I could have got it with a 1TB hard drive installed for less than this. The speakers are towards the front left and right corners, they sounded ok, average for laptop, not too tinny sounding however at the max volume they didn’t get that loud and the latency on results wasn’t looking good. Powering the laptop is a 3 cell 45 Watt-hour battery. I’ve tested it with the screen brightness at 50%, background apps disabled, and keyboard lighting off. While streaming YouTube videos it lasted for 5 hours and 25 minutes, much longer than I expected for a battery of this size, and it was using the Intel integrated graphics due to Nvidia Optimus. While playing the Witcher 3 with medium settings and Nvidia’s battery boost set to 30 FPS the battery lasted for 1 hour and 28 minutes in total, however after the first 53 minutes with 23% charge remaining the frame rate dipped to 3 FPS and was no longer usable. The watt power brick that Lenovo includes with the L340 seemed to be adequate for these specs, I didn’t see any battery drain during any of my testings. Let’s move onto the thermal testing. Air comes in from the bottom of the machine and is exhausted out of the vent below the screen on the right hand side. There are a couple of heat pipes shared between the processor and graphics along with two fans. Unlike higher tier options like Lenovo’s Y540, there is no option to disable hybrid 580 mode and fan speeds couldn’t be adjusted either, there was basically no options in the Lenovo Vantage software that could be used to increase performance or cooling, stock settings are all you get. Thermal testing was completed at an ambient room temperature of 21 degrees Celsius, so expect different results in different environments. I’ve got the results at idle down the bottom, and the temperatures are looking fine there. The rest of the results are from combined CPU and GPU workloads, and are meant to represent worst-case scenarios as I ran them for extended periods of time. The gaming results towards the upper half of the graph were tested by playing Watch  Dogs 2, as I find it to use a good combination of processor and graphics. The stress test results shown on the lower half of the graph are from running the Aida64 CPU stress test with only the stress CPU option checked, and the Heaven GPU benchmark at max settings at the same time to fully load the system. In almost all tests regardless of workload, the CPU wasn’t passing 85 degrees Celsius worst case, however, it was achieving this by power limit throttling, but we’ll see how clock speeds were affected in the next graph. Undervolting the CPU wasn’t enough to lower temperatures, and under stress test, the cooling pad didn’t help lower the CPU temperature either, only a slight improvement while gaming. 229 The only thermal throttling taking place was on the GPU, which was happening any time the average hit 74 degrees Celsius, so we were only really able to remove this with the cooling pad in use. These are the average clock speeds for the same tests just shown. Basically, there was power limit throttling on the CPU in every test. This is why we see a boost to CPU clock speed with the undervolt applied, however something interesting happened when using the cooling pad. Although we weren’t thermal throttling, there was a nice improvement to the clock speed with the cooling pad applied and this was due to the power limits being  set. Just before we move on I’ll note that we saw some clock speed improvements to the GPU with the cooling pad as this was able to remove the thermal throttling on the graphics. These are the average TDP values reported by hardware info during these same tests. I found that the laptop would dynamically change the power limits by 0.5 watts at a time, it seemed to do this based on temperature to prevent it getting too hot. As we saw before  the temperatures were well under control, however performance was down due to these lower power limits. I think this is why we see higher power limits and clock speeds with the cooling pad. It’s able to maintain the same temperatures while boosting power limits, so while there was no CPU thermal throttling additional cooling does seem to help, and as we saw previously the cooling pad again helped remove GPU thermal throttling. These are the clock speeds while under a CPU only workload, as there’s no GPU testing taking place at the same time we’re seeing better performance, with the undervolt able to take us to the full 4GHz all core turbo boost speed of the i5-9300H in this workload. At stock full performance was not hit due to power limit throttling, even in a CPU only workload we’re capped to a 35 watt TDP and I couldn’t raise this with Intel XTU. This is why we see lower temperatures with the undervolt in place, we’re able to hit the 4GHz clock speed with less power and run cooler as a result. To demonstrate CPU only performance I’ve got some Cinebench CPU benchmarks. This is my first test with the 9300H so I don’t have anything to compare against, however it’s still around 1000 points below the 9750H, partly due to having two less cores, 280 but also due to the 35 watt power limit. As for the external temperatures where you’ll actually be putting your hands, at idle it was around the normal 30 degrees Celsius. While under combined CPU and GPU stress test the keyboard was a bit warm but not too bad, however we can see the hot point up the back where the air is exhausting onto the screen. While gaming the results are similar, again hot up the back where we’re hitting 60 at the air exhaust below the screen. As for the fan noise produced by the laptop, I’ll let you have a listen to some of these tests. At idle it was almost completely silent, the fan was only just audible. There wasn’t much difference while gaming or under stress test, in any case, the fan was noticeably quieter compared to most of the gaming laptops I usually test. Overall the Lenovo L340 ran fine in terms of CPU temperatures, those were well under control, however, it was easy to hit thermal throttling on the GPU, however, this didn’t seem to negatively affect clock speed too much. As we saw the performance of both the CPU GPU could be improved with better cooling, in this case using a cooling pad. You heard earlier how quiet the fans run, this really seems to be the main limitation holding things back. If they just gave us the option to boost the fan speed to a maximum or something then we would probably see better performance as this allows higher power limits, but I suppose this does at least mean the machine will run on the quieter side which I know many people prefer even at the expense of some performance. Next, let’s take a look at some gaming benchmarks. I’ve tested these games with the latest Nvidia drivers and Windows updates at the time of testing. Battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode rather than multiplayer. Medium settings played alright and was able to reach 60 FPS averages, however, the 1% lows were a fair bit below this, showing the occasional stuttering that I noticed regardless of setting level. Legends were tested with either all settings at maximum or all settings on the lowest possible values, as it doesn’t have predefined setting presets. It felt a bit choppy at max settings, and it was possible to improve the average FPS by around 32% simply by setting everything to a minimum. Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built-in benchmark, the results from this test were again on the lower side, however, the lowest settings was still able to average 165 above 60 FPS in this test. The Division 2 was tested using the built-in benchmark. Medium settings were just below FPS, so another title where you’d most likely want to sit around low to medium for a decent frame rate. Fortnite was tested with the replay feature. As a less demanding title, even maxed out at epic settings was working well enough, with around 70 FPS averages being reached, however, we could more than double this at low settings if needed. Overwatch is another well-optimized game and was tested in the practice range. Epic settings still played well for me, as the 1% low was around the refresh rate of the display, while over 100 FPS was achieved at lower levels was tested using the Ulletical FPS benchmark, and is a less demanding esports title that runs on basically anything. Even with all settings maxed out 100 FPS averages were still reached in this test.  Rainbow Six Siege was tested with the built-in benchmark. At ultra settings, the results aren’t looking that bad here, with 80 FPS for the average and still around 60 for the 1% low result. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark, and straight away I can tell you this is the worst result I’ve seen in this test at ultra-high settings. No matter though, we’re not expecting top of the line performance with these specs. The results at high settings and below are at least playable, as this game doesn’t need super high FPS to enjoy. Dota 2 was tested playing in the middle lane with an average amount of action going on, and as a game that runs on basically any modern hardware, it was still playing well at ultra settings with above 80 FPS, while higher frame rates were possible at lower setting levels. Watch Dogs 2 is a resource-heavy game that still plays fine for me with a solid 30 FPS, however, this was not possible at ultra settings. Very high settings played ok, and then there wasn’t really too much of a difference performance-wise stepping down to high. It was a little choppy due to the lower than 30 FPS 1% low, much more playable at low settings. The Witcher 3 was playing alright at high settings, where I was still able to average above 60 FPS, and the dips in performance weren’t too noticeable, definitely more stuttering at ultra settings, as illustrated by the much lower 1% low result. If you’re after more gaming benchmarks check the card in the top right corner where I’ve,360 tested 20 games on the L340. Let’s also take a look at how this config of the Lenovo L340 compares with other laptops to see how it stacks up, use these results as a rough guide only as they were tested at different times with different drivers In Battlefield 5 I’ve got the L340 highlighted in red near similarly specced machines. As the only 1650 laptop I’ve tested recently it’s down the bottom, however, it is also worth remembering that the L340 is the only laptop on this graph that was tested in a single channel. I did fully plan on installing dual-channel memory, but only found out after opening it up that it has one slot, so this wasn’t possible.  Here are the results from Far Cry 5 with ultra settings in the built-in benchmark. Again 207  for the same reasons just explained the L340 is coming in at last place. Not only that but as a CPU heavy game the 9300H is probably giving us a little lower performance when compared against the 9750H, I still need to compare those in a future video though. These are the results from Shadow of the Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at the highest settings. Once more the Lenovo L340 is in the last place out of these laptops tested, but it’s important to note that it is also the cheapest of these machines, so you get what you pay for.  When compared to other machines, the L340 doesn’t look too good. It’s worth keeping in mind that the comparisons we just looked at are with maximum setting levels. As we saw earlier, the L340 is definitely capable of playing modern games with good frame rates at low to medium settings, just don’t expect miracles at high or above. It does, of course, depend on the title, but we’re limited by the single-channel memory as the L340 doesn’t 219  provide the option of dual-channel and the fact that they only seem to sell it with memory 220  running at DDR4-2400. I don’t think that the i5-9300H CPU or GTX 1650 graphics are bad options in a laptop, we’re just not able to get the full performance out of this particular machine, and as we saw earlier, the performance was further kneecapped by GPU thermal throttling and CPU power limits at 35 watts.  Now for the benchmarking tools, I’ve tested Heaven, Valley, and Superposition from Unigine,  as well as Firestrike, Timespy and VRMark from 3DMark, just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results.  I’ve used Crystal Disk Mark to test the storage and the 256gb M.2 NVMe SSD was getting 228  decent reads and ok write speeds, but this was the cheapest disk option available, you can select different drives when buying. It’s also worth mentioning my particular drive 230  is only PCIe 3 by 2, so still better than SATA but not like the usual PCIe 3 by 4 options you get. For updated pricing check the links in the description, as prices will change over time. . My exact configuration isn’t listed here, so if we customize it to the specs I’ve tested here we’re looking at around with the current sale, that will vary but Lenovo regularly have sales.  With all of that in mind let’s summarise the good and the bad aspects of the Lenovo  IdeaPad L340 gaming laptop.  The main issue I have with this laptop is that it only has one memory slot, so it’s not possible to gain the benefits of dual-channel memory. Additionally, it only seems  to run at DDR4-2400, this is the speed they advertise it at and the stick mine came with is capable of DDR4-2666, so it seems to be limited. While I did only get 8gb of memory, 16gb could help a bit but I wouldn’t expect anywhere near the improvement we’d have from a dual-channel configuration. As we saw this lowered the overall performance of the machine, granted I was also testing with an i5 CPU and GTX 1650 graphics which are also lower than most other machines I’ve recently tested. In the end, though it is still capable of playing games at low to medium settings just fine, with higher settings possible depending on the game. While you can order the machine with a 2.5” drive installed, I would have liked to have seen the cable required to add one later included in the box. In terms of thermals, it didn’t get too hot, however GPU thermal throttling was hit, the  CPU was ok though but this was due to power limitations. Both of these seem to be due to the result of the fans being so quiet, there’s no way for us to boost the fan speed and as a result, we are losing performance. This does mean the machine runs much quieter compared to most gaming laptops I’ve tested, but it does come at that cost. Overall the build quality of the machine was decent despite being primarily plastic, the screen wasn’t too bad despite the lower color gamut, at least for gaming. It was a little dim and only seems to be available with a 60Hz option. I liked using the keyboard, small arrow keys aside, the touchpad was ok but a bit loose feeling and I wasn’t a fan of the ELAN drivers. Despite the smaller battery, we're getting decent battery life, likely due to the lower-powered specs.  While the price makes the L340 look attractive, I’d look for other options with the same specs that have the option of dual-channel a memory so that you have an upgrade path. With that said though, especially for the configuration I got at the price, it’s a decent entry-level budget-friendly gaming laptop that is still capable of playing modern games.