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Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14", AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (8C/16T), FHD IPS, 12GB RAM, 512GB SSD $854.10 Shipped @ Lenovo Education Store

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Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14", AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (8C/16T), FHD IPS, 12GB RAM, 512GB SSD $854.10 Shipped @ Lenovo Education StoreAffiliate
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Specifications from Lenovo website:

Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700U (8C / 16T, 1.8 / 4.3GHz, 4MB L2 / 8MB L3)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
Display Type:14.0" FHD (1920x1080) WVA 300nits Anti-glare, 45% NTSC
Memory: 4GB Soldered DDR4-3200 + 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
Hard Drive: 512GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe NVMe
Warranty: 1 Year Depot
AC Adapter:65W Round Tip Wall-mount
Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon™ Graphics
Second Hard Drive: N/A
Battery: Integrated 38Wh
Camera: 720p with Privacy Shutter
Fingerprint Reader: Touch Style
Keyboard: Backlit, English
Wireless: 11ac, 2x2
Integrated Mobile Broadband
No Wireless WAN

Ships in 2 business days according to Lenovo

Performance of the AMD Ryzen 5700U CPU can be found at Passmark

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  • Mike444 on 12/06/2021 - 16:18
    +13

    Integrated 38Wh seems quite bad, min is usually 50 these days

    • dandoon on 12/06/2021 - 16:25
      +9

      does not seem quite bad, it is quite bad. Lenovo and their cost cutting. Batteries and screens smh…

  • mushi33 on 12/06/2021 - 16:49
    +1

    Does the 4+8 memory configuration mean that it doesn’t run in dual channel memeory?

    • annarchon on 12/06/2021 - 17:07
      +3

      The first 8gb (4 from the soldered and 4 from 8gb) is dual channel, the remaining 4gb is single.

  • FSC on 12/06/2021 - 16:54

    Thanks for sharing. does it need an .edu.au email for puchasing

    • unoff on 16/06/2021 - 17:55

      Yes, a verified educational email account basically.

  • Linon on 12/06/2021 - 16:57
    +2

    45% NTSC, bad screen

    • YahooChess on 12/06/2021 - 17:05
      +2

      and 38Wh battery

  • Italkdigital on 12/06/2021 - 17:05
    +1

    Ok already some bad comments about this laptop though good price though dont yous think for what you get? Or there's more better laptops out there for around the same price?

    • shellshocked on 12/06/2021 - 17:07
      +1

      Yes other than screen and battery for those that care, you are not going to get a competiting laptop at this price point. Intel CPUs are inferior to this CPU at 15w TDP.

      • pbear527 on 12/06/2021 - 17:51
        +1

        other than screen and battery for those that care

        Easily the majority of users right there

        • deliriouss on 12/06/2021 - 18:20
          +6

          Many Australian consumers are clueless when it comes to nits and colour gamut, half the retail staff don't even have those info available for enquiry, that's why manufacturers can get away sending the worst available screens available on their spec sheet to our market. They don't do that to the American. Something needs to be done.

  • Merlict on 12/06/2021 - 17:13

    Is there any quick / free way into the Edu store wwithout being a student?

    • ln28909 on 12/06/2021 - 17:22
      +4

      Yes, ask an ozbargsiner to send you link from studentbeans

      • Arbeee on 12/06/2021 - 19:32

        Does anyone have a link from student beans?

        cheers in advance

      • ssdexecutor82 on 12/06/2021 - 22:53

        Anyone able to send me a link from student beans?

      • yanyan1 on 13/06/2021 - 12:10

        Could I get a link too? Thanks

      • kurichigo on 14/06/2021 - 14:26

        could i get a link from studentbeans pls

    • poohnu on 13/06/2021 - 09:27

      Can someone send me a link please? Thanks

    • Paxie on 15/06/2021 - 12:11

      Would love to get a link too please. Thanks :)

    • FlatulentFrank on 15/06/2021 - 21:36

      would love a link to student beans please

  • iamwinner on 12/06/2021 - 17:25

    Any cashback for this?

    • deliriouss on 12/06/2021 - 18:21
      +1

      Education store purchase is excluded from Cashback but some people got theirs tracked, just try your luck.

  • Travis J on 12/06/2021 - 18:34

    How's the graphics on this? Can it handle AAA games from 2years ago at 30-40fps?

    • scrimshaw on 12/06/2021 - 18:42

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRPzotKalE

      mostly all at low settings 1080p, with some games needing to run at 720p

    • Jimbuscus on 12/06/2021 - 18:53

      720p you'll get most pre-2021 games running well, maybe 45+ fps on medium settings.

      Most games now have UI resolution and 3D resolution %, which makes it easier to drop res with words etc still 1080p.

  • Sid04 on 12/06/2021 - 19:50
    +1

    I saw similar specs laptop at Harvey Norman today, and I have to say that I had my doubts previously on comments re how bad 250 nits and 45% NTSC screen would be, but seeing it first hand and comparing side by side with better screen I would recommend to avoid this if you can. I’m not the expert but tried few settings with brightness and colour but still the screen seems to be very dull. If you can live without touch screen than I suggest to go with Lenovo S540.

    • shellshocked on 12/06/2021 - 20:07
      +2

      Did you disable Vari-Bright in Radeon settings?

      • Sid04 on 12/06/2021 - 21:14

        Sorry I didn’t, will google how to do it and will give it a go again!

      • Sid04 on 13/06/2021 - 18:19
        +1

        I gave another go today and disabled vari- bright setting, it was on by default, while turning off the setting did improved the brightness and overall screen quality, the colours still lacked depth and sharpness compared to S540. I opened the random colour chart image from google and felt vast difference in colour appearance. Not too sure if the difference in colour appearance/ quality was due to NTSB vs sRGB or FHD vs QHD screen??

        I think this laptop at the current price point is good deal but I personally would go with S540.

    • Italkdigital on 12/06/2021 - 21:22
      +1

      So I'm guessing at 250 nits it's not a bright monitor?, or I think your saying it's a combination of 45% NTSC screen and 250 nits deeming it an average panel overall, yeah I guess one of those things one needs too see in person, so thanks for your insight 👍

      edit: this ain't a touch screen is it?

      • Sid04 on 13/06/2021 - 00:28

        Yeah seeing in person definitely help to compare screen resolution, build quality and overall look and feel for the same spec laptops. I will try what @shellshocked suggested tomorrow and report back but in the first instance the screen wasn’t bright enough and colours seems to be dull compared to intel version of S540 which was on display.

        And, yeah you’re right this is non-touch screen. With so many on-going Lenovo deals I got confused.

        • shellshocked on 13/06/2021 - 19:45
          +2

          Honestly if peoples budget can stretch just above 1k, the AMD version of the S540 leaves the Intel version in the dust in terms of performance. Chassis build quality, screen and battery are better then the regular Ideapad. However a lot of people can't go above 1k. You can however refer to my other earlier post regarding the S540 deal with a recent promotional drop in price.

          https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/625167?page=1#comment-1058…

  • Peteroz on 13/06/2021 - 00:02
    +1

    45% NTSC… no thank you…. I need 99% NTSC.

    Looking for something similar, getting in our market: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002261153879.html?aff_fc…

    • deliriouss on 13/06/2021 - 00:12

      S540 is probably the closest you can get for now—> https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/625167

      • Peteroz on 13/06/2021 - 10:46

        Yeah it looks good, I just need 14" full HD 1080p 99% RGB, I find that resolution above 1080p just drains battery for no reason and the same with a touch screen. I think having a very good screen with 100% RGB and IPS panel is more important.

  • Sensei888 on 13/06/2021 - 08:02
    -1

    I bought an Ideapad with similar battery, and I deeply regret it. You get like 45 minutes battery if you are lucky. I take it to the park to do some work and I can't see (profanity) all cause of the brightness. It will run out of battery instantly with not much warning when I'm in the middle of an email.

    • shellshocked on 13/06/2021 - 10:15
      +2

      What are exact specifications of your laptop?

      • Sensei888 on 13/06/2021 - 12:02
        +1

        It's this one https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad500/Leno…

        Which has a 30wh battery. I bought it cause it was cheap but now I'm stuck with it.

        • shellshocked on 13/06/2021 - 12:15
          +1

          Unfortunately your laptop is based on a 7th gen Intel CPU from 2016, built on 14nm node. This laptop is based on an AMD CPU from 2021 built on a 7nm node.
          The processor in your laptop scores approximately 3000 in Passmark. The AMD 5700u CPU in the laptop the OP posted scores approximately 16000 in Passmark, whilst also consuming less power due to being on a much better node and power gating.

          • Sensei888 on 13/06/2021 - 13:11

            @shellshocked: Yes my laptop sucks big time. How long will the battery last on this one though. Probably only an hour and a half though right?

            • deliriouss on 13/06/2021 - 13:33

              @Sensei888: Battery life is pretty bad on this one too (got to cut cost somewhere to be able to sell at this price). We are ozbargainers, we are all price sensitive but you do get what you pay for most of the time, need to be realistic with what you can get for the price.

              • shellshocked on 13/06/2021 - 13:57

                @deliriouss: Well battery life comes down to your screen brightness settings and how you use your laptop. I have an S540, with an 8 core 4800u AMD processor and 56wh battery. Lenovo quotes 14.6hrs based on Mobilemark 2014. I get 9 to 12hrs at 60% brightness for productivity and some media consumption. I would assume that a 38wh battery, with 7.5hr Mobilemark 2014 score, similar but more energy efficient CPU would be able to achieve between 4 to 5hrs of productivity at 60% brightness.

                • deliriouss on 13/06/2021 - 14:28

                  @shellshocked: I am not the original person who asked about battery life btw (in case you tagged the wrong person). I do some pretty CPU-intensive tasks with 80% brightness on a 500nits screen, on max performance mode with wifi and bluetooth enabled, so how much time I get from a laptop battery would be significantly different from that of a light user. However, if Sensei888 really only got an hour from the IdeaPad 520S 14IKB when the battery was new-ish (that model has a mobilemark 2014 score of 7 hours; the Core i5-7200U on that old model is also 15W), it is unlikely he/she will get 4-5 hours on this model if his/her use case remains the same.

                  • shellshocked on 13/06/2021 - 14:54

                    @deliriouss: That message was not directed at you but sensi888. You do know that AMD and Intel measure TDP differently? So it's not an apples to apples comparison. Plus the Intel CPU he has is on a less efficient 14nm node vs the 7nm node of the AMD CPU. If you want know how each measures TDP just have a look at this Gamer Nexus article.

                    https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3525-amd-ryzen-tdp-explai…

                    • deliriouss on 13/06/2021 - 15:26

                      @shellshocked: Both Intel and AMD have been careful and never implied TDP is a measure of actual power consumption, but if you look at the prime 95 result, Core i5-7200U actually consumes less power than 5700U in stress test (not a fair comparison when the 5700U is so much more powerful in terms of processing power) but that is what matters when the subject in concern is battery life.

  • Starcraftmazter on 13/06/2021 - 19:42

    Whenz zen3

  • borgsta on 15/06/2021 - 12:39

    Why do people keep mentioning 250 nits when the post says 300 nits?

    • shellshocked on 15/06/2021 - 15:14

      Because they can't read unfortunately.

  • Italkdigital on 15/06/2021 - 20:09

    Just a general question on this and probably some other latest laptops, can these be charged and/or supplied power from an external battery pack (one that has enough watts to do so or at least extend the laptops internal battery time), I'm guessing being charged through a laptops usb-c port if one has one, if so is this common,… does sort of sort out the small battery issue as this laptop

    • shellshocked on 15/06/2021 - 21:47

      You could probably look at a Powerbank suitable for laptops like the one in this link:

      https://www.auspowerbanks.com.au/product/lenovo-87w-pd-lapto…

      • Italkdigital on 17/06/2021 - 22:16

        Expensive for a 26,800 mAh external battery pack being over $200, don't you think? Might as well spend the $200 plus on a better laptop, as usually I see the 30,000 mAh battery packs under $50 price, was asking more of an external battery pack extending the battery life of this laptop if it has a USB-C charging port, so more so slow charging it in a sense so that way can use lower watt external battery packs

  • [Deactivated] on 17/06/2021 - 17:18

    Support type-c charging?

  • FlatulentFrank on 29/06/2021 - 23:38

    Can anyone please help me with an edu email via student beans

    • uptwngal on 30/06/2021 - 19:20

      Can someone help me with student beans login

  • yeeteroni on 02/07/2021 - 13:42

    could i get a link from studentbeans too pls

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