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Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 16" AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, RTX 3060 (75W), QHD Screen $1399 Delivered @ Lenovo

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Kind of a repeat of this: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/758908
But Ryzen 5 5600H (vs Ryzen 7 5800H), W11 Pro 64 (vs W10 Pro 64), and $200 cheaper.

Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H (6C / 12T, 3.3 / 4.2GHz, 3MB L2 / 16MB L3)

Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 64

Graphic Card
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6 on 75 watts TGP

Memory
8 GB Soldered DDR4-3200 + 8 GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200

Storage
512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe

Display
16.0" WQXGA (2560x1600) IPS 400nits Anti-glare, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision

Camera
IR & 720p with Privacy Shutter

Second Storage
N/A

Battery
Integrated 71Wh

AC Adapter
230W Slim Tip (3-pin)

Fingerprint Reader
Touch Style

Pointing Device
ClickPad

Keyboard
Backlit, English

WLAN
802.11AX (2x2) & Bluetooth® 5.2

WWAN
N/A

Warranty
1 Year On-site

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  • Brrrrt on 02/03/2023 - 11:53

    But W11 Pro 64 and $200 cheaper.

    Well I mean you do lose out on the cpu - title needs to be updated - and windows 10 is free upgrade into windows 11 so theres nothing extra there. It is money saved definitely, and 6 cores is still pretty capable.

  • scrimshaw on 02/03/2023 - 11:56

    You got the CPU spec wrong on title. Now corrected to 5600H

    • derpderpderp on 02/03/2023 - 11:57

      it should be ryzen 5 and not ryzen 7 too

      • GTR12 on 02/03/2023 - 13:08
        +2

        Ok I made a mistake, sorry.

  • Bertus on 02/03/2023 - 12:09

    75w gpu :(

    • quikstix on 02/03/2023 - 14:04
      -1

      "Raw graphics performance from the MSI GF65 and its 75 W GPU isn't significantly worse than the Schenker XMG Core 17 and its 130 W GPU. Though its target TGP is roughly 40 percent lower, the MSI performs only about 15 to 20 percent slower in 3DMark benchmarks for slightly higher performance-per-Watt than the Schenker — a common indicator of a Max-Q platform. Meanwhile, moving up to the 95 W GPU in the Razer Blade 15 will bring roughly 10 percent faster performance to be a comfortable midway point between the MSI and Schenker."

      • Brrrrt on 02/03/2023 - 16:08
        +2

        Yes and no.

        • For one, the other ozbargainer shouldnt have paid that much attention to wattage on a slim and light machine thats not designed and marketed as a gaming laptop and does not have the cooling capacity to take much higher.

        • But for two, that notebookcheck comment is misleading. If you have seen jarrods review, you will notice that theres actually a decent performance gap in real games. Sure, performance per watt, it doesnt scale linearly, but it doesnt mean that higher wattage is not worth it. The seemly small difference between the GF65 and XMG, and in turn, the seemly larger gain on the Razer for only slightly more wattage, is due to the fact that the latter machine have a mux switch, whereas this feature is not present on the first two machines. Another point that the notebookcheck comment failed to note is that the higher the wattage usually indicates more thermal headroom, which in turn leaves room for potential OC possibility (yes its very much doable on many laptops without killing the cooling solution, contray to what PCMR likes to say), as well as the ability for the machine to retain the performance better over long periods of usage. Sure a 10 mins benchmark may not show much difference, but leave two machines on for an hour or two and comeback, and you will see that the performance on both machines will drop but the lesser machine by a bigger margin.

        • Pootie Tang on 02/03/2023 - 19:04

          You seem to know your ish kind sir.

          Can I ask with an i5 what I could expect from a NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 4GB GDDR6?

          What era of gaming should I be looking at?

          Thanks

          • ob dia on 02/03/2023 - 21:26

            @Pootie Tang: If you just search the gpu model on Youtube you should be able to find some benchmarks for a rough idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjCEseAS26w (GDDR5 in video but shouldn't be too far off). Could check results with some benchmark websites as well: https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-GTX-1650-Ti-Max-Q

            GPU will be the bottleneck 90% of the time for gaming so CPU won't matter much in most cases.

            1650ti Max-Q is a low-power version of a previous generation budget card, so you shouldn't expect anything amazing. Will probably be fine for esports titles and older games.

        • quikstix on 02/03/2023 - 21:21

          • agree on a thinkand light that isnt a gaming centric machine you should kinda expect a reduced wattage due to cooling and battery power.

          • part 2 the mux switch only really comes into effect on cpu intensive games as far as im aware (could be corrected here as i havent been a pc gamer for a very long time haha). Also the assumption that the cooling would be better on a higher wattage gpu i dont agree with, i mean have you seen some of the poor cooling on half the market :D

  • Grey 13 on 02/03/2023 - 12:16

    Yike 75W…

    • Oxxy on 02/03/2023 - 16:56

      It's a thin and light.

  • badonde on 02/03/2023 - 12:25

    But it's slim , it's not a gaming pc

  • Hoolio on 02/03/2023 - 13:05

    Anyone know how much this weighs?

  • Blackadda on 02/03/2023 - 13:57

    how you find out its 75W throughput from the lenovo website (so I know on other models)?

    • scrimshaw on 02/03/2023 - 14:03

      The product spec was provided by a (verified) Lenovo employee on Ozbargain on previous deal post.

    • eecan on 02/03/2023 - 14:07

      It says it is 75W on the spec sheet https://psrefstuff.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkBook/Thin…

      Tech Specs > More information > Full platform specifications (PDF)

      Graphics - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Laptop GPU
      Type - Discrete
      Memory - 6GB GDDR6
      Boost Clock -1282 MHz
      TGP - 75W
      Key Features - Dynamic Boost 2.0, Resizable BAR, VR ready, DirectX® 12

      • leeroys_dad on 02/03/2023 - 14:39

        might be a silly question, but does the watts only relate to the power draw eg higher watts the less battery? or does it relate to performance as well? thanks

        • Blackadda on 02/03/2023 - 14:54

          both, lower = better battery life but less performance (though it might use power saving modes when not connected to psu)

  • Bargain Hunter 007 on 02/03/2023 - 14:06

    Looking for a laptop to use 99% of the time at home, that is reasonably colour accurate and can smash out editing in Lightroom and a screen that will look great for tv shows in bed, suppose I may play the occasional game on it too (but have PS5/switch for most of my gaming needs).

    Will this suit my needs?

    • GTR12 on 02/03/2023 - 14:17

      You probably want an OLED screen for more accurate colours.

      • Bargain Hunter 007 on 02/03/2023 - 14:22

        Hmm yes, I have gotten used to OLED displays, my laptop is still kicking so I may hold off.

      • eecan on 02/03/2023 - 14:59

        Lenovo OLED screens do have 100% DCI-P3 + AdobeRGB over the standard screens but the 2.8K OLED displays they are using right now are a bit too warm. So they actually are less accurate (out of the box) if you are editing pictures for display on a standard pc/mobile e.g. pics on a website, photos shared online etc. as that will just be tuned to sRGB which the standard screen already covers.

        I have a Yoga 7 14" Gen 7 AMD from last year with the OLED screen (calibrated using DisplayCAL + X-Rite i1Display Studio) and I need to make a conscious effort to edit everything warmer than what I see on the screen because the pictures are actually colder on other devices (my desktop PC + phone). If anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong there I'm open to advice, I don't really know what I am doing with the calibrator, I just followed some basic guides online. Reviewer here seems to have noted that the same 2.8k OLED display on the Z13 is also too warm - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Z13-G1-OLED-Re…

        That being said the OLED screen itself is amazing for general use and makes me want to upgrade the monitors for my desktop…

    • Lonewolf1983 on 02/03/2023 - 14:30

      has 100% srgb so would be fine screen wise
      the rtx gpu is supported by lightroom to accelerate some tasks too which is good - and 75w is enough for light gaming though a 1080p screen would help with fps

    • shellshocked on 02/03/2023 - 14:51

      They main benefit of this screen is that it is factory calibrated for colour accuracy out of the box for professionals. You can get an OLED screen but it doesn't mean that it has been calibrated for professionals.

      Quote from the product description:

      "Accurate colours every time

      Factory-calibrated with X-Rite Colour Assistant: RGB CMYK colour calibration technology, the ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 AMD laptop offers colour accuracy out of the box. Critical for creative professionals, this technology ensures accurate colour reproduction and colour consistency across panels, for distortion-free and true-to-life visuals."

  • E9999 on 02/03/2023 - 14:15

    I don't know if this helps but work ordered 20 Thinkbooks and three of them were sent back overtime for various reasons. The ThinkPads we had before were fine though.

  • Hoolio on 02/03/2023 - 14:50

    Anyone know if this can be charged with USB-C? I assume needs a 100W charger?

    It looks like one of the USB-C ports support power delivery:
    Standard Ports
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Always On)
    • 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort™ 1.4)
    • 1x Card reader
    • 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
    • 1x Power connector

    • WinnieRallycar on 02/03/2023 - 18:10
      +1

      I own one of these, and yes you can charge with either of the USB-C ports.
      However, if the battery is fully dead, you need to get it turned on using the dedicated charging port first. Not sure why lol

  • Saul Goodman on 02/03/2023 - 14:52

    Can somene please tell me if this is a good price also? I'm specifically after something win10 for my parents.

    https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpade/thinkpad-e15-gen-4-(15-inch-amd)/21ed002cau
    ThinkPad E15 Gen 4 AMD - $1119

    • Naigrabzo on 02/03/2023 - 15:05

      Amazing machine and overkill for your parents if they are just surfing and skyping. Will work fine though.

  • Alaken on 02/03/2023 - 15:51

    What happens if you downgrade to windows 10 from windows 11 pro. Do you get thr windows 10 pro or just the normal version. Thanks.

    • Saul Goodman on 02/03/2023 - 16:03

      I already asked Lenovo support about this. They said you can't if the laptop has only had win 11 on it and you need to buy your own win 10. It's only if you had a win 10 system and then upgraded to win 11, you can downgrade again. I dunno how accruate this is though.

      EDIT: Google says something different. I have nfi now.

      • xoom on 02/03/2023 - 16:12
        +1

        Just get your win 11 pro serial and use it for windows 10 pro iso.

      • cumova on 02/03/2023 - 19:11

        I bought new laptop and it had windows 11
        I followed steps and got it back to windows 10 no problem pretty straigh forward.
        I had w11 home so not sure about answer to ops question. It ended up w10home just checked

  • mctubster on 02/03/2023 - 18:03

    I downgraded my Lenovo Legion from the pre installed Win11 to Win10. It registered itself automatically from the bios key

  • beeeeeej on 02/03/2023 - 21:01
    +1

    I almost pulled the trigger on this and the other deal the other day. It was $1299 when the other one was on sale. If you sign up to Lenovo business they will negotiate a cheaper deal. I ended up going with a Dell using a 5% off coupon as the CPU was a 13th gen and the laptop was much lighter, mind you it had a worse monitor and video card. A new CPU such as an Intel 1340p is about 17% faster than this 5600h as the Ryzen is around 2 years old. Perfect if you need the video card and high definition monitor though. Edit: DELL coupon is AUAFFILIATES5

    • Ydaddyk on 03/03/2023 - 09:34

      Which Dell did you get?

  • happychappy1 on 03/03/2023 - 03:03
    -1

    It's crazy this doesn't have a HDMI port, given how big this machine is.

    • Nom on 03/03/2023 - 23:55

      HDMI ports have been replaced with USB C / Thunderbolt ports - you just need a USB C / Thunderbolt to HDMI cable, it's no big deal 👍

      • happychappy1 on 05/03/2023 - 15:45
        -1

        They haven't been replaced, but in this case they're absent. It kinda is a big deal when it takes up a port which could be used for other stuff and the machine is big enough. Seems like they do it to artificially segregate this from Thinkpads that have the port. Personally, if it were for myself, I'd just pay a bit more to get the Thinkpad.

        • Nom on 05/03/2023 - 18:21

          To be clear : HDMI ports are being replaced with USB C ports across the whole laptop market. It's nothing to do with Lenovo specifically - you'll find most machines don't bother with an HDMI port any more.

          • happychappy1 on 05/03/2023 - 21:15

            @Nom: Yep, but it's only justified on extremely thin machines where they physically don't have the space for one. This machine doesn't qualify, especially since you have USB-A ports on the back. And this doesn't change the fact that TVs and most monitors still use a full-size HDMI port, not USB-C.

            The bottom line is, if you can fit a HDMI port on an X1 Carbon (which is smaller, thinner and lighter), then you can fit one on this.

  • yescooling on 06/03/2023 - 18:18

    after owning it two weeks, I must say I am quite happy with 3060 performance, definitely exceeding 75w

  • streetsmart on 08/03/2023 - 14:22

    For those who missed out on this one and badly need a similar spec machine, I came across this Refurb Asus one in ebay, not QHD though. Post got merged as there is limited quantity
    - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/760974

    • Nom on 08/03/2023 - 14:40

      It's bigger and heavier and the screen is smaller - not really similar specs at all !

      • streetsmart on 08/03/2023 - 14:47

        I stand corrected, cheers, wrote that as I was focusing on processor, graphics card, RAM and SSD.

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