[Video Review] Lenovo IdeaPad 3 (15″, 2022) – pretty good budget daily driver
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Lenovo IdeaPad 3/3i (15", 2022) in-depth review
The IdeaPad 3 (15", 2022) is an everyday machine. However, it can be equipped with the pretty powerful Ryzen 7 5825U. Now, it's worth mentioning that Lenovo chose not to integrate the latest Ryzen 6000U processors from AMD. Perhaps, the main reason for this is cost.Indeed, the new series of CPUs have amazing integrated graphics cards, part of the RDNA2 architecture. Unfortunately, Lenovo thought it will go bankrupt if it uses this processor for the IdeaPad 3, so it chose the recently updated Ryzen 5000U series.Yes, we may be all critical about that, but we have to keep one thing in mi[...]
Pros
- Great spill-resistant keyboard
- Good performance and efficiency
- No PWM (AUO B156HAN02.1 (AUOE48D))
- SD card slot and finally usable USB Type-C port
- Optional fingerprint reader
- Quiet in every condition
Cons
- Poor build quality of the base
- Covers only 52% of the sRGB color gamut (AUO B156HAN02.1 (AUOE48D))
- The more powerful options are a bit too expensive
Lenovo IdeaPad 3/3i (15", 2022) - Specs
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) #313 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 (32EU) #343 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) #333 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #315 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics #364 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #323 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #318 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #310 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #321 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) #329 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #335 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon 610M #330 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 4000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 40GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11, No OS, Chrome OS, DOS
- Battery
- 38Wh, 2-cell, 45Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 359.2 x 236.5 x 19.9 mm (14.14" x 9.31" x 0.78")
- Weight
- 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 2.0
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 1.4b
- Card reader
- MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Ethernet LAN
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 1.5W, Dolby Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All Lenovo IdeaPad 3/3i (15″, 2022) configurations
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Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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