Inside Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3i (15) – disassembly and upgrade options

Let’s see what you will find inside the budget-grade gaming notebook from Lenovo – the Ideapad Gaming 3i (15).

Check out all Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3i (15) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.


1. Remove the bottom plate

Getting inside of this machine is certainly not very difficult. After you undo all of the 10 Phillips-head screws, you need to pry the bottom panel away with a plastic tool. That’s it.


2. Battery

In terms of battery, you will get a 45Wh unit.


3. Memory and storage

Now, let’s take a look at the upgradability. The Ideapad Gaming 3i (15) supports dual-channel memory via its two RAM SODIMM slots. Lenovo states that there are configurations equipped with up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, but we are pretty positive it can work with 32GB in total. Storage-wise, there is a single 2.5-inch SATA drive bay (additional screws and ribbon cable are found inside the packaging), and an M.2 PCIe x4 drive slot. Furthermore, there is one M.2 slot, which can also be used for storage, but you have to give away the 2.5-inch drive.


4. Cooling system

Despite bearing a lot of similarities to last year’s model, we see that the cooling has gone through some change. Now, the heat pipes are equal in size and one of them goes all the way around the fans to attach to a separate tiny heat sink. Additionally, from the visual perspective, the fans housings are now painted black, which doesn’t make them perform better, but certainly gives Lenovo some points for looks.

Check out all Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3i (15) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Antonio Guimaraes
Antonio Guimaraes
3 Jahre vor

Is there a max amount of storage that this notebook can support? Or should I stay under or at what Lenovo usually sells this with for storage options?

Cheers!

Khondker Rifat Hossain
Khondker Rifat Hossain
3 Jahre vor

Is there any way to Improve the Sound quality and ability?? Add a Better Sound Card or deaignat3 The integrated GPU Radeon for Audio Duties? I plan to use the laptop to Learn Reaper Daw for Home Recording, I do use USB interface but a dedicated Sound Card sould be more equipped to handle A/D amd D/A Also Please advise i 1.i f Kingston 8GB ddr4 3200mhz Sodim (2×8) will be better than ram from different manufacturer. 2. How will replacement of 1tb sata drive with a I TB blue DN550 NvME internal SSDGen 3 PcIE with M2 2280 work…??… Read more »

helper
helper
3 Jahre vor

for question 2, both m.2 2280 and 2242 slot only supported up to 512gb storage for ryzen variant and up to 1tb for intel variant for the 2280 while 512gb for 2242

Ben
Ben
2 Jahre vor
Antwort an  helper

I have an adata 1tb 2280 in my ryzen variant

Last edited 2 Jahre vor by Ben
Aditya Darekar
Aditya Darekar
2 Jahre vor

Hi
Can we use all 3 storage slots together in IdeaPad gaming 3i?
I mean sata 2.5 and both M2 slots?
I have 1tb sata 2.5 HDD installed and 1 256GB NVMe 2280 in slot 1. Can I further add 128GB 2230 NVMe in slot 2? Will it support all three storage at once?
As I am planning to install 2 OS, wanted to split storage
1. Win 10 original with 512GB M2 2280
2. Linux with 128GB M2 2230 bootable and 1TB sata for storage.
Or vice versa.
Pls suggest.

jins
jins
2 Jahre vor

Can I only use the 8GB RAM DDR4-2933 or can i also use the 2666 version?

ambrosi
ambrosi
2 Jahre vor
Antwort an  jins

you can use 2666, but the 2933 RAM (actualy 3200 but the processor limits to 2933) will use only 2666

Mikayla Skordos
Mikayla Skordos
1 Jahr vor

Ok I am so confused because I know laptops can come with a singular 16gb ram and not be dual channel (to my knowledge). So I was wondering if the model of this lenovo ideapad model number 82K1018NAU, it says it comes with 16 gb of ram but doesn’t specify if it’s 2x 8gb ddr4!! Please help haha I don’t want to be stuck with a slower ram option if there are better ones available, and not looking to pull apart a laptop just to get dual channel.

J Sidabalok
J Sidabalok
7 Monaten vor
Antwort an  Mikayla Skordos

It is 2×8 sodimm and dual channel confirmed