Inside Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (15) – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (15) - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 28 August 2020 / 01:43 0

A budget notebook bearing the Creator moniker. What could possibly go wrong?

Check out all Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (15) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-10750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop, 50W, 128-bit)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD + 1000GB HDD

Detailed review

Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 15

Processor: Intel Core i5-10300H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop, 50W, 128-bit)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

Detailed review

Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 15

Processor: Intel Core i5-10300H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop, 50W, 128-bit)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD + 1000GB HDD

Detailed review

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1. Remove the bottom plate

What keeps the bottom panel in place, are 10 Phillips-head screws and some clips. After you undo the screws, just pry the panel with a plastic tool, which is pretty easy on this specimen.

2. Battery

Sadly, the battery pack is only a 45Wh unit.

3. Memory and storage

In terms of storage, you have one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, as well as a 2.5-inch SATA drive slot. And as you can see, there is one more M.2 slot, which is placed right next to the SATA drive bay, meaning you can choose it, instead of the latter. As of the memory, the notebook supports 32GB of DDR4 RAM in dual-channel mode.

4. Cooling system

Expectedly, as this laptop is pretty much an Ideapad Gaming 3 in disguise, we see the same cooling solution. It employs two heat pipes shared between both the CPU and the GPU, as well as two fans with different sizes.