Inside Lenovo ThinkPad E590 – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Lenovo ThinkPad E590 - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 06 June 2019 / 08:24 2

As usual for a ThinkPad device, even if it’s a budget-oriented one, we are looking at a well-built chassis. Additionally, it is easier than ever to upgrade and quite frankly the options are more than enough.

Check out all Lenovo ThinkPad E590 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-depth Review.

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Lenovo ThinkPad E590

Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U
VideoCard: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

Detailed review

1. Remove the bottom plate

There are a total of 9 Phillips-head screws that are separating you from the insides of this laptop. After you undo them carefully pry the bottom plate up, with the help of a plastic pry tool.

2. Battery

First, let’s take a look at the battery compartment – the ThinkPad E590 is equipped with a rather modest 45Wh battery pack. It is secured in place by two Phillips-head screws. Despite the small size, we were able to extract 10 hours of web browsing and 8 hours and 20 minutes of video playback.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

Lenovo ThinkPad E590 45Wh, 3-cell

7h 50m

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

Lenovo ThinkPad E590 45Wh, 3-cell

10h 09m

Gaming

We use F1 2017’s built-in benchmark on loop in order to simulate real-life gaming.

Lenovo ThinkPad E590 45Wh, 3-cell

1h 29m

3. Memory and storage

Honestly, there is nothing more to want inside – two RAM DIMMs, supporting up to 32GB of 2400 MHz DDR4 memory, while the storage comprises a SATA slot and an M.2 PCIe slot.

4. Cooling system

Sadly, the cooling solution is not the most efficient out there. It is realized by two heat pipes, cooling (or at least trying) both the CPU and the GPU. This is usually effective if you are only using the processor, however, if you try doing something graphically intensive, the cooling is ready to tap out.