Lenovo Legion Y540 15

LaptopMedia.com Laptop Specs Lenovo Legion Y540 (15″) Lenovo Legion Y540 15

Date Published: 08 Aug 2019

Intel Core i7-9750H
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
512GB SSD
20GB DDR4, 2666 MHz
2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)

Lenovo Legion Y540 15

$1289^.00

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Specs

CPU
Intel Core i7-9750H

Display
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS

HDD/SSD
512GB PCIe SSD

M.2 Slot
1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo

RAM
20GB DDR4, 2666 MHz

OS
Windows 10 Home

Body Material
Plastic / Polycarbonate

Dimensions
365 x 260 x 25.9 mm (14.37" x 10.24" x 1.02")

Weight
2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)

Ports and connectivity

1x USB Type-C
3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)

1x USB Type-A
3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge

2x USB Type-A
3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)

HDMI

Mini DisplayPort

Card Reader

Ethernet LAN
Gigabit Ethernet

Wi-Fi
802.11ac (2x2)

Bluetooth
4.1

Audio jack
3.5mm audio jack

Features

Fingerprint reader

Web camera
720p HD

Backlit keyboard
White backlit

Microphone
Digital-array microphones

Speakers
Harman speakers (2x 2W)

Optical drive

Security Lock slot

Portability

Lenovo Legion Y540 (15″)

14.37" x 10.24" x 1.02" Dimensions

2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) Weight

Average 15.6-inch laptop

2.03 kg (4.5 lbs) -12% Weight

Review

Lenovo Legion Y540 15 in-depth review

Lenovo is king when it comes to mid-range gaming laptops. It's been like that for a couple of years now, and last year they introduced a new design, that put the gaming Legion series undercover.Interestingly, Lenovo has decided to keep the apparently successful design for the Legion Y540. However, now, it pairs it with a significantly more powerful graphics cards - the RTX 2060 or the GTX 1660 Ti (pretty much the same GPU with the RTX 2060 featuring ray-tracing units, that are not found on the GTX 1660 Ti). Expectedly, you can see the 9th Gen Intel processors - the Core i5-9300H and the Core i7-9750H onboard.You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/lenovo-legion-y540/Specs SheetWhat's in the box? Inside the box,[...]

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Pros

Adequate price
Good keyboard with decent travel, big arrows, and a backlight
Wide and accurate color coverage (BOE NV156FHM-N4G)
Doesn't use PWM to adjust brightness (BOE NV156FHM-N4G)
Blazingly fast 144Hz screen option (BOE NV156FHM-N4G)
Capable cooling solution
Low-key design

Cons

Poor battery life for the 144Hz screen version (BOE NV156FHM-N4G)
Lacks SD card slot

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

Here is the successor of one of the most popular mid-tier gaming devices from 2018 (Legion Y530) - the Lenovo Legion Y540. Now with more powerful hardware. It is of most interest, how Lenovo has managed to deal with the amount of power and what type of compromises were made in order to keep the price down.Check out all Lenovo Legion Y540 prices and configurations in our Specs System, while our In-Depth review is coming soon.1. Remove the bottom plate Similarly to its predecessor, there are no service lids - you have to take the entire bottom panel to access the internals. On the[...]