Lenovo Legion Y540 15

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Date Published: 14 Sep 2020

Intel Core i7-9750H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Laptop, 80W)
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 144 Hz, IPS + G-Sync
512GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
2x 8GB DDR4, 2666 MHz
2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)

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Lenovo Legion Y540 15

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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[...]

DISPLAY: 15.6-inch, 1920x1080, IPS + G-Sync

Name
BOE NV156FHM-N4G

Diagonal
15.6"

Pixel density
141.21 ppi

Brightness
307 cd/m²

sRGB
94%

PWM frequency
No PWM (Flicker-Free)

Panel Type
IPS

Resolution
1920x1080

Becomes "Retina" from
24 inches (62 cm)

Contrast
1160:1

dE Color Checker
3.9 1.6

PWM Rating
10.0: (safe)

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