Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15″)

Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15") - Specs

  • BOE NV156FHM-NY5 (BOE08EA)
  • Color accuracy  5.0  3.3
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 1000GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
  • RAM
  • up to 16GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, No OS
  • Battery
  • 45Wh
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate
  • Dimensions
  • 359 x 249.6 x 24.9 mm (14.13" x 9.83" x 0.98")
  • Weight
  • 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • HDMI
  • 2.0
  • Ethernet LAN
  • 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac/ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.0
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5 mm combo
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • Microphone
  • Dual Array Microphones
  • Speakers
  • 2x 1.5W, Dolby Atmos
  • Optical drive

All Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15″) configurations

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Office Work

Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

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Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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CPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15") series.

Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)

GPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15") series.

Lenovo IdeaPad Creator 5 (15") in-depth review

This year, Lenovo has made some interesting name changes with its Ideapad brand. While previously, there was a single character staying in front of the number of the series, now they "created" the Flex, Slim, and the Creator series, following the impact of last year's Ideapad Gaming devices. So, today, we're going to focus on the Ideapad Creator 5 (15), which is one interesting, yet controversial laptop.Why controversial? Well, as you know, the Creator moniker wasn't really employed by any of the mainstream manufacturers no more than two years ago. However, when this term came into the ev[...]

Pros

  • Great price/performance ratio
  • Sleek design and lid that is easy to open
  • Good keyboard with decent travel, and clicky feedback
  • Two M.2 slots (or one M.2 and one 2.5" SATA slot)
  • The display doesn't flicker at any brightness level (BOE NV156FHM-NY5)
  • Fully covers the sRGB gamut and is able to display 96% of the colors in the DCI-P3 gamut (BOE NV156FHM-NY5)
  • 144Hz refresh rate with blazingly quick pixel response times (BOE NV156FHM-NY5)
  • NVIDIA Studio drivers support

Cons

  • Lacks an SD card reader and Thunderbolt support
  • Poor color accuracy for a "Creator" device (BOE NV156FHM-NY5)
  • The GTX 1650 Ti suspiciously performs like a Max-Q version, despite not being branded as one
  • Poor battery life

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

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Games you can play on this laptop series