New Ideapad Y500/Y400 should be price around the same as Y580/Y480 with similar specs, ODD & 120W PSU.

My guess on Y500 with i7/GT650M/FHD/4GB/500GB/W8/ODD/120W psu is around Y580@RM3K.
The additional ultrabay GT650M + additional 170W PSU possibly price around RM700-900.

Y500 bundle with GT650M dual GPUs may price around RM3700-3900. 
The price could be lower if they remove the ODD & 120W psu.

My guess is base on Y500 selling at China Lenovo site as below:
Y500 come with i5/i7+GT650M+ODD/bluray & 120W psu in China.
The ultrabay GT650M & 170W psu are optional and selling separately.
http://appserver.lenovo.com.cn/Lenovo_Prod...sid=A0300018506
http://appserver.lenovo.com.cn/Lenovo_Prod...sid=A0700018376

Just wonder why they want to sell ultrabay GT650M + 170W separately?    More profitable?
They could lower the price if bundle with Y500 and remove the ODD & 120W psu. 

Where the hell is FrixFox???

Now available???

Quick!!!! I must go there now!!!

If the price is indeed RM3799, then compare to Y580 RM2999.
We are getting:
GT650M SLI vs GTX660M
Better heatsink design.
More bling design (may not suit corp office

Since GT650M is comparable to GT560M, if GT650M SLI is comparable to GT560M SLI, then we are looking at performance more or less on par with GT675M (maybe not GT675MX, my guess), depend on driver support (very important). Anyway, a single CPU is always a cleaner solution than SLI in my book.

I will hold on to my Y580 for now

Lenovo official specs Y500 with dual GPUs GT650M(2GB) stock ready according to trustworthy reseller Devour. 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frixfox-Solu...249192148450486

Y500(5934-9366),  i7-3630/Nvidia GT650 (2GB)/15.6" FHD/4GB/500GB/W8/red backlit keyboard/16" Backpack/2 years warranty
Free GN36 External Graphic / Removable + additional Y500 170W Adapter
Price : RM3799.

Lenovo malaysia facebook is quite slow in new product update.
Sometime they are not aware the new laptop already available in the market till the user update them. 

Y400 specs below will reach us in December, price will be around Y480. 
Y400 come with ultrabay DVD but no option for ultrabay GT650M.

Y400, i7-3630/Nvidia GT650 (2GB)/4GB/500GB/W8/red backlit keyboard/2 years warranty
ODD: DVDRW (swappable)
ETA: early December
GT655M is the SLI version of GT650M.

u order from who? do they giv any refund/discount without the adapter?

as long as the watt remain the same, shud be no problem. however, if anything happen, it might void ur warranty.

Thanks for the clarification.
Means that the users have to bring along the extra GPU(inserted) and 170w PSU, which is not that convenient compared to carrying a 120w adapter and without the extra GPU for everyday outdoor use.

Hope there's an option for the owners to buy an extra blank ultrabay or anything to replace the GPU, and an extra 120w PSU adapter.

default box inside already have the extra graphic card slot in the ultrabay ( aka optical drive slot ) , hence thats no ODD available, and inside the box only have 170 w adapter along only

The first reply above showing like you know about it.

The second add on reply showing you don't know whether it works or not. 

This post will be updated frequently with more latest news, stay tune.

Y400, i7-3630QM/GT650M(GDDR5)/4GB/500GB/ODD/backlit keyboard/2 yrs warranty
Price: TBA
ETA : early December

Finally, Y500 with dual GPUs GT650M(2GB) stock available in MY according to Devour. 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frixfox-Solu...249192148450486
Y500, i7-3630/Nvidia GT650M (GDDR5)/15.6" FHD/4GB/500GB/W8/backlit keyboard/2 years warranty/no ODD/16" backpack
Free GN36 External Graphic / Removable + Y500 170W Adapter
Price : RM3799.


-21/11/12
Y400 interior layout  & unboxing in China
http://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/notebook/15974545.html

Y500 unboxing in China
http://ideapad.zol.com.cn/60/160_592752.html

- 11/11/12 update
unboxing Y400 with GT650M dual graphics by China Lenovo insider
http://ideapad.zol.com.cn/60/160_591994.html
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- 6/11/12 update
- Y500 spec below coming soon to MY according to Marcus. 
Y500 Black (5934-9366) Intel Core i7-3630/4GB/500GB/Windows 8/Nvidia GT650 2GB/15.6"FHD LD/16" Backpack/2 years warranty
Free GN36 External Graphic / Removable + additional Y500 170W Adapter

- Y400/Y500 details spec & price on sales at US website. 
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/?mobile=no

Y400 i7-3630QM / GT650M (2GB) / 14" HD / 8GB / 1TB + 16GB mSSD / W8 / backlit keyboard / 2.5kg
ODD- Optional SLI Bay graphics, dvd, bluray
starting at US$1249
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tech-spe.../y-series/y400/

Y500 i7-3632QM / GT650M (2GB) SLI / 15.6" HD / 8GB / 1TB + 16GB mSSD / W8 / backlit keyboard / 2.7kg
ODD- Optional SLI Bay graphics, dvd, bluray
starting at US$1149
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tech-spe.../y-series/y500/


- updated 29/10/12
According to Lenovo reseller in China HERE.
- Y500: FHD for highest specs model only, optional ultrabay GPU, backlit keyboard, ETA around mid Dec.
- Y400: no option for ultrabay GPU, no FHD, with backlit keyboard, price around Y480 and ETA around mid Nov.

Swappable ulltrabay GT655M(2GB,35W)  & 170W PSU for Y500 rsp CNY1999 (around 1K).
http://appserver.lenovo.com.cn/Lenovo_Prod...sid=A0700018376


- updated 25/10/12
Ideapad Y500/Y400 will be available in Nov 2012 according to Lenovo insider in China.

Y500 thermal design look promising in cooling of GT650M in SLI. 
- Dual GT650M with separate heatsink/ fans and big ventilation area is promising.
- Repositioning of HDD will improve its cooling compare to Y580/Y480.
http://ideapad.it168.com/thread-2611982-1-1.html


The back cover of Y500/Y400 can be completely removed for dust cleaning.
http://ideapad.zol.com.cn/60/160_590001.html
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Unboxing of Y400 in youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIElyWsVXZ4

- updated 16/10
New Lenovo Ideapad Y500/Y400 coming soon in Lenovo US sites. 
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/i.../y-series/y500/
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/i.../y-series/y400/
Y500/Y400 official specs.

Y500/Y400 official picture
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2491914/+80

- updated 12/10
Y400


y500



- updated 15/9 with leaked details from Lenovo insider in China at http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2491914/+68
Wow! Lenovo is launching new Idealpad Y400/Y500 i7+ GT655M or GT650M + W8Pro  with  ultrabay swapable with dual graphics capability, extra HDD or cooling fans available in October.
Just wonder the cost, cooling, power consumption & capability of dual graphics card.
But its a nice option for DIY to dual GPUs.

More details at laptop review HERE.
Notebookcheck: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-update...-8.81300.0.html
Engadget : http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/lenovo-...y-and-z-series/

Press release:

Idealpad Y400 press image
http://www.engadget.com/photos/lenovo-idea...images/#5249161
More info/image for Y400/Y500 from chinese site.
http://ideapad.it168.com/thread-2443047-1-1.html
http://ideapad.zol.com.cn/59/160_586852.html
http://ideapad.it168.com/thread-2437176-1-1.html

Carbon fibre patterned cover for highend Y500 with ultrabay on right side look promising.
I love the red backlit keyboard more like gaming laptop. 

Idealpad Y400 with large wire mesh ventilation below the hot spot & ultrabay on right side.
It should have better cooling for dual GPUs and save the trouble of dust cleaning.

Y500/Y400 Ultrabay with 2nd discrete GPU, heatsink & fan on the left side as picture below.
Fan, heatsink and onboard CPU/GPU come with the laptop are defaulted on the right.


Y500 with Full HD, bigger wire mesh ventilation at the bottom, red backlit keyboard.
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Fan, dual pipe heatsink & onboard GT650M come with Y500. 
Temp for cpu 56c, gpu 46c, Hdd 39c not bad ah!
[attachmentid=3033063][attachmentid=3033065][attachmentid=3033797]

2nd GT650M discrete GPU, full copper heatsink & fan in Y500 swappable ultrabay and HDD. 
Y400/Y500 ultrabay GT650M come with PCI-E, laptop with PCI-E & universal SATA port.
More details at chinese site http://ideapad.it168.com/thread-2443047-1-1.html
[attachmentid=3033047][attachmentid=3033048][attachmentid=3120768]

haha. me dun hav any subscription to any internet packages yet. wait for next week. the americans are going to do their review i guess. going back to port klang tomorrow. anybody know where can i get games around there?

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Added on November 25, 2012, 3:43 am

how's ur warranty? mine got 2 years. still, in kuantan, they're selling a lil bit higher than market price which is rm3899. same unit with same warranty got selling only 3799.

myotgo, may I know the graphics setting for the NFS Most Wanted (the latest one right?) .

FPS Min: 14 to max 21 may not seem playable. Maybe u set at the ultra settings?

thnks will make it again and upload the screenshoot too
will test on nfsmw,fifa13,assasin creed 3

ermm that one tested on 1366 x 768
i set up for full hd resolution 1920 x 1080 and all in high setting

never mind will make a test again

Win8 don't natively support rar (zip should be fine).
Install winrar or 7zip.

only SLI driver from Lenovo so far. Don't use the current stock driver (beta 310.64) from Nvidia (it does not support GT650M SLI).

You should only use 1 version of driver.
To avoid any problem, I strongly suggest you wipe clean all GT650M driver. Then install the driver from Lenovo.
Refer to my earlier post, until Nvidia announce their driver support SLI for GT650M (look for the link or Lenovo will definite annouce as well ), you should not update your driver with that from Nvidia.

Don't worry. It's no big deal 

Read this: Official from Nvidia
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html

But, better is this. The above is not "clean enough" some times. This method use a software. The example is in Vista, but you get the message.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/46...lled-properly-/

The best is this. This involve manually changing the regedit. DO NOT attempt unless you are absolutely sure what you are doing. The example is in Win7, but you get the message.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-...an-install.html

Try the 1st method first. If you don't encounter further issue after you re-install the driver from Lenovo, good

Sure Btw, that screenshot is after you install driver from Nvidia? or after you re-install driver from Lenovo? Did you restart, after installing any of the drivers? Sometime weird things happen after we restart laptop 
Good luck

yeah, i installed  310.54 and restart this afternoon , the photo was taken 10 minut ago, i didn't  re install the lenovo driver yet ,seem like nothing  happened, hopefully!

so actually what is the latest driver version for lenovo y500?
currently i use v306.00..erm i checked for an update and it said i have the latest update version
is it driver version affect fps value

The SLI scalling is very much depend on how well the drivers optimization. If SLI for GT650M is supported by Nvidia site, always use the latest drivers ie 310.64.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8...eta-driver.html

Pls wait for 3DMark11 from minzisme to verify the 310.54 drivers compatibility.

Do keep your results with default 306 drivers for comparision.

The SLI scalling is very much depend on how well the drivers optimization. If SLI for GT650M is supported by Nvidia site, always use the latest drivers ie 310.64.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8...eta-driver.html

Pls wait for 3DMark11 from minzisme to verify the 310.54 drivers compatibility.

Do keep your results with default 306 drivers for comparision.
+1 
IMO, its quite worth it for Y500 with
- swappable ultrabay with different options to suit user needs, ie. ODD, HDD, fans, bluray, even additional battery in future if there are demand.
- swap it with additional battery and bring 120W psu(optional) when you needs mobility. swap with GT650M and use 170W psu when you needs extra horse power at home.
- better design/build & bling-bling Red backlit keyboard
- better cooling system & easy maintenance