It's been long long time ago since i last open threat to write review.

But as promise, i'll open up a unit and test the unit when Y50 Malaysian set has arrived. By the way, wish you don't mind with my own working desk as they are quite dirty, and also please bare with the mark as there are some irresponsible took our picture for granted


The LENOVO Y50-70 LAPTOP BOXING. It no longer long in size, but it's shorter but thicker. Still much easier to keep inventory



Open up the box. The upper tray of the content is shown.


The content of the package. It inclusive driver DVD, ADAPTER, USER MANUAL, n the EXTERNAL DVD



Removing the upper accessories tray. Yay i can see the lappy is wrapped by black paper pouch. Feel more premium ey?


When i took out the unit, i feel there is some weight on the unit, so i decided to put it on the weighing scale before i reveal the unit. It's 2.45KG with built in battery. Not bad for a gaming laptop thou


The laptop is revealed. The A cover is made by metal. So by putting your hand on it you would basically feel the texture(design) too!


The bottom of the unit. It does have the same metal bottom cover. Oh that red color big "hole" is the place where the sub woofer located, so you can feel the boom boom


The Sticker of I7 and NVIDIA GTX. Nothing so special about them but simply but itchy saja


The Slim 15.6" Full HD Anti Glare screen. And the current batches are AUO TN Panels AUO B156HTN03.6 .



The keyboard area of the lappy. The Keyboard is red back illuminated. Oh ya, the area is TPE too! It shows a very similar visual feeling like the ASUS G750 series for this part

This post has been edited by storm88: Jul 11 2014, 10:16 AM

Hitting the picture limit earlier so split into the second post



From this view, you can roughly get an idea how thick the laptop is. The USB3 ports are RED in color too!


Y50-70 no longer uses the traditional round type power jack. Its similar to the one commonly found at LENOVO's Ultra book series.


The Adapter also is no longer supplied by Huntkey but now by Delta Electronic. IMO its a good news as DELTA seldom fail us (at least base on my record la)


uncrew the few philip screws on the bottom, and without much hassle i succesfully removed the back cover. Yet extra care is needed as there is a place need to be careful or else you might snap the rear audio cover


The close up shot of the "Organs"


The harddrive of the laptop. WD10SPCX. You could google for yourself if it's SSHD or Plain 5.4K harddisk

update: 11/11/2014. Lenovo has upgraded the machine to SSHD already


The mini size motherboard cooled by dual heatpipe, dual heatsinkfan.


The "Spirit" of a gaming laptop. Y50 without this is nothing at all.


Alot of people has been wondering if it is a MAXWELL or KEPLER based GTX860M. So this picture said it all. Not sure if you notice something special here, but i not going to reveal the answer so quick


The Most crucial part of the whole review. The TEMPERATURE of the laptop. At TECH ARMORY, we had sold more than 1k units of Gaming laptop thru out the years. But NONE can provide such good cooling capabilities for gaming laptop below RM4000. Both chips produce 73'C for GPU and 79'C for CPU when burning with FURMARK. Meanwhile while idle, CPU core max at 50'C and GPU at 40'C (All test took place at ambient of 29'C)

General spec for Y50-70 FULL HD MODEL:

4th Gen Haswell Refresh I7 4710HQ
8G LOW VOLTAGE 1600MHZ DDR3 (MAX 16G)
Nvidia Maxwell GTX860M 4G GDDR5 Discrete display
15.6" Full HD Antiglare TN Panel
1TB 5400 2.5" SLIM Harddrive
DOS / WINDOWS 8.1 PRELOADED
EXTERNAL DVDRW
20V 130Watt Rated Adapter

Since i am a retailer myself, i can't really provide a conclusion here but still able to narrow down some pros and cons:

Pros:
a. Very attractive price for the said performance
b. Backlid keyboard
c. Very good cooling capability
d. Slim body and low in weight (2.5KG incl external DVD Drive)
e. JBL Audio and Douby Digital Plus support

Cons:
a. Very little upgrade option
b. the color c/d abit low for the screen
c. brightness abit low

This post has been edited by storm88: Nov 11 2014, 03:36 PM

Walao! so fast and good review.

1. How the temperature during hardcore gaming.
2. Rumours 4 variants of Y50, true? Any details spec/price?
3. How much is 3 yrs onsite warranty?
4. can help to change screen to fullHD IPS?

This post has been edited by ytlay: Jul 3 2014, 07:32 PM

A few questions I would like to ask.
1. Is the 8GB RAM in configuration of 2x4GB or 1x8GB?
2. Which Wifi card is it using? Intel 3160AC or 7260AC or other card?
3. Which screen panel is it using? AUO panel or Chimei panel?
4. Photo of the Lenovo backpack and the external DVD drive.

check my picture above la

There is actually supply with an external dvd player?? Going to get Y410P this saturday... But now because of this review i feel hesitated...

This is an simple and detailed review!! Thumbs up!

Wah, nice review, thanks for sharing

Lenovo has done it again haha~~

Haha just now ganjeong ask fast mah, but still don't know the wifi card (too small in photo can't see the words) and screen panel brand~

The temperature really amazing (real life gaming will be cooler than Furmark test)~ totally beat GE60 lol~

you also another one who is gan jiong

Rumors is true but there is no ETA yet. I can't release it in public yet as the rest two have no confirm date of arrival yet. But you may PM me to talk in private

Upgrading to 3 years onsite pricing has not yet been finalize yet but heard maybe is rm200. (NOT CONFIRM)

Chaning to IPS? yea it's possible as it's using the common 30pin connector.

can tell which hardware is available to upgrade?

nice review there!

btw bro do you have GS60? can compare the screen side by side?

nice review... slurp slurp
need to upgrade my y580...

4096MB VRAM? I'm sure that makes it so much more powerful than the desktop 3GB GTX 780 Ti... They should have increased the stupidly low memory bandwidth rather than cramming in more and more VRAM, looks good on advertising, but is utterly pointless at this resolution

This post has been edited by ashwin1234: Jul 4 2014, 12:36 PM

Dude, desktop section this way. -> here

Sweet review. I'll be snapping this fella when I get back to Malaysia

of course we have. But it's better don't discuss it here

good review
slightly upgrade spec with my y510p xD

Nice unboxing review bro ! Great laptop btw #I'm jelly T.T

Suddenly i saw many people want to sell their y510p.. Must be caused by this beauty.. Btw nice unboxing

Wondering what wifi card they used in MY set ......i see the web say Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 then i see notebook review people post Intel 7260 Wi-fi

yeah i want to know the answer to this as well.

Wifi card is qualcomm atheros AR956x.

why dont have the y40?! FFFF

Yeah, would be nice to have the Y40 here

I been waiting and waiting suddenly they say no y40. well played

Is your shop open on weekends?

Battery life

Hello there & very good day

Boss, can review the TN Panel? Got the part number, at least. If the screen is OK(gamut %, view angle, vivid color), which means not as bad as the us version (lots of people say Chi Mei), then we receive better value from lenovo lor... (4gb Maxwell gtx860m, better screen panel, free upgrade 2 years warranty)...

This post has been edited by Digifriend07: Jul 8 2014, 07:25 AM

Hello. I was curious. Does this laptop come with Windows 8.1 pre-installed?

May I know what is meant by AUO TN Panels?

What a beauty!!!

got DOS and WIN 8.1 edition

AUO TN panels have much better colours and vibrancy compared to standard TN panels.

It's already a week but it seem no one has notice something unusual for this lenovo Y50-70

let me reveal the answer.

This Y50-70 is FACTORY OVERCLOCKED!!

Wow really? Including Dos versions?

Yes it is. i think applies to all Y50

This post has been edited by storm88: Jul 12 2014, 12:56 PM

so is this a good or a bad thing?

Factory overclocked in? I thought that Y50's GTX860M is slightly underclocked.

can put a picture of the adapter beside the laptop? want to see how large the adapter is. tq

The adapter is about the same size to any 130w adapter

Large (14.5 x 6.5 x 3 cm) adapter outputs 20 V

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPa...w.120215.0.html

review by notebookcheck..

This post has been edited by xproc: Jul 16 2014, 05:50 PM

that's quite large no

This post has been edited by shinobi83: Jul 18 2014, 11:35 AM

wow thanks... it seems as large as my hp dv6's adapter...

seem like changing the screen from tn to ips for better color and viewing angle is confirmed workable.
anyone change the wifi card??? and the non-removable battery will be a headache in coming year.

if this three item can be messed around without any problem, this will be a great laptop.
the rest of the con - one hdd slot, no vga are nothing to be worried.

VGA is quite a problem if you need to connect to a non-hdmi projector at work or working with your not-so-old but without HDMI monitor at home...

There are converters out there and most don't come cheap.

Hi there, some questions for the owners of the local set Y50. May I know what is your wifi card model? (as mine is the Qualcomm Atheros AR956X) And how do you think of its connectivity strength? Thanks for any clarification.

My wifi card same as ur...no difference from my previous laptop in term of performance i think....

Oh I see. I was wondering if anyone has any connectivity issues. Since this wifi card seems to be different from what the Y50 set in US and China offer as they using Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3160. I am not sure whether the local set wifi card is weaker in terms of performance theoretically?

agreed. all my meeting using projector and we connect our laptop using vga. currently the hdmi projector cost a rocket...
saw hdmi to vga convertor at lowyat, cost around 40 to 50 RM...

I bought one RM29.99 adapter and the output gives me flickery texts.

so im guessing all batches comes with the AUO TN Panels since i saw some guys in youtube changing their screen for this laptop

can add SSD without compromising the original 1tb HDD?

Nope, the HDD has to swap out to accomodate SSD.

how much is the price for your spec

General spec for Y50-70 FULL HD MODEL:

4th Gen Haswell Refresh I7 4710HQ
8G LOW VOLTAGE 1600MHZ DDR3 (MAX 16G)
Nvidia Maxwell GTX860M 4G GDDR5 Discrete display
15.6" Full HD Antiglare TN Panel
1TB 5400 2.5" SLIM Harddrive
DOS / WINDOWS 8.1 PRELOADED
EXTERNAL DVDRW
20V 130Watt Rated Adapter

Malaysia price in MYR

All Y50-70 now is upgrade to SSHD for the new incoming stocks

Yeah I'd like to know that as well..was just about to go buy it tomorrow at LYP, but if new stock coming in soon, I may wait a bit. Price still the same right? And how is Lenovo On-Site support by the way? Tempted to upgrade to the 3 year on site warranty. Thanks!

the stock arriving in two weeks time

ok thanks! I can wait that long =)

Nice review there. UGPM OP.

Esc key fly off in first day (sep 2014) until today, i still waiting for lenova to approve my warranty claim .....


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May I know how to remove the back panel? At first I removed all the screws and the trackpad side of the backpanel can be lifted up a bit but the side near the fans and speakers is stucked. After much effort I still can't remove it as I am afraid that i will crack the fake ventilation holes if I lift it higher. Also so tried to lift and push towards the ventilation hole but no luck =(. Please help !