First of all thank you ZM Fong for helping this thread.

I am a lurker for this discussion thread and I have ordered my Y540 Lenovo laptop 2 days ago. My conclusion LENXCIMB code works and Shopback 6% both provided significant cost savings.



Customize Y540, Y7000 same spec like above you will find pricing below:
Bag + support care = +RM2.
HF processor I read it performs marginally better over H

Lenovo Legion Y540-15IRH
Part # 81SXCTO1WW, RM7,683.00 (RM7,563.00 for HDD 5400)

Lenovo Legion Y7000 2019 (is the image screenshot above)
Part # 81NSCTO1WW, RM7,517.00 (this have HDD 5400)

Difference RM166.00 increase for 7200 rpm HDD speed for Y540.
I believe there is a bug in choosing HDD option for Y7000.
Suppose no bug, I estimate price to be 7,637 here.

Y540 + code + shopback = 7,685.00 - 1536.80 - 356.40 ~ RM 5792
Used CIMB card because other Amex card not allowed.
Please note my cashback claims is only approved in April to confirm no returns or cancellation.

My second laptop choice is Area 51 Forge Elite customize till ~RM 5900. They come with free games for this CNY promo.

Third is wait restock Onyx/Onyx Pro by Illegear cuz they sold out Pro. (To physically compare both)

This post has been edited by funchiat: Jan 30 2020, 05:23 PM

I choose HF based on gaming performance comparison in game-debate.com (second article)

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-i..._i7_9750hf-1109

https://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?p...h-6-core-2-6ghz

Then hypothetical second choice dont choose Forge. Choose Terra 15
Dump the hard drive in Terra 15. RM 6383
I suspect (no proof) their thermal compound, wireless, bluetooth, SSD speed is better than Lenovo Y540 (speculate based on bombastic component brand name only ya)

Edit: Also saw on Intel website the HF graphic core seems not compared with H. Lenovo payment, confirm seeing a Visa card option but I do not have Visa card. Amex terus cannot key in ya. The other one is Direct Debit, dunno what issit.



This post has been edited by funchiat: Jan 30 2020, 11:39 PM

If Forge 120Hz is not desired but Forge is preferred over Terra, then I went over to quote Forge Pro. RM 6603 same spec but without Office Home/Student. Mine (Y540) RM 5800 with Office Home/Student software.
In order to match price, cut RAM to 16G and dump regular hard drive Forge Pro becomes RM 5824.

Forge Pro looks like a worthy second choice. So if Y540 did not have that code and no Shopback I would choose Forge Pro. Comes with nice sounding freebies too.

If you for any reason choose Lenovo website, dont forget to click through Cashback app. Simple setup and no brainer earn RM 200+. I am not saying you should buy Lenovo. In case only. And in any case, you still choose MSI or Asus, then Cashback over Shopee site is 0.6% ~RM 20+