With discount code will be more palatable for your limited budget. Have to ask zm fong though.

Or try yourself DOORBUSTER when add in cart.


Ideapad 3xx series or Inspiron 3xxx series problem is hinge easily broken due to material plastic cut cost, so will be mostly same. If you don't mind request warrenty during 1-2year or even replace with new after warranty then go for it , your choice

Thank you. That would be a concern. I need this laptop to last me another 5 years or more.

Legion 5 pro okay mou

Hi, what's coming in 1-3 months?

Possibly some 6th gen Ryzen mobile or 12th gen Intel may be ready by then.

4th gen (mobile) onwards (which is since 2 years ago), AMD can match if not perform better than Intel on mobile CPU already. Their segmentation is similar, Ryzen 3, 5, 7, 9 etc.

AMD generally have more powerful integrated graphic than Intel (except for specialized solution) and always beat Intel in terms of pricing (like you can get Ryzen 5 vs Intel i3 at a cheaper price and etc).

Though one thing to note with iGPU is that I'll recommend to buffer 2-4GB of your RAM just for iGPU and upsize the whole system RAM of your PC. So try to go above 12 (sub-optimal) or 16GB of RAM.

BTW, despite the cheap and plastic built of Ideapad 1 and 3 series since it's inception, my mileage with it is actually OK thus far. The 180 degree hinges made it quite resistant to wears, mine is now over 2 years in service and still in tip-top condition (though I'll consider myself as someone who're more delicate with his stuffs).

I wouldn't turn down for the option if I happen to find a Ideapad 3 cheap and worthy enough for it's price. If it's sub RM2k, you just need it to last 2-3 years and made another better downgrade down the line.

But the main turn-off of all these budget laptops is often the display, extremely terrible+eyesore display. That's why Thinkpad/Thinkbook often came top of recommendation list as you can configure for a better and more fitting display with them, sadly currently they're over your budget (they used to be configurable within 3k range).

This post has been edited by msacras: Jan 15 2022, 05:41 AM

Hello guys, looking for a gaming laptop with this specs below RM4.5K:
i5
RTX3060
512GB SSD
16GB RAM

Any recommendations?

unless u can stretch to RM4.7k, nothing i can recommend

This is lead time to shipping AFTER you make order of Existing model like now from lenovo, nothing to do with upcoming model

Thanks for the input. I will include AMD in my survey. I was thinking of just 8GB RAM Hoping that the next laptop can last at least 5 yrs.

Lenovo takes that long time to ship and deliver the order? Not direct from Malaysia?

Like I mentioned above, if you chosen a model without dedicated GPU which has its own VRAM, better upsize your system RAM further from 8GB.

It’s their play safe lead time, may actually be faster but you never try never know.

Nope, buying with Lenovo Malaysia, they either ship from China or SG. If you want some properly customised model, then most often it needs to come from China and with a long lead time.

I read your reply at another thread on ThinkBook and went to look at it. Is that what you mean, 8 GB + 8GB. Generally which is better, 8G+8G RAM with integrated graphic, or 8G RAM with a dedicated low end graphic card like MX350?


This is about RM3.2k after voucher, without additional warranty. About RM400 over budget. It comes with Ryzen 5500U. Any comment?

Looking at Dell for similar price range, which would you go for?
https://www.dell.com/en-my/shop/laptops-and...i35114465bntcmy
https://www.dell.com/en-my/shop/laptops-and.../hni55104101cmy

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Anyone has an online voucher for Dell store?

Any idea when Intel 12th gen processor will appear in Malaysian laptops? I don't want to look like an idiot if the current price go down right due to the 12th gen, right after I ordered

Thank you all

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Jan 15 2022, 09:03 PM

Those low end GPU typically not gonna be used for any gaming or graphic acceleration usages either, so most of the time they’re just worth as much as iGPU, so long as they’re powerful enough to drive your video usages (of which modern iGPU definitely should).

8+8 should still have the advantage over solely 8, for its dual channel and iGPU won’t take more than 2-4GB RAM. Dual channel RAM means a more responsive system performance too.

Not much commend on the Thinkpad, just feels that their price are so much inflated and inflexible vs what’s available last year or even few years back. But well, we all know that chips market sucks now and it’s still lucky to not have 100% price increase like graphic cards did.

Computing wise, 5500u definitely more than enough for your expected needs.

Nowadays they no longer drop price for last gen products. Though it will still feel real sucky to know your newly bought purchases got a newer and better version right after you got it.

This post has been edited by msacras: Jan 15 2022, 09:02 PM

Wait, sorry.. that spec is for ThinkBook 15 Gen 3, mistyped

Thinkbook is ok-ish too, built wise should be slightly better than typical ideapad 1 or 3, and having Thinkpad level of customisations (though I checked yesterday customisations seem to be out of stock, I won’t recommend non-customised Thinkbook though as the default display is crappy for its price).

Human Nature, btw the Dell looks OK specs/price wise, BUT I'm not clear on the display quality of it (which I expect it to be typical - average/mediocre) and I'm not a particularly at ease with the over-hinge design.

Such design lock the viewing angle and put unnecessary stress onto the hinges for no reason. Why the heck woul you want a fragile part like hinge to take the load of the laptop or any additional presses?

The red arrows are the reaction force exerted towards the lappy at support.



This post has been edited by msacras: Jan 15 2022, 09:21 PM

Yeah, this is my concern too. The hinge looks like my old Dell Studio. Granted it lasts for 6 years but the hinge started to crack nearing its end life.

I have to admit, the ThinkBook 8G+8G RAM is enticing. I read about the display concern too. Just wondering how poor the brightness level is. My old inspiron is just 15.6 inch LED Backlit Display with Truelife and HD resolution (1366 x 768).

Will sleep on it for a couple of days before deciding. Thanks alot for all your input.

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Jan 15 2022, 09:28 PM

In a way I agree with that, the Thinkbook aren't overpriced at that either. Just that the default display is on the average side and not what I will go with if I'm getting a RM3k+ lappy.

Don't have the panel for this model, but it's Intel iteration used this display, which is OK in brightness and contrast but expectedly mediocre at color reproduction and accuracy.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkB...p.533402.0.html

This is the specs I will go with myself if I'm getting a RM3k+ laptop. But too bad it isn't available already. Key strength is with the 100% SRGB display (upgrade for a little cost) and the Thunderbolt4 port (this is extremely rare in budget sub RM5k lappy, good for external graphic card or even futureproof against USB4).
This post has been edited by msacras: Jan 15 2022, 09:41 PM

That was the post i saw which prompted me to peek at ThinkBook.

Hi Sifus, need recommendations for a new laptop

1. Budget : around 4k
2. Usage : Gaming (usually non-AAA, but would prefer if can support AAA)
3. Requirements: prefer AMD processor, 16 GB ram, SSD, good display and lightweight if possible
4. Wait time : within 3 weeks time