Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15 Laptop, 15.6 FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage, Windows 10H

I got this laptop thinking it was a great price, after I ordered it I looked up on Best Buy and it was $100 cheaper, so make sure you check Best Buy before buying this. After I received my laptop, the touchpad stopped working, it wasn’t responsive. After calling customer service to return the laptop, they told me I can’t return it because it’s considered “hazardous material”. I should’ve lied and told them I didn’t use the laptop, they would’ve accepted a refund. Keep in mind that the laptop only has 256 GB in storage memory, so unless you’re okay with opening the laptop (like I did to install a 500 GB ssd card) don’t get it. By the way, the mousepad started working after I opened the laptop and put my ssd card in it. I didn’t do anything else, it just magically started working again.

I bought this laptop for $700 from Bestbuy strictly to replace my old Dell Inspiron for power usages (write books, internet browsing, podcasting, video editing, etc.) while it goes along with my Gigabyte Ryzen 9 laptop (with a 3070). I kept the 512GB installed, installed 8GB of RAM, and a WD Black 1TB SSD and so far I havent had any issues with it.

I gave it to my 20 year old son for Christmas who was thrilled.

4 stars was too low, because this thing is amazing for the price! I wanted a cheap laptop with an NVMe drive, expandable memory, a decent CPU, and a separate video card. This delivered and I was loving it for the week I had it. Sadly I use a mouse nearly all the time and the usb 3.0 ports were not working. I used an adapter and plugged my mouse dongle into the usb-C port while I waited to hear back from Lenovo. They are currently fixing it free of charge. They even connected me to the facility that was working on it so I could pester them about what exactly they were replacing. I wish there hadnt been this issue but it doesnt seem to be a common one, and theyve been very attentive about getting it fixed. If it were an option Id do 4.5 stars, but since it isnt I figured Id give them the benefit of the doubt and give what I would without this issue.

At the moment I have not had to use it very strongly. But for what Ive been using it for, its worked great.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS SELLER. The computer stopped booting after using it for three weeks. We worked with tech support but they couldnt fix it. I sent it back and five weeks later they still hadnt processed my return or refund. I contacted Amazon customer support and they said they would send the refund. Then when it came through it was $150 less than what I paid. They called it a restocking fee. Even though the product they sold me was clearly defective and BROKE AFTER THREE WEEKS.

I’m assuming that they will be what my grands wanted, but it’s not Xmas yet so they haven’t even received them yet.

I needed a laptop that could support Xactimate for insurance adjusting. Thats a very heavy program and this laptop had never even stuttered. It works perfectly for what I need.

We bought 2 of these for kids for Christmas. One had an older Dell laptop that couldnt play many of the games she wanted, and had a failing fan. The other kid gamed on a desktop PC custom built a few years ago. This laptop doesnt have the best graphics card, but it still bench-marked 433% higher than the Nvidia card in the old desktop, so its been great for that kid! haha He was so happy to see how much faster Warframe loaded, but could really use a 1tb SSD. The 256gb just isnt enough. A few 30+gb Steam games and its time to cleanup old ones just so updates will install. It does have an option to install a 2.5 inch SSD for additional storage though.

My son uses it for Roblox and it runs smooth the picture quality is clear and beautiful he does not have any complaints so far. If hes happy so am I.