Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 - Essential Gaming Laptop - 15.6" FHD - 120Hz - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 8GB DDR5 RAM - 256GB NVMe Storage - Windows 11 Home

**update: this laptop can at times, be powered on, but have a black screen. No matter how many times it's reset, it will not work. I had to take it apart and remove the ram and reinstall it then it would boot up. I believe I figured out the cause, using hibernation mode! So I changed hibernation mode to sleep mode and haven't had it happen again. That's the only problem I've had, it still works perfectly. **** This laptop came perfect, new and not damaged. On its own it was a nice laptop but I upgraded the laptop ram with teamelite group ddr5 4800 2x16gb = 32 gb Then I upgraded the ssd to crucial p5 plus 500gb, used the cloning software to clone existing ssd then switched boot order and formatted the old drive. Everything is super fast and works great. One thing about the backlit keyboard, it does have it but it needs to be turned on in the lenovo software that comes installed. Also great feature if the ethernet port which would be great for gaming I imagine, tho I don't game with this laptop

I've had this Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 Ryzen 5 6600h rtx 3050 version with 8gb ddr5 ram & 256gb ssd for about a month now and so far the performance has been spectacular. There are a couple irritations rather then cons ill get into shortly. I was hesitant not knowing if this setup would run the games I play at the highest resolutions and frame rate this PC offers. This laptop has been flawless at running call of duty MW 2(2009), COD black Ops and GTA 5 on the highest settings with out any hiccups, choppy video, freezing etc. For me it has been lightning fast and silky smooth. Yes there are higher frame rates out there but the costs are astronomic for what little upgrades you get. I love the fact I haven't found any bloatware in this PC. Although not recommended by Lenovo it does allow overclocking. It stays cool even with heavy gameplay for hours on end. The fans work great at dispersing heat and are not so loud you get distracted while gaming. When just casually running browsers or streaming the fans never kick on it just stays cool enough to not need them. I've read users think its not sturdy enough? I think its very sturdy. The keyboard doesn't flex while pushing keys and its quite hefty. The screen doesn't feel wobbly or weak. Its not made of aluminum like an Asus tuf f15 but it does the job well. Other users say the brightness and colors are dim but that has not been the case for me. Its not 4k but I had to turn the brightness down. The colors are great for me. If you are a professional photo editor or video editor just get an external monitor. You shouldn't be editing professional work on a 15.6" screen anyway haha its a gaming laptop not a photo/video workstation. You'll need more power to render huge files. The only cons/ irritations- 256gb ssd is just an outdated size for storage. GTA 5 alone is 142gb. Yes it can be upgraded but at least a 512gb should be standard. Crucial says it will support 2tb but I have not personally added that size. I will definitely be upgrading to at least 1tb. 8gb ram has worked flawlessly with the aforementioned games I have installed. But it would have been nice to see a standard 16gb (2×8gb ddr5) cards installed. I will be upgrading to 32gb ddr5 2x16gb cards just because. The price jump for 16gb factory is crazy! Upgrading to 16gb costs like 40 bucks verses a $200 price jump for 16gb pre installed. So far I have not found any other cons to this system. I love it and am very happy with its performance and price. I don't think you'll find a better laptop at this price for gaming. Note I do have lightroom installed and it runs flawless. But its just for casual photo editing. I couldn't be happier. A+ purchase.

I build pc's for gaming. I got this just to simply be lazy and play builder games like planet zoo while watching TV on the couch. I didnt wanna sink a bunch of money, and found this on sale for around 500 bucks. This laptop is ok. It gets super loud and hot, but I mean for around 5 hundred bucks you get what you pay for. It ain't nothing special just ok. It's great for browsing the web and doing school work and such. Its ok for basic games that don't require a whole lot, but for modern 2018 year and up games it will only run on minimum settings in the game. It barely handles planet zoo and that game ain't nothing fancy! The screen seems like it isn't bright enough. Just seems off. Then again I'm used to higher end gaming. Battery life...well...let's just say if you game keep it plugged in. Keeps me entertained while on the couch, but it ain't meant for the true hard core gamers. If you're gonna game build or buy a PC :) Great for a teenager wanting an all around laptop, but if you really wanna game with moderate to high end game settings this model ain't for you

I just picked this laptop up on an awesome sale for $600. What an unbelievable deal. BUT there are a few catches. If you get this laptop on sale, you should consider it an ABSOLUTE necessity to pick yourself up an additional 8gb stick of ddr5 ram and at least a 500gb nvme ssd. Both are extremely easy to install, cost me about $80 total, and took this laptop to a level that is u fathomable for under $700. The screen brightness is probably the biggest let down but gaming in a darker room it is plenty bright. Probably couldn’t be using this thing right next to the window during peak sunlight though. Everything else is rock solid. It’s a simple design that doesn’t scream “I’m a gaming computer” which I like. Solid build, fans are reasonably quiet, temps stay below 70C even when pushing things to the limit, I mean it’s just awesome. Having a 3000 series gpu, even just a 3050, is such a massive upgrade from something like a 1660ti because DLSS is unbelievable. I’m running the newest call of duty (mw2) on basically ultra settings with DLSS set to quality mode and averaging 103fps in the benchmark. And that is making the game look way better than it needs to to be playable. Keep in mind, though, those numbers are only after the RAM upgrade. Before the upgrade I was average ~70fps under the same conditions, which is respectable, but for a cheap $30 ram stick it’s totally worth the 30+% boost to fps. For anyone wondering, yes you can just add a RAM stick and it works, you don’t need to replace the original ram that’s installed. I just got DDR5 4800mhz 1.1V CL40 ram and it worked just fine when I popped it into the system And the extra storage is a must-have as well. The 258gb drive it comes with only has like 160gb usable space after windows takes up all its space so if you want more than like 1 game on your laptop then get a 500gb or 1tb nvme drive. I went with 500gb for ~$50 With those upgrades, this thing is performing like a $1000+ laptop and I put it all together for under $700. If you’re on the fence, it’s time to jump off the fence and get this laptop. Last thing to note, this laptop isn’t on sale and it costs like $899 or whatever it usually costs, then it probably isn’t the best value. If you can get it for less than $700 I’d say it’s worth it, otherwise look for options that don’t require you to buy your own ram and storage.

Just a horrible experience, I feel like I've gotten ripped off so bad with this machine. I'm never dealing with lenovo again. I had a reasonable negative review here but I came back to update because this whole deal is complete trash. Nothing but issues. It's a bad product, sloppy made, I sent it back, they didn't fix any of the issues, and returned it with my data wiped which was an awesome bonus, and just 2 months later it's a brick. I had the 1 year extended warranty which was horrible anyway, because they didn't fix anything, because they weren't sophisticated enough to understand the main issue this machine came with since birth. You know, when you're more tech savvy than the tech who's supposed to be fixing your device? It's becoming more common. Now out of the blue, it just quit. No screen or hdmi picture, just quit. For releasing such a trash product, I'm never dealing with lenovo again. I'm out 770 dollars, out of data I won't ever get back because they did an unnecessary reformat that didn't have anything to do with the actual issue, and now also out of the 70 it cost for the warranty in which they fixed nothing. 3rd update: I am faced with the decision to keep spending 70 bucks a year or whatever for the extended warranty, or scrap this and shell out a thousand dollars for an actual good laptop. If you're thinking of going budget for a gaming laptop, do yourself a favor and just shell out a few more hundred. I wouldn't get one less than 900 bucks as far as the options I'm seeing out there currently, with reputable people reviewing and investigating their quality. This one, when I bought it, it had hundreds of reviews and was rated 4.5 stars. A year and a half later now it's 4.2 stars and declining. Which if you haven't learned, in 2024, anything 4.4 is not great and 4.3 or less has too high of a chance of being junk to be worth it. So 4.2, it's gonna be about a 50/50 chance you're getting junk. The reason for the swift decline in ratings is because all of those people who gave it 5 stars are trickling in now to give it lower ratings because it's a problem machine. They pushed the budget too far and it resulted in a bad product. I spent 650, then upgraded the hard drive and ram so about 800 then I had to buy the warranty because of the problems so that puts me at 870 into the machine. It's now a 870 dollar occupancy in my closet. It's like buying a car that's a lemon. Now you have to decide how high you want to rack the bill up before you cut your losses and buy another one. Don't know what your budget may be but this was an expensive mistake for me. And it's getting more expensive. And if I renew the warranty I'll have to wait one entire month using the backup gaming desktop I have thank God, until I can even get this one back in commission if they fix it. And then it's back to ticking time bomb status waiting to see if it breaks down again and needs a warranty renewal. Expensive mistake, don't go this route man the odds aren't in your favor. I give maybe a 50 percent chance that you'll make it last long enough to fit your needs. Research the reviews, this is too problematic of a machine and it has a high rate of failure. 4th Update: It sat dead for like 8 months in my closet. Waiting Dormant. One day I plugged it in and it powered right up and started working again. When I troubleshooted, I did disconnect the battery and press, hold, tap, a million times the power button to try and get rid of any standing electricity in the unit. And none of that did anything. So while it sat 8 months, it must have mustered up the will to go on. So now I've been using it like 5 months again. Now, a new exciting issue. Wherever they have put the wifi adapter in the laptop, resting your hand in a certain spot in the laptop causes the wifi to drop out while gaming. It's not enough to do anything while browsing the internet or streaming, and I don't know the precise technical reason for it but it only happens when I am actively engaged with whatever protocol online games like to use. You know, a nice, fast, stable data transfer is what they want. So if it's blocked for a few seconds and their server sees nothing, you lag, and you lose connection. So I am shelling out another 20 bucks or so, but then I will lose one of my USB ports, having to add some sort of a dongle, which is further reducing the laptop experience. I came back to reiterate, despite the fact that I am still using this laptop, and more or less probably stuck with it, i reiterate that the entire purchase has been a nightmare. It's a total dud purchase, definitely don't buy this model and in this arena, I am betting there's a far better product for the price, if you go with a different brand than Lenovo. I'm not trying to rant like a madman I know companies make mistakes. But I am hoping that what I have learned can carry onto other people looking at gaming laptops. Buddy, be VERY careful with which one you go with because with this type of purchase, most of the time by the time you realize you made a mistake, it's too late and you have to eat the cost. So just in general, make sure of a few things. 1 - The exact model you are buying is tried and true. Make sure it's had enough time on the market to be vetted. Otherwise the community of people who purchased that model machine will not get a full understanding of any complications until maybe many months later. This machine, with the reviews I saw, looked like The deal. Like, there were maybe 7 machines in between 600-800 dollars. The 4.5 star rating, and hundreds of good reviews made this one seem like the deal to beat. But the one thing I did not factor was how new the product was. I did not think about that. So please, think about that before you hit "Place order". 2 - Youtube reviewers with affiliate links, completely skip them. I don't know if there's better logic to it, such as, if they're reviewing 10 products at once. If they are reviewing 1 product and they have an affiliate link, obviously they are going to tell you how awesome the product is. But if they have 10 competing products, and affiliate links to all 10, and then they tell you which one they thought was the best one? That to me seems a lot safer, because the sample size is no longer 1. When the sample is 1 laptop, their opinion will be a binary "Yes, buy this". With 5 or 10 items, they are just hoping you buy any one of them. So it makes no difference to them which, so you could count their opinion as potentially credible. Certainly a lot more credible than if they are reviewing a single item in the video. However, obviously the winning logic would be, try to find reviewers without affiliate links. But that can be hard to do, so if you do look for reviews make sure they have 5 or 10 different machines being reviewed in the video, then watch a bunch of other review videos and notice if there's a pattern of reviewers rating the same top products. Get a good, big sample size. That's my second tip. 3 - Pay attention to what company it is, and research their service. Maybe check out if Linus has gotten his hands on their service people yet lol. Whether you like or dislike Linus, that's one of the more useful video series he has. He puts service departments to the test to see which ones actually do a good job, and not just once, consistently they need to provide good resolutions. I should've checked out Lenovo. Maybe my bad service experience was a 1-off but still for my 2 cents it was bad. So in short, definitely avoid this model. I mean the bios battery is still clanking around in the machine ffs lol. And now I am recently learning I can't online game on it without either an external keyboard, which fortunately I use 99% of the time, or, without bringing an additional wifi dongle into the picture. That is unacceptable. The fact that the spots you rest your hands on the laptop interefere with the electronics, that's a pretty sloppy design. At the point you're bringing other peripherals in to resolve design flaws, I consider this to be a pretty terribly executed "gaming" laptop. These mistakes are revealing unexperienced designers and/or bad quality control. These are issues that experienced designers will learn, and avoid in the future. It's a wonder how a company like Lenovo doesn't know how to design a bios battery that stays in place. Or a wifi adapter that doesn't get interfered with from your hand being in too close proximity to it. I mean these seem like such basic things that designers should learn about very, very quickly. As a veteran computer manufacturer that Lenovo is, I find the fact that these design flaws were made by them to be suspicious. Erego, here is what is more likely. Cheap trash made from obscure, cheap companies that fly under the radar, use cheap materials which are toxic, and then later re-branded as Lenovo. I bet that's more likely what we are looking at. Well, the market is a minefield in 2024. And this one blew up on me. I would move onto the next.

so i use this laptop when im traveling for gaming, it performs well for the games i use it for it can run black desert online on the highest settings with pretty minimal lag but the laptop gets VERY hot very fast, so I don't recommend pushing it that hard lmao. for less intensive games, or lower settings it has absolutely no issues with performance or temp the memory is quite low, but that's what's advertised so you can't really fault it for that. tends to run high with a game/browser/discord running, but not unplayable. cpu and gpu performance is gucci overall one thing to note is that the storage space is S M A L L. review the size of the games or programs you're looking to run on this thing and judge if you'll need to upgrade it or not. it is advertised as such-- not a fault of the product, but you don't realize exactly how large programs are til you're on a tiny drive. the screen is good, no issues with brightness or clarity. runs at 120hz ezpz the keyboard is nice, I had a little issue with the right ctrl key being sticky at first but it seemed to work itself out after using it for awhile. the battery life is pretty poor in general, but since I don't use it on the go it doesn't effect much for me, but keep that in mind. the overall quality of the laptop is ideal for gaming casually, you'll get to run things smoothly but you can't push it too far without some upgrades. I'm satisfied with the purchase and I would say it was worth the amount I paid (which has gone up slightly since I purchased it-- but it's honestly still fine)

Sin problemas hasta ahora. Estoy más que satisfecho 😊

I got this for $500 after applying for the amazon credit card, which I do a ton of shopping on here and needed the card anyways. After receiving the laptop, I already had 32gb ram and a 1tb SSD waiting and immediately put those in. I did not even bother with the 8gb of ram that it came with. HUGE surprise when I opened it up and there was an additional slot for another m.2 SSD, where the os comes on the smaller 256gb SSD that it comes with. That being said, I connect to a 34' curved 1440p via type c to display adapter have had nothing but good gaming experience. I play hell let loose and insurgency on medium graphics and still average around 70 fps with no issues. The thermals have not even came above 80 degrees for either cpu or gpu and that was surprising considered it is an amd cpu. I also love the minimalistic design laptop which I would call a "sleeper". Ironically I sold my old ideapad 3 for this one and could not be happier. I use it mainly for school and programming and it is just awesome I can do some stunning gaming as well. The Lenovo controller/vantage is also great to make it more efficient for gaming and would totally recommend keeping it installed. Now, I have not tried gaming with call of duty of bf 2042, as I personally do not enjoy those games but Im sure it would run it no problem at proper settings. You do not need an insane computer to run these games, you just need one that is efficient and doesnt have a bottle neck. If you are looking to get into gaming, this would be the bare minimum laptop I would recommend.