Lenovo IdeaPad Y50-70 5942-7922

[danmoshe]

i found this laptop specifically in my country ( Israel ) and i wanted an advice if i should get it for the price of 1256 dollars (converted from shekels)?
system specification

 

[Elemential]

Yeah that's a pretty nifty laptop
I think you should go for it It's a nice price too

 

[danmoshe]

Yeah that's a pretty nifty laptop
I think you should go for it It's a nice price too

you know if y50 lasts long time?

 

[Elemential]

My friend has a y50 with similar specs and he has it for a good while now

 

[danmoshe]

My friend has a y50 with similar specs and he has it for a good while now

the gpu will be decent for games too?

 

[Elemential]

My friend has a y50 with similar specs and he has it for a good while now

the gpu will be decent for games too?

Yes it is, but don't expect 60fps on all games at ultra. It's a laptop after all and some games are poorly optimised

 

[Solandri]

My friend got that model laptop and returned it. There's an issue with the SSHD. It's a WD drive, and apparently WD baked in a 4 min (or close to it) sleep timer into the firmware. That is, no matter what your power settings, the drive will go to sleep after 4 minutes of inactivity. The next time you need to access something on the drive, the system will freeze for a few seconds while it waits for the drive to spin up.

On a normal system, you'd just tweak the HDD sleep timer in Windows to something like 30 min so it wouldn't happen as frequently. But on this drive it's baked into the firmware and you can't change it. The only "fix" is to replace the drive with another HDD or a SSD.

Also, she complained about the low saturation of the colors on the screen. But it's not at all clear if she got the IPS or TN UHD screen. From reviews I've read, there are both types being sold out there.

 

[danmoshe]

My friend got that model laptop and returned it. There's an issue with the SSHD. It's a WD drive, and apparently WD baked in a 4 min (or close to it) sleep timer into the firmware. That is, no matter what your power settings, the drive will go to sleep after 4 minutes of inactivity. The next time you need to access something on the drive, the system will freeze for a few seconds while it waits for the drive to spin up.

On a normal system, you'd just tweak the HDD sleep timer in Windows to something like 30 min so it wouldn't happen as frequently. But on this drive it's baked into the firmware and you can't change it. The only "fix" is to replace the drive with another HDD or a SSD.

Also, she complained about the low saturation of the colors on the screen. But it's not at all clear if she got the IPS or TN UHD screen. From reviews I've read, there are both types being sold out there.

so better to see and ask if there is a possible way to change the hdd before completing the purchase?

 

[Solandri]

so better to see and ask if there is a possible way to change the hdd before completing the purchase?

It's fairly simple to replace the HDD yourself. But you'll need to check on pricing for alternate models with a different drives. Figure out if it's most cost-effective to buy a different model or replace the drive yourself.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokHdiRW1_s

Also, you're in Israel and she's in Canada. It's possible they're using different parts in different countries, and the problem drive wasn't used in your country.

 

[danmoshe]

Yeah that's a pretty nifty laptop
I think you should go for it It's a nice price too

how about this ?

for 1422$?

 

[danmoshe]

so better to see and ask if there is a possible way to change the hdd before completing the purchase?

It's fairly simple to replace the HDD yourself. But you'll need to check on pricing for alternate models with a different drives. Figure out if it's most cost-effective to buy a different model or replace the drive yourself.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokHdiRW1_s

Also, you're in Israel and she's in Canada. It's possible they're using different parts in different countries, and the problem drive wasn't used in your country.

probablt i should go for seagate?

 

[Elemential]

so better to see and ask if there is a possible way to change the hdd before completing the purchase?

It's fairly simple to replace the HDD yourself. But you'll need to check on pricing for alternate models with a different drives. Figure out if it's most cost-effective to buy a different model or replace the drive yourself.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokHdiRW1_s

Also, you're in Israel and she's in Canada. It's possible they're using different parts in different countries, and the problem drive wasn't used in your country.

probablt i should go for seagate?

No! Seagate HDD's are known to fail after 18 months

 

[danmoshe]

so better to see and ask if there is a possible way to change the hdd before completing the purchase?

It's fairly simple to replace the HDD yourself. But you'll need to check on pricing for alternate models with a different drives. Figure out if it's most cost-effective to buy a different model or replace the drive yourself.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokHdiRW1_s

Also, you're in Israel and she's in Canada. It's possible they're using different parts in different countries, and the problem drive wasn't used in your country.

probablt i should go for seagate?

No! Seagate HDD's are known to fail after 18 months

so what should i go with if there is a replacement?