Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 (AMD) Dual NVMe Mid Range Machine

Today we take a quick look at the changes made to the E14 Gen 2 from the Gen 1. This particular variant is the AMD model.

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Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Specs
3:44 Ports
4:40 Disassembly
8:01 Start-Up
8:24 Conclusions

[billle]

I have the Ryzen 4650u pro model that has 16 dual channel ram, 8 soldered on. I paid $190 for mine. I really love the minimalist look while still being pretty modern under the hood.

[yes_man_lol]

This is best model to get for among E14 used models in terms of value for money, avoid getting 1st gen its not a big jump from T490.

I am using E14 4650u and E14 5500u.

[paulinegerst]

I just helped my dad purchased a ThinkPad E15 Gen 4 AMD. While installing the extra M.2 2280 SSD I noticed that they could really used the space by the battery pack to increase capacity (intended for casing bluetooth earphones, which seems to be utilized nowhere). The E14 is much more compact as it has the same 57 Wh battery pack. Oh well, E stands for economy so reasonable to design a battery pack for both sizes i guess.

[andrei-kob]

Also I notice that E14 Gen2 have the same dimension as X1 Carbon (with 16^9 aspect ratio of course)

[verpejas]

Arent nearly all thinkpads starting with T480 dual nvme? Nearly all 14" thinkpads since then have a wwan slot with x2 nvme speeds for a 2242 nvme drive, and a 2280 slot for another nvme drive. It is more versatile as you can also use a wwan modem instead of 2 ssd's

[worminstool]

Nice machine. Too bad I'm allergic to thinkpads without top-removable keyboards.

[juanignacioaschura]

You'd think that with the space for two NVMe drives, they would find space to cram two SO-DIMM slots...
Nevertheless, some of these are still available new outside the official Lenovo store in some countries; they were available until recently in Lenovo Argentina's website, when they were superseded by the 4th Gen AMD E14s.
Given that the newer models support 40GB of RAM (32+8), I'm sure that a 32GB module could be installed in this machine. Could be worth trying out.

[burhanbudak]

I'm still looking for Gen 1 as I want to use my old SATA SSD. Yeez it's dry in Europe for a GOOD price.

[vonhohenzollern]

Still nice 2 know there is a Dual NVMe System implemented w/o the excuse of not having enogh space... come on Lenovo, you can do better