Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i Gen 8 2023 (14', 13th Gen Intel, OLED) Review

A review of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i Gen 8 (14" 13th Gen Intel 2023) 14-inch laptop. (Intel i7-13620H, 16GB DDR5 5200MHz, 512GB PCIe Gen4 NMVe M.2 2242 SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs GPU)

Lenovo’s IdeaPad family of laptops is aimed at people who want decent performance at a wallet friendly price. The IdeaPad Slim 5 Gen 8 are available in 14 or 16 inch variants with either AMD or Intel processors. Today we look at the Slim 5i with a 13th Gen Intel-H processor and 14 inch OLED display. Is it the ideal value laptop?

00:00 Introduction
00:33 Design
01:30 Display
02:42 Connectivity
03:24 Keyboard & Touchpad
04:09 Audio & Webcam
04:36 Audio Samples
05:28 Performance
06:24 Benchmarking Results
08:12 Graphics
08:42 Gaming
09:08 Battery Life
09:52 Security
10:12 Target Audience
10:23 The Good, The Bad and the Really Bad
10:26 Strong CPU
10:40 Stunning OLED
10:50 Exceptional Value
11:01 Spongy Clickpad
11:12 Soldered on Memory
11:23 No WWAN
11:33 Poor Battery Life
11:46 Competition
12:11 Summary
13:06 Outro

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UK SKU’s: 82XDCTO1WW £517.50p + VAT (£621 inc. VAT) *No OS installed.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i 14

Competition::
HUAWEI MateBook D 14
ASUS Vivobook Pro 14 OLED
MSI Summit E14 Evo A12M
Acer Swift 3 OLED
Dell Inspiron 14 13th Gen

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[noodian]

Super no-nonsense and covered all info I could have asked for. Thank you for that review!

[Furkanh]

extremely underrated and cannot say anything bad about this video. Just pure quality. I really liked the summary part because the points stay much better in my head

[oliverzygo]

Much appreciated, just bought the i5 version and couldn't find a review on this laptop anywhere 👍

[dizaleh]

Picked up an ideapro 5 14 amd 7840hs, 120hz 2.8k screen, 32gb ram for £630, insane igpu, good on battery, been really pleased with it.

[Swedishstrokerider]

Great review, on point and no nonsense!
I would like your advice as I just ordered a unit with this exact same specs, i7-13620H with 16GB ram and 1TB ssd. I am studying my first year at a technical university for reference. For computer heavy tasks such as CAD I have a large laptop with an older i7-H processor and dedicated graphics. This will mainly be used for programming and lighter task but processing power is welcome.
I am uncertain about the processor though. I can get the same laptop for the same price but with the Ryzen 7 7730U and 512GB ssd. On paper the ryzen is worse, but I am considering the effect on the battery and heat of the keyboard along with the fan noises. I have tried the laptop with 7730U at the shop and it was cold and silent with an indicated battery of 8 hours at idle. I got my hands on one with i5-12450H as well and that one was warm and indicated battery life was 4 hours on full charge when idling, and 1.xx hours performing tasks, with the 57kwh battery.
I do have an available power supply on all lectures but it would be nice not having to, and I am concerned with heat and fan noise.

My questions are:
Is the gen 13 i7 better in poweefficency than the gen 12?
Can this small chassis make use of the 13620H?
Have you done for their tests on the battery life on your ideapad?

What do you think about the situation?

I am sorry for the block of text but there is not much info on this exact config out there.

[AyushJain.YouTube]

What about the hinge. Heard it's hinge is weak and surely tends to break in a few months.

[Muttyunited]

Really well made video, well done and thanks!

[adrianzaharia]

This laptop as now in Romania costs 700eur which is a super deal fost a laptop not older than one year has a oled display a good cpu and 16gb ddr. Also can be charged with almost any usb c charger.

[duniajus]

i just bought this today for new academic year, my study is nothing about IT, sure I'll not using so many things probably just typing on Microsoft words when the school start, but this laptop is just so beautiful.

[JapanConnectChannel]

just go the ideapad slim 1 series amd 700 series and got the right decision performance wise is great for budget as well!

[bwybwy]

Hi, I'm new to this channel, but have found your videos really informative! Having a tough decision between Ideapad Slim 5 and Ideapad flex 5. Both seem really solid

[fatriantobong]

wow, love your revie3w, very thorough, not something i would skip

[dreadlock]

Couldn't help but notice the Intel UHD. That means the 16gb ram on this version is only working in single channel mode.

(Though I know DDR5 is inherently "dual channel". Weird how the whole UHD or Iris XE spec works)

[keerthan]

I have the 2022 model with intel i5-125U and this too has that cheap trackpad, i checked out some other ideapads recently and they all have the same problem. And the hinge creaks a bit too . I wish i could have bought the 100%srgb model with ryzen cpu but lenovo doesn't sell those in my country :( .

[S.R_]

What about it's durability?? (4-5 years ??) As I'm a student requiring a laptop for coding during my academic.. is it worth buying??

[watimeyur]

I am also planning to get this as a music workstation (mainly omnisphere and keyscape/ kontakt library) would you recommend this? How is the thermals?

[nandaaldi]

Thanks for the review bro, I have searching a review for this laptop, why the reviewers like not see this "all round" laptop

[Hei]

I was considering Ideapad flex but after seeing the problems with hinges im going for a pro or slim tbh . I dont perse need to be able to write even if its useful

[DanBartram]

Picked up this Laptop based on the review, what are people's "sweet spot" for the screen brightness as I feel I need to keep dimming it at night, and turning up the brightness during day usage, Thank-You :)

[saivishwak]

I am planning to buy the same laptop with Ryzen 5 7530u which has IPS display, although it isn't i7 but I'm sure it will be way more efficient and make use of that 57Whr battery, a bit sad that RAM is soldered but 16gb will be all that I'll ever use(I guess), Am excited for my purchase next month hopefully I'll catch a nice deal along with it.