Lenovo’s New Mid-Range Gaming Laptops! LOQ 15 & 16 Review

Lenovo’s LOQ 15 and LOQ 16 gaming laptops are an evolution over their budget friendly IdeaPad Gaming 3, so what’s changed? This review will show you all the differences!

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Lenovo LOQ (2023) Review Timestamps:
0:00 Lenovo’s New Budget Gaming Laptop
0:15 Design & Build Quality
0:45 Size & Weight
1:04 Laptop Specs
1:27 Camera & Microphone Test
1:42 Keyboard, RGB Lighting & Touchpad
2:28 Ports
3:33 Getting Inside & Internals
4:25 SSD Speed & Upgrade Problems
5:02 Wi-Fi Speed
5:13 Upgrade Options
5:23 Speakers & Latencymon
5:41 Battery Size Difference
6:38 Battery Life
6:52 Video Sponsor - Pulseway
7:25 Cooling Design & Thermal Modes
8:44 LOQ 15 Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP
9:38 LOQ 16 Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP
9:55 Game Performance in Different Modes
10:27 Cinebench CPU Performance (On & Off Battery)
11:27 Single Core Performance Problems
12:18 Keyboard Temperatures
12:48 Fan Noise
13:35 Screen Difference
14:15 Screen Color Gamut, Brightness & Contrast
14:30 Screen Response Time & Latency
15:26 MUX Switch, Advanced Optimus & G-Sync
15:49 Backlight Bleed
15:59 3 Game Comparison (1080p & 1440p)
17:58 3DMark & Content Creation
18:57 BIOS
19:13 Linux Support
19:32 Pricing, Availability & Laptop Deals
20:54 Main Differences Between LOQ 15 & LOQ 16
21:25 My Main Problem with the LOQ
22:04 Frame Generation, DLSS & RT Performance

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[JarrodsTech]

Update: the specs at 1:04 should list the RTX 4060 as 115W as the max power limit, not 140W. Though, it doesn't really matter in games anyway due to Nvidia's voltage limit.

[laggy]

Been waiting for this. Thank you for your in depth review.

[iz]

Best laptop reviewer. Always goes in depth into what actually using it might be like.

[wingingtundra]

Thank you for the great review. I was seriously looking to find a good review.

[jiordany]

Thank you for posting these videos, your recommendations are spot on. Was looking for a gaming laptop and found the correct model and then I purchase it. I checked the website again afterwards and that particular configuration was sold out. Thank you for being clear and precise.

[AviKashyup]

I am seeing such in depth review for a laptop for the first time. You earned a subscriber.

[antyxwg]

Only recently started watching, but I’m loving the videos. They’re fast paced yet so in depth and full of relevant information. 10/10 channel

[tommy]

Thanks again man! Great review and comparison, as always!

[MC-tlyq]

Great review as always. One thing I would suggest to improve subsequent reviews, is to comment on heat-sink fan disassembly. For some models, like my lenovo legion, it is impossible to remove top cover from the fans, which in turn, makes it really hard to clean, even when there is light to moderate dust. Intel version of the same laptop heat-sink has tiny screws instead, that enable fans for easy disassembly and cleaning.

[casperellison]

Great review, really gives the viewer a well-informed description for both models. Right about the price-point against performance, might even be better to buy top tier 2021 models. That 2242 stand-off should be removable, hehehe. Thanks for this review.

[ishinfinity]

Would you be adding a spec filter to the gaming laptop deals site? And maybe a sorting function for descending / ascending price ?

[thethfox]

And thank you for this amazing review, you answered everything I needed to know and more.

[erfrzds]

The fact that you cover Linux support is awesome thanks for taking the time to test it ! 🥺

[miraculousmiku]

Thinking of buying the legion slim 7i Gen 8, but I think I’ll wait for your review as your vids are so educational and helpful

[pranavkulkarni]

Loved how you include linux support in your review. I was tired of looking elsewhere.

[avalonsof]

Hi, your videos on the LOQ laptops really helped me find the best value for my money. I picked up the LOQ 15 Ryzen 5 RTX 4050 early this year and it's absolutely amazing. Although because where I live in South East Asia, prices are quite high (for reference, the version that I bought probably costs around 1000 USD and that's the cheapest that I could find anywhere) and the 16 inch version still isn't available until now. But so far I've been enjoying my laptop. Thank you for your research and testing that you have done in all of your videos.

[joelconolly]

The LOQ is basically a renamed Idepad Gaming 3.

[Somebody-kdjk]

Been eagerly waiting since I saw the LOQ series on online listings.

[antyxwg]

That was a really smooth sponsor transition I’m not going to lie

[metoo]

I just got this laptop based on Jarrods review and it is amazing!! Well built very fast, just works flawlessly. I got the i7 with a gtx4060.