Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 - A Bit Too Budget!

Review of the 2022 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop. Budget gaming at a budget price!

Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (Last Years model) $550 -

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[Toysourboy]

I grew up on playing low settings cause I care about performance than I care about the look of the game.

[realpunksmurf]

I bought 1 of these 5600h, RTX 3050ti versions for $599 from Best buy. For $80 more I doubled the ram and added a NVME 1tb M.2 for storage.. I have it hooked into a DELL 24" monitor Most of the time and would say I am very satisfied.

[joelconolly]

Honestly you get what you paid for. Not expecting to be miracles. The most important thing is to game on it. That's it. I don't think people will complain about it whether it's just semi decent screen, or build. $600 for a playable experience is acceptable. I don't think people who buy this will complain.

[Grimsace]

I have this laptop but the the 3050 ti. It's not my main pc, I bought it because i do a lot of travel down to my folks during the holidays. Having already had to use it once at thanksgiving I'd say assuming you feel good enough to open it up and slot a stick of ram and the extra drive in, it's defiantly a great buy especially as a secondary pc or for a younger kid who is just getting into pc gaming.

[Suryasis]

I think the more interesting choice would be the IdeaPad Gaming 3 16 model, released this year. That has a 16" 1920x1200 165Hz screen with 100% sRGB, same panel you see in the base model of Legion Slim 7/7i model.

[briannnnnnnnnn]

I have this very model. Got it for 550 on black Friday. I'd say for the price, it is a steal. RTX 3060 laptops are like 300-400 more expensive and I'm not sure the performance difference is worth it for someone like me that's on a budget. I ordered an extra ram and SSD to upgrade it. Asides the awful screen like you said, I'm comfortable with the performance so far. I see myself using this for at least the next 2-3 years.

[saturnotaku]

I have this laptop with the same GPU but Ryzen 7 6800H, 16 GB of dual-channel RAM, and 512 GB SSD. As something for the kiddo to play Roblox on and eventually grow into other games, it's been working really well. The 120 Hz screen is quite terrible, but most of the time the laptop is docked to an external TV or monitor so it's a huge deal.

[jimmerseiber]

I got it for $550 on black friday 6600h. I got another 8gb of DDR5 on sale black friday bumping it up to 16gb ddr5. and another entire full sized ssd black friday samsung to add to what it came with. at then end of the day, it plays games wonderfully for a laptop for what I paid. I see everyone complaining about the screen but it looks good to me.. For what I paid its honestly a great purchase. Repair and upgradeability is awesome with these. The cooling has been great, Im happy to have the big "butt" on it for gaming. Added a razer mouse and mousepad on sale for black friday as well.. I paid under 700 for everything and I'm beyond happy. Budget gaming laptops have finally become a thing.

[relaxationparadise]

I threw in a pair of RipJaw 3200 32GB ram + a 1 TB ssd and this thing runs like a Beast. 1 Year already I'm pretty surprised how good it is for the price. I do everything from gaming, video editing, and more down to the arranging music on fl studio with it. I got to say it's a BANG FOR BUCK. Just doesn't get cheaper than this for RTX loaded LapTop that's pretty portable. I've had bigger LapTops before that just sucked & weighed a ton.

[tomaszfalkowski]

I find it interesting that no one has pointed out that the laptop has 2 graphics cards. That's something you don't see in any laptop.

[RobertJianu]

For only 600€ I was able to find a great deal in my country. Basically a Lenovo Ideapad 3 15ACH6 with RTX 3050 Ti, Ryzen 7 5800H, 500gb nvme SSD, 16gb dual channel 3200mhz ram and the 165hz FHD IPS screen with 100% sRGB and 300 nits of brightness. All of that for only 600€! Something similar in my country costs around 800-900€. I love it, it's my first laptop and the performance is incredible

[Watchandlearn]

Matthew - "256GB in 2022 is kinda getting inexcusable".
Apple - * puts that same amount of storage in their brand new $1299 Macbook Air *

[omarcortes]

It is quite cheap but going cheaper not always is the best idea.

[Frankaccino]

To anyone who has this specific laptop!
When you connect it via HDMI or DP via USB-C, does it connect to the integrated graphics or to the discrete GPU?

Update 19/12/22 - Update! Got the answers to both of my questions! (sorta)

Both drives indeed do work in Gen4 speeds, and the HDMI port connects directly to the discrete GPU! I haven’t tested DP Alt Mode yet but I’ll get to it sometime soon!

[hoviettrung]

With this price the screen is fine. I just wish it comes with a bigger battery. The new nitro 5 has a 57wh battery and acer still able to cram in the drive bay

[laurentiuioanvoinescu]

:Hi I found LENOVO IdeaPad Gaming 3 16ARH7, it has ryzen 5 6600h rtx 3050 and 165hz, it has 71wh battery, should I get it?

[JuneRevenant]

This model kinda feels like a downgrade from the 2021 and 2020 models, especially with the keyboard. The blue on the back and the gray keyboard makes it looks like a kid's toy when compared with the previous models too.

[kungfukenny]

Thinking of getting this for my dad. He just does office work and plays strategy games from time to time. I think this is more than enough

[RegazozoGaming]

I have the older 5600H & 3050ti and can tell you 100% if you are not going to upgrade the Ram don’t buy these. I got an 110% FPS jump from simply swapping out to 32GB of dual channel dual rank x8 ram. I can run Cyberpunk no upscaling at medium 70fps average. If you buy one of these for this price add on 40-60 to replace the ram. You can add an SSD or M.2 for pocket change these days.

[yasminbchelbi]

Is this a good deal for a student? I'm not going to play with it but I'm considering it for work