Lenovo LOQ 15 Review - Budget Gaming Laptop done right!

Reviewing the new LENOVO LOQ 15. Great Laptop? See for yourselves!

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Ryzen 5 7640HS Review:

00:00 Specs
01:06 Versions and Pricing
02:01 Build quality
02:48 keyboard and Touchpad
03:26 Upgrading M.2 and RAM
03:32 Fan Speed and Perfomance Modes
04:03 Cooling System
04:51 Speakers and Webcam
05:12 Connections
05:47 The Screen
06:24 Battery
07:11 Performance
08:18 Gaming
09:11 Gaming on Battery
09:32 Conclusion

The Laptop:
Lenovo LOQ 15 APH8
Ryzen 5 7640HS
RDNA 3 Integrated Graphics: RX 760M
RTX 3050 6GB (DACTIVATED!!!)
16GB DDR5 5600 Mhz
512GB SSD
Win 11

[Sabert]

Have this and I love it. Got the 3050 6GB and 8GB RAM version and after adding another 8GB RAM it functions well enough to run games on medium/low settings at 144FPS (same as refresh rate of screen). Got a deal on it for $600 pre-tax and about $660 total for post-tax when adding on the extra 8GB. Absolutely perfect for portable gaming AND work while being cheap. Great build quality.

My only gripe is that the keyboard is a bit too small to compare to PC gaming, but that will almost always be the case for budget gaming laptops. The good thing is there is a hotkey to turn off the trackpad, so you can use a mouse and still have a great gaming experience while resting your hand comfortably.

10/10 would recommend.

[makingtechfriendlyindia]

This review helped me finalize the LOQ laptops which 300+ people ordered after talking to me from August' 23 to Nov'23.

[Invixnlty]

Seems like legion and IdeaPad gaming had a baby

[johnfreeman]

The LOQ seems to be a great budget laptop, nice to have some decent laptops in the budget spectrum.

[mashfiqhossainalvi]

i really wished it was a little bit lighter and didn't weighed above 2.3 kilos and also didn't have those blue designs near the heatsinks

[jackal]

Got the 3050 6gb version for $599.99. Not bad at all for that price. I had extra RAM and a Hynix 2tb m.2.

[jansenhaplit]

I got the 1440p 165Hz 100%sRGB panel for the 15 Inch (RTX 4060) model, And it was awesome!

edit: Processor is Ryzen 7 (7840H)

[MTN]

In my country there’s a model that imported from china which is lenovo GeekPro G5000, it’s so cheap that for the price of a LOQ with i5 13420H, you can get a GeekPro with ryzen 7 7840H, bonus it also has a QHD 165hz instead of FHD 144hz

[Trusteft]

You make good reviews. I love, no, LOVE the use of white black and grey for the bar charts. In general I am into more colors, but for bar charts and graphs there is nothing better for me.
This laptop looks like a good laptop for the American price. I am too scared to have a look at the Euro price. :)

[swordlessduo]

Bro PLEASE help me im kinda confused what to grab between these two
Lenovo loq 15 i5-13th rtx 3050
8gb 1tb ssd (800$)
Asus rog g14 ryzen 9-4th rtx 2060 max-q 16gb ram 512gb ssd (725$)

[unknown]

• Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-12450H
• Graphics - NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 6GB GDDR6
• Memory - 8GB SO-DIMM DDR5-5600
• Storage - 512GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe® 4.0x4 NVMe®
• Resolution - FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 350nits 144Hz
• Panel size - 15.6"
• Battery - Integrated 60Wh

planning to buy this version from our localstore for $880 converted from our local currency

[fightnight]

Man I really want the LOQ R7-4050 variant it seems so good at $699 but my desktop is from 2014 and it needs upgrading and I already have a Macbook Air M1 for my laptop needs although it cannot game when I’m traveling far away

[NebunuIerboss]

hello
im a student in first year and i want to buy a laptop for gaming and for my stundying, take to the university and i want to know if i should buy this laptop for 700€
or search for another one.
My budget is 750€

[sirajhaider-mc]

Hi Hubwood, i wanted to ask
Which one would you choose

LENOVO LOQ 15APH8
Specification:
⚙ CPU: Ryzen 5-7640HS
⚙ Graphics: RTX 3050 6GB 95Watt
⚙ RAM: 8GB-DDR5 5600MHz
⚙ SSD: 512GB SSD Gen4x4
⚙ Display: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) IPS 350nits Anti-glare, 45% NTSC, 144Hz, G-SYNC, FreeSync
⚙ Color: Storm Grey
⚙ OS: Windows Key Original




Lenovo LOQ-15IRH8 I5 i5-13420H (13 Gen) .Ram 16G 1T SSD RTX 3050 -6G 15.6 FHD, IPS 144HZ GREY 11-orgin



for study (architecture work and maybe SOME games on it )
Except for the RAM or storage capacity, because I can develop them in the future

[evanbald]

Is that have mux switch ? Or something software to extend battery, 7640hs have intergrated graphic ?

[Benzoperidol]

Do you think good sRGB is a must for a gaming pc? Im thinking of buying a lenovo loq and has everything i want, which is hard to find for 999usd (4060 graphs, 13th gen, 16ram ddr5, 144hz) but im having a hard time because it only has 45% ntsc... I actually already bought it, but because of this i might cancel the order

[petrzlamal]

Great review. I'm gonna get i5-13500H with 4060 this week

[drummer]

They have a rollback to $699 on this laptop with 16gb of RAM, 512gb SSD, and a 3050 6gb card. Nice price, coming down from $869. Wonder if it's worth it? Though I won't game on it, I already have to many consoles, and a gaming desktop.???

[thorblokhus]

Looking for LOQ for my son. I chose a LENOVO LOQ 16 with Ryzen 7640HS or Loq15 Core i5-12450H both with RTX 4050 the price is the same, what is the better option?

[brandoncarvalho]

Which would be better This laptop with Ryzen 7 or Nitro 5 Ryzen 7 ?