Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15ISK 80NW Notebook Review

[Redaktion]

A familiar refresh. The jump from the Y50 to the 15.6-inch Y700 brings about a few important upgrades, but there are still some major holes in terms of features and accessibility that have yet to be implemented.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Ideapad-Y700-15ISK-80NW-Notebook-Review.155878.0.html

[Junaid]

Your reviews are always awesome and to the point. I need your suggestion please.  :)

which one you recommend me among these in terms of reliability, software development, gaming and yes most importantly which one has less or no effect on eyes after the long usage. Thanks in advance.

1) Lenovo IdeaPad Y700-15, Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i7-6700HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (4 GB), 16 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 15.6", Windows 10

2) Asus ROG G551JW, Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i7-4720HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (4 GB), 12 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 15.6", Windows 8.1

3) MSI GE62 2QD Apache Pro, Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i7-6700HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (2 GB), 12 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 15.6", Windows 10

[ziga]

Hi,

I would choose option 3, and by the way it is MSI GE62 6QG if CPU 6700HQ.
Reason for option 3 is 1st MSI as a brand, 2nd display, 3rd connectivity and kayboard.

[Bence]

Hy!

I would like to ask you, which laptop should is buy?

This Lenovo Y700 series (i7 version) or the Dell Inspiron 7559?

For me the Dell slightly better.

Hope you can help me to get my new laptop.

Thank you.

[Reza]

Can we upgrade to PCIe M.2 on this laptop or it won't support it at all?

[Sharif]

I am dont know which to choose between these two laptop. Can you tell me which is better ?  :)
1) Lenovo IdeaPad Y700-15,

2) Asus GL552JX-CN154H

By the way love the reviews you guy give , always.a pleasure to read it everytime

[Cupi]

What is the difference between gtx 960 2gb and 4gb ?

[Keehl]

Is this screen flickering on all brightness levels? On another laptop reviews site I have read, that it flicker only below certain level of brightness, and has 200Hz frequency.

[george]

samsung 950 pro nvme m.2 supported? or nvme m.2 generally

[systemBuilder]

"Corners are cut to hit a low price target and to avoid cannibalizing sales of other Thinkpad products (P50 workstation, for example).  Corners cut on this model include a still-bad LCD display and still-bad touch pad and still-not-replaceable battery, no modern ports, and a very difficult time to open and repair the laptop."

[systemBuilder]

Lenovo could deliver a best-selling hit for an extra $100.  Too bad that, once again, they chose to produce a laptop where the mouse, keyboard, and display will need to be external for a good gaming experience.  (p.s. we own a Y580 FHD which suffers from all the same problems except the display is better.)

[Massi]

I want to confirm that the Y700 15ISK 80NW supports NVME M.2 drives. My model came with a 128GB NVME sumsung drive (in Device Manager reported as NVMe Samsung MZ-VLV128)

Interesting to note that Device Manager also reports the presence of a Standard NVM Express Controller under storage controllers.

There have been reports that the Samsung 950 Pro also works.

[Donald Milotte]

I bought this ideapad. I went to copy files from my old computer to the ideapad using the external cd drive that came with the ideapad. It could not read the media - CD or DVD. It turned out the ideapad was delivered without the latest Windows 10 drivers. When I called Lenovo support they charged me $200 to update the driver. When you buy a computer you assume it will work 100% out of the box. A big disappointment!

[bledari]

 :o I didnt see the most import part upgreadability

SSD PCIE/SATA3?
PCIE v2/v3?
comaptible m2 ssd examples

RAM 2400 / 2136 / 2666 MHz?

[Heracles]

The reviewer apparently places no value on the indicator lights and doesn't even mention them, so I'll point them out for users like myself who do: The keyboard has a total of two; one for caps lock and one num lock indicator light (a rare occurence nowadays, but very useful). On the left side of the front edge are four status lights, which are, from left to right: Power status, battery status, touchpad lock and HDD status. Note that the HDD status light only works for the SATA disk. The SSD unfortunately does not get a status light.

Personally I would have preferred having a wireless status indicator instead of the touchpad lock indicator. That would have been more useful. Also, a separate status light for the SSD and a scroll lock indicator on the keyboard would make this laptop perfect in the indicator department.