Lenovo LOQ - The Best Budget Gaming Laptop? 

where is speakers test? how it is?

@@rookietechie4120 no need for one they're not good

thanks@@MatthewMoniz

Speakers are good enough or try using speakers ​@@rookietechie4120

I'm looking at the i7 RTX4060 1TB model with 1440p which currently goes for $1250. Hoping to order in the next few days 😊

there are no such thing nowadays since competition is very stiff, real enemy is good spec discounted instead now lol

i usually buy lenovos for laptop requests but one time lenovo was so popular that it even matches asus price, i forgot what i bought eventually

Sure bro LOQ in Malaysia starts at RM6k? Where to check?

You're checking the wrong places. The Lenovo Malaysia website has the cheapest LOQ start at RM$3600k. That's with a 12th gen Intel and RTX 2050. A slightly higher spec'd LOQ right now starts at a discounted RM$3700k which gets you the 13th gen Intel and RTX3050 which you can spec up to a RTX4060 8GB making it RM$4600. If you maximize the Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 which starts at RM$3700 right now, then it'll be slightly below RM$6000 assuming you know how to install Windows yourself. That gets you. Intel i7-14700HX (i7-13650HX is RM$200 cheaper and i5-13450HX is RM$780 cheaper) 16GB DDR5 RAM (either in single 16GB stick or 8x2 stick) 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD TLC (There's a RM$20 cheaper option thats QLC) 15.6" 16:9 1440p 100%sRGB 165hz 350nit display (1080p option is 144hz 300nit 100%sRGB and RM$210 cheaper) RTX 4060 8GB (Not a 4050, and you can't option cheaper GPU if you max out the CPU) White backlit keyboard (you can get RGB keyboard for RM$70 more but that puts it over RM$6000 with the specs above) No OS installed (Windows 11 Home 64 starts at RM$410) Free mouse and backpack included. I don't know where you got an LOQ that costs RM$6000 with a 4050. You can get a student discount and that lets you option the RGB keyboard and POSSIBLY have WIndows 11 Home installed and still be under RM$6000. I hope this helps.

​@@shafiq_ramli he's probably maxing out the specs. On Lenovo website, the one in this video starts at rm3.6k while an amd one configured with 8645hs, a 4050 and 16gb ram is around rm5.1k... can also try get last year's model, iirc not much if any performance difference?

More information. Lenovo Malaysia have really good discounts sometime. I bought my Legion 5 Pro and paid RM$1 each for a monitor, backpack, mouse and headset. Usually happens when they have old stock that they want to get rid off. The 1080p 165hz IPS display and backpack is pretty good. The mouse and headset are bad but it was RM$1 each so I got more than what I've paid for. Correction on my reply above, the mouse and backpack is not free. It's RM$1 each.

Same, the r7 4060 version of the 2024 loq is like 1350 dollats, 5.1million in local currency (COP)

Thanks Bryan I appreciate it!

How long have you owned it for? 2023 or 2024 model? Any issues you faced? I purchased one myself but i can see a lot of posts saying it has issues of failing motherboard , psu etc.

@@kanchankashyap4476 2024 model. I have had 0 issues so far. Purchased it in january so still pretty fresh out the box.

@@kanchankashyap4476 I have 2024 model. Purchased it around february this year. I have faced no issues so far, using it daily.

@@kanchankashyap4476 a lot of people are very demanding tbh, loq is a very decent budget laptop, and take note that it's "budget" yet it gives decent overall quality and performance

Purchased loq 15, i7, 4060, 144hz at around march 2024 and currently its still working very well. I dont really like the battery life of around 2 to 3 hrs but a gaming laptop is meant to be like a portable pc and should be plugged in most of the time.

It's awesome that it works with Linux

Hey after 2 month of using do you still recommend buying it?

Don't listen to him get amd one instead its more power efficient and better performance

bought one with an intel version yesterday

Yeah, there is a reason for me for choosing the i5/rtx 4050 version over last years r7/rtx4050 version .... it´s about 400€ "!" cheaper right now here in germany ....whyever ....

I agree because not only its not ridiculously expensive, but they do its job

I just ordered this laptop specifically for VRCHAT with the RTX 4060 and intel i7 😭

which gpu

In asia this is $1,000+ sad

Well you better get better deals caue it's not a full fat 4050 that's for sure.

There's different version of the screen, there's the sRGB and the NTCS

Exactly. RTX 2050 which is the next cheapest option and sometimes same price as ARC option is waay better.

Agreed you shouldn't be buying this for gaming, period.

broski what

it has many variants, not just the intel arc version, it is meant for gaming but the intel arc variant is more on lightweight gaming and more on browsing, office and software/multimedia focus.. it has many variants of rtx 4000 series with 100% srgb so yes it is considered a gaming laptop with a multimedia quality as well.. you have a point but you're wrong

Simply Buy the i9 one .

the rtx 4070 if you often times play gpu demanding games, it has the same vram with 4060 but it's still stronger, but on the other hand if you do a little bit of everything daily and less hardcore gaming then the rtx 4060, the i9 14900hx is a beast

Tgp?and price ?

@@gskgaming1021 I live in Norway, here it’s $649

​@@ARC_sailorThat's great 👍

is it the i5 13450hx with 4050 105w?

@@Meow-Meoooww 👍

I’m sure they look good on paper, but ASUS build quality loloool.

@@n0b0d1-rc6dz I purchased the M5606 and have had it for about 2 months. Too early to comment on long term reliability but so far it's been an impressive machine. Gorgeous bright screen, excellent keyboard & trackpad, very solid aluminum chassis. Zero complaints so far.

ya the build is great for a budget laptop but the gpu not so much

How about with a 4060

​@@bruh-sc4oothere's no 4060 but 4050 and that's the one to buy, not the arc.

@@omarcortes5754 There is an RTX 4060 variant. They released one right after I bought the 4050 one. 😫

​@@omarcortes5754 Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 14th Gen i7-14700HX RTX 4060 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR6

I have the Lenovo LOQ 15.6: Ryzen 7 7840HS, 8GB memory and NVIDA GeForce RTX 4050 6GB- 512 SSD. Storm Grey i got it for 699 on best buy when it was on sale its a good laptop.(2023 version) it goes on sale like every month ngl for 700 - 750 its a good deal ngl, off sale it cost $1,099.

No it really only helps with battery/charging issues

Birkaç incelemede 230 watt ile deneme yapıldığını gördüm fakat hiçbir katkısı yok. Sanırım mühendisler laptop üretiminde güç ihtiyaç testi yapıyorlardır mutlaka. Belki diğer bilgisayarlar abartı olabilir.

For how much, my local laptop store sells it for 655 dollars with a m100 mouse.

bought mine yesterday but its i5-13450H and rtx 4050

​@@Kyrioahow is it?

@@Meliodas-zp4yw so far it's good but the battery is draining rapidly, i can only use it for a maximum of 2 hours.

Y aun la recomendarías o no? Que tipo de juegos juegas en él?

The label said it was an office work battery benchmark.

i’m thinking of getting one with the relatively same specs as you, how’s the gaming experience?

the arc gpu driver has received extremlely good optimization updates now, it beats the rtx 2050 and is on par with the 3050 on dx12 games and some dx11 games tho older games would run better on nvidia since intel hasnt tackled much yet

Thanks for watching!

You never game on a gaming laptop without the charger. I honestly don't understand why people even mention the battery life, it's not a notebook.

Same from India too but it's a beast

Is 3050 sufficient to play game?

@@calphak7389 It's not great for laptop. Maybe expect 50-60fps average on lower settings on more demanding games.

@@exitoz1396 i currently have Geforce MX250. Is 3050 or even 2050 better than MX250?

Same question

Same, wondering if I should got for this or acer nitro v16

@@faridahyasmin7660 already bought it loq but not intel. lenovo LOQ ryzen 7 4060

@@christiancarlmolas7473 bought LOQ ryzen 7 4060 not intel

What's up with everybody asking for motherboard issues, if it does have that issue he would mention in it in his review.

The Intel Gpu model is perfectly fine. The only problem is with the higher wattage gpu's like 4070 one's. & a530m is waste instead seek for rtx 2050 it got the same price with increased performance.

Absolutely!

Do you Guys know the Max Ram on the Loq1582xt 4050, mine has 16 but been thinking on 32 ddr5 5200mhz

Can it run any of the latest games smoothly

@@SlaveOfAllah1000 not really. maybe on low settings.

I'm using this laptop for a few days now. Yes it works well with Adobe just upgrade your RAM to 16GB and add another SSD base model is just 512GB

So how was it....?

Got the exact same and its my first laptop and its good. I can play valorent at like 300-500 fps. Display is nice too after changing to colour to 70% saturation using the intel control app. Only complain is that the battery life is like 2 to 3 hrs only and the speakers are quite bad but usable. Also there's no dolby atmos. The rgb lighting was buggy initially but i think the software update fixed it and now it works very smoothly, the rgb lighting is bright and vibrant but its brighter when the ac is not plugged for some reason. The build of it also feels slick and quite premium. But the battery life issue is the main problem for me currently but i see that its a common problem among most gaming laptops. But for gaming its smooth and home use its very nice. The feature app is also very useful.

Bro did you face any issues with it

no

The differences over last year's model aren't very meaningful, I guess that's why reviewers aren't that interested

No review embargo. I just haven't requested one to review. Most of the laptops coming out are identical to last years model minus the slight CPU change which is pretty much the same as last year. I think most reviewers are just not reviewing them because there is no point.

You can see by the price that it is not really an upgrade and that it is a sideways edition for 2024, a stop gap as the new architecture chips are not ready yet. I would say to anyone that does not need to upgrade at the moment that giving 2024 Windows laptops a miss will be a good sensible decision. Wait for the next-gen AMD, Intel Core Ultra, and Snapdragon X Elite.

I've been waiting for that too

nah if you're gonna buy the rtx 3050 6gb, go for the 4050 6gb instead, because of it's power efficiency, dlss, fg, and more power proof capability than the rtx 3050, it's not that much more expensive than the 3050

@@Meow-Meoooww sure, I recommended the 3050 because it's cheaper and the jump from Arc to 4050 is a bit high

somewhere 100+

Definitely zephyrus g16

The rtx one as always

Really? I mean i use it ALOT more than the CTRL key. Im sure you'll be able to rebind it with third party software

@@MatthewMoniz I do agree that right CTRL was pretty useless, but why the Copilot key? It's incredibly under baked compared to ChatGPT and Gemini, to the point where the extra steps to access the more powerfuls AIs are easily worth it. Lenovo should've just made it a non-third party rebindable key.

@@ctrl_x1770 While I would just say if you won't use it and it's not necessary to, why bother complaining? On the other hand, the rebindable key would be really smart, I give you that.

@@iuhshwth1634 To be honest, I was just joking with my original comment about how useless copilot is.. I don't actually care too much about the copilot button. My bad though jokes don't carry too well over text

I dunno still contemplating on whether its worth reviewing it. Not much has changed

So i shouldnt buy a leanove product?

@@JustGo0d I cant make that call for you. I live overseas and bought mine on a trip to the states. now I have to figure out where I could get it fixed. That said, others who have reported problems on theirs in the states have said customer service has been bad and despite warranties they are having difficulties getting theirs fixed and nothing done in a timely way. I need a laptop for traveling and will be buying an ASUS this time. It will do what I need to do, but not sure about gaming. I only play war thunder and the lenovo had good graphics and good graphics for photo processing. I am sure the ASUS will do photos well. It also has a card reader which the lenovo didnt have. I also expect the ASUS charging unit isnt a giant brick either. Good luck.

You'll find there's plenty of issues with Asus laptops too. The thing is it's luck of the draw and it seems it's cheaper for manufacturers to lose a few customers that will likely circle back in a few years (since it's not really greener on the other side) rather than have decent support and warranty procedures in place. As buyers we're left in the cold when we get unlucky and get a lemon.

The tuf models are better

tuf has better build quality.

it's mean you're not doing enough research of what you need or want 🤭

Why? Can you tell me what happened

5.3 pounds

Ya it’s going to be on a lot of laptops. I’m cool with it. It replaces the right ctrl key which I imagine most people don’t use.

​@@MatthewMoniz can you remap the copilot button ?

how's the performance so far? bought mine yesterday core i5 13th gen, rtx 4050

No brainer bruh the ROG strix g15

@@georickcastillo4868 what about the processor bro ?

115 bro

@@jashw1292 do you have the varient But in Lenovo psref site ,it shows 105w🙂

Get this one it can run all games a ps5 can

Go for lenovo but not hx mobo loq issues mostly are hx models and acers are meh most people who use warranty or fix their laptops are acers

With that price and spec you should buy the legion series or go for Asus ROG laptop line

Any update on your device planning to buy one

I think same

Did you find an answer? Is 3050 enough to play games?