Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15 Laptop, 15.6 FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage, Windows 10H

Great budget gaming rig!

I am going to buy this laptop for my son for christmas so he can play video games,and my so my son said that the laptop was really good and I researched it and I think it is really good

Package arrived very well packed and delivered with care. Easy to set up. Keyboard feels more like the old IBM ThinkPad business laptop which is fine. Size feels good to me. But the monitor display seems slightly grainy to me. Not as sharp as I had hoped. Not sure if this is due to my product or set up. Plan to call Lenovo customer service to get help. Will update review after a few more months.

Upon arrival, I immediately took the ram out and upgraded to 2x 16gb Samsung sticks. Didnt even turn it on first.

This machine comes with a capable mid-range AMD Ryzen 5 processor and a low end graphics card. The screen is non-touch 1080p FHD which is good, 4K is too high a resolution for a screen of this size. The key to the screen is its 120Mhz refresh rate. It will not be your bottleneck when gaming. At 250 NITs it is not very bright.

The pre-installed suite of bloatware eats RAM. Other than that great laptop, not the best battery, about 3 hours max on saving mode.

I love this laptop. Great for gaming and whatever else you want to do. Good cooling system as well. Just upgrade the ram with another 8gb stick and youll be good to go.

I got this for my 12 year old. This is our first gaming laptop. From our experience, its a good beginners laptop for gaming. It is on the lower end price wise, for gaming laptops. I find its comparable to other brands with similar specs. If you are a hardcore gamer, I would say this might not be the one for you. This handles gaming and videos well, but I dont think itll be delivering the amount of content in high quality for more advanced games. My sons games that dont require large amounts of data or high resolution for playing. This provides the speed and graphics he needs, but also allows for quick access for homework and research. Keyboard lights up nicely, and makes it easy to identify keys in the dark, when he plays games. Key strokes are light and responsive. Its very user friendly and settings allow to customize parental controls. Battery life is decent. He keeps it on his desk most of the time, so hes always within reach of a power source, but Id imagine gaming drains the battery a little quicker than just browsing internet. He likes setting it up for watching movies and hasnt had any issues. This can more than handle what he needs it for and his gaming. More experienced and advanced gamers, might be wanting more. Storage might need to be expanded, depending on use, so whether you upgrade laptop or use external harddrive, might be something to consider when pricing and comparing.

Battery life is not good.

Do not get this laptop if you plan to use the touchpad for moving the cursor. It will randomly become unresponsive. There is no way to fix it and is hardware related. Lenovo needs to make a new touchpad module or update their drivers. Overall terrible experience with this. Do not buy this.