Lenovo LOQ Essential 15" Gaming Laptop Core i5 16/512 RTX3050

Arrived well packaged, one small ding in the outer box, no damage to the contents. Having read a few reviews it was probably the best compromise between budget/performance for my uses. 1st impressions are good, feels a solid build, good overall finish. Clear screen, good colour rendition, initial setup was prolonged & tedious, be prepared for many updates! Battery (as per the reviews) lasts about 3-4hrs of general use, anything more intensive would drain it much faster obviously. Keyboard has a good positive feel, nice key action, background illumination has 3 levels, the brightest setting is a little too bright & you can get reflections on the screen! One colour, white. Lots of ports mostly on the rear of the unit, one USB port on the right hand side near the ... MoreArrived well packaged, one small ding in the outer box, no damage to the contents. Having read a few reviews it was probably the best compromise between budget/performance for my uses. 1st impressions are good, feels a solid build, good overall finish. Clear screen, good colour rendition, initial setup was prolonged & tedious, be prepared for many updates! Battery (as per the reviews) lasts about 3-4hrs of general use, anything more intensive would drain it much faster obviously. Keyboard has a good positive feel, nice key action, background illumination has 3 levels, the brightest setting is a little too bright & you can get reflections on the screen! One colour, white. Lots of ports mostly on the rear of the unit, one USB port on the right hand side near the screen hinge. Still finding my way around Win11 but so far OK. Performance is quick, well, anything is quick compared to my 10 year old HP! The mouse pad is ok, takes a bit of getting used to but overall works well. As with so many things it depends what you are using it to do, its all very subjective. For me this laptop works well, it does everything I want it to do quickly. Keeps my knees warm too, added bonus in the winter months!

Great gaming laptop for a reasonable price!

I bought it two weeks ago for my son and he is very happy with it. All the games he has are loading and playing smoothly without any lags, sound is also good. The only downsides are loud fan and poor battery life. Overall, for that price I couldn't buy anything better.

Review of Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9 15.6 Inch Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i5-12450HX, RTX 4060

This was bought to replace an old (10 years) laptop. Battery life is a bit short but, for me, it will rarely be used in that mode. Screen is bright, good definition, good colour rendition. Feels a solid build, good overall finish. Initial setup was tedious, you have to have a Microsoft account or create one to get past a certain point. Lots of updates, drivers etc etc. Overall I'm happy, it does what I want it to do & quite quickly.

[Rewarded Review] A great gift and a happy son

I am consistently impressed with the Lenovo systems. Having been in the computer industry for over 35 years I have used almost every major brand. Lenovo's just feel like a real computer; solidly built, durable and work straight out of the box. This laptop was purchased as a gift for my son this Christmas, he wanted a computer like his dad. We loaded some games, some programming apps and photo editing software. He has been using it almost non-stop and has been showing it off to his friends. The laptop performs great in some of the most strenuous game titles and hopefully will give him the tools to find a career in computer programming.

[Rewarded Review] Good all-around laptop with basic gaming ability

This laptop is an entry level gaming laptop. It looks like a normal laptop except for the shelf behind the hinge of the screen. It is solidly made and is on the heavy side for a laptop of this size and thickness. It is a 1080p screen with 144 hertz. This is an all-intel laptop with an intel processor and an intel ARC dGPU graphics. Boots up extremely fast, gets to the login screen in just a few seconds. You can disable fast boot if you want an easier time of getting to the BIOS. The back comes off fairly normally, there is room to put in a second NVME SSD for more onboard storage. The RAM it comes with is 12GB which is unusual, and a bit low for any gaming laptop. The included SSD is a 512GB model, The dedicated Intel ARC graphics card also only has 4 GB of RAM, ... MoreThis laptop is an entry level gaming laptop. It looks like a normal laptop except for the shelf behind the hinge of the screen. It is solidly made and is on the heavy side for a laptop of this size and thickness. It is a 1080p screen with 144 hertz. This is an all-intel laptop with an intel processor and an intel ARC dGPU graphics. Boots up extremely fast, gets to the login screen in just a few seconds. You can disable fast boot if you want an easier time of getting to the BIOS. The back comes off fairly normally, there is room to put in a second NVME SSD for more onboard storage. The RAM it comes with is 12GB which is unusual, and a bit low for any gaming laptop. The included SSD is a 512GB model, The dedicated Intel ARC graphics card also only has 4 GB of RAM, which is low for any gaming laptop. The difference between this and most gaming laptops is that this laptop will NOT use the dGPU unless you specifically tell it to for each and every game. You have to go into Settings, Graphics and choose Desktop App or Windows Store App selection, then find your game/application on the list and tell it which to use, built in graphics or the dedicated graphics. This works but would be confusing for basic computer users, who would need to rely on the prompts to do so by the Intel software. I could not get the Intel Arc Control software to find my games with a scan, so adding by Windows 11 menu Graphics was the only way to force the use of the graphics card. I would recommend this for an all around laptop, battery is good for unplugged general computer use. Gaming on battery will be around an hour or so depending on the intensity of the resources used by the game. As an entry level gaming laptop, it works, runs older AAA games fine, like Fallout 4, etc. Will not be able to meet the minimum requirements of many of the newer 2023/2024 release big games.

[Rewarded Review] Loq 15" 4050review

Very good laptop the sales team was unbelievably helpful to the point that i almost thought i was buying a top of the line legion laptop instead of mid range Loq.Now to the laptopThrow any task at it, and it'll handle it like it's nothing. MUX switch is their if you want to boost the clockspeed of your cpu or gpu. I've played Ghost of Tsuhima in it max setting in Balance mode (Default mode in which the laptop comes, we can either under clock it, queit mode, or over clock it , performance mode, got no lag no stutter nothing.Best laptop to purchase if want max performance in low budget from reputated brand

[Rewarded Review] Very responsive and very fast laptop

I bought this laptop as a desktop replacement (RTX3060) at first I thought that it will perform so much worse since it is only a 3050 but it has handled my use so well. Build quality is nice and so much better than the HP victus. The keyboard and trackpad are also so much better than laptops within the same price range. One flaw is temps, the reason is that the fan sucks air underneath and the foot pads are short making the ventilation not so good. The fan is adequate but the clearance is not well designed. What I did was just use a laptop stand until my adhesive laptop feet arrives. Otherwise this is a pretty powerful and cheap laptop with a nice screen.

came in great packaging, everything runs great

After researching for a few months, this laptop came up and met all my needs.This laptop has more than enough power to get through anything! Gaming-wise, it is one BEAST of a laptop for a cheap price! That high-performance i5 12450HX paired with the RTX 4050 is great for gaming on a budget.I especially like the thermal modes. Quiet, Balance, Performance, and Custom where you can max out and OC (overclock) your CPU and GPU.Build quality is great, other than one of the exhaust pipes being near the ports.I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone wanting a good 5 or so years with it. Thank you Best Buy!! :)