Last week a purchased the Lenovo Y50 from tigerdirect for $1119. It's got an Intel i7 processor, 16gb of ram, a 1tb SSHD, 1080p, an external DVD drive, and a Maxwell GTX 860m video card. It's also less than an inch thick. The keyboard has 3 different levels of backlight (off, low, high). I didn't think I'd like the red backlight at all (I'd rather have plain white light), but turns out it doesn't bother me. I'd still take white/natural light over red, but my fear of it looking bling-gamer-annoying was quickly put to rest when playing with in person. A big deal with me is acoustics, and I'm happy to say its extremely quiet - especially considering it's form factor and performance. It seems thinner in person than what pictures convey, and the weight, while not super light, is very manageable.
The only big downsides is the screen and SSHD. Screen colors wash out at max brightness and viewing angles are meh. It's definitely usable and fine for what it is, I'm just spoiled with an IPS screen on my desktop PC. And the SSHD really only helps increase boot up times. I'll probably replace both the screen and hard drive sooner than later.
I've had a limited chance to run some benchmarks and play around with it, and I'm very impressed. The GPU overclocks effortlessly to 1222mhz on the core, and 6ghz on the vram. That's faster than a stock desktop GTX 750 TI and not far behind what the max overclocks those desktop cards can reach. The highest temps I've seen on the GPU is 67 C when overclocked and that is with looping benchmark runs and vsync disabled. I do plan on replacing the TIM with some good quality stuff very soon. Batman Arkham Origins averages 77 fps with all options maxed out, NO AA, and physx on normal. If I turn ambient occlusion and depth of field down to normal, I can crank physx up to high and still get 61fps average.
Here are a few pics when I first unboxed it before turning it on. First pic is a nickel up against the thickest part of the laptop.
For $1119, it's an impressive package that I'd have no problems recommending to anyone who wants a gaming / performance laptop without spending $1500+ and/or wants a thin form factor.
The only big downsides is the screen and SSHD. Screen colors wash out at max brightness and viewing angles are meh. It's definitely usable and fine for what it is, I'm just spoiled with an IPS screen on my desktop PC. And the SSHD really only helps increase boot up times. I'll probably replace both the screen and hard drive sooner than later.
I've had a limited chance to run some benchmarks and play around with it, and I'm very impressed. The GPU overclocks effortlessly to 1222mhz on the core, and 6ghz on the vram. That's faster than a stock desktop GTX 750 TI and not far behind what the max overclocks those desktop cards can reach. The highest temps I've seen on the GPU is 67 C when overclocked and that is with looping benchmark runs and vsync disabled. I do plan on replacing the TIM with some good quality stuff very soon. Batman Arkham Origins averages 77 fps with all options maxed out, NO AA, and physx on normal. If I turn ambient occlusion and depth of field down to normal, I can crank physx up to high and still get 61fps average.
Here are a few pics when I first unboxed it before turning it on. First pic is a nickel up against the thickest part of the laptop.
For $1119, it's an impressive package that I'd have no problems recommending to anyone who wants a gaming / performance laptop without spending $1500+ and/or wants a thin form factor.
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