Ideapad Y510P

I just said I got referred to him by a friend who got a good deal on the computer. Unfortunately though, it looks like the bundle isn't available anymore

 

Eh $1239 for the SLI still isn't too bad. Do we have any confirmed battery life tests on it at this point? If I could get 5 hours out of it when not gaming then it may top my list, if not I may be leaning MSI GE60 at this point.

 

can anyone confirm this comes with/without french keyboard?

 

yep I just tried. the best they could do is lower the price to a student pricing. no bundles whatsoever.

 

I'm noticing a lot of people talking about them. What model would you consider equivalent to the Y510p SLI? They look like nice machines. A bit thick though.

 

That's unfortunate
It was a pretty dang good deal. Glad I got it when I did haha.

 

Why is the newegg version not being discussed? I mean for $1149 you get SLI config but loose 4gb or Ram which dosnt seem like a big deal. That price is after tax and free 3 day delivery.

 

Well 4 gigs less no 24 gig SSD. No lenovo extended warranty. Neweggs warranty is a joke compared to lenovo.

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1. 4gb less won't make a real life difference
2. 8 vs 24gb SSD won't make a difference since both aren't enough for anything, they are only used just to boot the system faster then a normal HDD
3. You got me there on the warranty
4. I actually love Newegg's warranty, I have never had a problem with it, they are always good and quick at replacing your product

I guess it just all comes down to personal opinion.

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I dont know much about SSD but I was thinking to use that small space only for fast boot (Windows install?) prouposes.

So, 8GB is enough for that? I need to have the whole Windows folder on that drive for fast boot? Or how do that works?

Because I think Equant is right $1149 AFTER taxes for SLI from Newegg sounds pretty good IMO, and you can upgrade the ram later too.

 

Yup exactly that's what I'm doing now, I was originally going to buy at frys electronics that exact model from Newegg, just so I can get it quicker, but its not worth the extra money (tax). And as for the 8gb it all depends on where Lenovo is storing the OS, I would figure that they would put it on the SSD since that only makes sense. But I could be completely wrong. Also I'm not too sure how big Windows 8 is and how much gigs it needs. So if it can fit on 8gigs then yes it is good enough.

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The 8/24GB SSD is only for speeding up the system, Lenovo installs Windows on the main 1TB HDD. Unless you go into the BIOS you can't even use the SSD for storage, as it's set up to be a caching drive.

 

Well there is your answer! So the 8gb vs the 24gb won't make a difference. Thanks for the information.

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Hello guys! I am thinking of ordering the basic non-SLI 8gb version from Lenovo. The estimated ship date is 6/20. Have you experienced large delays from your estimated ship dates yet? It's very important for me. If the shipment is to be delayed by more than a week, there is no point in placing the order for me.

 

I read the warranty terms but all i can figure that: you get your warranty where you purchase! That's not what a global warranty must be. , also doesn't newegg gives the Lenovo warranty to its products like Amazon does? Or does it have its own terms & conditions? I will only buy y510 when i see a global warranty in it, sad not seeing it now .

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I was curious about this as well since I wanted the y510p SLI model, but I live in Canada and it's only available in the US at the moment. I was planning to get it shipped to a US mailbox, but then I found out that if I bought warranty, it only works for the US. As in, if it broke, I would have to ship from a US address to their US facility. Sucks I know .

If anyone knows where to get a y510p SLI model with international/global warranty (or somehow get warranty although I live in Canada), please do tell!

Also, for those that are wondering about the extended battery life rumour/if the y510p has optimus technology enabled, it appears that on battery, it indeed does run on the intel gpu (provided you have the driver installed for it). Got the information from this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ideapad-essential/720968-how-much-better-y510p-than-y500.html

 

I still think it's a typo. The cache drive is a new form factor ssd, so to see a company waste resources on an obsolete size drive is just plain baffling. Also, you're right about the speed - it won't be any faster. It just won't be as fast as often as if you had the 24 gb. The more files it can copy to the cache drive, the more quantity of operations it can operate at high speeds. 8 gb is barely enough for boot files, so you won't be getting more than faster boot time as opposed to larger cache drives which may operate other programs at higher speeds.

 

Larger cache drive is important specially when dealing with a 5200 rpm drive. Alone windows 8 takes up over 20 gigs alone. Read the fine print before you buy an extended warranty off someone other then manufacturer. Newegg doesn't have to fix the body with Accidently which is redicious they just have to get it working.

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Can anyone that has the SLI version of the Y510p please follow Campy888's method(in the above link) and see if Optimus works with 2 cards installed? You might have to disable the second card in Nvidia Settings and/or pull the card completely to get the drivers to install initially. It would be really nice to have this option if needed and it would certainly boost the 5 hour battery life to something more like 7 hours.

 

Interesting it does appear from screen shots that the igpu is not disabled. Therefore you should be able to use it. I don't think sli would ever allow for this. But if you remove the second card it becomes most interesting. Can anyone else confirm this?

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I don't think I've ever installed any drivers of any sort. If anyone would be kind enough to take the time to explain to me how to install these drivers? Any extra boost to the battery life would be absolutely great! And also, will I be using the Nvidia or the integrated graphics when playing a game?

 

I was wondering whether it is possible to just get the second 750m ultra bay by itself. For me it's going to be a toss up between using the optical drive bay for another hd or for a second 750m if available.


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where did you saw that ?

 

See the other thread and ask him. From what I can see, you need to uninstall the Nvidia drivers and reinstall the latest from their site. Then it will prompt you to install Intel drivers. Just make sure you have the old drivers in the Lenovo partition just in case things go sour

 

So I've been researching laptops for the past month or so to purchase for college. My mother really wants me to get a MacBook Pro. Now I'm not totally against it, but I've been a pc guy my whole life. Not knowing much about laptops, my friend pointed me to the y500 which seemed like a super nice deal. The only thing I'm worried about is the 2-3 hour battery life. I'm a film maker so I need a decent setup to edit (using premiere pro, after effects and avid) now I know that I'm probably not going to be able to edit like I do on the desktop I built but I want something to get the job done. I am a big pc gamer too, but I don't expect to max anything out with a laptop.

So my question is, with a budget out ~$1,300 would I be better off with sticking with the y500 (12 or 16gb), step up to the y510p, or go with a MBP?

Sorry if this isn't the perfect place for this, but I just found out about the y510p today so I'm having second thoughts. And what's this whole discussion with the video cards in the y510p and shutting them off or something? Is it a big problem, or is it just to conserve battery?

 

Why would you get a PC if you're a filmmaker? The software on Mac is much better and the battery life is much better

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The only software that's Mac only is Final cut. And premiere can do everything FCP can do. Sure the battery is longer but the Mac isn't rocking the same specs as a windows pc. Plus the Mac prices are pretty large for what the have in them.

 

If you want portability and ease of video editing, go mbp. If you want budget, go with this one but know that the battery life is going to be less than advertised due to the work you're going to make your laptop do. The 15" mbp are decent gaming pc's, just dual boot Windows with it. Just wait until tomorrow to decide since they will probably announce the new models with the 750M in them.

 

Yeah but premiere runs better on Mac osx... Just giving you my 2¢

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I checked with newegg and their Y510p that they are selling is actually a 24gb ssd for cache and not the 8gb that they have in the description. So better for us! I'll save $250 anyday for 12gb instead of 16gb

 

YES! Thanks for checking!

 

I'm not that worried about portability. 6lbs isn't the worst thing in the world. And when I'm editing, I'll usually be in a dorm or near a plug. I'll just need it to last a 2-3 hour lecture for my normal classes. But I heard the y510p has a 5-7hr battery life now. Is this not true?

I'm curious as to why you think that? Why would it not work as well as on a windows machine?

 

It's 5 hours advertised. That usually means watching movies or lightweight processing with average idle times and medium brightness. Nobody on this forum has officially benchmarked it yet so who knows if 5 hours is legit. If anyone can get optimus working, your battery life will be even better but again, nobody had done this yet and it may be impossible. I would wait and see what people benchmark if you're concerned about battery.

 

Okay, thanks. And what exactly is Optimus?

 

It's an Nvidia driver that automatically switches between integrated and discrete graphics cards based on demand. In this case it would switch between Intel hd 4600 and the gt750m. Intel hd 4600 is much more power efficient but is also worthless for playing games. Unfortunately, optimus is incompatible with SLI so Lenovo disabled the ability to enable it on the y500 model. It appears they left it available in this newer model though, so we'll soon see if anyone can get it working. In every other brand laptop, this is a non issue, due to the simple fact these laptops are the only ones with SLI(dual graphics card) capability and others only have one card(or none).

 

I think Alienware has SLI laptops, do they have Optimus?

 

Would the Ideapad Y510p with SLI or MSI's GE60 20E-003US with a single GTX 765M be better, gaming wise?

MSI : MSI Notebook Official Website - Product Preview Page

 

Was looking into that last night. They are very close to equivlent. I use this site as a reference. Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - NotebookCheck.net Tech

Pros for lenovo: cheaper, better graphics card perfrmance, more ram, NGFF slot(assuming it's faster than msata and can accomodate a high capasity SSD)
Pros for MSI: Optimus works, It has dual mSata ports(Theoretically doubles the SSD speed if set up properly), you get a BD burner back

 

I am not sure if I really need the SLI for this computer. Is there optimus with only one 750m?

 

Sadly, there is no optimus even with a single graphics card. It would be nice since it could save at least a little bit of battery power. Optimus is one of the reasons I'm debating to get either the Y510P or Sager NP8230...

 

Thanks for the info. Thats a bummer

 

How soon do you think we'll be able to know if we can use Optimus?

 

Actually, I take back what I said... I'm currently reading a thread showing a Y510P with the Intel GPU enabled, so there might actually be an option for optimus.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ideapad-essential/720968-how-much-better-y510p-than-y500.html

 

I got the base model with 1080 screen (no SSD, no SLI) for $879.

Here's the paraphrased chatlog: (I'm using the Canada store)
Essentially, I contacted a sales rep and asked if I could customize one of their models (I was trying to switch the SSD out for 12GB RAM lol). The guy told me he couldn't do it, and offered me the $999 model with HD screen and 24GB SSD. I told him I didn't want the SSD, so he offered me the $1329 model: HD screen and no SSD (the 35% coupon isn't valid for that model, strangely). I told him I don't want that cause there's no discount, so he offered it to me for $879 if I bought right away (a whopping $450 off ). Needless to say, I took the deal and it's shipping "on or before" the 15th. wooo! \o/

 

Since you do not have the Y510P, I don't think it would be wise to state that there is no optimus and lead others to think the same if you don't know for sure. Please check the post I made a page or two back, a y510p owner was able (with screenshots) show that he was able to get the intel gpu running and it suggests that optimus may in fact possibly be enabled.

 

I replied a while ago saying that I found that same exact thread you mentioned, also linking it, but apparently it never showed up...
I was going to say that I take back what I said about there being no optimus. I think what I didn't seem to realize was the amount of review so far about this laptop, the majority had SLI. So I apologize for what I said earlier, misleading a couple of others, and correct myself by agreeing with optimus possibly being enabled.

 

Well it still remains to be seen, I mean running your system with the ultra bay open and empty is not exactly ideal just to have optimus support. Would be nice if some one with a single 750m and dvd drive combo can confirm this as well.

 

What was determined by those screenshots ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/ide...uch-better-y510p-than-y500-2.html#post9229651) is that we're not sure whether Optimus is enabled or the GPU is underclocked when the computer is on battery, but performance is noticeably decreased.

 

damn it the y510p is sold out on newegg i hope it will come back in stock soon.

 

I bought the single 750m, along with 8gb ram, 24gb ssd, and dvd. Order status says delivery date is tomorrow. I'd love to help, but I do not know how to go about to check for this "optimus".