Lenovo IdeaPad Y910 GTX 1070 w/i7-6820HK

"We were among the first YouTube channels to get our hands on the new Lenovo IdeaPad Y910 that boasts an i7-6820HK, GTX 1070, 64GB RAM and 2x 500GB SSD in RAID 0!"

Ideapad Y900 <== new Pascal Versions not shown yet...
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y900-series/y900-17/

Lenovo Y Gaming laptops, not updated either:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/gaming/laptops.html?sb=

 

Its going to be available in November according to Lenovo.

 

Some impressions after watching the vid, man that guy has a serious dust problem.

Also:
1. The finish looks chintzy to me with the textured palm rest area.
2. I like the glossy screen, also that the bezel is hidden behind the glossy panel.
3. Don't like how much screen real estate is lost, heck you might be able to fit a 4:3 screen in there.
4. It sounded LOUD.
5. No mention in the video about temps, wonder how bad it is.
6. The thin brick was a good idea.

What did you guys notice, were the benchmarks on par with expected results?

 

If be interested in fan noise levels under gaming conditions.

Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P

 

He talks bout it being a very loud fan at about the 6:20 mark. Says "most gamers will be using a dedicated headset and probably won't notice." In other words, you can't help but notice without plugging your ears with something.

As a Lenovo Y510p user currently, I applaud Lenovo for what they've accomplished but I can already tell you this laptop probably won't be worth full retail asking price. For me the reason to buy Lenovo was at the time, no other gaming laptops were being discounted so low. Assuming they release the Y910 for roughly say, $2500, in about 4-6 months when they add Kaby Lake or some other minor revision, it will go for 500-700 dollars cheaper.

Really looking forward to a more thorough, regimented review like Notebookcheck.

 

All the Pascal laptops run hot under gaming load, and loud fans are an added bonus.

 

I've had hands-on with the Y900, and found it to be quite unique. The textured palm-rest feels like a solid piece of rubber. The mechanical keyboard takes a bit of getting used to, but is solid. The multi-color backlighting is well done. The layout of the keyboard is really only good for gaming, though, not productivity (lack of dedicated Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, no Enter key in the numpad). Didn't get a chance to see what the fan noise was like.

More noise for your money, right?

Charles

 

Any idea when this is getting realised in the UK?
I see you can purchase in Australia.
Given issues with other brands I.e Alienware screen issues thinking this could be the answer...

 

Not a fan of the new styling. Way too outlandish.

 

Hey guys!

Thinking about buying this laptop. Anyone who has seen it in person or owns it? I am interested in how much noise it makes when doing simple tasks on it? If it is noisy when gaming does not bother me that much.

 

I just bought a Y910 from Lenovo. I gave 2500 Euro on offer. i7 6820HK, 32GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD PCI-E and GTX1070 and 75Hz IPS 17 ". I very much look forward to this. I dis-chose the Asus ROG from when you can not maintain it or it is too difficult and MSI GT73VR is just too thick and looks very ugly. I plan to throw a new thermal grease on the Y910 when it arrives. it seems like a great machine and for only 2500 Euro was, I got most of the money, the normal price in my country Denmark is 3100 Euro. I know it's not Intel Kaby Lake cpu, but I survive enough and doubt I can feel the difference.

 

Have you received the laptop yet? What do you think?

 

Hi

Just received the 6 hours ago.

First impressions are very good. It is VERY heavy but goes enough. The screen is far above the level from my Acer G9 593 which I sent back. IPS and 75Hz work well with G-Sync. There has been a fan control and I do not experience undue noise from a fan during idle. The keyboard is nice and fast, but you should know is a little noisy as it is Mechanical. Any Questions are welcome to contact.

 

Thanks for the fast reply. Really considering this laptop since the Alienware i bought was a real dissapointment in every way.

How is the build quality and noise levels? Are there a lot of polished black plastic?

 

The build quality will I say is good. The Acer Predator i have before was very good, there is a little bit more plastic where the speaker is, but everything else is solid and feel very good ind the hand when you lift it. After 2-3 hours of BF1 Online 64 map, cpu gets up to 78 degrees and gpu 67 so thats very good. im planning on putting some grissly thermal pasta on it later. When you play the fans is around 60 too 70 % you can hear it, but its not like a jet engine. There is no polish plastic on it only the bottom of the screen is.

 

Is it plastic or glas? Because polished plastic get so easily scratched. Alienware have it on bezel where the power button is and it was scratched even from factory

 

Hi Again. Its plastic, I cannot see any scratc on mine.

 

Thanks for all info

Why did you return the Acer Predator?

 

Hello.

I was actually really happy for Acer Predator, but the BIOS was locked for RAID 0 and after I installed an extra m.2 Sata SSD, so it was not the disk, it could drive RAID with unfortunately. I missed a little more Hz on screen and here is 75 so perfect. But no doubt that the IPS screen of Acer is one of the best I've seen.

Lenovo wins on the general appearance so I am very happy with this machine.

 

Hi again!

Now that you have used it for a while, how loud is it when browsing? How loud is it when gaming?

 

Hello.

When I just brguer the Office or movies onto my 4K TV so that says nothing. Fan always run around, but you hear it all. During the game, it depends a little on how heavy cpu intensive game is. It can be heard but not more than my old Acer Predator or MSI GT72. I think it acceptable by such a powerful machine, and so long as the temp is super, so I complain not.

 

Man that keyboard layout is really bad.

I also wish Lenovo would stop putting click pads on their gaming laptops.

 

I love the mechanical keyboard and thats it clocking, the layout could be better but for gaming its perfect, but if you do math in Excel evt. then it sucks.

 

Strange question maybe but when is yours manufactured? It says when on the box.

 

where can I see that?

 

On one of the sides of the box there is a white sticker. Towards the bottom of the sticker it says manufacturing date

 

31/11-2016 is the date.

they must have a 7. gen intel soon I think, but they are kind of slow...

 

Do your fans spin up when loggin into windows? They spin up to high speed then down again.

 

When i press the start button, the fan spin up for like 2-4 sec to remove dust, then when i got into Windows i do not hear them, until like a game is startet og something.

Its got the same metal fan like Acer did, i love them, make a better sound than normal plastic.

 

Ok

I like it so far. It is very quiet in desktop and idle. I can hear it but only faintly. Is there any fan control or is it just normal and extreme cooling?

 

I cannot see any control for the fans. At idle i cannnot hear them, and under game its not full speed at all. I like it too, but I have just spottet a pixel error on the screen. **** happens, have to send mine back and get a new one.

 

Is it a dead pixel? Or what do you mean by pixel error.

I hear mine very slightly but I can hear them in idle aswell. But I am very sensitive to fan noise

 

Its a dead pixel but that happen so i send mine back.

Im not sensitive for noise at all, so i think its perfect this one.

I just re-paste my cpu and gpu with grizzly thermal, the temp was falling 4-9 degress.

 

If you go into nerve center and turbo boost, how fast are your fans running in idle?

 

1500 rpm. I see for both.

 

mine is 1700 and 1600. Strange that it is different Are you on latest bios?

 

I think so, havent tjek, everthing is working fine so dont wanna down or upgrade bios hehe. But i think you cannot hear any diff from 1500 to 1600/1700.

 

I have a very small defect on the edge of the lid. Bothers me a little bit but I think no matter how many I order I will find some small defect somewhere

 

Bad, what is that? I only have that dead pixel thats all.

 

It is like a really small dot that I thought was dust at first that actually is a really small paint damage so you can see the aluminum underneath. But again, its very, very small so I think I am not risking a replacement as everything else is good.

 

ahh okay i see. just keep it for that little thing..

 

I sent mine back. I dont know if I should order another or get another model. When inspecting the laptop more there were many more scratches. There were also scratches and glu residue on the plastic below the screen.

 

It is annoying you've got such a bad model. Is it a demo or otherwise.? I keep my, I can not find the same laptop with 1TB PCIe SSD and gtx 1070 and a 6820HK cpu and 75Hz display IPS for the same money besides me to give more. Bought it on offer for. Best purchase.

 

How do you get 75Hz? My Y910 has just only a 60Hz-IPS Panel . €dit: I installed the latest 378.92WHQL NV-Driver and I also have 75Hz and Gsync. Very Nice.

By the way I bought the Ideapad last week. My Pros and Cons are:

+ Overclocks well with XTU (4.3G are possible on all cores)
+ The 1070 also have a lot of OC-potential and it has Samsung Ram on the PCB
+ In my opinion the fans are not too noisy escpecially in comparesion with a Clevo or an Acer NB.
+ Outstanding Gaming-Performance
+ Good Software-Support with regular Bios-Updates
+ A lot of Highend-Hardware for less Money.
+ Well processed
+ mechanical Keyboard
+ 75Hz-IPS Panel and the Display has Gsync-Support


- strange keyboard-layout
- Just only a 230W-PSU
- less possibilities to extend

A time spy run:





a 3d13 FS run:

 

@ALL with a Lenovo Ideapad Y-910

You think 75Hz refreshrate is not enough? You can edit the refreshrate via CRU (custom Resolution ultility) up to 100Hz (which seems to be the Limit).

Instructions:

- Download CRU
- unzip and open the file as an admin
- click the existing Profile with 75Hz and klick edit
- Change the 75Hz refreshrate to 100 Hz and press okay



- restart the machine


and you´ll get



You think your Y910 is too noisy, but you don´t want to loose Performance?

at the first you´ll have to disable all Options of the Nerve Center.
Then you´ll have to download Intel XTU and edit the Profile:



You can compare your result of Cinebench with this one - benched with the Settings shown above:



You want to max out the graphic Performance of the 1070?
- Download MSI Afterburner
- Install the file
- open the program
- press STRG+f
- edit the curve
- ensure the the min Limit is not over 1.75G and the max. Limit is not over 1.95G (the max. Limit is reached at 1.05V - the clocks above are petty)

 

Anyone knows if a M.2 Sata III SSD would work on the Y910? In my country, this model ships only with an HDD and I would rather buy a cheaper M.2 Sata III SSD than a M.2 NVMe SSD.

 

I've read on one of the Polish forums that not-using turbo and OCing processor instead makes GPU performance "limited" is that true?

 

This is currently on sale @£1,299 on the Lenovo UK website. That seems to be the best price for any laptop in the UK with a 1070 never mind one with an overclockable CPU and mech keyoard!!

The following spec:

Part Number: 80V1000BUK
Processor - Intel Core i7-6820HK Processor ( 2.70GHz 2133MHz 8MB )
Operating System - Windows 10 Home 64
Display Type - 17.3"FHD IPS AntiGlare LED Backlight 1920x1080
Memory - 16.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHz
Hard Drive - 256GB SSD PCIe+1TB 5400 rpm
Optical Drive - DVD Recordable
Warranty - One year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5
Battery - 6 Cell Li-Polymer
Bluetooth - Bluetooth Version 4.1
Wireless - Lenovo AC Wireless (2x2)

Link.

 

Hello all,
So I recently bought this notebook. SO far I'm satisfied with it, looks sturdy, well build and performance is great. However I'm finding the CPU temperatures a bit too high, stock can get up to 90+ degree, but when I try to overclock and even under volt the temperatures rocket up to 95 and more. This is mostly in Battlefield 1 multiplayer which i find in mi experience the most demanding game for stressing CPU and GPU together.
What temperatures are you guys getting stock on CPU or overclocked ?

Thanks

 

Hi - is that still the case ?
Does anybody else has these temperatures without the laptop being under high stress ?