Lenovo Y470 and Y570 Official Owners Thread

I am in the same boat as you. Was waiting for the AS4830TG but the throttling and integrated battery have me worried as well. I am looking to order the Y470/Y570 with Blu Ray + 750GB HDD for $919 with 20% off coupon. I also plan on replacing mine with an SSD. But I will probably sell my 750GB.

I think it would depend on what your needs are. If you want the space and do not need the ODD then go with the ODD conversion kit. Assuming the ODD is on a Sata 6 port for the Y470 (it should be) the ODD kit will be more portable and faster than the USB enclosure.

I like an ODD. I use one infrequently but it is convenient to have. Out of curiousity, why get the Blu Ray option if you are then going to replace it? You know the DVD drive is the Blu Ray / DVD combo drive?

 

Anyone having crackling issues coming from their sound output port?
How do I fix this?
I have tried Boston speakers, Bose headphones, and crApple earbuds.

 

Thanks for the response.

 

Have you 2 considered going with an mSATA SSD? That would allow you to keep both the optical drive and the HDD already installed, and forgo a caddy. Installation seems painless, and the drives can hold up to 128GB now.

 

I am having the same issue when using my Sennheiser HD 202s. It only happens when headphones are plugged in, hopefully it's only a driver issue but I read it could be due to components being too close together which would be hard to fix.

 

its very lame that nvidia does this.

 

hey guys i've a quick question

i am very strongly considering getting a Y470 right now...

ok, i lied, i have more than one question...

firstly, the way that the sale prices are on lenovos site right now...it would actually cost me about 90 dollars more after a coupon to get the same model with 500GB 7200rpm HD and no blueray (to be fair, i dont forsee watching bluerays...) as it would for 750GB 5400rpm with blueray. Honest opinion: is the performance difference worth it?

Also, i'm debating between this and a dv6t...at this point, the screen resolution is my main hangup, in that i can get a 1080dpi with the other, but also battery life...to be fair, its not much a difference on 6 cell, but i have the option of getting an oversize 9 cell from HP that would make it have like 4-5 hours more battery than the Y470.... how much battery do you guys get on average? do you know if theres any chance of lenovo selling a larger cell/oversized battery at any future point?

lastly, how do you like yours, Really? any major complaints? how is the build quality? did it meet expectations? i'm having trouble finding any real reviews for this model since its so new, so any feedback will be very much appreciated.

also, i never owned a lenovo before. how is tech support if theres an issue as compared to other major manufacturers?

 

Cassandra022- The difference between 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm hard drives is very slight, even unnoticeable to some. Hard drives are user replaceable and you could always upgrade in the future if you weren't satisfied with the speed.

As for technical support; It's hit or miss just like other companies as every employee is different, thus resulting in positive or negative feedback. As a whole they're not too bad.

 

This. You can get a 40gb or 80gb Intel 310 SSD that will fit in the mSata slot on the system. Without removing anything else.

 

YouTube - ‪Lenovo y570 Ram Upgrade and Overview (English)‬‏

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After monitoring cpu for a bit, max temp I've gotten for it is 93.

Btw I have the same audio issue with my headphones when nothings playing through them, might be because of the internals, because I can here the static change as I scroll. Not having any real crackling but there's a lot of fizzing.

 

I find it kind of amazing that there is still not a single unboxing or review video for the y470. Theres a few for the 570 so it would of been nice to be able to compare the two.

I am still waiting on my order for the y570 that seemed to have been delayed forever lol.. This wait has given me some time to consider if I should of got a y470 instead since same resolution and the video card does not seem to be leaps and bounds greater (and y470 being lighter)

 

i think the y570 is pretty ligght actually, i can hold it in one hand and use it, (like right now) for quite a while if i had to . I usually zoom out on web pages anyways so I do get use out of the etra screen real estate. (can zoom out more and still see what's there)

You're going to love your y570 (when it comes...)

 

I hope so. I been so use to my 14inch asus I been using for a couple years. I think the y570 and my 14inch asus weigh the same LOL but the y570 is obviously wider.. and I wonder how that will be. I have a tendency to use my laptop laying on my bed with the laptop on my lap. Hopefully it will be as comfortable as this asus has been.

 

Got about 2 hours and 48 minutes of video playback.

 

So how do you guys like the Y470?
And specifically, is it easy to carry around? Is the screen decent? How is the battery life? And finally, does it look nice?

I'm thinking of getting the 085526U, with i7-2630QM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 1GB, 8 GB, 750GB 5400, Blu-ray.
The super-fast boot requires buying a separate SSD, right?

Thanks for your help.

 

I suppose I can put up a semi unboxing video. What would you guys like to see in it. I have the Y470 with the i5 and 7200rpm Hard Drive.

 

yeah. we would love to see it.

 

Here is my first impression / unboxing. Let me know if there is anything you guys want to see that I may have forgot.

YouTube - ‪Lenovo Ideapad Y470 First Impressions‬‏

 

The mSATA option looks attractive, but I already have a 128gb 2.5 inch sata 2 drive that Ive been using in my desktop that I would transfer over. I got the Blu Ray kind of on a whim because that particular set up was on sale that day, figure maybe it can help future proof it in case I actually buy a bluray disc one day. It is convenient though to be able to throw the odd DVD in. I wonder what the weight/battery calculations involved are - I'm guessing either option (replacing ODD or HDD with SSD) has little effect. Thought: could I put the ODD in some kind of USB caddy to plug in when I want? If it could be converted to an external bluray player that might be the best option.

Edit: found an example of an external sata optical drive enclosure. Reviews claim it works with bluray drives. I'll probably order it and let you know how it goes.

 

There was a 20% off coupon on the Y570. Did it expire? Anyone have any good coupons?

 

Thanks for the video. One thing I can mention. When your showing the sides of the laptop, its a bit too dark to see the connections.

 

Hi, I am a student who will begoing to college this fall. And for my first laptop I ordered lenovo y470 for 700 (with 2 year warranty) with I-3.



When I ordered it the esd was june 22 but it soon changed to june 27 is it normal?
I read 40 something page and did lots of research and a lot of people had this problems.
I did not change anything other than warranty.
Does it usually take that long? How long does it usually take?

I am in hurry because im moving on july 13....

was originally going to order dell xps15 but lenovo had betteeer spec
And cheaper.:/ ( also heard lenovo is reliable than dell...i hope I made the right choice.

Excuse my typos, I'm writing this from my phone.

 

Whats the coupon?

 

Lenovo had it on their website. I think a Father's day coupon. It was 20% off

Damn. Now I only see a 10% off one.

 

Eunkipark92:

mine shipped a week earlier than expected ship date - i wouldnt assume this is typical. they ship from china and take about a week to arrive from ship date. i couldnt live without a laptop until it arrived, so i purchased a netbook off of cl, and the laptop, and it was still much cheaper than buying a notebook with similar specs from another manufacturer.

 

It expired on june 15.

 

Yeah, my camera and the lighting kind of sucks. I was hoping that me pointing would at least give an idea.

 

Has anyone figured out why the Y570 scores a WEI of 4.7 while the Y470 scores a 5.7? They both use the same Intel i5 2410m, 4GB RAM but I'm unsure if speeds are different. They both use the same integrated graphics from the i5. The 555m should be slightly more powerful than the 550m. My wifes Y470 has the 7200RPM hard drive so its not suprising hers scored better there.

Y570
Processor: 6.9
Memory: 7.1
Graphics: 4.7
Gaming Graphics: 6.7
Primary Hard disk: 5.8

Y470
Processor: 6.9
Memory: 7.4
Graphics: 5.7
Gaming Graphics: 6.7
Primary Hard disk: 5.9

 

no idea.. i got mine today so i will try to share my wei scores in about 7 hours later. (i7, 7200rpm)
Does your and your wife's gaming performance reflect those scores?

 

how long did it take for lenovo to ship your laptop?

 

The only difference in peformance is she may get a few more fps during gaming. I haven't noticed a significant difference in the games we both play. We really only play Left 4 Dead together and both systems max the game out with no issue. I haven't benchmarked them together besides the WEI check and L4D.

 

@ ekokinex try running it a few more times, when i first got mine I was scoring a 3.7, now i'm at 5.8 (WEI can be weird sometimes).

Here's my WEI right now.

Y570
Processor: 6.9
Memory: 7.3
Graphics: 5.8
Gaming Graphics: 6.7
Primary Hard disk: 5.9

WEI = 5.8

on my

Lenovo Ideapad Y-570
2.3 GHz Core i5-2410m
5GB DDR3
500GB HDD
Nvidia Geforce GT 555m

BTW, the WEI doesnt use the optimus chipset to calculate (and I haven't tried it yet) so in theory the scores of the y570 and y470 should be exactly the same as they have the same hardware.

Edit: one thing to keep in mind is that the y470 comes with 2 2gb sticks while the 570 has a single 4gb stick, performance wouldnt be that drastically different though.

 

ordered it on the 3rd of june. i guess it takes a week to build and a week to ship. fair enough i'd say.

I live in vancouver btw...

 

I guess it's really a hit or miss. hopefully canadian ones come with adjusted video cards.....

 

Honestly the 555m vs 550m is coming off as a bit of a gimmick now... a little dissapointed about some benchmarks, but it does preform very well w/ my games..

 

and hopefully newly released driver will make gt 555ms money's worth.
only reason i chose this over y470 is the damn graphics cards, nothing more...;(

 

agreed, that was the primary reason I went with the Y570.

 

Just ordered a Y570, hopefully shipping is fast.

 

Theres no reason to think they wouldnt release new drivers to make a better video card run better

 

im debating selling off my 570 and getting an m14x. i'd like to think that drivers will make everything better but the fact is the 555m in the 570 just doesn't have the same power as the ddr3 versions. it's just a fancy GT540m. and the sound crackling is bothering me because it is amplified through my speakers.

 

Just tried out my new y570 (i7,7200rpm) canadian edition.
overall i am pleased with the build quality.
hand rest is metallic (aluminum?) and the screen is very bright.


wei i got

7.4
7.6
5.9
6.7
5.9

i do not know what else i should write on...

 

Alright guys! I'm working on the overclocking, so far so good. !

 

I'm very pleased with these results, I'm using cinebench 11.5, simply because it's a fast quick and convenient way for my to analyze the effect of overclocking. Right now, I'm at 820Mhz with a peak of 81 C still. Interestingly at the base 752 it beaked at 84 C.

The highest I got the base 753 to bench is at 28.6, and right now my 820 is benching about 30.1.

I've read some people got all the way maxed on the 550m and still had good stability. I'll keep pushing it.

 

Didn't run any long term stability tests, but here are my results from the 11.5 cinebench, and Heaven 11 to check for artifacting. * = celsius

base temp = 42*

Core Clock (Mhz)
Max temperature (C*) [No long term load tests done]
Preliminary Cinebench 11.5 score.

752
77*
28.65

780
83*
29.22

820
81*
30.04

830
80*
30.32
Artifacting

830/1800
95*
Artifacting.

840
90*
Minor artifacting.

850
85*
30.66
Artifacting

860
Artifacting

870
81*
30.79
#2 31.19
#3 31.49
EDIT: Artifacting


880
??*
31.59
Noticeable Artifacting

900
81*
31.32

910 Severe Artifacting
UNSTABLE

950+ UNSTABLE.

Heaven11 bench went from 417 to a 463 (18.4 [this is actually higher than the notebookcheck bench for the ddr3 555m]) with a modest overclock of the gpu. You can probably find more stable settings, adjusting the memory clock, but I just wantedto take a quick look at how it does.

Stock gpu seems to be benching somewhere in between the 550m and the ddr3 versions. of the 555m consistently.

 

Hey nice! I will be getting my Y570 a few hours from now and Im pretty pumped. What did you use to overclock? Do you only adjust the core clock? If you dont mind, when you finish testing, can you post your final overclock that you will be using? Thanks!

 

What graphics driver do you use? Stock drivers?

 

Did some of you try the 270.61 graphic driver? I just read from some thai site that some of them use that driver. the one from Laptopvideo2go.

 

I just got my Y570 and I love it. But for some reason it freezes. It happened 3 times already. What do you think is causing this?

 

I just got my Y570 and I love it. But for some reason it freezes. It happened 3 times already. What do you think is causing this? Im just surfing the net when it happens. Is it the drivers?

 

freezes? I havent had any problem with freezing, For overclocking you can't really go wrong with MSI afterburner. It should be possible to update the drivers but I believe we'd need a modified .inf file to do it. I'm not sure if we can just use the same modified one that they use for the m14x or something, if someone knows more and can shed more light on that aspect....