Y50 Thread

I think Tim posted about this when he got his Y50. I am eagerly awaiting photos, but will choose to believe he got it right and that gives me some hope - Thanks Tim!!

 

Well, I am Chinese and I think I can translate some articles for you, just tell me which you want me to. But I cannot promise that I will translate all of the articles. Because it kills time and I will be a little busy in future days

 

It was just what I have said!
Those who care about viewing angles should wait for 4K version of Y50.

 

I'll take care of this soon when I get to a pc, including a little cleaning and certain other actions. Please, all, disregard this for now and stay on topic.

 

If he mods heavily he won't be fine. I did 1080p and ran into the 2gb ceiling a lot.

 

there's not really much difference between each reviews. if any one want to know temps, I have already posted an i5 model review a couple hundred pages ago and other stuff, and in that review the reviewer was running aida64 and furmark simultaneously for the highest load there's not really much to say after looking at the i5 reviews. all that's important for the i7 models is
1. temps after running double load such as aida64, furmark or 3dmark
2. whether did lenovo lock the clock speed like it did to the i5 models.
3. the internals (the kinds of capacitors and inductors they use on the motherboard) and upgradability issues
these are the things we can look forward to, the other things like keyboards and stuff would be leaning towards the subjective side, the build quality may vary depending how much they are rushed

there's gonna be no difference for the display. for non touch, you'll get either AU Optronics or Chi-Mei, for touch, you'll get BOE

 

Yeah 4k all the way but if you want it to be matte too you should put a matte foil or jump off the train, those r the choices unfortunately

 

Good news is that you americans will be the first to finish a review of i7 models. As far as I know, there will be no i7 model in China until the Dragon Boat Festival(6.2).

 

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I hope everybody isn't getting the false impression that the supposed IPS/PLS panel will definitely have better viewing angles. There are plenty of garbage IPS/PLS screens out there as well, even 4k. If they don't get the panel and backlighting right, they'll have to rely on software to get the brightness and colors correct which will ultimately crush the contrast ratio and viewing angles. Hopefully this is not the case but we'll only know until someone has one...

 

Any idea when these laptops will be coming to larger retailers like Newegg? Seems strange that Klick has them yet no one else does.

 

Can someone please tell me what the difference will be between the display of my MacBook Pro (late 2011) and the y50, I don't know anything about differences between display types

 

I'm not positive, but I think that Klick has them because they are a private small business. They likely ordered 30 laptops or something like that the day that they came out and are selling just their stock themselves. Notice also how they have the 4700HQ models. These are the only models with realistic shipping dates right now. Klick is the greatest thing to happen to the Y50.

I would guess that Newegg would carry it in July.

 

honestly, if you are in china, just get the i5 model. the i7 model in china doesn't have that good price/performance and i5-4200H is pretty good for daily things

 

That is disheartening. The 2 things that were putting me off this laptop were the screen and the WiFi card. I am holding out for the 4k in the hopes of a higher quality PLS screen and am willing to pay the premium as long as it isn't too ridiculous. I was also willing to self upgrade the WiFi card, but after looking at this it seems to be a wasted effort. Can someone explain the exact differences between the 3160 and the 7260? Where will I be losing off when using the 3160?

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Yes I am wondering the same thing also.

But I also have a Question or two for Klick?

Are you an individual re-seller, that just bought up stock and are re-selling them?

Are you an authorized re-seller?

The only thing that seems kinda sketchy is if you are the first an individual re-seller how did you acquire you stock? Was it a imperfection run where they have less standards / imperfections where they dump those on third party re-sellers who then sell the items as-is. Because if so this would explain the production problems and them getting shipped in a timely manner if they had issues.

 

7260 is 2x2 while 3160 is 1x1. both can use 2.4ghz and 5ghz, but 7260 can use both simultaneously while 3160 can only use 1 at the a time. that's the main problem, using the 5ghz alone is good enough for wifi. the main problem is that in several chinese reviews, people have reported connectivity problems with 3160. whether that's the router's problem or the wifi card's problem, it's still unknown.

 

I'll literally copy my answer from 3 posts above about my thoughts.

"I'm not positive, but I think that Klick has them because they are a private small business. They likely ordered 30 laptops or something like that the day that they came out and are selling just their stock themselves. Notice also how they have the 4700HQ models. These are the only models with realistic shipping dates right now. Klick is the greatest thing to happen to the Y50."

Just search the thread in "sketchy." I wrote pretty much the same questions back 100 or so pages ago, and Klick answered.

Email Brian if you want faster answers. Contact: [email protected]

Klick is definitely legit though. They even guarantee that you can send them back the laptop if you have any problems with it.

 

Well, I need a notebook to do some photo and video work. 2c CPU and 1080p TN seems not to be good specs for a notebook I need.

 

Thank god, someone actually didn't blame the card. If you look at reviews of the card, there isn't much mention of dropping signals. Also, the range for the two cards is pretty similar too.

 

it depends on what laptop it is used in. some chassis will cause more interference than others. wireless is mess, i'm just saying

i see, then 4k may actually give you a benefit

 

I'm going to preface this by saying I am not nearly as familiar with Macbook Displays as I am with other displays (I've never owned a Macbook). But I took a cursory glance at specs, so I'll give it a shot & anyone can correct me.

There's basically four things to consider if your display: glossy vs matte, viewing angles, color accuracy, and brightness. How much you care about each one is up to you, but I'll do a direct comparison on each for your screen vs the y50 here (or rather, the y510p, since we don't have data for the y50 yet. The y510p is the last version, so the y50 should hopefully be even better).

Brightness: The Macbook Pro from 2011 averages 227 cd/m3 vs the y510p which averages 368 cd/m3 (up to 390-400 along the top). That basically means that the y50 & y510p will be significantly brighter than your current laptop. On the flip side, the brightness level across the y510p/y50 varies more from top to bottom than your Mac, but even at the bottom it has a significantly higher brightness level.

Viewing Angles: Both are TN. So if you look at your Mac from the sides and top, and shift the screen viewing angle, it'll probably be about equivalent. In my opinion, the viewing angles of the y510p are actually better. We don't know the viewing angles for the y50 yet, but if you're already on a TN screen, it will be similar if not better.
Your Macbook: http://www.notebookcheck.net/filead..._entry_glare_viewing_angles_01_8823e833c5.jpg
The y510p: http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_black1_633338b475.jpg

Color Accuracy: I believe colors will be slightly more accurate on your Macbook Pro, but since they're both TNs and the color gamuts are similar, it'd be hard to actually tell the difference. From a subjective viewpoint, the significantly increased brightness of the screen on the y510p/y50 will probably make your colors pop a bit more.

Glossy vs Matte: The Macbook Pro 2011 had both glossy & matte options. I don't know which you have; I think the default was matte. Glossy colors are a bit more vivid, but have a high level of reflection. Matte are slightly more dull, but also more accurate & resistant to reflection. Thus, Matte does a lot better in bright rooms or outdoors & many people prefer that on a laptop. The y50 is matte.

TL;DR : y50 will have equivalent viewing angles/color accuracy, increased brightness compared to your current screen.

 

That's why I try to find out all the infomation about the 4K panel

 

ARCTURAR - I would definitely check the wire then. Wrong colour (mine was bright green) and staticy is exactly what I had. For six months before I got around to fixing it (during that six months I played portal for the first time, completely finished the game, and saw somebody else playing it afterwards and only just then discovered that portalable walls and non portalable walls are different colours. No idea how I got through it in retrospect). Of course it may not be, but if it's something else it'd be insanely coincidental etc. Mine never went black as when I opened it up the positioning of the hinge and screen and everything meant it was impossible for it to fall out completely, although if your laptop is slightly open dust could be an issue as well, it's insane how much gets in if you give it an opening.

The conversation about display has convinced me to never get a better screen than a standard TN rather than convincing me to pay more for a fancy one - I may be ignorant to the differences but that seems like an expensive thing to learn and get used to. I can't even tell the difference between normal and HD TV, I think I'm happy in ignorance, and I already spend an insane amount for good audio (buying real non remastered CDs just to get lossless rips because I can't listen to mp3 anymore, fancy headphones, stuff that overrides soundcards etc - I can't add fancy visual to that too). On that note audiophiles dislike Beats. I don't class myself as one but this had to be pointed out. More money + more bass is not a good thing, and I don't understand this bass fetishisation trend happening in audio right now.

Also, due to everybodies shipping times being everywhere and people much closer switching to Klick I doubt I'll be one of the next few in this thread to get hold of their y50, but if I am I'll obviously answer everybodies questions/show unboxing/internals pics etc.

 

First and foremost - again, I don't want to use this thread all the time to answer questions about the business - it's best to email me directly at [email protected] and I'd be more than happy to engage. Since these are relevant questions:

1. We are a Lenovo Business Partner, which for lack of a better word is an Authorized Reseller for Lenovo products.
2. We acquire our stock direct from Lenovo - we've been selling Lenovo for quite some time, and have developed a good relationship with the company.
3. No, these are not imperfect systems - these are the same systems you would get if you ordered from Lenovo yourself. If you check our marketplace sites, you'll see that we sell other Lenovo systems as well, and we generally try to have the best price available. As a small business, we focus on trying to have the most popular models, versus having a ton of different models. That's why for systems such as the Yoga 2 Pro and Yoga 2 13, we only sell one of each model as the ones we have are generally the best selling / most in demand models. Our margins are a lot smaller than Big Box retailers that make $300-$500 per system they sell. So we try to rely on quantity by offering the best prices. In the next few months, we'll roll out our own website that is in development in order to sell directly, but that is going to be a bit in the future as it will be quite a big launch when that happens as we have a professional commercial web team putting it together.
4. We are now sold out of the base model Y50 - we expect to receive more in about 2 weeks.

 

See? Now that is customer service. Lenovo should take note.

 

Wait a minute. Till now people had a problem only with the screen. When did the WIFI card become an issue and factor of decision in buying the Y50??

 

Its always been a concern for some people, just not as many people as the screen as less people are privy to the WiFi card in general

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People in tieba complains that they suffers a lot from the "poor" wifi card, such as low speed and lags.
A reseller in tieba said if you run in win7, there would be no more problems.

But not everyone said in tieba is "correct", they just "feel" it but never make a test like a "real" reviewer. So I don't think it is a problem cause by the wifi card.

 

Jeez guys, I'm so annoyed at my broken screen that waiting for the Y50 is getting more and more painful. Laptops are supposed to be portable and mine isn't at all now: unless I can fix my screen I am practically without one for another whole month! On top of the June 26th delivery date being pretty sucky already, I don't trust Lenovo at all to honour it and actually deliver it to me by then. They might, or they might not, especially since I ordered an i7-4710 model (all Canadian models only have this newer processor). Lenovo's customer serviced is astonishingly bad: I sent them two emails over the last week that they promised to respond to within 24 hours. Guess what? No response on either email, and I think the chance of me getting one at this point is really small. What the hell?

I was so excited for this laptop but now I am seriously starting to consider the DELL XPS 15 Touch. The middle model is currently on sale in Canada for $1850 and comes with an i7-4702 processor, Nvidia GTX750 GDDR5 2GB graphics card, 1TB HDD+32GB SSD, Intel 7260 wireless card, 6 hours of battery life, an extremely beautiful QHD+ IPS Touch Display, and a promised June 8th delivery date. I also found a $150 dollar discount for orders over $1800, so the final price before tax would be $1700. Maybe I can get some sort of student discount as well if I talk to them. Compared to the top model, it only sacrifices a 512GB SSD and ~3 more hours of battery life. But its 32GB SSD is already much better than the 8GB SSD the base Y50 uses and overall the 1TB HDD+32GB SSD should be pretty good. At $550 cheaper than the top XPS 15 model, this one would actually be affordable - SSD plus 3 hours of battery life is not worth $550 + extra tax. 6 hours of battery life is already pretty great and good enough for my needs. The build quality is also superb, and the laptop weighs a shockingly light 4.4 pounds.

The cons are a smaller keyboard without the numpad or even a Home-End column (why are so many laptops copying the Macbook's crappy key layout?), lack of the really cool and striking red/black/grey design, possible coil whine when plugged in, and significantly less bang for my buck with regards to the graphics card and processor. But I could probably get used to the keyboard over time (grumble, grumble), the XPS 15's design is still pretty nice and is actually better for office/business purposes, coil whine isn't present all the time or on all models and can probably be ignored after some time even if exists, and the 750 should be pretty powerful already and shouldn't hold me back if I don't plan on running really GPU-intensive games often and am fine with using Medium settings when necessary (right?). Or I could lower the resolution to sub-HD and still have the game look better than it would on the Y50's FHD screen due to the superior colours and contrast on the XPS. The i7-4710 processor is maybe 10% faster than the i7-4702 processor but does this at the expense of battery life: i7-4702 should be able to handle Gamecube emulation just fine and it is maybe even worth it to exchange a tiny performance boost for more decent battery life. All of these cons are probably worth it to get the sexy display anyways, right? Price-wise the XPS 15 would cost be $250 more than the Y50, before tax.

I dunno, guys: help me decide! At this point I am leaning on calling Lenovo and asking to cancel my order: if they offer me something like a 5% discount I'll probably stick with them. But if not, I'm afraid I may follow through and get the XPS. I've wasted so much time tracking the Y50 and am pretty upset. I really want a laptop before the 26th, especially if I can't fix my current laptop screen.

 

If we're talking about MMOs, the lack of distinct Home-End keys is a pretty serious handicap, but on the flip side the 7260 Wireless is amazing and won't cause lag even when the 3160 might. So the pros and cons seem to sort of balance out, and the main things sticking out to me right now are the absolutely amazing QHD+ panel and 3 weeks quicker delivery time at the cost of $250. 1TB HDD+32GB SSD can compete with 512GB SSD in overall usefulness, and design and build quality on both laptops is outstanding. The XPS 15 even has 16GB RAM in the middle model, which is really nice. I dunno, guys, I think I might go for it unless you convince me otherwise.

 

If you're that unhappy and uncertain with Lenovo, I don't know why you need us to help you figure out what the better route is. In regards to whether or not to purchase the Dell XPS 15, thats up to you. If you've done the proper research and think it fits the majority of your needs and is still within y our price range, then its not a bad idea.

I too am extremely put off by the delayed shipping times and unkept promises. As much as I'd love to "stick it to Lenovo" and cancel my order (for I also feel they will not be able to ship in a timely manner), the y50 fits my budget way too perfectly.

 

GT 750M? gg bro

 

Hey man thanks a lot for that response! I think I will be happy with the y50 then because I never had any complaints with the screen of my MacBook. I did however have a glossy screen and while it did look nice the reflection was soooo annoying, so I think I'll be happy with the matte screen. Anyways, thanks for taking your time to do that research for me!!

 

Is the 750 really that bad? From what I've read, it can even play games like Crysis on Regular HD resolution and Medium settings with pretty good framerates . And neither Gamecube emulation nor most MMOs really tax GPUs that much. If I am willing to go for Regular HD and Medium settings when playing GPU-heavy games, isn't the 750 more than acceptable?

@Proteen: I don't know why, man, lol. I was super super stoked about the Y50 and just now it's dawned one me how lousy it'll be to have no portable computer for the next month (or longer if Lenovo lies yet again, which wouldn't be a huge surprise). But making spontaneous decisions isn't usually a smart idea, so I want to talk about it a bit and give myself a chance to get pulled back to the Y50.

 

I don't really know what is make or break for you, so I'll just comment on a couple things.

First, with the shipping date, I would definitely cancel with Lenovo. Klick is shipping their 4700HQ + 16 GB RAM + 4 GB 860M models by Thursday/Friday next week, so you'd get that model at approximately the same time (within a day or 2) as the Dell. Non-Touch, improved RAM/VRAM, otherwise equal to the base model. ~$1300 (ask Brian about discounts).

As another option, Klick is getting in Touch models next Thursday & shipping them by Monday June 9th, so you'd still get it well before your 26th deadline (if you want a touch model). I don't know the specs on those, but I assume they're the base models + touch and will prob be near $1300 too (ask Brian about it, I really have no idea on pricing).

As far as actual specs go:
Remove 4700HQ vs 4710HQ vs 4702 from the equation. In real world setting, and on emulators, you won't see enough of a performance change to notice. They'll all be fine.
To be honest, I do not think the 7260 vs 3160 wireless card will make a difference in gaming, MMOs, or normal browsing. But I'll note it below.
Final note, 16GB vs 8GB RAM, unless you know you're going to use it for other stuff, won't make much difference gaming/emulation/etc.

For the Y50 (~$1300 + cost of SSD, no tax from Klick if not in MD):
Design is subjective, but I like the Y50's.
750M is a significant decrease from the 860M
Significantly less expensive
4 GB VRAM + 16GB RAM if non-touch
Full keyboard layout

For the XPS (~$1700 + tax):
IPS screen will be nicer than the TN
1 TB + 32 GB SSD is better, but for the price you're quoting ($1700 + tax) you can just get a full SSD & put it in the Lenovo for much less.
7260 Wireless Card
16 GB RAM w/touch

Personally, I'd order one of Klick's models they're getting in next week and give up the IPS screen for the other benefits. But at the bottom line (in my opinion) is do you want to decrease your graphics card (& pay more) for a better screen. The other stuff is mostly variable.

EDIT: On the 750M vs 860M, yes, the 750M is a significant decrease in performance. I generally feel, with new laptops, future proofing to the extent possible is a good idea.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-860M-vs-GeForce-GT-750M

 

The 750M isn't bad but there's a HUGE difference between the 750M and the 860M. Close to 80% performance bump. Powering a 1800p screen with that card would be hard for anything except pictures and video. Forget games under 5 years old.

Edit: graph shows it all: http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/NVIDIA_GeForce_800M_Series_Performance_Boost_Wide.png

 

I was also torn between the XPS 15 and the Y50 and to a certain extent the Gigabyte P34Gv2. Although I am not from Canada, I was looking to purchase all three of those in Canada as well. Last night I pulled the trigger on the Y50 for a few reasons, mainly price and GPU. The Gigabyte has probably the best specs out of all three; the XPS has the best screen and build quality, and the Lenovo with the best bang for buck. In the end, after shipping and taxes and even discounts, the Lenovo was cheaper by at least $500 than the other two. Throw in the fact that at home I'd have the Lenovo hooked up to an external monitor and it wasn't a hard call at all. With the amount I saved I can get a nice SSD and another stick of RAM and still have money left over for a steak dinner

 

Thanks for the reply! I live in Canada, so would I have to order internationally from Ebay? How do returns work in that case if something is messed up with my model? I understand that Klick has a money-back guarantee and the 1 year Lenovo warranty is included even if I buy from them, but do these perks apply to international orders? I should probably just PM Brian, lol.
Timothy's experience with drive-swapping made his touchpad develop a bump and I have absolutely zero experience with upgrading so my results may be even worse. Either way it sounds like a pretty big hassle. And if I don't upgrade, the 32GB SSD on the XPS 15 would make the Dell feel significantly faster. Even so, your suggestion of Klick is a good one and is probably a better option for me than waiting until June 26th (at least) with a black laptop screen. I'll have to consider the XPS 15 vs Y50 some more, but I guess I'll sadly call Lenovo and ask them to cancel my order (I thought the XPS 15 would be super overpriced but at $1700+tax it is a pretty good deal too! That deal ends on June 6th.). I dunno what I'll do if they offer me a 5% discount though, lol. Maybe it makes sense to cancel regardless if they are going to be such annoying slowpokes.

 

I ordered internationally, and yes you do have to get it through ebay rather than amazon this way. Email them if you want to discuss pricing. I'm pretty sure that Klicks return policy includes even international orders (it'd be odd if they didn't) but you can always double check with them, but the warranty wont cover you anymore iirc. (Although it's possible that you could send it back to Klick and they could resolve the issue through Lenovos warranty now the laptop is in the US again, but again that's something you'll have to ask, and if you do find out these answers please put them here too as they're relevant to me and others too). You'd probably get a quicker reply through email rather than PM, I emailed them only an hour ago to figure out why there were two packages and got prompt replies. Upgrading HDD and similar components is unlikely to be any trouble, and you can always get a computer shop to do it for you with a garuntee if you want to spend a bit extra on that security.
Just remember that in a few months time a couple weeks difference in waiting will feel a lot more insignificant compared to which laptop you're currently using. Lenovos shipping times are rubbish right now, and I can very much understand the frustration, but in my experience that's a very small factor in the long term.

EDIT: [email protected] is the email.

Also I'm backing up my uni work, a few spare documents and pictures and the like, a few books and my music to dropbox in order to quickly throw it all on my y50 when it arrives and the eta is over 2 days. I'm super glad I started uploading everything now rather than on the day, haha

EDIT 2: I'm digging through lenovo's site and I'm less convinced that the warranty definitely doesn't apply internationally, it's hard to find solid info on it. Give me a sec and I should get a more definitive answer, though, as it seems the product is a factor in this and the y50 is too new for them to have sorted out all the T&Cs and fine print across the site

 

Haha, yes, I'd just email Brain.

As a side note, on that laptop, the OS comes installed on the 1 TB HDD; the 32 GB SSD part still acts as a cache.The 32 GB SSD Cache may be faster, but I don't know that it will be significantly faster than the 8 GB SSD Cache.

 

Wanted to clear up a few things here:

1. Lenovo laptops have an international warranty - you should be able to have them worked on in your country if Lenovo has a presence there. The only time this does not apply is if your country does not sell a particular model, and thus doesn't have the parts/knowledge to work on them. For instance, Australia doesn't sell y510's, so they won't work on them. The downside is that with new systems, usually there may be a delay if they need a certain part as the parts usually aren't stocked yet and they have to have them shipped from China. If you system doesn't need a part, then it shouldn't take that long. And of course since this is a new system, if your country doesn't sell them yet, then they may not be able to work on them right away either.

2. International returns - we do of course still offer a full refund, but we do not pay for the return shipping for international orders. Most of the systems we sell prior to the Y50 are of course not new systems, so we basically say the buyer is taking the risk if purchasing international as far as return shipping, and we encourage the buyers if they ask about returns to check with Lenovo in their country to make sure they can work on the system prior to purchasing, so in the event that something is wrong, then they don't have to pay the return shipping to send it back and can get warranty work done. However, screen damage is never going to be covered under warranty.

2a. There's also a very slight chance that Ebay will take responsibility for damage in shipping and pay for the return shipping, but that requires pictures and a lot of luck. Basically you have to prove that the damage occurred during the international shipping, which of course is kind of difficult to do. Just throwing that out there as well, but again, I wouldn't count on that happening.

Hope this helps.

Brian

 

I've been talking to a lenovo rep for 10 mins and crawling through the site trying to find this information and you still managed to get there first. Gold star. Also happy to know that I have a working warranty (the rep honestly has no idea), even if I'd have to wait a couple months to use it as we have no y50s officially over here yet.

Just finished talking to the US rep - they basically said they don't know as it is new and therefore not listed yet. It's insane a third party retailer knows more about their policies than they do.

 

@arcturar

Check the owner lounge for the Dell XPS 15 here for possible problems and reviews. Be aware that a lot of users are complaining about coil whine, i think they said something about Dell bringing out a revised motherboard or something like that to fix the issue.
Also, here in Italy the XPS 15 is now listed with an i7-4712

 

Question regarding the 3160:

I understand that it can utilize both 2.4 and 5.0 ghz frequencies, just not both at the same time.
My question: if I go back and forth from a house with 2.4 and one with 5 GHz do I need to manually adjust for the change? Or is it automatically adjusted?

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Just ordered from Klick, went for the 16/4gb model. Let's hope ordering this without any reviews wasn't a bad decision in the end...

 

Just placed an order for the base model through Klick, I can't stress enough how good they are at customer service.Brian went out of the way to help me in redeeming my gift cards.

Suggestion to Brian:You guys should start selling more stuff not just Lenovo.


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Automatically, if you're changing houses and there's only one wifi connection in each place. You'll need to manually adjust if you have a router than puts out a 2.4 GHz and a 5 GHz simultaneously (as in, you'll need to pick one, just like you would for anywhere else with multiple wifi connections).

 

Is there a program that let's me pick which one I want? Where would I do it?

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Depends on your router. Most routers that support 2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz bands have two options. Either put them up as separate bands (and they'll appear as 2 wifi options, one with "5 Ghz" appended to it), and you pick one the same way you pick normal wifi. Lots of modern routers, though, can set it up so they operate on a single network and your computer will just automatically choose either the 2.4 or 5, whichever happens to be getting a better signal at the distance you are from the router.

Short answer: Your computer will take care of it, unless you have them set up as two networks, at which point you just pick one the same way you would normally pick a wifi connection (literally, there will be two options in your wifi connection in Windows).