Lenovo Ideapad 3 17IAU7 17 Inch HD Cloudbook Laptop – (Intel

Lenovo Ideapad 3 17IAU7 17 Inch HD Cloudbook Laptop – (Intel Pentium 8505, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows Windows 11S) – Arctic Grey
Features



Perform at your best
Perform, create, and study with the latest Intel Pentium processor. Store all the large digital files in your household with up to 1 TB of space and dual storage option. Keep your desk from cluttering with a full-function Type-C port for faster data transfer.
Weight: | 3.02 kg |
Dimensions: | 39.9 x 27.4 x 1.99 cm; 3.02 Kilograms |
Brand: | Lenovo |
Model: | 82RL002MUK |
Colour: | Abyss Blue |
Batteries Included: | Yes |
Manufacture: | Lenovo |
Dimensions: | 39.9 x 27.4 x 1.99 cm; 3.02 Kilograms |
After spending 6 months using the laptop.
Perfect for all usage types other than hardcore gaming.
The gaming graphics capability is medium/low power,
but for all office and video/social media use, its excellent.
I needed a replacement for my ever reliable but now ageing Lenovo Ideapad Core i5 8400 laptop. I noticed the specs of the new Pentium Gold 8505 were significantly higher than the previous 7505 model and decided I’d go for this model along with an additional 8Gb memory upgrade since I do independent software development with Visual Studio 2022.
I’m absolutely blown away by the truly excellent performance of the machine. It’s sold essentially as an entry level general purpose laptop for browsing and office but it copes easily with my development needs and is much quicker than my old i5.
What I would recommend though is spending the extra 20 or so on the 8Gb upgrade (giving 12Gb in total). Windows 11 eats RAM so if you are intending doing anything more than browsing and maybe the odd bit of MS Office then you’ll appreciate the extra capacity.
The screen quality is again excellent as is the keyboard. The built-in mouse pad is accurate and fine for occasional use or if your work is mainly keyboard driven. However if you are doing a full shift with lots of mouse manipulation then, like all the laptops I’ve used (and that’s plenty), you’ll want to plug in an external USB mouse.
I haven’t used the built-in webcam but it’s the the usual 720P standard laptop type so it’s likely to be good rather than brilliant.
I’ve just bought a second machine to act as a development database server. With lower end processors like this, unless you are doing something like CAD or gaming then there really isn’t any real need to go to the expense of an i3 or i5.
Arrived here in Egypt after about 8 days, excellent condition, no damage to the box whatsoever.
Although it’s labeled with 4GB of RAM, my unit has 8GB clocked at 3200 MHz. freaking Amazing!
Happy customer indeed.
Here’s the specs if you want to check it :
Device name LAPTOP-NRGQNNKL
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz 2.42 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.79 GB usable)
Device ID 🙂
Product ID 🙂
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
Nice, budget friendly gaming laptop. Bought for my daughter who loves Minecraft & Roblox. Easy to set up, it has a voice over that talks you through (a bit like Alexa). Easily switches to windows 10/11 with a quick update so you can easily download. Not had any issues so far with storage. Sound quality is good however we use it with headphones. Overall very happy recommend as a first pc. Good budget pc for school/uni work or light gaming 🙂
The highest quality but the lowest price!
The laptop matches the description.
It’s better than expected!
No issues so far as you would expect from Lenovo . My only drop in star is because I find the screen on this model light reflective and lacks clarity and colour vibrancy .
Not what I hoped for but you pays your money and and you get what you pay for..
The picture quality and materials are as you’d expect at this price point but the battery life is disappointing. It gives you maybe 2 hours with heavy use.
Will 100% this laptop to anyone on a budget
My only thing that bugs me is that without a laptop Sleeve the colour of the laptop shows the every day dust that collects along the top and finger prints are easily seen. ( not a real issue! Just a silly thing I noticed )
Leah
Screen is perfectly acceptable straight on, but loses a bit of depth on an angle, not really a big problem, just something to be aware of.
Replaced a 5 year old HP laptop and feels, looks and so far performs as a big improvement.
This is a proper PC compared to chromebooks etc especially once you’ve upgraded it a bit which is super cheap and easy. It’s powered by an Athlon Gold 3150u which is a dual core CPU with 4 threads so for all intents and purposes it will perform like a quad core chip with only slightly less performance. For casual browsing and even fairly intensive workloads it will breeze through it. Obviously don’t expect to be doing render projects on it etc but It’ll deal with most productivity workloads you throw at it like spreadsheets etc.
Fun fact, the current Athlon range use the same strong CPU cores as found in the Ryzen chips. They’re just a different entry level range.
The unit comes equipped with 4gbs of RAM which is fine to begin with however I’d highly recommend buying an extra stick of 2400mhz sodim RAM and sticking it in to up the capacity and make the memory work in dual channel which allows the GPU to work with a lot more memory bandwith. The max capacity the laptop can handle is 12gb so sticking an extra 8gb stick in is a good shout and only costs about 26.
Speaking of which did you know this thing can game? Yep it most certainly can thanks to the onboard Vega 3 graphics. Now don’t expect to be playing all modern games and definitely not at 1080p but the list of games I have been able to run so far includes Resident Evil 2 remake at 720p 60% resolution scale, Destiny 2 same res, Dragon Age Inquisition 720p, The Witcher 3 720p low settings.
Those aren’t exactly light weight games and with a little tweaking of the settings you can get them running at 30fps and they look absolutely fine on the smaller screen. You can even take advantage of AMD radeon’s adrenaline drivers which gives you access to a slew of graphical effects to improve image quality further.
For a 299 laptop with a few upgrades on top like extra ram and a larger hard drive you’ll have a device that performs like a proper PC and can play some very recently released games. This is why AMD’s mobile offerings appeal to me much more than Intel’s current crop. The integrated graphics performance is on another level.
A highly recommeded device.