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Lenovo Legion Y540 Review - Best Value GTX 1660Ti Laptop

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The Lenovo Legion Y540 is available in both 15.6" and 17.3" models starting at $930 with an i5 9300h and GTX 1660Ti. That is a deal ! My 15" review unit retails for $1200 and has: i7 9750h GTX 1660Ti 2 x 8GB RAM 1 TB NVME SSD 144 Hz IPS panel. In this review I show you all the features of the laptop, it's cooling and how hit the chassis gets as well as gaming benchmarks and tips on how to keep the Y540 cool. Available either from www.lenovo.com or Amazon: 15" i7 9750h/ GTX 1660Ti https://amzn.to/30jVTlr 17" i7 9750h/ GTX 1660Ti https://amzn.to/32Kpo1n SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CONTENT: http://bit.ly/OWNorDisown

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@aia27355 years ago As a student, i' m using it for text editing, and in this usage i' m reaching 7h15 battery.
(hybrid gpu+undervolt, turbo brightness and backlit disable.
this pc is perfect for myself!. ...Expand 90
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@michaeldineen93804 years ago Thanks for all your reviews! Ended up picking up the y540, and am very happy with it thus far. 1
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@MikePurisima5 years ago I love my y540! Lenovo had an amazing deal during the intel gaming days promo week and bough it for $960 with my upgrades. Great review!
i had . ...Expand 5
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@aneeshprasobhan5 years ago Wow. That' s a lot of work. Excellent review. 2
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@naturerumba3 years ago Must say this is a very informative and well made review! Thank you.
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@sashenkalira34264 years ago That video was absolutely helpful to me, i had been looking for some review that shows the quality of the screen. Your video really help me to choose which laptop that i should buy. 1
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@KrolikPudding5 years ago Finally a full review! Thanks stephen! Btw how do you change the power limits of the cpu? 9
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@suparnachatterjee26215 years ago Amazing video sir, keep up the good work. 2
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@ajpopshuvit5 years ago Great to hear the audio latency test. Would you recommend this or the y740 instead? Is there anything out there great for audio production? 4
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@8iter5 years ago Thanks for the review, will definitely try your throttlestop uv settings and see what my performance is like: d i had no idea how to change the power limits . ...Expand 5
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@TheVorket3 years ago I have this laptop since june 2020, no major issues so far. I' ve played witcher 3 and assassin' s creed discovery tours, in w3 on ultra settings . ...Expand
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@elyadg675 years ago Got this beaut with a 1660ti for just 850 bucks! Upgraded the display, ssd and nvme ssd and ram! Installed the 144hz ips option display with ease! And . ...Expand
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@jaysmith28585 years ago Thank you for testing the audio latency.
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@patrickschmidt66075 years ago Great review thanks! In my unit lenovo did a very bad job with the thermal compound. There has been some kind of bubble right on the cpu wich resulted . ...Expand 2
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@axelpalsson24025 years ago Ordered the 17 inch version and also some extra ram (2x16gb cl16 26mhz) will be nice to have a good laptop thats actually decent to use. But very nice review and subscribed!
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@jlda58985 years ago Awesome review stephen!
my comment about this machine:
1. Hot like hell! Even with undervolt and limiting power and settings 3. 5ghz on 2. This is the worst 9750h machine. The msi, helios, hp. Etc can gaming at 3. 988ghz with modera te undervolt! So this machine only can playing at 3. 4ghz.
3. The body its dust friendly. A nightmare to clean.
if heeat and noise its your concern. This is not the ideal machine for you.
ty for your honest review!. ...Expand 1
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@PotatoM3ister5 years ago Really nice review!
though i' m still quite confused, is it better to go for quite mod + uv@3500 or perfmod + uv@3500?
and in your . ...Expand 2
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@OkamiXCeleste5 years ago Hey, could you review the eluktronics n970tf with the i7-9700? I haven' t seen enough reviews on it and your approach is my favorite by far. 1
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@Yeromandrake5 years ago Hey steven, thanks for this great review! How do you get the y540 as quiet as possible with best performance? Do you do it with undervolting or do you . ...Expand
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@noamanhigazy62875 years ago Is the i5 9300h gtx 1660ti 256ssd+1tb (16gb ram) running on dual channel also? 2
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@shubhajitchattopadhyay14655 years ago Can you make a video how to undervolt lenovo legion y540 using throttlestop? 33
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@speedylordinc.37485 years ago Hello! First of all, great vid! Happy to see this review, i own this laptop and it' s really nice: can you make a guide for tweaking this machine id="hidden13" in detail? I' m not that good with tuning, the only thing i was confident enough for on my own was uv' ing the cpu via xtu. Also a question, if you change modes (performance quiet and balanced) do custom tweakings like oc and uv get reset like on the helios 300? This isn' t the case, right?. ...Expand
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@hussainalqadhi11985 years ago Great review!
please do a showdown between 1660ti laptops, since 1660ti made gaming laptop cheaper and much better bang for the bucks.
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@HaloblackopsTenken5 years ago I see quiet moce, i play quiet mode. Happy cooling cpu c: 7
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@Demonnn265 years ago Nice vid keep it up watching u all the time. After big search i decided to buy asus gx502gw rtx 2070 i think it' s one of the best gaming laptop in t . ...Expand 1
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@jas_a985 years ago The battery life on the y740 with a 1660ti should be around the same right? Also, surely the 1660ti on a 740 would lead to better battery life than a 2060/2070 . ...Expand
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@GeorgiDimitrov19824 years ago Hi, is it normal to lenovo or the other manufacturers put subpar display panels in their mid level budget laptops?
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@bjornrossouw75274 years ago Hi steven, i was wondering if it will be possible to upgrade the ac-9560 wifi card for a ax200ngw or ax201ngw. Have you tested these cards before and will it work in the y540 9750h?
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@Theguy-lw4vz5 years ago Please make a video on hp omen core i5 9th gen gtx 1650.
thanks in advance, sir. 1
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@emersoncaicedo31465 years ago Excellent review. I bought this exact laptop yesterday evening for a killer price of around 1100 dollars. The early black friday deal was about as good . ...Expand
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@madarascsaba4 years ago Do you have any experience about the 17 inch version? Which one is quieter? Thank you:
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@unumareRO145 years ago Can you compare the i7 version with the i5 version, both with 1660 ti? There should be a big difference? Thanks! Btw, you' re doing a great job! Gl. 1
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@vega35004 years ago Would the cheapest one with a i5 9300 and gtx 1660ti still be good for gaming? For instance to play rainbow six?
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@thanmayrambr49795 years ago Rog g731gt vs legion y750 at a price of $10 which one do u prefer in terms of durability heating pls reply asap.
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@nareshnaragoud25385 years ago Hello.
which is better y540 1660ti or omen 15 2019 1660 ti? Which is reliable?
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@joidrovo5 years ago Great review! Have you tested latency using latencymon on the helios 300? 1
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@abumalek82275 years ago 1tb ssd! That' s a great value really. 13
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@ahmadhassan58345 years ago My fans are running at max speed while gaming even on quiet mode. It gets quite loud. Any way i can handle this? My temperatures don' t shoot up but fans still run at max.
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@SamBaconUK4 years ago I have just undervolted to -160 with the turbo limits set to 80/65 with nether thermal or power throttling. Really made a difference and was very straight . ...Expand
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@RH-hz9ly5 years ago I wish the webcam is above the screen. That' s all everything else is amazing, quiet mode, the ports mostly on the back, the design, specs, price. 3
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@DarkNight801545 years ago I have thr i7 rtx 2060 version of this laptop with 2x8gb ram and 1tb nvme ssd as well and i only paid 1250 ish for it on b&h. It' s the best value rtx as well. 1
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@sunshineunits265 years ago Great video, thank you for the audio latencyfrom poland, come and visit e. G. Lodz manufactura, krakow, warsaw or wroclaw: 4
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@nori62375 years ago Well, it' s expectable that lenovo speaker would be good and it' s a bit weird that regular cooling pad didn' t have any effect, since their bottom at least it' s bigger than my laptop bottom vent, yet my laptop get about 5-7 celsius degree cooler using my cooling pad.
for the price it seems decent if we didn' t mind tweaking with it a bit, also did lenovo comes with their accidental damage protection warranty too this year?. ...Expand
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@levynkhs88205 years ago Plz review the mag 15 because im really interested in buying one for university
my cousin bought the y740 aluminium and let me tell you that this . ...Expand
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@tusharwandkar22565 years ago Hey. I in delima
lenovo i5 1660ti or
msii7 1650?
shend hyalp.
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@amex44535 years ago How would you rate the display of the y740?
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@Justwhynot1015 years ago If i get the y540 with rtx 2060 and 16gb ram.
beside gaming, is it smooth to work cad and solidworks on it?
will i have any issues?
help. 2
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@saurabhbelgaonkar36935 years ago Can anybody help me choose between hp pavilion gaming 15 and legion y-540. I am getting hp at lower price than y-540 for similar specs. 2
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@joshluo1235 years ago My thermals are great. Dont know exactly how much load its under, but i played borderlands 3 on high graphics at 90 fps for several hours and on bal id="hidden27"anced performance with cpu uv and gpu oc. Throttlestop reported my cpu temp at just 66c. ...Expand
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@josephnapitupulu10454 years ago Is gtx 1660 ti max q sir? Or full power.
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@GoFeri5 years ago So let me get this straight: with quiet mode and gpu oc, you get decent performance (with only a minor fps hit) with great temps and fan noise under 40 db? Sound too good to be true. 3
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@kadar233005 years ago Great review, sense yesterday i have this laptophdd, 128ssd, 144hz but the buting of windows is 15sek? Way? 1
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@nguyenkhanhduyhuynh245 years ago Can you tell me how to lock cpu freq? Thank you. 2
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@akel1355 years ago Do you have to use custom nvidia drivers from lenovo for the graphics switching from descrete to hybrid? Or can you use latest nvidia drivers through geforce experience.
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@JTsanscrainte5 years ago You' ve reviewed so many laptops with a gtx 1660ti in them! Could you give me your top 2 or 3 out of the bunch? I' m in the market for one. Again. . ...Expand
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@viktorstorelv5 years ago Hmm. If u enable hybrid mode will it use the onboard gfx whenever u are not playing games? And how big is the difference between i5 and i7 with the 1660 ti on this laptop?
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@pgmurph3014 years ago Is white the only color on the backlight?
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@spyroclone1525 years ago Now this may sound a little dumb, but is the windows 10 os downloaded to the onboard ssd out of the box? I just bought my y540 with the 144hz panel, i7, . ...Expand
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@sergiorti4 years ago Are the keyboard switches the same as in the y740? Same travel?
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@harshbarnwal61365 years ago Between this and hp pavillion 15 with similar features, which one is better? 5
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@sumdood20353 years ago What other similar performance laptops (gtx1660 or better) do you suggest with a decent battery life? 2 hours on dedicated gpu is unacceptable.
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@viktorstorelv4 years ago I have the rtx2060 versjon, and looking for a external monitor. But should i buy gsync? Vsync? Should i stick with 1080p resolution or go for 1440p? Will . ...Expand
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@codeHusky5 years ago Slightly irrelevant, but.
i' ve got a 9750h 2070mq y740 (500 nit 15" and the temps regularly reach into the 90c range while running id="hidden34" at 60w cpu 90w gpu. Have you ran aida + heaven at the same time and looked at your wattages and temps? I' m not sure what' s up (if my unit is an anomaly or if thats just how this sku is). ...Expand
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@MM-um4pi4 years ago I' m an architect student and i' m considering buying it.
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@chroma77074 years ago You can turn the logo light by fn+l not ctrl+l.
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@Legendaryfnatic4 years ago Hello, what do you think is this laptop good for 3d modeling and rendering?
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@xaviescolano88844 years ago Very nice dessign legion - not gamer thanks! But its an error puts webcam on the bottom! You prefer this or aorus 5?
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@kofiaduagyekum4 years ago I wanted to know which deal is better. A new y540 with i7 9th gen gtx 1650 for $850 or a refurbished helios 300 with i5 9th gen gtx 1660ti for $899.
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@baslerianus5 years ago How much difference do you think would there be between i5-9300h+gtx 1660 ti and i7-9750h+gtx 1660 ti, both in quiet modes? Tdp is limited by a lot - down if so, then assuming a hypothetical situation that i' d only ever use quiet mode, is there any good reason to go for i7?. ...Expand
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@xNeonStreetz4 years ago Can you install a hdd on this laptop? Because mine only came with 256gb ssd.
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@Wes-xk6hl5 years ago Is yours here the 15inch or 17inch? I keep reading that the 17s have bad back light bleed but you showed that yours has none.
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@ahmedkhan945 years ago I' m a noob. How do i limit the clock speed to 3500mhz? Even after undervolt my temps are around 88-95 degrees when gaming on auto mode.
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@michael_moust5 years ago What' s better?
msi gl 75 with i5 9300h, gtx 1650, 120hz display
or
legion 540-17 with i7 9750h, gtx 1660ti, 60hz display.
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@stew8805 years ago If this is the best valued 1660ti, then what about the asus version tuf fx505du?
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@shubhajitchattopadhyay14655 years ago Which is better lenovo legion y540 rtx 2060 or acer predator helios 300 rtx 2060? 1
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@421vids25 years ago Legion y540 or hp omen 15t (new version) which do you think i should go for?
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@louiec61594 years ago What will you choose this or helios 300 with same specs?
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@marwanmuhammed75264 years ago Plz help me. What i should buy this laptop or dell g5.
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@abhijithekv5 years ago For a 60hz panel, the i5 9300h with 1650 is a better choice right?
i mean, will the i5 processor bottleneck if you pair it with a 1660ti? What' s . ...Expand
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@nitrionixx5 years ago What are the differences between this and the helios 300? Please answer.
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@kimirs164 years ago Will y540 have thermal issues if i just want to play the sims 3 & 4?
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@yessuz5 years ago Could you tell me, what undervoltage settings you have for i7 in throttlestop?
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@kharaf99205 years ago Hey stephen, im sorry to annoy you everytime but you helped find the perfect laptop pick few months ago and now it is time for the new monitor: d if i . ...Expand
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@dabidesu5 years ago I have an hp omen 15 1660ti variant. I undervolted it and the temps never goes above 80c. In my country, it is much cheaper than a y540 and a helios 300.
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@inquisitvem67234 years ago Just got this for $789 for video editing. 15 i7 9750h/gtx 1650, 512gb nvme ssd, 1tb hdd, 8gb ram, 60hz ips at microsoft store. 1
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@normaldude66995 years ago I don' t understand why do the company don' t release an i3 chip + gtx/rx graphics card models, this will bring the price down a lot & many people will be happy too. 1
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@viktorstorelv5 years ago Hm, i cannot find the hybrid mode inn the vantage app. The vantage does not look like yours either.