New Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P Review – When Performance and Price are “Friendly”

A number of requests to review the latest version of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P series made the Pemmz team curious, what exactly does the Y410 bring besides the price which is quite attractive. Because from Pemmz’s observation, this type is quite in demand in the mobile gamers market. Then what are the new features that the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P brings compared to its older brother IdeaPad Y400. For information, Pemmz has reviewed the Y500 series which already uses the GT750M but still supplies the 3rd series Intel Ivy-Bridge CPU.

Sales Package Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P

Design & Specification

Design 1

It seems that Lenovo is more focused on internal hardware than re-researching the barebones casing. So Pemmz considers that there is no need to talk too deeply about the design of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P casing.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P still carries a barebones casing with a similar concept to the previous series, it’s just that it gets an additional carbon texture throughout the latest Y410 casing to the bottom case. Pemmz admit, a simple update, but quite charming, agree?. Because it is identical to the dove impression, the carbon texture on the new Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P further minimizes the fingerprint effect that was very dominant in the previous design.

For specifications, the big thing that is upgraded is the CPU and chipset. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P that we review this time is equipped with a 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor 4700MQ series with speeds up to 3.4GHz. As we know, this processor offers about 8-10% increase in performance from the previous series such as the Core i7 3630QM. For the RAM side, Y410 is inserted a piece of RAM with a capacity of 8GB with a speed of 1600MHz. There is still a Dimm slot available for adding additional RAM if needed.

Display

LCD

Unlike some of its competitors, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P remains consistent with its HD (1366 x 768) resolution screen. Info from the official online shop, the IdeaPad Y410 is available with a choice of HD + (900p) resolution LCDs, but the series is not yet available. It seems, the panels used are still the same as the previous series. Type of glare that is very sensitive to light. For the best gaming experience, it’s better not to try to play outdoors during the day.

Workstation

One keyboard design attracts the attention of many gaming notebook users. Many even wish that there were third-party peripheral manufacturers who could make a similar keyboard to attach to their notebooks (universal). The bright red color that surrounds each key makes the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P series look even more fierce, especially when the backlit is on. Behind its striking appearance, this keyboard is quite comfortable to work with, maybe because it’s inserted technology AcuType typical Lenovo.

Fn Key

Backlit on the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P can be adjusted in intensity like the Xenom Siren and Gigabyte P34G. There are “off”, “50% and “100%” options. This option can be set via a combination of the Fn key and the space bar. And like setting backlit, all feature activation rely on the Fn key combination without any shortcut keys. For the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P touchpad, the value is very comfortable, able to accompany computing activities and supports multigesture

Connectivity

The most prominent of the series of interfaces on the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P is a yellow USB port that offers the ability to charge your gadget’s battery faster. The principle is almost the same as the USB charging feature on other notebooks, by plugging a USB cable into this port, the user’s gadget battery will still be charged even though the Y410 is in a shutdown condition. The rest, I / O ports and connectivity on the Y410 is fairly standard. eSATA USB combo is absent on this notebook, making it only has 3 USB ports.

Temp 2 — The GPU is faster, but the temperature is also “up” fast.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P also maintains the dimensions of the exhaust hole from the previous design. Logically, there should be no problem considering the CPU and GPU components are newer and offer cooler temperatures. But the test results are slightly different, the heat of the components, especially the CPU, is quite worrying because it penetrates 93°C. This high number requires you to use a Notebook Cooler if you still love “life” ;D.

Upgrade Options Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P

1. 2 x Dimm Slot up to 16GB / 1600MHz (2x8GB) 2. M.2 Slot for new model mSATA SSD 3. Ultrabay Interface for additional HDD caddy or 2nd GT750M for SLI. 4, Heatsink. — 1. 2 x Dimm Slots up to 16GB / 1600MHz (2x8GB)
2. M.2 Slot for new model mSATA SSD
3. Ultrabay Interface for additional HDD caddy or 2nd GT750M for SLI.
4. Heatsink design with a fairly wide heatpipe cross section.

As mentioned in the specifications section, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P provides several component upgrade options to improve system performance. The first point is the RAM which is upgradeable up to 16GB (2 x 8GB). Second, users can add an m-SATA SSD with the M2 type to speed up the application loading process as well as read and write data transfers. Unfortunately, m-SATA with the M2 interface is still very rare on the market. According to the manufacturer’s specifications, you can attach the Y410 to an m-SATA SSD storage of up to 1TB capacity.

Performance

Synth Benchmark

GTX765M vs GTX760M vs GT750M GDDR5 vs GT750M GDDR3 vs GT740M

In the table above, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P represents the Geforce GT750M GDDR5. And you can see the results, on the synthesis benchmark the performance of the GT750M with GDDR5 is much more powerful than the GT750M with GDDR3. Even in some tests, it almost catches up to the performance of a GTX760M which in the comparison above is represented by the MSI GE40-2OC. On average, the GT750M GDDR5 is 15-22% better than the GT750M GDDR3, not bad enough, isn’t it?

Battery Performance

For a 14″ notebook size, let alone HD resolution, the power consumption is quite wasteful when compared to the Xenom Pegasus with almost similar specifications when we tested it. The main reason, of course, is that the power consumption of GDDR5 VRAM is slightly more than GDDR3, as a consequence users get better speeds. In addition, the battery specifications carried by the IdeaPad Y410

Conclusion

Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P itself by Lenovo is positioned not as a real gaming product, but a multimedia product and should compete against the ASUS N series. In Indonesia, the IdeaPad series itself is more familiar with the office and low end notebook series. But the price range and specifications of the Y series, are very worthy of juxtaposing with mid-range gaming notebooks such as the Xenom Pegasus and the latest ASUS N series.

Shield

With a GDDR5 version of the GT750M, it’s clear that Lenovo has decent sales points to aim for. Its ability is about 10% faster in real world gaming tests than the GDDR3 version which is widely used in most medium gaming notebook applications. The upgradeable option in the storage area is indeed promising, but not for now, because as mentioned above, M2 type m-SATA is still rare in Indonesia. For a size that is quite thick at around 1.3 , the airflow in the Y410 is quite bad, this is due to the dust shield which actually limits the movement of fresh air in the notebook.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P is suitable for those of you who are constrained by budget, unfortunately, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P circulating here is not available for the Core i5 version. So like it or not, the i7 version is the choice. But for the size of the notebook core i7 plus GT750M GDDR5 at a price of 10-millions, the Y410 is very tempting.

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