Lenovo Legion Y530

[Ah Ken]

student price works with lenovo leh. i tried, the cashback is in my shopback account now. just login to your student account accordingly after clicking on the shopback link

managed to buy the gaming mouse pad at $0.01 after emailing the sales person.

thinking of adding 2.5" internal hdd myself

Did u manage to match my price?

 

[Ah Ken]

I have not add a 2.5 storage drive yet. Thinking of a 1TB ssd leh. Will retain the lenovo though.. I feel NVME drives are still quite pricey.


I would like to share those who owns or intending to get this laptop. This model can be quite prone to pressure marks. I think this is influence by the soft back cover of the screen. I carry to school in my school bag and got the depression marks. Just avoid doing that or have a protected compartment. Best is carry by hand-carry case.

 

[HolyInnocents]

Did u manage to match my price?

nope i didnt

but they're giving out USD$200 worth of gaming vouchers now..$100 on voidu and $100 on plinga.

the voidu vouchers can be used on steam games...so not so bad lah

 

[HolyInnocents]

I have not add a 2.5 storage drive yet. Thinking of a 1TB ssd leh. Will retain the lenovo though.. I feel NVME drives are still quite pricey.


I would like to share those who owns or intending to get this laptop. This model can be quite prone to pressure marks. I think this is influence by the soft back cover of the screen. I carry to school in my school bag and got the depression marks. Just avoid doing that or have a protected compartment. Best is carry by hand-carry case.

im thinking of 1tb ssd also...but price. shall wait till black friday to see what i can get. currently 1tb samsung ssd is $210 on amazon.

any idea what do i need to add the 2.5" storage? like hdd/sdd drive or something

 

[Ah Ken]

im thinking of 1tb ssd also...but price. shall wait till black friday to see what i can get. currently 1tb samsung ssd is $210 on amazon.

any idea what do i need to add the 2.5" storage? like hdd/sdd drive or something

Look for other brands too. Maybe ADATA

Use the ribbon cable given, then go to disk management to initialise the drive. Done!

I watch youtube guide on opening the bottom case. Just follow and also download the hardware manual to follow. Get those plastic pry tools.

 

[HolyInnocents]

Look for other brands too. Maybe ADATA

Use the ribbon cable given, then go to disk management to initialise the drive. Done!

I watch youtube guide on opening the bottom case. Just follow and also download the hardware manual to follow. Get those plastic pry tools.

the other thread on lenovo y530 got this guy talking about 7mm and 9mm drive...idk what but he says the laptop only can take in 7mm one.

all ssd are 7mm i suppose?

 

[Ah Ken]

the other thread on lenovo y530 got this guy talking about 7mm and 9mm drive...idk what but he says the laptop only can take in 7mm one.

all ssd are 7mm i suppose?

Yes, so far its 7mm. I went to measure too. The only difference should be applied to hdd. 2.5 Hdd have the 2 size.

Was also think of using hdd instead since this laptop can use the optane memory

 

[HolyInnocents]

Yes, so far its 7mm. I went to measure too. The only difference should be applied to hdd. 2.5 Hdd have the 2 size.

Was also think of using hdd instead since this laptop can use the optane memory

how does optane memory work?

i know that this laptop can use optane memory but it's not included in the configurations right?

 

[HolyInnocents]

Yes, so far its 7mm. I went to measure too. The only difference should be applied to hdd. 2.5 Hdd have the 2 size.

Was also think of using hdd instead since this laptop can use the optane memory

how does optane memory work?

i know that this laptop can use optane memory but it's not included in the configurations right?

 

[Ah Ken]

Just an update to my Legion Y530. Added 480GB SSD with the given sata ribbon cable and 8GB Ram (Black PCB) from Black Friday hoots. Sums up the upgrade for my laptop.

Before (ram slots are hidden behind the metal shield):

After:

 

[HolyInnocents]

Just an update to my Legion Y530. Added 480GB SSD with the given sata ribbon cable and 8GB Ram (Black PCB) from Black Friday hoots. Sums up the upgrade for my laptop.

Before (ram slots are hidden behind the metal shield):

After:

were u able to take out the entire tray for the SSD?

i could only put 3 screws in, there's like some tape underneath and I didn't want to destroy it

what's the speed that ur ram is running at? mine's only running at 2400 even though both my ram sticks are 2666

 

[Ah Ken]

All working well. Speed at 2666 but minor 100mb used by system.

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[econsmagic]

Just bought one yesterday... notice the wireless keep on dropping, have to reconnect then pages can load
Also the battery conservation mode they will auto optimize
Btw, u guys got undervolt this lappy?
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