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Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop: 15.6" FHD, Ryzen 7 6800H, RTX 3050, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD

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MicroCenter has Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 15.6" Laptop (82SB0000US) on sale for $749.99. Select Free Store Pickup via Reservation Button on product page.

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  • 15.6" 1080p 120Hz 250-nits IPS Display, 45% NTSC, FreeSync
  • Ryzen 7 6800H 8C/16T 3.2 GHz (4.7 GHz Boost, 20MB Cache)
  • 16GB (8GBx2) DDR5 4800 MHz Ram (64GB Max)
  • 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSD + Empty M.2 2242 Slot (Both supports Gen4)
  • RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6 Graphics, 85W TGP
  • 2x2 Watt Speakers
  • 720p Webcam with privacy Shutter
  • White backlit Keyboard
  • Wi-Fi 6 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.0 + Gigabit Ethernet
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort 1.4)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Ethernet (RJ-45)
    • 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
    • 1x Power connector
  • 45 WHr Battery
  • 5.1 lbs

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MicroCenter has Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 15.6" Laptop (82SB0000US) on sale for $749.99. Select Free Store Pickup via Reservation Button on product page.

Thanks community member Suryasis for sharing this deal

Specs (source):
  • 15.6" 1080p 120Hz 250-nits IPS Display, 45% NTSC, FreeSync
  • Ryzen 7 6800H 8C/16T 3.2 GHz (4.7 GHz Boost, 20MB Cache)
  • 16GB (8GBx2) DDR5 4800 MHz Ram (64GB Max)
  • 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSD + Empty M.2 2242 Slot (Both supports Gen4)
  • RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6 Graphics, 85W TGP
  • 2x2 Watt Speakers
  • 720p Webcam with privacy Shutter
  • White backlit Keyboard
  • Wi-Fi 6 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.0 + Gigabit Ethernet
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort 1.4)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Ethernet (RJ-45)
    • 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
    • 1x Power connector
  • 45 WHr Battery
  • 5.1 lbs

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What is the meaning of a "Power Hungry Processor"? and may be checking some reviews of 6800H, may be.
The H CPUs from Ryzen are all indeed power hungry.
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Quote from sasicbit View quoted comment :
The H CPUs from Ryzen are all indeed power hungry.
Except they are not.
Try to read some reviews instead of doing your guess work. I think you're just assuming all U series are low powered and all H series are power hungry, irrespective of the Processor brand, architecture or generation....I can understand bad effect of having a Laptop with Intel 12th Gen Power hungry monster. For Ryzen it is not true. Companies have released small 14" Ultrabooks with H series Ryzen 4000, 5000 and now 6000 H series Processors and pretty small battery compared to Intel laptops and they still do fine and better.
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Except they are not.
Try to read some reviews instead of doing your guess work. I think you're just assuming all U series are low powered and all H series are power hungry, irrespective of the Processor brand, architecture or generation....I can understand bad effect of having a Laptop with Intel 12th Gen Power hungry monster. For Ryzen it is not true. Companies have released small 14" Ultrabooks with H series Ryzen 4000, 5000 and now 6000 H series Processors and pretty small battery compared to Intel laptops and they still do fine and better.
Yeah 6000 H maybe better than 12th gen Intel H, but a measly 45Whr battery is not gonna cut it
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Yeah 6000 H maybe better than 12th gen Intel H, but a measly 45Whr battery is not gonna cut it
That does not make the CPU power hungry, does it? If you need higher battery capacity, you need to get for higher tier gaming laptops, not complaining at literally lowest end gaming laptops from Lenovo where they are providing top of the line latest Ryzen Processor, 16GB Ram, 512Gb Storage and a almost full powered RTX 3050 Ti in $750.
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Looking to buy a new laptop as a grad gift for our son. Difficult to find a 15.6" with great specs but WITHOUT a dedicated GPU (to keep the price down) and keeping it as light as possible (IOW well under 5lb).

EDIT should mention that he just started his PhD, so raw power and low weight dragging it to and from class/lab/TAing every day far outweigh the display or GPU. BUT he wants bigger than a 14".
LG Gram might be a good fit. 15, 16, and 17 inch options. All under 3lbs. The current gen intel processors in them are very capable (though the 10th and 11th gen were no slouches). Also all day battery life.
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That does not make the CPU power hungry, does it? If you need higher battery capacity, you need to get for higher tier gaming laptops, not complaining at literally lowest end gaming laptops from Lenovo where they are providing top of the line latest Ryzen Processor, 16GB Ram, 512Gb Storage and a almost full powered RTX 3050 Ti in $750.
I mean to say that the CPU doesn't go well with a 45Whr battery at all
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I mean to say that the CPU doesn't go well with a 45Whr battery at all
Normally people buying these kind of very budget gaming laptops, care less about battery life and more on the performance. Literally every gaming laptops in this price segment comes with pretty small battery.
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Quote from Jobronie View quoted comment :
Looking to buy a new laptop as a grad gift for our son. Difficult to find a 15.6" with great specs but WITHOUT a dedicated GPU (to keep the price down) and keeping it as light as possible (IOW well under 5lb).

EDIT should mention that he just started his PhD, so raw power and low weight dragging it to and from class/lab/TAing every day far outweigh the display or GPU. BUT he wants bigger than a 14".
What is your budget and mainly what screen size you're looking for?
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<blockquote>Jobronie<p>Looking to buy a new laptop as a grad gift for our son. Difficult to find a 15.6" with great specs but WITHOUT a dedicated GPU (to keep the price down) and keeping it as light as possible (IOW well under 5lb).<br /><br />EDIT should mention that he just started his PhD, so raw power and low weight dragging it to and from class/lab/TAing every day far outweigh the display or GPU. BUT he wants bigger than a 14".</p></blockquote>
<p>What is your budget?</p>
Not to be snarky, but as little as possible. (there's a reason that SD is my home page) Well under $1k, preferably WELL under.

Tho he is looking into his dept footing the bill, since he'd presumably be carrying it to conferences. He said that something about bringing his tech up to date was mentioned in his interviews/recruitment.

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What is your budget and mainly what screen size you're looking for?
15.6-16".

He ordered a pretty nice laptop from AWD during the recent 20% off promo, but as he's futzing with it, he says that out of the blue he lost bluetooth and device manager now can't even see a BT, so possibly getting RMA'd back to AWD.
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Quote from Jobronie View quoted comment :
Not to be snarky, but as little as possible. (there's a reason that SD is my home page) Well under $1k, preferably WELL under.

Tho he is looking into his dept footing the bill, since he'd presumably be carrying it to conferences. He said that something about bringing his tech up to date was mentioned in his interviews/recruitment.
WIll check and let you know. My suggestion will be HP ELiteBook 865 G9 (16") Laptop deal posted here, around $1200 which has pretty beefed up configuration, very long battery life and good system upgradability.
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Quote from Jobronie View quoted comment :
Looking to buy a new laptop as a grad gift for our son. Difficult to find a 15.6" with great specs but WITHOUT a dedicated GPU (to keep the price down) and keeping it as light as possible (IOW well under 5lb).

EDIT should mention that he just started his PhD, so raw power and low weight dragging it to and from class/lab/TAing every day far outweigh the display or GPU. BUT he wants bigger than a 14".
LG Gram all day long.
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Quote from Jobronie View quoted comment :
He ordered a pretty nice laptop from AWD during the recent 20% off promo, but as he's futzing with it, he says that out of the blue he lost bluetooth and device manager now can't even see a BT, so possibly getting RMA'd back to AWD.
Funny you mention this. I just inherited an ACER laptop from my wife (Aspire 5). I was excited to use a BT mouse and keyboard for it when all of a sudden the same thing happened to me.BT just disappeared. All I had to do was reload the drivers from the ACER website. All is well again and it hasn't happened again. If it does, easy fix.
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Quote from davidjr26 View quoted comment :
Is 250 nits enough? Well it is mostly for inside use but i still I fear i could regret going for 250 if in the rarest times I might take it to a cafe (let's say inside a store near a window or something like that) would that be a huge disadvantage?
We have a Lenovo with 300 nits and it doesn't get as bright as we'd like in some situations. For the price we paid we're still very happy with the laptop, but knowing what we know, I don't think I would consider a laptop with less than 300 nits.

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Quote from Vaako View quoted comment :
The Ryzen 7 6800H is actually 8C/16T vs 6C/12T

With that said, if this was $500 without the 3050, it'd be very tempting. The integrated 680m graphics on the 6800H is pretty darn good on its own!
Question: For a laptop like this, can the user elect to use the integrated graphics at times rather than a GPU? How would that be done? The reason being power saving.

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