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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Laptop: Ryzen 5 7520U, 14" FHD, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD

$250
$489.98
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Micro Center has Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Laptop (82XN004UUS) on sale for $249.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member comprx for finding this deal.

Note: Availability for store pickup will vary by location.

Specs:
  • 14" 1920x1080 Display
  • AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor
  • 8GB LPDDR5-5500 Memory
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon 610M Integrated Graphics
  • 2x2 802.11ax WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C
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Pedestrian specs, but plenty useable and pretty decent for the price. Stuck with 8GB RAM, but the 512GB SSD is a nice plus at this price. Currently available for shipping, but ugh ... $19.85 shipping for me in IN. Save that by picking up in store if you can.

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...sku=693929
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Unfortunately, Soldered LPDDR5 means it's NOT upgradable.
I don't see where anyone has been able to confirm it's a TN panel. Even if it is, this is a $250 budget laptop... they had to make some cuts. This would still be a great deal, even with a TN panel.
According to Lenovo's website, this model number corresponds to the 300 nit IPS panel 45% NTSC. If this is accurate, this is a pretty great deal if you're only doing productivity work. IPS, backlit KB, touchscreen, 11hr battery life, 15W 8-core 👍

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04-24-2024 at 02:30 PM.
04-24-2024 at 02:30 PM.
Quote from sagiap :
Seeing Lenovo ThinkPad T480s 14" (Refurbished) for $299 at Microcenter with Intel Core i7 8650U (1.9GHz) Processor, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. Is that good?
No. That's a 5 year old chip and it's a refurb.
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04-24-2024 at 02:32 PM.
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This thing is a good deal. I was shopping for a $250 laptop recently and they usually only come with 256GB of storage and a 5000 series ryzen.
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04-24-2024 at 02:41 PM.
04-24-2024 at 02:41 PM.
Quote from thirdsound :
According to Lenovo's website, this model number corresponds to the 300 nit IPS panel 45% NTSC. If this is accurate, this is a pretty great deal if you're only doing productivity work. IPS, backlit KB, touchscreen, 11hr battery life, 15W 8-core 👍
Do you have a link? I couldn't find it anywhere.
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04-24-2024 at 03:38 PM.
04-24-2024 at 03:38 PM.
Quote from thirdsound :
According to Lenovo's website, this model number corresponds to the 300 nit IPS panel 45% NTSC. If this is accurate, this is a pretty great deal if you're only doing productivity work. IPS, backlit KB, touchscreen, 11hr battery life, 15W 8-core 👍
This does not have 8 cores, just 4 cores with 8 threads. It's more like a Ryzen 3 from 2020; all the Ryzen 5 mobile chips from 2020 on have had 6 cores 12 threads. Performance is slightly lower than a Core i3 from 3 years ago:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...-i3-1125G4
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04-24-2024 at 05:38 PM.
04-24-2024 at 05:38 PM.
Not touchscreen. 100% confirmed
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04-24-2024 at 07:09 PM.
04-24-2024 at 07:09 PM.
Quote from sagiap :
Seeing Lenovo ThinkPad T480s 14" (Refurbished) for $299 at Microcenter with Intel Core i7 8650U (1.9GHz) Processor, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. Is that good?
That's an eight generation chip. It's pretty old now.
They have 13 gen now.
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04-24-2024 at 07:58 PM.
04-24-2024 at 07:58 PM.
Quote from PC9394 :
Unfortunately, Soldered LPDDR5 means it's NOT upgradable.
He soldered ram is not upgradable but some laptops have extra sodimm slot to add with the soldered ram.

Unfortunately I am not sure if this model has one or not. Other slim ideapad 3 series do. So maybe this does too?
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04-24-2024 at 08:00 PM.
04-24-2024 at 08:00 PM.
Quote from bowlopho :
He soldered ram is not upgradable but some laptops have extra sodimm slot to add with the soldered ram.

Unfortunately I am not sure if this model has one or not. Other slim ideapad 3 series do. So maybe this does too?
soldered LPDDR (always non-upgradable) VS soldered DDR (sometimes upgradable, to be paired with SODIMM)

LP means Low-Power, which has lower supply voltage. Therefore, cannot be used with standard voltage DDR
This laptop comes with LPDDR5!
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04-24-2024 at 08:46 PM.
04-24-2024 at 08:46 PM.
Quote from sunrat39 :
IPS or TN display? I don't see anything mentioned about the type of display panel.
I am inclined to believe that this actually has IPS display, given that it has most of the top features of this specific model IdeaPad Slim 3 14AMN8.
  • AMD Ryzen™ 5 7520U
  • backlit keyboard
  • 512GB SSD
  • Wi-Fi® 6

Adorama [adorama.com] is selling the exact same one 82XN004UUS with mentioning of FHD IPS display
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04-24-2024 at 09:09 PM.
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Sold out. Online as well as pickup.
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04-24-2024 at 09:20 PM.
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Quote from bj1 :
Sold out. Online as well as pickup.
vary by location.

19 NEW IN STOCK at Dallas Store​
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04-24-2024 at 09:43 PM.
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Does it have USBC Charging?
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04-24-2024 at 09:50 PM.
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Is the ram swap able?
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04-24-2024 at 09:51 PM.
04-24-2024 at 09:51 PM.
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No. That's a 5 year old chip and it's a refurb.
Not much difference in cpu "age." The 7520U is zen2, which is 4 years old. But then again, the 8650U is basically Skylake from nearly 10 years ago.

I personally wouldn't buy any xx2x CPU - things improved a good deal with zen3 and zen4. Look for xx3x or xx4x model numbers. With this machine you're just getting a new computer with 2020-spec hardware. 8GB (soldered) RAM was also limiting in 2020, and even more terrible today. It's weird because I've been running the same 64GB of RAM since 2017, and while it was overkill, back then I was seeing 20-30GB memory usage with just basic productivity apps and web browsers. 16GB today should be baseline, and 32GB as the mid-range step up.
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