Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Review

Lenovo has a huge range of laptops addressing every category of people. It is best at giving high-value products at affordable prices. Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i is perfect for gaming monsters in the gaming series. It is loaded with powerful 11th generation Intel® Core™ processors and NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ graphics. The pristine ultrasmooth and stutter less graphics on the FHD (1920 x 180) IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate will never let you blink your eyes. Let’s explore some of the exciting features of Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i

Specifications

Processor	1. 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11370H 2. 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H
Operating System	Up to Windows 10 Pro
Display	1. 39.6cms (15.6) FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 300 nits, 165Hz, 100% sRGB 2. 39.6cms (15.6) FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 250 nits, 120Hz, 45% NTSC 3. 39.6cms (15.6) FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 250 nits, 60Hz, 45% NTSC
Memory	1. 16GB DDR4 (3200MHz) 2. 8GB DDR4 (3200MHz)
Power Adapter	1. Slim 170W 2. Slim 135W
Battery	1. Up to 5 hours* 2. 3-cell 45Wh 3. Rapid Charge Pro (up to 50% in 30 mins.)
Storage	1. Up to 1TB M.2 PCIe x 4 SSD (Gen 4) 2. Up to 1TB 2.5″ SATA HDD (5400rpm) 3. Hybrid SSD+HDD
Graphics	1. NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti (4GB GDDR6) 2. NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 (4GB GDDR6) 3. NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 1650 (4GB GDDR6)
Weight	1. Starting at 2.25kg / 4.96lbs
Keyboard	1. White-backlit gaming 2. Optional: 4-zone RGB-backlit gaming
Color	1. Shadow Black
Audio	1. 2 x 2W stereo speakers 2. Nahimic Audio for Gamers
Connectivity	1. Intel® WiFi 6 (802.11 ax) 2. Bluetooth® 5.0
Camera	1. 720p HD 2. Webcam privacy shutter
Ports / Slots	1. USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 2. 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 3. HDMI 2.0 4. Headphone/mic combo 5. Nano hole 6. RJ45 7. Power in
Preloaded Software	1. Lenovo Utility 2. Lenovo Vantage 3. McAfee LiveSafe™ (Trial) 4. Microsoft 365 (Trial)

Lenovo address hardcore gamers with its Leigon series but if you talk about the affordable range then the IdeaPad brand will impress you more. For gaming, we have recently reviewed the latest OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-k0747nr. You can check out the comparison between them.

Review

Features And Body Of Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i

Lenovo IdeaPad 3i is constructed strong instead with no loopholes to speak of, with this price range. Its total weight is 2.25kg / 4.96lbs which is lighter than HP’s Omen Gaming Laptop which starts from 5.19 lb. You will see a huge difference in the price ranges of both laptops. The display size of Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i is 15.59 inches to have a broad view. This Laptop comes with White-backlit gaming and an Optional: 4-zone RGB-backlit gaming keyboard which won.t let you feel less than other expensive laptops.

Performance

You will get a peak gaming experience with the latest NVIDIA^® GeForce RTX™ 30 GPU. The graphics will turn your dreams into reality. As it comes with two memory configurations of 16GB DDR4 (3200MHz) / 8GB DDR4 (3200MHz) RAM. If you are a gamer then you will obviously select high-memory configuration laptops but the 8 GB version won’t let your performance down.

If we talk about storage then it comes with a hybrid combination. You can install HDD (Hard disk drive) and SSD ( Solid state drive) both at a time and expand up to Up to 1TB M.2 PCIe x 4 SSD (Gen 4) and Up to 1TB 2.5″ SATA HDD (5400rpm). SSD has greater speed than HDD so you should always prefer SSD instead of HDD. If you have a lower budget then you can select HDD also which is cheaper than SSD.

Battery

Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i has 3 cell 45 Wh battery. It also supports Rapid Charge Pro which can charge the laptop by 0-50% in just 30 minutes. Most expensive laptops fail to manage the battery backup of the laptop. And if we talk about gaming laptops then battery becomes more important. But Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i has given Up to 5 hours of battery backup which is impressive.

Price Of Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i

We have given the estimated price of the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i laptop which may vary according to configurations and places.

United States	$ 644.99
India	₹ 75,090
Nepal	Rs. 151500