The newly launched Lenovo Legion Y740 is the perfect definition of gaming laptop with its built, performance and every internal components. The Y740 has a unique design and impressive performance at an attractive price. This Windows 10 laptop is designed to support the latest PC gaming experiences, with amazing battery life.
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It is powered by the latest high-performance graphics processor; the Nvidia Turing discrete graphics card and the latest 9th Gen Intel® Core™ laptop processors.
Lenovo Legion Y540 Key Specs & Features
- 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX or NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX Graphics card
- Up to 32 GB DDR4 2666 MHz RAM
- Windows 10 Home (64 bit), Windows 10 Pro
- 15.6-inch FHD IPS, antiglare (1920 x 1080, 500 nits, 144 Hz), 17.3-inch FHD IPS, antiglare (1920 x 1080, 300 nits, 144 Hz)
- Up to 1TB PCIe SSD
- Up to 2 TB HDD
- Dual Drive Configurations (HDD + SSD)
- 4 Cells, 76 Wh Li-Po Battery
Design
The Lenovo Legion Y740 maintains the same style as both the previous iteration and most legion Y series.
At first glance it can be easily concluded that the laptop sports all-aluminum chassis, however at closer inspection their is a little piece of high-quality smooth black plastic around the thermal solution.
Similarly, the entire silver and black chassis sports a smooth finish on the lid with a slightly curved edge.
The Lenovo Legion Y740 lid also host Legion logo running vertically along the side with an RGB lights glow behind the ‘Y’ shape within the LEGION branding.
Furthermore, the rear vents on the sides and on the back also comes with the illuminating RGB lights which can be independently controlled using the Corsair iCUE ambient system lighting software.
In addition Lenovo Legion Y740 comes with a thin hinge placed a little forward of the rear. The hinges do allow the screen to flip back flat to 180 degrees while holding the lid and the base together.
When opened, you are gifted with the either a 17.3-inch or 15.6-inch screen with slim down the bezels around the edges holding it firm to the lid.
The Base however, host the full-sized keyboard that delivers 100% anti-ghosting, a Corsair iCUE controlled RGB lighting to give the gaming feel.
In addition, this keyboard is designed to be a water repellent to protect against accidental spills with less than 1 ms response time.
In addition, the keyboard uses Lenovo’s usual islanded keys that are curved on the bottom.
Below the keyboard, this solidly built laptop host a smooth trackpad with Windows Precision drivers features for gesture control.
Display
Lenovo Legion Y740 is available in two display size, including 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch full HD display.
Similarly, both display comes with 1920 x 1080 resolution, hence, it is acceptably bright and colorful.
Furthermore, these display is built on an IPS panel with a refresh rates up to 144 Hz and brightness levels up to 300 nits coupled with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology and Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range 400.
The Dolby Vision HDR supports your gaming experience with ultravivid imaging, brightness, contrast, and color that bring your favorite gaming titles to life before your eyes.
It achieves this image quality through cinema-inspired HDR technology that can deliver billions of colors to your laptop, hence, resulting a refined, lifelike image.
Ports
Above all, to gets excellent IO, Lenovo Legion Y740 comes with numerous ports, although, most of the ports are located around back, on the thermal block.
The left side of the laptop has a 3.5mm jack and a single USB-C port, while the right side has a single USB-A input and a OneKey Recovery button.
Meanwhile, the back of the machine offers a Mini DisplayPort, an HDMI 2.0 port, two USB 3.1 ports, an Ethernet RJ45 port, the power jack and a security lock slot.
Processor
Lenovo Legion Y740 is one of the most powerful budget-friendly Gaming laptop. It is built on the 9th Generation Intel® Core™ processor offering up to 6 core.
This powerful processor delivers desktop-caliber gaming that you can take anywhere.
Furthermore, the 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-9750H processor is built on 14 nm with 6 core and 12 threads performing at 2.60 GHz base frequency and 4.50 GHz max turbo.
Although, this processor is highly perfect for this laptop, Lenovo offers a lower model with 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8300H processor.
Furthermore, Nvidia’s new RTX chips one of the best gaming graphics card comes with Lenovo Legion Y740, although, the laptop comes with also Nvidia’s new GTX GPU config but they all promise unlimited performance.
Hence, you can choose from either NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 with Max-Q Design, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 with Max-Q Design, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti.
This laptop has a storage capacity of up to 32GB RAM and Up to 1TB SSD PCIe and 2TB HDD storage space. The Lenovo Legion Y740 also support Dual Drive Configurations, i.e. HDD + SSD.
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Other Features
The Lenovo Legion Y740 is powered by a massive 4 Cell 76Wh Li-Polymer Internal Battery for the 17.3″. while the 15.6″ sports a 3 cell 57W battery which Lenovo claimed to last 5 hours on a charge.
This fast charging technology enables the laptop to use the 230W AC adapter for fast charging to raise the battery level to 80% in just 40 minutes.
Furthermore, the Legion Y740 also features Dolby Audio Premium, which delivers crystal-clear audio when watching videos or taking a call. As well as, a dual far-field mics to ensure that you’ll be heard clearly on every call you make.
Further, the Legion Y740 comes with an integrated subwoofer and Smart AMP technology, for immersive sound with or without headphones.
For connectivity, there’s a Killer 1550i implementation of the Intel 9560 wireless module inside this laptop, with Bluetooth 5.0, as well as Gigabit Lan through a Realtek RTL8168/8111 module.
Above all, the laptop is pr-installed with Lenovo Vantage app which comes with feature that automatically disables the Windows key and, assuming an external mouse is plugged in, the touchpad, while gaming.
Lenovo Legion Y740 Price and Availability
The Lenovo Legion Y740 has a starting price of 1,449.99 depending on configuration of the laptop.
This business laptop is available on Lenovo’s official store and other third-party e-commerce platforms like Amazon.
Lenovo Legion Y740 Specs
Here are a few specs of the Lenovo Legion Y740
General Features
- OS: Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro
- Processor: 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-9750H or 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8300H
- GPU: Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 with Max-Q Design
- Memory: Up to 32GB DDR4 2666MHz
- Colours: Iron Grey
- Dimension: 361.42 x 267 x 22.45 (mm)
- Weight: Starting at 4.85 lbs (2.2 kg)
Display & Keyboard
- Display: 15.6″ or 17.3″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, 144 Hz, 500 nits, Dolby Vision HDR400
- Keyboard: Backlit with Corsair® iCUE RGB lighting
- Pointing Device: –
Storage
- Built-in Storage: Up to 1TB SSD PCIe-NVMe M.2
- Optical Storage: 2TB HDD
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Ports & Connectivity
- Webcam: 720p HD camera with microphone
- USB Ports: USB 3.1 Gen 2, 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C
- HDMI: Yes, HDMI™ 2.0
- Thunderbolt Ports: Yes
- DisplayPort: Yes
- VGA: –
- Ethernet (RJ-45): Yes
- SD Slot: –
- Mic/Headphone: Yes
- WLAN: Killer™ Wireless 2 x 2 802.11 AC, 2 x 2 802.11 AC
- Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth® 4.1
- NFC: –
- Docking Connector: –
- Mobile Broadband: –
Other Features
- Kensington Lock slot
- NOVO hole
- Corsair® iCUE
- Lenovo Antivirus Plus
- Lenovo Vantage
- McAfee® Antivirus (Trial)
- Dolby Atmos® Speaker System
Battery
- Battery: Up to 76 Wh
- Use Time: Up to 6 hours
