Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 laptop Core i7-3630QM 8GB DDR3 250GB 15.6" 1920x1080 GT650M Windows 10

15.6" FHD gaming laptop

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 is a 15.6-inch laptop with a 1920x1080 non-touch display. It runs on an Intel Core i7-3630QM processor with 8GB DDR3 memory and a 250GB solid state drive. Discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT650M graphics handle visual tasks. Windows 10 Home 64-bit is pre-installed.

Who this suits and who should look elsewhere

This laptop suits users wanting a ready-to-use Windows 10 machine with discrete graphics for older games and multimedia. The Blu-ray RW drive supports optical media playback and writing. Buyers needing more than 250GB of internal storage or a touchscreen display should consider other models. Those requiring newer Bluetooth versions or greater memory capacity will not find them here.

The specification that decides fit

The NVIDIA GeForce GT650M discrete graphics card is the component that determines whether this system meets a buyer's performance needs. It provides dedicated video memory for gaming and graphics workloads that integrated graphics cannot handle. If the GT650M meets the required performance level, the 250GB SSD, 8GB DDR3 RAM and Core i7-3630QM processor complete a balanced configuration for that use case.