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hey how's it going Dave 2d here this is lenovo's legion y 7:30 this is their kind of mid to your gaming laptop I did a video on a product of theirs two or three months ago called the y5 30 that's kind of like their entry level this is a improved version of the y5 30 so a lot of the things that I didn't love about the y5 30 this thing has fixed it's a little bit more expensive it's eleven or twelve hundred dollars and well let's get right into it the design aesthetic of this thing is very similar to the y5 30 it's a very clean look doesn't have any red gamer accents or anything like that I feel like lenovo has moved beyond that whole red gamer stuff it's just a very muted and more professional looking gaming laptop now this device is aluminum the top panel is aluminum the keyboard deck is aluminum the main chassis is aluminum it's a much more well-built version of their entry level gaming device now there are some plastic components still like the back part of the hinge is still plastic and the bottom panel is also a kind of Polycarbon material it looks like it would be aluminum but it is plastic I've also noticed that this bottom panel is a lot easier to remove than the y5 13 i think it's because like the plastic clips that hold it into place they clip into the metal chassis so it just feels more secure you don't feel like you're snapping anything when you're opening it up and yeah now when you're inside you have access to the Wi-Fi card the two nephron shattered drive the nvme and you also have access to the RAM slots Corsair is partnered with Lenovo so you can get RAM that's running up to 3200 megahertz the battery is also slightly bigger not by a lot it's still only a 57 watt hour battery and I'm only going around four hours of battery life on this device so again like the Y 530 you do need to bring your charger with you if you want to go the full day now the ports are on the back again which I like you kind of keep the ports and extra cables and peripherals out of the way and this time around you also get a Thunderbolt 3 port which is something that I feel was lacking from the Y 530 it may not be important to a lot of people but if you want to upgrade this thing to have like external GPU capabilities or just future connectivity I feel like that Thunderbolt 3 port is really useful it just I feel like it just gives this thing extended life down the road the rest of the device hasn't changed much celery still has great performance with the six core i7 and et x 1050 TI pushes out excellent frame rates and games you get a thin bezel screen and I think it's one of the best features of this device that cleaner design aesthetic it still has the webcam on the bottom of the laptop but in terms of the specs I think you actually get a really good value with the Y series both the Y 5:30 and the Y 7:30 the keyboard is actually changed a little bit as well not that the Y 530 had a bad keyboard but the layouts a little bit different there's macro keys on the Y 730 and there's no number pad on the Y 730 the number pad is something that I rarely use on laptops but I know that some of you guys are quite fond of it there's a couple other things the trackpad buttons on this machine they're much quieter and have a better feel to the click compared to the Y 530 and the speakers they're also improved there's still laptop speakers but they sound noticeably better to me and there's also RGB lighting on this laptop that the 530 didn't have and I will say that this thing surprised me not the fact that I've had RGB lighting but I think it has the industry best in lighting so before this device I would say that the razor blade or just any of the Razer laptops have the best lighting in the RGB keyboard space and RGB lighting on laptops and stuff these guys do it better so this is why the software that they're using for this is done by course or at least it's done in partnership with Corsair and of course there knows a thing or two about RGB lighting it's bright LEDs individually lit and they've done it in a way that's really user friendly the software is quite intuitive and they also have under glow lighting or like side lighting and there's a single RGB light region in the logo that you can change and I think it's something that lenovo did really well I mean they could have gone ham and just lit this thing up like crazy but it feels subtle enough that if you wanted to you can kind of mute all the lights and just bring this thing to work as a regular laptop I will say though that as as cool as this stuff looks and as much praise as I'm giving their lighting system keep in mind that it is just RGB lights right you'll get bored of it over time I think most people just kind of use it for a while set it to things that kind of entertain them for a while but it loses its novelty over time so don't make that the only reason why you purchased this device the gaming performance is really strong it's not any different from the y5 30 at least not that I could tell and the thermals are also quite good the fans don't get crazy loud or anything it's a good overall product especially for the price and I guess the million-dollar question is is this worth it like is this product a better pickup or a better purchase over the Y 5:30 and I think that I mean if you're on a really tight budget and you only have 900 or $800 to spend then you can't even get this the Y 5:30 is a way to go between the two but I feel like this is a product that will last longer like it's just built better it has better quality materials and the RGB lighting does look pretty cool I feel like with gaming laptops there's usually two kind of main categories you have cheaper plastic devices and you have more expensive aluminum devices this product kind of crosses that barrier it's not a super expensive gaming laptop yet it's built really well it's build better than you would expect considering its price point so if that's what you're looking for something that's kind of mid tier that has a bigger focus on build quality instead of just raw performance at that price you should check this out because it's pretty money okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs we liked it subs if you loved it see you guys next time