Lenovo Ideapad 320 7th Generation Laptop Review

The Lenovo IdeaPad 320S is a great match for someone with a low budget and no truly CPU-crunching tasks to do. Don’t come expecting a great screen, though, as it’s glaringly worse than that of a laptop from the next tier.
The Lenovo IdeaPad 320S is a low-end laptop. It uses the Intel Pentium 4415U CPU a dual-core with four threads and a base clock speed of 2.3GHz. 
We normally advise against buying a Windows 10 laptop with a Pentium or Intel Atom processor, as they are often a chore to use. Even system navigation can be slow to the point of annoyance.
However, the Lenovo IdeaPad 320S proves we’re back at a point where an Intel Pentium laptop can be a good buy. Windows 10 feels fast, there’s no waiting for basic elements of the OS to appear and general responsiveness is remarkably close to that of a Core i3 laptop. This is, in part, thanks to the use of a 128GB SSD rather than a slower hard drive.
Conscious that there’s still a question of how much an Intel Pentium CPU with 4GB of RAM can really hack, we tried opening a dozen browser windows, a few documents and running Minecraft in the background. The Lenovo IdeaPad 320S still didn’t fall over, although looking at Windows 10 Task Manager’s CPU usage stats it’s clear the Lenovo IdeaPad 320S is made for light tasks. Processor usage was fairly high with this kind of low-level multi-tasking.
If you want to do video editing, use Photoshop or music production software, we’d highly recommend a Core i-series laptop instead. That said, for the kind of work we tend to do: browsing, writing documents and relatively simply editing of photos, the Lenovo IdeaPad 320S fares surprisingly well.

AdvancedGraphics

The IdeaPad 320 offers a range of graphics options, including a powerful NVIDIA® GeForce™ 940MX graphics card. Discrete graphics cards rely on their own processing power, so you'll experience smoother graphics, less screen tearing and better gaming performance without compromising overall speed and responsiveness. Whether you're playing a game or creating or editing content, you'll enjoy crisp visuals.

Powerful Hybrid Storage

Choose between the ample storage of up to 2 TB SATA HDD or performance-enhancing hybrid storage, with up to 128 GB PCIe SSD plus 1 TB SATA HDD. You'll have more than enough room to build your collection of photos, movies and more — without spending extra money.

• • Tech Specs

    Processor	Up to 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
    Operating System	Windows 10 Home
    Graphics	Intel Integrated Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® 920MX NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX AMD Radeon™ 530
    Webcam / Microphone	Fixed Focus CMOS camera with single mic
    Memory	4 GB DDR4 4 GB DDR4 + 2 GB slot 4 GB DDR4 + 4 GB slot 4 GB DDR4 + 8 GB slot 16 GB slot
    Storage	128 GB SATA SSD 256 GB SATA SSD 512 GB SATA SSD 500 GB SATA HDD 1 TB SATA HDD 2 TB SATA HDD 128 GB SATA SSD + 1 TB SATA HDD 256 GB SATA SSD + 1 TB SATA HDD 128 GB PCIe SSD + 1 TB SATA HDD + ODD 16 GB Intel® Optane™ + 1 TB SATA HDD + ODD
    Audio	2 x 1.5W speakers with Dolby Audio
    Battery	Up to 5 hours with MobileMark 2014
    Display	15" HD (1366 x 768) 15" FHD (1920 x 1080)
    Dimensions (W x D x H)	378 mm x 260 mm x 22.9 mm
    Weight	2.2 kg
    Colors	Platinum Grey Onyx Black Blizzard White Denim Blue Plum Purple Coral Red
    WiFi/Bluetooth®	WiFi 1x1 AC + BT4.1
    Ports	2 USB 3.0 1 USB-Type C HDMI 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC) RJ-45 LAN