Lenovo Ideapad C340-14API, is it worth to buy it? [Review]

[heli1337]

Hello, for start i want to say I'm using this laptop since summer 2020 for many purposes.

Let's get started.

 

Specification of the Laptop

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700U

GPU - AMD Vega 10 2GB VRAM

RAM - 2x4GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400MHz [1x4GB Soldered Memory and 1x4GB Stick]

SSD - Samsung 1TB SSD

Screen - 14' 60Hz Touchscreen

 

Rest peripherials on test rig

 

Monitor - HP 22x 1ms 144Hz

Keyboard - Natec Genesis Thor 300

Mouse - Corsair Harpoon RGB Wired

Mousepad - Natec Genesis XL

 

 

Informations about device

 

Laptop cost me approx. 773USD in my Electronics Store.

CPU which is mounted here is a Ryzen 7 3700U, there are other variants with:

 

Athlon 300U

Ryzen 3 3200U

Ryzen 5 3500U

 

GPU in this laptop is a Vega 10 Integrated Graphics.

In TechPowerUp tests it's placing between HD6790 and HD4890.

 

RAM configuration is kinda bad for replacing, it's 2x4GB DDR4 SO-DIMM's but one stick is Soldered, so we will have a problems with replacing it.

One stick is still changeable, but i have read many articles and it CAN or CAN'T support 8GB stick as a replacement.

 

Charger is rated at 65W max. power, simple charger - nothing special.

 

Screen got me, when i have came to buy this laptop.

I was looking for a touchscreen laptop to play osu, but i haven't seen any in reasonable price with good components.

This is a big plus for this device, when coming to compete around the Intel i3 / i5 - xxxx.

 

 

About the Screen and others

 

Screen

Okay so as my first note screen angles are horrifying...

Good plus is a flexibility of the screen, it's good and easy - another plus is the touchscreen, it's catching many fingers in one time when pressing.

60Hz is a pain for me when it comes to harder gaming on this laptop, i just can't focus on the screen with this size and this refresh rate.

 

 

Keyboard

 

Keyboard is nice in feeling, but i have one model with broken "3" key, membrane was badly stucked and my key is pressing so weird.

But it is not a big problem for me, because i use external devices.

 

 

USB / HDMI Connections

 

This laptop only have a 2 USB Ports, so it was painful for me to plug my phone to it, when mouse and keyboard were plugged, it has a SD Card Reader it's a good plus for it.

HDMI port could only give me 120Hz on my 144Hz monitor.

Placing of the USB is bad if you hate using wired devices, mouse cable can easily irritate when your laptop is placed next to you.

There is a Mini Jack connection, as always

 

Laptop hasn't got a LAN port, so we can only use Wi-Fi Connection.

 

External Adds

 

OS have came to me with Lenovo Trash Applications, and AntiVirus, that always installs itselfs after a system Reboot.

OS that have came to me is a Windows 10 Home Edition 64bit.

 

Benchmarks

 

Furmark

17-18fps [74 Celcius still]

 

CSGO FPS Benchmark map (1024x720 4:3 Streched)

      126FPS Average

 

Team Fortress 2 (1920x1080 Low)

80-100 FPS

 

Cinebench R20 - 1489 points

 

SuperPi 1M - 11.564 seconds

 

Max. CPU Frequency, that i had while testing - 3895.9MHz

 

 

Performance Results

CPU 

Faster than FX 8350, nearly same as Ryzen 3 1200

 

GPU 

Slower than Vega 11

 

Screenshots

 

CPU-Z / GPU-Z

 

Cinebench R20

 

 

Pros and Cons of the device

 

 

Pros

Screen Flexability

Size when it comes to travel

Ryzen CPU inside of the device

SD Card Reader

1TB SSD from Samsung

Touchscreen

 

 

Cons

Price to Performance

Screen Angles

Soldered Stick of RAM

8GB of RAM sometimes is not enough

60Hz Refreshing

 No LAN Port