HWM Singapore – June 2019

Someoftheconnectorsare

locatedatthebackaswell.

featureonmanygaming

laptops.

Performance-wise,

theLegionY740is fast

andcompetitive,mostly

holdingitsownagainst

othersimilarlycongured

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laptops. However, it’s the

cooling performance that’s

pretty impressive. I’m not

talking about CPU or GPU

temperatures, but rather

how cool the palm rests

remain throughout.

Lenovo says that it

improved the cooling

system for this generation

of laptops, and it shows.

The laptop pulls in air

through large openings at

the bottom and dumps hot

air out generous vents at the

sides and back. It calls this

system Coldfront, and it also

comprises a dual-channel

thermal management

design, with dedicated

cooling for both the CPU

and GPU.

CONCLUSION

No-nonsensegaminglaptopthat

willrunanythingat1080p.

screen, but colors otherwise

appeared vibrant.

The speakers are a Dolby

Atmos-capable system that

sit at the bottom on the left

and right sides. Generally-

speaking, large top- ring

units sound better, but these

2-watt speakers are powerful

and de nitely loud enough

with not much distortion. I

was surprised by how good

the speakers sounded,

and you can probably ditch

the headphones if you’re

watching a movie. That said,

you’ll still want to put them

on in-game where positional

accuracy and maximum

clarity is more important.

The laptop is equipped

with a decent selection

of ports and connectors,

distributed across the sides

and back. In total, it features

one Thunderbolt 3, one USB

3.1 (Gen 2) Type-A, two USB

3.1 (Gen 1) Type-A, one Mini

DisplayPort 1.4, and one

HDMI 2.0 port. In addition,

there is a Gigabit Ethernet

jack located at the back,

alongside the display outputs

and two USB ports. The

inclusion of Thunderbolt 3

is great, as for some reason

it still isn’t yet a standard

Corsair’s iCUE software,
which off ers a range of
lighting presets to choose
from. There is support for
per-key customizations as
well, should you want to
create something more
unique. On top of that, you
can adjust the lighting on
the logo and side vents
independently.
Elsewhere, the 15.6-inch
display is framed by thin
bezels on three sides, which
helps reduce the overall
space footprint of the laptop.
I’d expect nothing less from
a gaming laptop released

laptops, the display was

a little on the dim side,

and I had to run it at

maximum brightness to feel

comfortable under bright

 orescent lighting. There

was also a cooler tint to the

ATA GLANCE

PROCESSOR

IntelCorei7-8750H

MEMORY

32GBDDR4-2666RAM

STORAGE

NVIDIAGeFOrceRTX

2070 Max-Q

DISPLAY

512GBPCIeM.2SSD

BATTERY

57Wh

PRICE

$3,600

helps the Legion Y740 score

some points against the

competition, since there

are pricier laptops with no

support for that.

As with many gaming

in 2019 though, especially
one at this price point. That
said, the bottom bezel is
still rather chunky, and it’s
where Lenovo has stowed
the webcam, a placement
that honestly isn’t great
as it makes for seriously
un attering camera angles.
The display itself is a
144Hz IPS panel with support
for NVIDIA G-Sync. The
inclusion of G-Sync de nitely

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