Lenovo ThinkPad E14 G2 AMD Ryzen In-Depth Review - Fantastic Affordable Business laptop
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- Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 AMD Ryzen version is an enterprise 14-inch business world class laptop to handle everyday work task as well as being a great personal laptop for home or students too.
0:00 Intro
0:44 Ports
1:23 Configurations
3:01 Webcam
4:16 Keyboard and Trackpad
5:23 Build Construction
6:25 Speakers
7:28 Power and Battery Life
9:14 Weight
9:29 Temperatures and Fan Noise
12:24 Internals
14:06 Display
16:44 Benchmarks
17:31 Final Words
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Thanks for your patience all, I got in contact with Lenovo regarding about the display dimming and here is the official word, thank you to Lenovo ANZ team for the clarification.
Lenovo response -
With respect to display brightness, it’s hardcoded in the Thinkpad E14 G2 AMD BIOS to balance battery life and performance. One component that drives battery consumption is the LCD brightness. Therefore when running in Battery mode, the display will dim to some extent to get back to a “balance battery life/performance” status.
However there’s a brightness adjustment in AMD Radeon settings that will enable you to manually overwrite the selection.
support.lenovo.com/au/en/solutions/ht510641-brightness-adjustment-in-amd-radeon-settings-thinkpad-e495-e595-e14-gen2-type-20t7-20t6-e15-gen2-type-20t920t8
yup, just install AMD radeon drivers and disable Vari-Bright in the screen tab. That's it. Full brightness restored on battery
Sir.. Can you make video on Lenovo Thinkpad E14 gen 2 AMD..model no:20T6S0EM00
Thanks a lot for this info, I disabled the vari-bright option and then I am good with the brightness
I love this laptop but absolutely despise the low brightness and weird contrast, so this is a lifesaver
People need to learn how to do reviews from this dude. He covered everything that can be possibly covered in 18 minutes. Clear and crisp.
Probably the most wholesome review video out there. Not extra fluff, just how I like it
Thanks Karthik Sreedevan for your wonderful feedback and you're right I don't like the extra fluff myself while consuming information and rather have things in important points so I rather do the same for my reviews. I'm trying still to cut down the times of these review videos, goal is to get the reviews to 10mins range without losing information.
@@BsianTech I received my ThinkPad E14 in the mail today and i want to point out a few key diffferences that the Indian variant has in comparison to be global variant, just in case you wanted to make an update video. The Indian variant ships with Windows 10 Home Single Language and Office 2019 Home and Student (Lifetime Subscription) as opposed to Windows 10 Pro on the Global variant. Also, the supplied SSD is not of Toshiba make but of Western Digital make.
P.S. Love your videos, keep doing what you're doing. Youv've definitely earned a sub!
@@PongiPlaysGames bro im getting one for my post grad, how has it been so far?
@@tamilviral4010 it's pretty good!
Although i wouldn't recommend if you're a heavy gamer since it lacks a dedicated GPU and doesn't have a thunderbolt port to connect an eGPU. But it can run GTA V around 35 fps at a mix of medium and high settings at 720p, Valorant gives me 60fps at high settings. But i don't think you'd be able to run any heavier games on this system.
In terms of CPU performance, i was able to compile an Android-Linux kernel within 12 mins without caching and LTO. With caching, that came down to around 2 mins tops.
Overall the system is pretty snappy and runs like a well oiled machine, the complementary Office 2019 is an added bonus. I would recommend getting an additional SSD and an extra stick of RAM to squeeze even more performance.
@@PongiPlaysGames cool, thanks! yeah I might do a slight bit of gaming like Valorant
And what is the upgradability of the SSD?
The price for the 512 gb variant is 59k says the dealer and 54 for 256
Finally found the review that I was searching for!!!!
People talks about battery but anybody did it well!! Thank you very much!
Glad you found it useful =) my testing method is different to other peoples I have been enquiring more on the testing method by the manufactures and chip makers to find and improve if need be my battery testing method. More than likely it unlikely change since realistically its work we do on it and run it in normal environment. Just beware I do testing for the worst case scenario so the battery life numbers should be better for your normal use. Thank you also for your commend and feed back too Abraão Gutemberg, stay health and safe =).
Now, that's what I call a comprehensive review! Keep up the good work, mate!
I appreciate the time you took to give me encouragement cheers. Every one's comments gives me more fuel to continue on this path to help others. Thanks @Florin Sergiu!
The brightness issue can be resolved by going into the AMD Radeon software and disabling Vari-bright option.
did this work?
the 88nits limit on battery defeats the purpose of a battery laptop
great video, aside from 2 or 3 moments when i needed to turn on subtitles you've done perfect review, you covered everything in very resonable time and it didn't bored you compered to other reviews
Congratulations for the great content. It is really hard to find this level of review nowadays on YT. Thanks for the details. Please, keep posting!
Glad it was helpful Gustavo Nien and thank you for your feedback it is very encouraging for me to continue this path and I will keep striving and improving to find more practical testing and information to bring to everyone.
Bro this is such a fantastic review. You covered every single thing potential customers need to know.
This man requires more likes and more subscribers. Very good review.
What a brilliant review! Just the kind of info one needs to make a purchase decision. Thanks for the hard work.
Finally. USEFUL reviews. Clear and actionable.
This is the best video on this product I saw, I needed a work computer this suits me well, and ik going to buy it after your review all the points were explained properly!
your review is informative and your voice is so clear. very good job.
Thanks for putting time in making this great quality review. Exactly what I have been looking for to learn about this model. Deserve more subs!
You know what? The way you are reviewing the laptop is awesome. Your explanation is just superb.
it's really in depth review. i appreciate your efforts. thanks for making such a wonderful video.
Great review with everything I need to know! I think I'm going to go with one of these. I'm not a business user, but a home user that likes to tinker with things like some music production and digital drawing, and some legacy gaming where I don't need a majorly powerful GPU, although it looks like the integrated Radeon in the Ryzen 4000 series is nothing to sneeze at either. My reason for honing in on a Thinkpad though, is that I value the durability and upgradeability, as I usually keep my laptops for 5 years or more, plus with this E series model it doesn't really cost much more than a lot of consumer laptops with Ryzen and similar specs. I can take the "cost cutting" measures of the E series as I really don't need that many ports (nice that this still has full sized HDMI and a flip-down Ethernet jack that doesn't need a dongle though), and it also loses the 2 signature silver hinges from the L series and up, but I think this one actually looks cleaner. Another reason is nostalgia. The first laptop I bought with my own money after doing odd summer jobs as a kid was a somewhat gutted IBM-made Thinkpad from circa 1997 used on eBay, I forget the exact model. I found all the missing components, like a refurbished battery, AC adapter, RAM, a decently large hard drive, a PCMCIA modem card (family was still on dail-up ugh) and the CD ROM drive (it had one of those hot-swappable drive bays, remember those? I later got the floppy disk one too) and installed Windows XP which was current at the time, and had a really decent computer for cheap. Other than a number of modern developments like thin-ness and display bezel size, the basic shape and design of these newer Lenovo Thinkpads really hasn't changed all that much. I'm excited to mess around with the TouchPoint nib too, as I got really good with it on my childhood Thinkpad because it only had the TouchPoint as an on-board pointing device and no touchpad. That webcam is kinda meh, but looks perfectly serviceable for video calls, and it looks like it has decent low light performance too. It's no worse I think that the webcams in MacBooks that cost twice as much, I think they still use 720p webcams.
Thanks Ch4osWe4veR for you wonderful comment and story, I also went through the ages of tech like floppy, removable media drives like CDroms with space savers to drop weight. Also agree hasn't been too much change in look of the ThinkPad and the ThinkPad when it was badged as IBM. It's great they kept the iconic keyboard and the trackpoint for those who still use it. The E series this year really hasn't made much compromise in terms of quality at all IMO, you will enjoy this laptop. Also your username reminds me of playing D&D games :)
Great review! I just ordered this laptop yesterday and can't wait to use it for my computing needs!!
Thanks Natasha, it's a good laptop for its price. Just remember to disable windows hibernation as it's still an issue with this laptop till Lenovo upload an BIOS update to fix it.
@@BsianTech Will do. Thank u for telling that to us, viewers. it's really helpful!
@@nastasha6443 How has it been treating you?
@@BsianTech does lenovo solved that issue?
Thank you for this amazing review! Now I know what to save money for!
The brightness change is due to the graphic settings, if you right click on the desktop and go to graphic settings then power you can adjust the display behaviour whether on battery power or plugged in
I just ordered this laptop, thanks for the informative review. I also like your enthusiasm, keep up the great work!
Thank you very much Hugh N for your nice feedback, love to hear your thoughts of the laptop when you received and played with the laptop. Also please check the pin comment regarding about the screen brightness modification if you require brighter display when running on battery.
how has it been treating you?
Amazing review! full of details. Greetings from Chile, you got another subscriber :)
really enjoyed your review :)
Detailed as lit 🔥🔥🔥
Liked. Subscribed. Great details. Thanks
Awesome review. You deserve way more subs.
Keep the good work Sir. This is a good review!
Thanks, awesome video.
You are really hardworking keep it up you will reach great heights one day.
I believe the HP equivalent is the 435 "13"), 445 (14"), and 455 (15.6") G7 Probook models. Great to have so many to choose from. AMD has come on strong with the OEMs.
Thanks my friend for the in detail review. Greetings from Argentina!
Very welcome Nacho D. great to hear this was useful to you and G'day from Australia =).
Acá también de Argentina. La recomendas? La tenes? Que tal? Esta media cara... pero parece muy linda por lo que dice el tipo!
La tenés, q tal te salió? Vi q calientan mucho, es verdad ? Estoy viendo d comprarme un e15 R5 pro 4650u o una e14 R5 4500u, alguna recomendación
high level review!
Thank you for the hard work.
Cheers @mohammesaminsabeur497, which part did you find most useful?
Great review ! Just got the Ryzen 7 g5 --- best laptop I've ever had and I have no intention to use it as a biz machine. Thanks, again ....
great review!
It was an excellent review 👍
Great review! 👍
thanks @rm28italia2012
Very good reviews 👍
Excellent Review .
Most comprehensive review of this laptop I could find. Thanks
Thats a very detailed review . I liked it. 👏🏼
Thanks for this detailed review buddy! Am gonna get a 2TB ssd plus another 16GB RAM for the same I got for work!
It was bending mate. The review was cool, not boring at all, u fucking deserve a subscribe and a like!
Nice video.... greetings from India
Great review indeed very detail and clear explanation plus there is weighting display from the review and now thats hard to get from other reviewers ....
As for me weight matters ... rather than performance mumbo jumbos ... since I am the one carrying it here and there all day long ...
This is the most wholesome review I've seen so far. Great quality 👍. Also just wanted to know if the onboard SSD is M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe SSD. It will be mentioned on the sticker of the SSD. Would appreciate if you reply to my query.
How would you compare the build quality of the T14 AMD Gen 1 vs E14 AMD Gen 2. I know you liked the build quality of the E14. Or put another way would the T14 last longer in years compared to the E14 with both being treated the same? Great review and thank you.
I have to buy a laptop and with my budget I can afford the E14 or the L14, both AMD. Nearly the same specs except battery and screen better in the e14.
I'm leaning towards the L14 because the completely upgradeable ram and the two USB C ports. What model would you recommend between these two?
Great review and great work with the channel. Greetings from Spain.
I've just order this. From this video, it is way better than my old laptop, which was 10 years old and does not function now.
Great review, and really nice presenter, really like him!
Thanks very much @Andrew Baines very much appreciate the feedback, hope I can provide some entertainment as well in between =). Seasonal greetings to you.
Excellent review....I got this 1
After 3 years... is it working good snd is it good fror video editing
Thank you.
Very good and detail review. Can you pls review E14 Gen 5. Im just have low budget and only can get it
nice review
Thank you Vishal Kumar
Thanks for help me to select
You are so good
I just ordered it for my programming and coding needs.😍😍
Is it intel Or AMD?
@@dharmendrapandey9632 both variants available
Is it working good plz tell
was considering this laptop.
14:49 -> that display is a deal breaker.
Helpfull ⚡⚡💯
please also make a review of the ThinkPad E14 Gen 3
Hi. Can you review the latest generation 5 AMD thinkpad E14 series also
I buy the L, T and E series laptops for my company.
The current E series has better build quality than the L series and on par with the T series.
The shell top is Aluminium and the bottom proper rubber strips.
Hinge is across the entire length.
I would agree with you, the E Series have really brought up the game to become par with the T series. Thanks Dan for your insight and experience on build quality =).
Ohh my hypothetical god! I have ordered a Thinkpad E14 Ryzen 4500u laptop and have been watching all the reviews for past 2 days.. but none has been as detailed as you are. Keep up the good work and try to promote your videos a little.
Thank you very much Hanush Kumar for your kind words. I try to keep the reviews as short and useful as I can without losing too much information I want to pass across, I know the video atm aren't pretty for marketing wise which is something I will need to work on once I get more time film. I'm currently not a full time youtuber and just uploading information just the people who are looking. I aim to try work on the marketing next year =). Great to hear you made a great choice in the E14 R5, I believe it has been quite a shocker laptop to me how great it is especially for the price Lenovo is asking.
@@BsianTech Great. Many people on reddit.com/r/Thinkpad have query about which one to buy among T14 and E14.
If you can spare some time out of your schedule, I recommend you make a T14 vs E14 Ryzen 5 video, emphasizing on the differences in Build Quality, Display, Features and Performance (if any).
How's it holding up? Would you still recommend?
@@henryijeomaMy younger sis has it and Its working well. Battery life (5-7 hrs) could've been better but can't extract anything more from a 45WHr battery. I have another Flex 5 at home with 57WHr battery and it easily lasts 9-10 hrs. Its a thinkpad so its durable as well but I won't recommend a 4500u now. You should instead look to get a laptop with either Intel 12th Gen or Ryzen 55xxu or 65xx processor.
@@HanushAnand0137 okay man, thanks alot
thank you
Just got it an installed Linux. So far pretty damn good and am quite satisfied with it. Using it along side my Macbook for programming.
Still using it? I am planning to get a ThinkPad for my programming classes as well, they seem to hold up but I'm interested in hearing the firsthand experience from a fellow programmer
@@Pamven Definitely. Used it quite a lot and it's holding up well. Still just as fast pretty much and I believe it will still hold for a long while. Love the keyboard, it's great!
I know it's one year late but how's the battery life? Do you get around 6,7hrs for web browsing and coding?
Bought this laptop last month. Within 2 weeks the screen started to bend / warp. Probably because the lid couldn't handle the screen heat. Now back to Lenovo for repair.
Plz helo..after 3 years does it working good..am intending to helo...and is it good for video editing
Hi there, any idea on the differences between gen 2 and gen 3?
Thanks,
Today i buy e15 with 5500u and i see some reviews of e14 and e15 to see the durability... And you are the only one who try "twist" the laptop. Thanks! (Relax... I did not buy it to twist 🤣 but it is a good test to see the resistance of the chassis hahaha)
I think you will enjoy your E15, I haven't played with a E15 yet but got an idea on it. LOL I know it looks weird to do the twist but the twist test is testing the integrity strength of the display bezel if the chassis gets impacted.
Sir, could you do the review on Lenovo Think Pad E15 Gen 2 AMD Ryzen 5-4500U because I heard that it has 56% sRGB and and the cooling system is not good. Thank you!
thanks
What's the temp on the CPU in performance mode under full load? I'm getting near 100C
Any advice on low colour contrast? colours do not seem to pop at all... Ryzen 7 model
Hi. Between this and thinkbook 13s gen2, which to buy?
Hi i'm looking for a laptop for 4k video editing with premiere pro /after effects and basically nothing else it will be dedicated to just that. I don't have loads of cash so i'm looking for under €1.5k, do you have any recommendations? I find all the branding on hardware so confusing to actually know what is what.
Just a headsup: mine was aluminium lid and chassis.
Is the keyboard user-serviceable? can it be removed from the front like other thinkpads?
The "integrated graphics being pretty decent" does that mean I can run Lightworks and Blender for video editing just fine?
Really detailed review. Need an update on that screen brightness issue while on battery...is it something a BIOS update can (and will?) fix?
I liked this laptop very much and it is available at Rs. 45,999 on Amazon in India. But horrified to buy due to that brightness issue. How will it be fixed?
@@shivamsaini7812 same position man! Gotta buy one for college... Dunno how it will be fixed, 90 nits is terrible
It’s probably just a Windows thing. They’ll fix it.
@@notelijahking8038 Are you sure?
@@shivamsaini7812 it's anyway out of stock now... Let's see when it comes back
Not bad review but you forgot the most important thing in it how hot did the CPU get at 100% load?
Sir, big thumbs up for the review. Subbed
My question is, what is the upgradability of the SSD? If it is the 512 gig version can I upgrade it more?
The small SSD in the 2242 format is officially max at 512GB, as for the other spare M.2 SSD Slot 2280 officially its 1TB on that slot.
@@BsianTech thanks sir
Hiee…. Could u please review the same with lenovo thinkpad amd ryzen 5 pro 4650 u with tn panel…
Is tn panel really bad as compare to ips panel of the same … thx in advance
The brightness is a BIOS setting.
Does it has automatic booting feature when the lid opened?
Any plans to do a review on the intel version? got an option to buy one with mx450...
Not atm I am sorry, if I can get my hands on Intel version I would be keen to see myself how the performance and thermals are.
@@BsianTech no worries....keep up the great work!
We don't get any backlit keyboard in Indian version 😭😭.... And that is the only thing which strikes ur heart.....
is there too much difference between the t14 and this one? i mean is the build quality so different that is worth the extra 250 dollars? at least thats the difference in my country
Where I can find its emergency reset button?
Hey! Thanks so much for the in depth review. I have this laptop on order here in India. I was wondering if you could check that the display brightness issue on battery has got nothing to do with the battery modes. Thanks so much.
Please try this
support.lenovo.com/in/en/solutions/ht510641-brightness-adjustment-in-amd-radeon-settings-thinkpad-e495-e595-e14-gen2-type-20t7-20t6-e15-gen2-type-20t920t8
Hello Naveet, could you tell me how you were able to order it from India? What was the price and how about its gaming performance? Thank you.
@@nikhilmohan6193 its available bon Amazon right now for 47k. Which is very reasonable. It has not been delivered yet. Will get delivered tomorrow.
@@naveet007 Hi...did you receive it? it's showing 46K ... how's the laptop?
@@maulikpujara1 yes. I received it today. Got it for 46k. Everything is fine. The screen is not good. The keyboard is not backlit. If you do not plan to upgrade the ram and storage ever, you can look at ASUS Vivobook 14 with Ryzen 4500u available on Flipkart for 48k. It has a backlit keyboard and 512gb storage for extra 2k.
Can we replace the Wifi Card with Intel Wifi6 or 6E card? Don't know why they still keep put a Wifi 5 card in 2021.
Can you stress the CPU ( how much Max TDP it uses) as more tdp than the processor limits may results in throttling.. you can use CPUZ to stress test. ( there is an issue in various lenovo laptops relating TDP /source : lenovo forum)
You should never stress test thin and lights l or any laptop) that isn't fot gaming. They simply have barely enough cooling for some 100% spikes but not constant hardcore stress tests.
How much ssd is here??? And how much can i expand?? Plz tell me sir.
When it goes in hibernation mode you coulndt wake up with pressing some key on keyboard you must press power button at least it works for me. Great laptop i love evertything but battery is terrible omg and i would love that screen is more bright.
Hi... how long battery last?
Does it support WD GREEN m.2??
Is it just me or did everyone face a problem with the boot? I bought this laptop and the moment I turned it on, I ran into the a boot loop. At first I thought that it was because the OS wasn't installed so I got my USB with windows 10 but that didn't fix it. I just ended up returning it.
Great Review as always. I have this laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 + 16GB Ram + 2 SSD and has been great.
Just a suggestion for description, it's Colombia not Columbia.
Oops my fault there thanks for the correction =)
Does it have a secondary (empty) slot for the ram upgrade or just a single memory slot?
1 free slot, 1 dimm soldered.
Between the Thinkbook 14 G2 and Thinkpad E14 which do u recommend?
Thinkpad everytime. Better keyboard, more durable chassis, better reliability, higher quality build, more consistent back-light performance. It's just a better machine.
I have an Intel core i3 model of the same laptop. But it doesn't have backlit keyboard.
It would be all hold it can be configured, some can be option in and some option out the blacklit keys. All the Thinkpad keyboards will have the option to have or not have, in my review unit it had it option in Deepak Kumar.
Bro can I play games like GTA 5 or Call of duty warzone on this laptop ?
Does the Ryzen 3 do the job of running all the basics tasks for a student and is the ryzen 3 future proof for the next years to come?
4 cores? We’ve had better for a while. You’ll still beat Intel’s i3s but getting the 4500u means you’ll have a better CPU than the current i7.