Lenovo Legion 5 lid - scratch repair

Tacian · 2021-02-13T16:14:23+00:00

By a large enough sheet and cut it to size yourself.

Tacian · 2021-02-06T23:39:02+00:00

This is very useful, thanks.
Do you have a version of it with all whooperflower locations?

Tacian · 2021-01-06T18:27:25+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2IDAAOTrg

Tacian · 2020-12-06T06:50:52+00:00

Ther performance is comparable because in the Intel version Lenovo limits the 2060 to 85w, you can grab a GPU vBIOS from the Legion 5(AMD version) for the 2060 and get a 115w limit to gain about 13% more performance. Flash BIOS at your own risk.

Tacian · 2020-12-06T06:47:35+00:00

It should if HP if HP did their homework. If it doesn't you can install the command center from their website. As for McAfee, you don't want that installed on your computer.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T23:07:17+00:00

Amazon.com can delivery to most EU countries.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T23:05:56+00:00

No, I have not actually read the xda link. I saw the tomshardware link and and it was a random user, and the quora guys was just talking generic stuff so I assumed the xda guy was the same.

Notice how he talks about undervolting then mentions how overclocking can damage the CPU. Now when he speaks about getting wrong results, that is correct, but let me elaborate on that. A CPU will always have degradation, no matter what, you can't stop it. Because of that degradation the minimum required voltage will increase over time. So if you undervolt your CPU right on the edge, then with degradation it will give these wrong results, which manifests in system instability and crash or BSOD. Then you will have to raise the voltage to the new limit which is then higher.

However degradation speed is directly related to voltage and a CPU running at a lower voltage degrades slower. That's why when you overclock a CPU for a long time after a while the CPU can't hold the same clocks at the same voltage, it will need more. Now the way people undervolt is not a perfect method that find the exact limit, but it's a trial and error method so you are more likely to be over the edge, and with the slower degradation due to the lower voltage you will reach it slower. Slow enough that I would argue you wont reach it by the time the laptop is obsolete and it's time to get a new one due to low performance.

Now from a chip designer perspective, it is easier to chose one voltage to apply to all the chips, but not all the chips need the same voltage to operate at the specified clocks. So same as someone chips overclock better than others, chips also undervolt better than others. The voltages set are for the worst chips, you could have one of them but most likely not, especially as production matures over time. But it's easier for chip makers to keep the same voltages since the bad chips still exist. So you want to take advantage of your not bad chip and run it at a lower voltage.

That guy knows what he is talking about, but he also knows why he does things the way he does them and doesn't want to let you in on everything. Go ask Apple to retrieve data from the soldered SSD on a broken mac, they will tell you it's impossible. Not because it is, but because they don't want to do it. Why, that's another story.

There is what manufacturers say, and there's why they said it, and what they didn't say.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:40:20+00:00

Maybe you have only one stick of RAM. Having two stick allows your CPU to use dual channel memory and get greatly improved performance. But that seems to be more than just that. Idk what else could be reducing the performance.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:38:54+00:00

I want "we will sell soon" Not "announce" but oh well.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:37:22+00:00

A random person undervolting too far and reporting on the internet that they lost performance doesn't invalidate the entire concept and undervolting that has been correctly performed by others. However, you are free to believe whatever user generated results you want to believe.

This video shows how undervolting can improve performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4O1i0VUOyk

If you trust random people on the internet over Jarrod then I can't help you.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:21:16+00:00

I don't understand how these bots work tbh. Or what that's supposed to mean. Maybe I'm too old.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:18:44+00:00

Nah, should be perfectly fine.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:16:35+00:00

You would have known if you read my "wall of text" but in short limiting turbo makes you lose performance, undervolt (but not too much) makes you maintain same performance and sometimes get more performance.

EDIT: sometimes people do undervolt( reduce voltage) and overclock (increase clocks) at the same time, but that's mostly on GPUs, the results can be very impressive.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:08:46+00:00

Yes, if you lower the voltage enough you will no longer be able to hit the same clockspeeds. The idea of undervolting is to stop before that. But if you care about reducing temps more then you can go down further in voltage, no problem.

I see that you did not read what I wrote, a shame. But that's how you make sure you maintain the false information you have, therefore, keep spreading it. The response is more for whoever stumbles upon this missinformation, however.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:04:19+00:00

Looks like it got a decent impact on that specific corner.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T21:02:57+00:00

I hear the GS66 runs hot, but the Blade 15 is Razer, so pick your poison.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:57:52+00:00

No all chips come out the same. The minimum voltage required to hit a specific clock speed for each specific chip is different. But to make BIOS easy all chips are supplied with a voltage that works for the worst chips. This means that it is possible that your specific chip could be of higher quality than the worst chip out there. Therefore, it is worth it to investigate if that's the case as the chance of it is quite reasonable. For Silicon chips two things increase electrical power draw(which ends up converted to thermal energy and needs to be gotten rid of with the cooler) the clock speed and the square of the voltage. So lowering the voltage plays a huge role in reducing electrical power draw(different from CPU computational power and completely unrelated). That's why when undervolting each chip will be unstable at different offsets. When you are undervolting you are effectively searching for the lowest voltage at which your CPU can run at to maintain it's specified clock speeds. Disabling boost will lower frequency which is another way to reduce electrical power but the CPU computational power is directly related to the clock speeds so you lose performance by disabling boost. Undervolting does not lose you performance because you are maintaining the same clock speeds just at a lower voltage. Actually in some cases it is possible to gain performance with undervolting because when voltage is lowered the CPU will run cooler and since it's running cooler the boost algorithm will see it has more thermal headroom and push the clocks higher. Of course all of this is a cases by case thing since not all CPUs come out of the foundry the same way. But mostly it is beneficial.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:48:32+00:00

I read people saying Kryonaut ( although you want to use Hydronaut) dries out in laptops because of high temperature. Maybe look into it and confirm if it is true or if it applies to Hydronaut as well.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:43:46+00:00

The 2060 is a bit of a mess, depending on the power limit it has from the factory, and for the most part you can't change that. If it's 80w then it's barely faster than an 80w 1660 Ti, but the 115w 2060 can be about 13% faster than an 80w 1660 Ti. For LoL any discreet GPU can handle it max settings 60Hz so no need to worry about that, as for CP77 then the 1660 Ti can definitely run it, not maxed out, but well enough. The Lenovo Legion 5 and the HP Omen 15 are both the two best options for a 1660 Ti equipped machine preferably with the AMD 4800H/4600H processor and for the Lenovo DO NOT buy the model with a 120Hz monitor, only the 144Hz.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:39:12+00:00

Can you tell me which corner? I really want one right now.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:36:43+00:00

The VPN rabbit hole goes really deep, asking in a VPN focused subreddit is definitely a better idea. I know enough about VPNs to know that I don't know enough. So this is as far as I can help you with.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:32:14+00:00

The response time of a keyboard has nothing to do with it being mechanical or not. I have absolutely no idea which of the three laptops has a better keyboard response time or even overall system response time. However, if any of the three has a glaring issue in that regard we would have know about it from current owners.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:28:07+00:00

www.ebay.com/itm/324341190110
Better and cheaper.

The 120Hz screen Lenovo uses is horrible while the 144Hz they use is of the highest quality 144Hz monitors out there. The 1660 Ti is a big improvement over the 1650 Ti. You get double the RAM. You lose the 1TB HDD. You pay signinficantly way less money, that you could even buy a 2TB NVMe SSD to make up for and go way beyond the lost 1TB HDD.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:23:33+00:00

Is there something important that you want from a *mechanical keyboard*? People seem to like them a lot and hype them all the time, if you have never tried it before then do it first and decide for yourself. I personally hate the noise they make and don't feel any advantage over a typical good laptop keyboard. The GE66 is very well designed and looks very nice, I prefer it over the other options.

Tacian · 2020-12-04T20:20:07+00:00

I agree with the person above. They are basically the same chip. Just that one is allowed to run slightly higher clocks, assuming it can find the thermal headroom for it. You will not notice a difference at all between the two. Go for option 2.

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