Great limited-time deals on IdeaPad Y400/Y500. Lowest prices I've ever seen.

I recently bought the IdeaPad Y500 in my sig and like it a lot so far. Good build quality and screen and great gaming and content creation capabilities. Just came across some insane deals for the Y400 and Y500 and thought I'd share it here. Act fast though because this is a limited-time offer.

Go here and sign up for a free Lenovo Barnes & Noble Gold account and log in with it. Only takes a minute and is required to get these insane deals.

Enjoy:

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Those are some good deals. I am thrilled with my Y500, even got the SLI ultrabay and 170w ps.
For a sub-1000 dollar machine, it is a steal.

 

Tell me about it.

I'm running Battlefield 3 @ 1080p High with AA and motion blur turned off. Smooth as butter 50-60 FPS average even in big 64-player battles.

 

Great deal. I actually ordered a y500 earlier today, didn't know about this barnes and noble deal so I went with the online prices which is about $20-30 more then the b&n discount.

Was gonna order off the lenovo site but decided to call the sales line to haggle a lil bit ,maybe extra deal or discounts lol. It worked, haha. I asked about the notorious touchpad problem, lenovo rep said they were aware and the newer machines shouldn't have this problem and comes with better software (elan-synaptic issue). I expected to hear something like this from the sales rep, so i was still acted concerned, and asked bout warranty, etc.

I gave off an interested but still unsure vibe, I asked the rep if I bought laptop today if he could hook me up with any additional promo/discount not counting the running promo they have now. Guy pauses, types something in his computer and tells me the y500 models with 1080p FHD came an additional 6% discount. I decided to grab the single cpu 650m 1080p 59360242 model for $799 . With the discount it came down to around $750 and with taxes,total came to around $800.

So if anyone is interested in ordering any Lenovo laptops, call their sales line and haggle with them. It seems the sales rep really wanna make sales so ask for discounts,they wont tell u flatout but they have em! I was actually surprised to hear the rep gave the discount so easy lol. Wish would of knew bout this B&N deal woulda been a sweeter deal. I'm happy tho, powerhouse laptop for under $800 with soooo much upgrade potential.

Quick ques tho, prob not gonna spring for the sli upgrade for awhile, is the y500 with single 650m cpu good enough to run the new SimCity? Only game i wanna play atm.

 

Yep haggling is how I got a great price on my Y500 too. Glad to hear that it worked for you too.

SimCity benchmarks:
SimCity Benchmarked - NotebookCheck.net Reviews

SimCity Performance, Benchmarked - TechSpot

Seems to have terrible performance and very CPU-bound.

 

Damn, looks like I might have to spring for that update sooner then I expected. Can I only get the second 650m that is ultrabayed from lenovo or does anyone else sells it (newegg?).

Also it seems the model I order is like yours opticeps just without the second gpu. How recent did u buy it and would you mind telling me how much u got everything for? Thinking about possibly calling in to modify the order and springing for the sli upgrade.

Also u prob been asked a thousand times, but since u said u ordered recently, any touchpad issues?

 

You can only get the Ultrabay GPU from Lenovo.com at the moment. No idea if it's ever gonna be available elsewhere.

I ordered mine at the beginning of the month through the Barnes & Noble Gold site. I bought the laptop along with the Ultrabay GPU and 170W AC adapter (required for SLI). Back then the laptop was $809, GPU $117, and charger $68. I was able to haggle with the sales rep on the phone to give me the charger and GPU for $150 together so I paid $959 total before tax.

Right now the laptop is $779 and charger $68 but the GPU has shot back up to $195 (it was on sale for $117 when I bought it). If you can't convince the sales rep to lower the price of the GPU for you I'd wait until it hopefully goes on sale again before buying it.

I don't have the major touchpad issues that early buyers reported because mine is the revised Synaptics model. As long as your system has BIOS v1.05 or higher and the Synaptics hardware you should be good. The clickpad design isn't the greatest so the cursor will sometimes slip around on-screen when tapping in the left click zone, which is annoying because it usually causes you to click the wrong place, but overall it is usable for the rare instances when I need it.

My Y500 is actually getting replaced with an identical unit because this one came with a bunch of stuck pixels on the screen. Besides that, though, the machine has been a joy to use so far.

 

I placed my order for the Y400 over the phone. I asked about additional discount but she wouldn't budge, but its a really good price anyway. I am also terrible at haggling.

 

Should've called in a few more times. I didn't get it on my first try either.

 

Yeah its not a huge deal it would have been like 40 bucks or something and the price is already the best around for that configuration. Plus they said I had a 1 day price protection.


Looks like the deals ended yesterday. New deals up. The non B+N lowest for the Y400 is now $749 (as opposed to 719). But the first config on the left has a 750 GB 7200 RPM drive. Man I would have taken that over the 1 TB 5400 RPM drive I ordered.

 

Thanks for the feedback opticeps, makes me feel much better about the touchpad issues.

Damn, looks like u really got a great deal. With both gpu and adapter for $150. Stupid gpu doubled in price again and is at $230 again

Guess like ill just have to wait around for a sale.

 

Okay, am I the only one who can't find the 650m GPU on the website? I go through check-out with the Y500 computers which enable me to pick extras and I still can't find them on there, only the 170W battery charger, and when I have the battery charger selected, my shipping date goes from 4/4 to 4/22. With the current condition of my laptop I'm going to need it to ship a little faster...

 

You might want to just order it seperately. You can search for GN36 in accessories to find it. I am waiting for a sale to try and get it cheaper down the line. I ordered the Y400 on 3/27 and it shipped on 3/28. The estimated ship date was 4/1. Not sure if they are shipping the Y500 that fast though.

 

Here you go:

Y500 Removable Graphics GN36 | Lenovo | (US)

Y500 Removable Fan S2602 | 0C22233 | Lenovo | (US)

IdeaPad 170W AC Adapter (UL) | Lenovo | (US)

Also you can add them in your cart, however each item will ship separately when available. I placed an order for each item including the Y400, guess what was the order of arrival:

1. The spare 650m;

2. The Y400;

3. The extra fan;

4. Waiting for the adapter (still).

Everything else was delivered within 7-8 days after placing the order.

 

Ok thanks,,sure as hell am not going to pay 230 for it, hahaha...
Trying to decide between buying the tier 2 laptop at 809 right now and waiting for the prices for the GPU to go down, or buying the whole set altogether at Amazon or Newegg and pay 1000+ for the complete package.
And that power charger price is kinda ridiculous at 80 bucks as well...

@juliant, is the removable fan necessary? Or is that just an add-on to go in place of the GPU in the ultrabay?

 

Actually I do not mind having the second fan. It has the same fan as the second GPU is using. Even if you do not use the removable fan, you have spare parts for your system. Also the caddy used for the fan can be easily modded with some other caddy (you can buy them from ebay for about $5-$8) and have a proper caddy made for an extra hdd instead of paying the $189.

 

That's pretty smart, but I feel like 1 TB is sufficient enough for my system. Plus I already have an external HDD
from a few years back.
I don't think I'd have another HDD in place of those other things anyway.

Are the chances of the spare GPU and charger going on sale for less than 200 good?
It would be nice to have the whole set for under 1,000.
If not then I might just go with the 1,066 deal on Newegg for the high tier laptop.
It's got 16 GB of ram(not that you need that much anyway), and comes with the small SSD as well.
Little cheaper than what you would get out of the whole package if you were to get everything separately.

 

That was the same shipping and arrival order for me too. It took almost 3 weeks from the order date until I received my 170W AC adapter.

 

Does the second fan actually decrease the temperatures of your GPU or CPU? I read from someone else who has it that it doesn't help much at all. The stock cooling in this system does fine for the GPU but the CPU runs really hot. Lenovo has programmed the i7-3630QM in this system to thermal shut down at 105 C and I can reach that within minutes of running my extreme stress test (FurMark & Prime95 simultaneously). The GPU never exceeds 80 C in the same test though.

Based on the pictures I've seen of the disassembled unit I don't think the extra fan will help that much because the problem with the Y400/Y500 is not air circulation, it's the fact that the heatsinks for both the CPU and GPU share the same copper heatpipe and fan. Adding the Ultrabay fan just blows more air around but doesn't improve the heat dissipation of the CPU heatsink. My ASUS G73Jh had a superb cooling system with a dedicated heatsink, copper heatpipe, and fan for both CPU and GPU. It never reached throttling or shutdown temperature on the stress test even though it had to manage the hot and hungry first-gen i7 and Mobility 5870.

 

if only the Y400 had a 1080p screen

 

Yeah. Even 900p would've been a good compromise.

 

Really good deals going on for the 750m versions. But go through the m.lenovo.com site. For some reason on the mobile site the Y400 is $50 cheaper for some of the models, base model being $699!!