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It features a 7th gen Intel Core i5 CPU and an Nvidia 940MX GPUThe screen is sharp and audio is good but battery life is weakThe Lenovo Ideapad 510 is priced starting at Rs. 60, 890With Intel’s first series of 7th generation Core processors out in the wild, OEMs haven’t wasted any time in refreshing their products with these new chips. Lenovo recently unveiled its new range of products based on these ’Kaby Lake’ CPUs, and today, we’ll be looking at the Ideapad 510.This isn’t an entirely new product; it’s more of a refresh that’s aimed at mainstream multimedia users. The Ideapad 510 will face stiff competition from Dell’s Inspiron 15 5000 series and HP’s Pavilion 15 series, all of which have models with similar features as Lenovo’s, at around the same price point.Let’s see if the Ideapad 510 can make a strong enough case for itself in this bustling segment.
Lenovo Ideapad 510 specifications and featuresThe Ideapad 510 is available in a couple of different configurations and what we have here is the base model. You get an Intel Core i5-7200U, which is a dual-core CPU running at 2.5GHz. It has a maximum turbo frequency of 3.1GHz and supports HyperThreading. You also get 8GB of dual-channel DDR4 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, and an HD webcam. The Ideapad 510 also has a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 940MX GPU with 4GB of dedicated RAM.Lenovo gives you two quick-access slots underneath the laptop for the hard drive and RAM. Though there are two RAM modules, only one is user accessible.
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