I7 12700H + RTX3060 unleashed - Lenovo Legion 5 Review

More plastic, 15" instead of a 16" 16:10 and a little less premium overall.
That's all that sets the Legion 5 apart from the bigger Pro brother, but it still got it where it counts and offers a well-tuned gaming machine with one of the fastest Intel i7-12700H + RTX 3060
Please enjoy our video, and for more in-depth information, please follow the links below to our written reviews:

English Review:

German Review:

Time Stamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – Overview, Specs, Chassis
2:25 – Ports, Wifi
3:18 – Internals, Maintenance
3:30 – Keyboard, Touchpad
4:10 – Display
5:00 – CPU-/System - Performance
6:10 – GPU - Performance
6:30 – Game Benchmarks
7:40 – Fan Noise + Noise Samples
8:40 – Battery Life
8:45 – Summary

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[croxxf]

Been a reader of notebookcheck for a while now, and given the quality of your work. I'm patiently waiting for the channel to blow up in subscribers.

[aninfinitemindofmusicandreams]

I have this model, been using it for a few months at this point. Got it with the 1440p screen. I play all of my games in 1440p res and this thing easily maxes out many newer games! Even the games that are a lot heavier to run it does great with. I play Cyberpunk 2077 all normal settings maxed out with all ray tracing settings on and DLSS set to Performance and FPS locked to 50 and it runs great. The full 140w 3060 + 12700H combo is fantastic although VRAM is a bottleneck for some titles. Other than that and some minor inconveniences like no Windows Hello support I'm absolutely happy with it.

I see myself using this for the next three years as my main rig.

[Fredits]

Just got mine yesterday..looking forward to explore it. Thanks for your video man.

[medleysa]

Great review. Lenovo hit it out of the park this year with good value gaming laptops.

[christopherrmiller]

One of the best videos I've seen... Thank you for your nice and professional review

[szpyroblast]

Best purchase I've made in years! I'm in love with the design, ports placement and additional m2 slot. Got myself i5 12500h and rtx3060 version. Overall it's great!

[farwestgarohills]

My greatest surprise of latest Lenovo laptop I have is its cooling system. PC does not heat up, despite I am rendering video of 2 hrs length.

[simaogomes]

Just bought this laptop in Spain for 1050 euros. I7, 16gb ddr5, RTX 3060 and 1080P 165Hz. I think for the price is very good.

[joelconolly]

Definitely a jack of all trades and master of none. But that's what makes them great.

[donaldwiggins]

Just ordered this from Costco for 1099 with 4 year warranty and 4% cash back’ it will be my first gaming laptop!- 90 day return policy lets me see how the nvidia 40 series chips should fare announcements.

But I doubt they’d be anywhere near 1100.

[hesamghalandary]

Hey there, so what do you think on buying 6800h and 3060 model?
And do you think 3060 for 1440p is ok? I mean surely we can reduce the resolution to 1080p in next 3 to 4 years if needed but for now what do you think?

[vonarcrow]

Lenovo sure knows how to deliver, glad I bought this.

[NoName-zfnr]

The Cyberpunk noise samples perform at 95 or 130W. Are these values in Balanced Mode or is the higher value in Performance mode? How are they related to Witcher at 43 to 48 dB in the written review? Do the Cyberpunk noise samples exhibit the same loudness as one would get for GPU-only load, such as Furmark? --robert jasiek

[META.]

Can you specify the conditions when it was tested in Cinebench R23? Because I have the same model but the max score on mine (17800+) and I think every result Ive seen in other videos as as well are below even the minimum recorded score in your testing and it seems pretty unreasonable.

[harsimransinghbatth]

Hello Alex, I can't see my last comment so I'm posting it again.

The written review on notebookcheck (eng) mentions that "Chassis is anodized aluminum on top while the bottom is ABS plastic"

Can you please confirm whether the keyboard deck is made of plastic or metal?

Thanks!

[richardq]

Excellent video!! I have a question, that model is the Lenovo Legion 5 15IAH7H right? Does that model come with thermal paste or liquid metal?

[JonRaul]

Great Video many thanks. Bought the Laptops for Gaming and Programming. I am searching for a alternative charger. I have the brick with 300w and the smaller brick with 230 is to expensive. Could you recommend a charger? Is it possible to charge the laptop with 3.2 pd. I do not know if it would harm the battery.

[sirius]

There are 2 laptops I want to buy but am confused about choosing one.

1. This laptop Lenovo Legion 5 i7 12700h rtx3060 1tb ssd 16 GB

2. Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 i7 13700HX RTX 4060 1 tb ssd 16GB

Any suggestions for that? From performance, build quality, and cooling system whose better?

I tried to check on ur website but helios neo 16 is not up yet or I can't find it anywhere

[ibdesign]

hii .is there throttling ?
what is the price in dollar
and also what is the whole package power ? 240 watt or how

[hypocrisy]

Great review thx. Would you say Legion 5 Pro is louder than the regular Legion 5?