Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 8 Gaming Laptop Review

VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Price, Processor & GPU
01:35 - RAM & Storage
01:44 - Upgradeability
02:14 - Display
03:16 - Weight & Build Quality
03:51 - Keyboard & Trackpad & Keyboard Backlight
05:11 - Webcam
05:40 - Ports
07:53 - Battery Life & Power
09:22 - Gaming: Starfield, Red Dead Redemption 2, Doom Eternal
11:27 - 3DMark Timespy & Stress Test Benchmark
12:46 - Linux
13:28 - Conclusion

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[viktord.]

I just picked one up from microcenter a couple days ago, came with the I7 13700HX, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, with a 4070. 240hz display for 1400.

[hemenboro]

i saw your 8-year-old video. daam cool insights and with cool presentation no BS show. i watch Logitech trackpad video and its too good.

[joepangit]

I just bought an AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX version of that with a 4050 for $811.00. I don't game, just needed something decent with a nice screen to take to Philippines when I retire soon. Laptops cost a LOT down there.

[mikelreborn]

I just got mine, i7 13700hx 16gb ram 4070 8gb with IPS 240hz display @ Best buy on sale from 1799 to 1349$$ it was a steal .. I upgraded from a Lenovo ThinkPad t530 btw that's still a beast... Military grade chassis.

[BrianTalmage-sw]

Mine comes on wed. 14th Gen i9-14900HX, RTX 4070 8GB Laptop gpu 32 gb ram, 2 tb NVME SSD

[brianbirkinbine]

Ubuntu and Windows gaming, very tempting. Hopefully someone has figured out the fan speed while under Linux.

[JimmyCerra]

I saw you on the NSF Starship broadcast!

[javierlucasmorcillo]

Can you use this like a Plex player ? like a Nvidia shield ? With totally support of dolby video/audio (dolby true hd) formats ?? 😊

[eddiethealien]

Lenovo's wave of mega silent firings in early 2023 were absolutely despicable. They laid off thousands of really great people after posting record profits and bragging about moving up the Forbes list each quarter in their "All Hands" NA org sales meetings to those people that moved the needle for them. They ruined thousands of people's lives who relocated and rented or purchased new homes just to join the US sales organization during the digital boom of the pandemic and increase in business for them, forcing them to lose their homes and become homeless. Their warranty process is atrocious and considered terrible by anyone who has had to deal with service claims on top of this.

[Pooter-ityg]

Plugged in, with the screen set to 1440, hard capped at 60fps and DLSS going, this can give a really nice game performance on Quiet power mode, with fans effectively unnoticeable. Mine has a 14900, which I don't think makes much difference in this scenario.
(Yes, I'm wasting performance here, but I always try a "quietest best" for laptops as a personal subjective benchmark. I actually wind up using this setting most of the time unless performance is really lacking...)

[MichelBasilieres-ie]

how about looking at the newly released Speedometer 3.0 benchmark?

[jonesvaughn]

Kinda hard for me to call a electronic item mid-range if it cost 1000$ or more.lol

[TrusteftTech]

I know all the kids don't consider cool to like the RTX 4060, but based on all I have seen online, it is cool. It is cool.
Speaking of cool, did I mention something about the temperatures? Did you do any testing for CPU and GPU temps?
In general I like Lenovo laptops. My PC is a 2014 Lenovo laptop and still works. (thankfully)
Thanks for the video.

[jothain]

I really like it doesn't look like gaming laptop.

[DamageMelody]

This review is incorrect in many ways:
1. Legion 7 has also plastic
2. 4060 is basically 1080p card there is no point on playing modern games in 2k unless you want to use crappy DLSS and frame gen
3. It does not use 140w like any other cards. There is voltage lock which will limit you to 115w MAX in most games it will be around 100 in other close to 80. The only place you will see 140W is Furmark for some reason.
4. YOU CAN'T REALLY CONTROL FANS IT'S LOCKED IN EC FIRMWARE. You can select silent mode but you can't CUSTOM mode with similar settings. In Legion Toolkit you can make custom and "regulate" it but EC firmware will still override it IF IT DESIDES TO DO SO. Basically your custom mode will work when there is close to zero load which is unreal.

[FaisalSalh-rdqb]

Thanks for playing games at 1600p instead of 1440p

[kennysponto]

That's a cheap plastic slap top 😮