Lenovo Legion 5 (2022) Review - Still Best Mid-Range Gaming Laptop?

Lenovo's Legion 5 gaming laptop has been my favorite mid-range gaming laptop for the last few years. Find out if this has changed with this year’s 2022 model in this review!

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Lenovo Legion 5 (2022) Review Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:13 Build Quality & Design
1:05 Size & Weight
1:51 Laptop Specs
2:12 Camera & Microphones
2:41 RGB Lighting - Spectrum Software
3:23 Keyboard & Touchpad
3:49 Ports
5:10 Thunderbolt with USB 4
6:00 Type-C Charging
6:45 Getting Inside & Internals
7:15 Wi-Fi Speed
7:58 SSD Size Limit
8:22 Upgrade Options
8:46 Speakers & Latencymon
9:05 Battery Life
10:05 Thermals & Software Modes
11:10 Fan Control
11:28 Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP
13:17 Game Performance in Different Modes
13:54 Cinebench CPU Performance (On & Off Battery)
15:12 Keyboard Temperatures
15:40 Fan Noise
16:27 Screen (Response Time/Color/Brightness/Bleed)
18:51 3 Game Comparison - 1080p & 1440p
21:21 Streaming While Gaming
21:38 3DMark & Content Creation
22:45 BIOS
23:04 Linux Support
23:34 Pricing & Availability
24:15 Conclusion - Legion 5 (2022) Worth It?
26:30 Buy Now or Wait For RTX 4060?

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[JarrodsTech]

Comparison between Legion 5 2021 and 2022 coming soon, make sure you're subscribed!

[hawk-eye]

'yes mom i need this for studying'

[aruyne]

This has got to be the best laptop review I've ever seen on Youtube. No one has gone so much in depth as you have. Thank you for the hard work. Like, commented and subscribed.

Because of you, I'm getting this laptop no doubt!

[goose_asdf]

This video is perfect! Super in-depth, covers every possible aspect (Linux support in particular is usually overlooked, and important to me) and the best part is that you put captions, no small task for such a long video.

[radofjc]

They definitely took their time to make the L5 look and feel good, I can’t think of a better looking laptop in its price range

[LokeKQ]

Obviously the best in its class. But the price is ridiculous in asia countries.

[joelconolly]

I think the model has a better design compared to last year. But it does seems to be minor. If you have last year's, this year is definitely a pass. Too bad no 17 inch models this yea. Otherwise I'll take that in a heartbeat. Still it's still a well capable machine for what it has to offer.

[MissAllWednesday]

I ordered Legion 5's 2022 model with 3070ti, G-Sync and the 300 W Power Adapter. It's going to be my first gaming laptop, so I'm pretty stoked to try it out!

[FarhanMehmood]

its a good laptop. yes its for gaming but its also perfect if you are a media student or a student related to media and it learning snd doing stuff to do with photoshop, illustrator and premiere pro. gta 5 works pretty well

[cameronbosch]

23:59 I find it weird that for about $1800, you can get a Ryzen 7 6800H & Radeon 6700M 2022 Legion 7 that's better in many ways than the Legion 5:
1. The Radeon 6700M GPU is better than the RTX 3060. Both in Linux & in Windows for gaming.
2. The screen is much better, with a 2560 x 1600 165 hz screen that is 500 nits bright.
3. The Legion 7 has a fingerprint sensor.
4. The chassis is much more premium on the Legion 7. It's a CNC Aluminum/magnesium unibody.
5. More RGB.
6. Bigger battery (the legal limit for taking onto a plane).
7. Glass touchpad compared to plastic/mylar.
8. Fn + R shortcut.
9. Better Wi-Fi 6E card (still a MediaTek card, and my Legion 7 had serious issues with its Wi-Fi card, but its a $20 - $30 upgrade, not the end of the world).

Seriously, this just shows the Legion 5 is overpriced this year...

[gokoz]

Finally a laptop review where fan noise is considered. Thanks

[demistr]

Price bump is insane compared to last gen especially since the gpu gains are close to none. For that price last year you could have gotten rtx3070 version instead.

[MFDOOOOM]

Anyone feel like the entry level Legions are getting way more expensive?
You could get the 1650 one for 700, 800 dollars and now it's like 1200 dollars for the entry level 3050. Insane

[jjs]

This is one the most detailed review that I've ever seen. Thanks!

[ExtremelySimplified]

I bought legion 5i pro 2022 with RTX 3070 and i7 12700H and I've never been happier!
Legion laptops are simply the best, they're giving you a whole package from performance to relatively thin design to having multiple ports that support latest technologies! not even mentioning the really good deals that Lenovo always makes.

[phillipgoat]

I have the 2020 version of this thing and it still rocks. The best investment I have made, this is going to last me until 2025 at least, I added a super fast ssd nvme and I use a 2tb samsung ssd for games, The performance is incredible. Ryzen 4000 series are light years ahead of intel, no need to upgrade my windows system atm because I am a casual gamer so no biggie with the gpu. I paid near 1400 dollars for this thing due to the pandemic shortages, but it was worth every penny. Never have had a blue screen or any problem at all, except the audio drivers recently.

[mynamejeff]

I have the Legion 5(2021) with a 5600h and a 3050 and the performance is insane for the specs and price. Pretty much can run everything on high (some games even maxed out) with 60 fps +. Also the laptops temps are amazing(70 while gaming max 80 for both GPU and CPU ) if you lift the back up with something like a wooden block or smth. Sound can be a bit loud but if you don't know if it is worth it. It is imo

[Lead]

This has got to be my favorite gaming laptop ever. Doesn’t look like a gaming laptop but plays like one which is awesome. Also the keyboard is amazing! The only downside is how hard it is to open up if you want to replace the Ram

[gabor-toth]

Thank you for the review. Noise levels seem very good. This is the very laptop and configuration I'm after because I like this year's design much more, as well as it has a 1440p screen which is much better than the 1080p one last year. It seems better in many ways. This is the one I'd like to buy now.

[FernandoH]

Thanks For Everything! I was waiting for this review!