Best 14' Gaming Laptop?? Lenovo Legion 5 Slim vs. Asus G14

We have a new kid in town, lets see if it can dethrone the Asus Zephyrus g14.

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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
1:03 Design and Size
3:29 Weight and Externals
5:11 Internals and Upgrades
7:06 Ports
8:50 Keyboard and Trackpad
9:45 Screens
11:22 Audio
12:05 Webcam
12:36 RAM Speeds
13:15 Idle temps
13:45 Cinebench and Timespy
14:46 Temperatures, Power, Performance Modes
19:22 Its too noisy...
19:52 Conclusions
22:14 DISCORD!

#laptopreview #pcgaming #techreview

[fuhh]

If youre getting the asus rog zeph g14, get ghelper that replaces armour crate, armour crate is nearly bloatware if though its made to help you which is why gehlper exist, it also helps stop asus programs running in the background, and with configurations, its almost 10-25C lower in temp depending on what you do even gaming, and silent mode on ghelper is actually silent no fans compared to silent mode on armour crate except if youre gaming but why would you be gaming on silent mode lmao. Ghelper does everything armoury crate does and is just simply better built, look at videos to understand it. Also side note the button for quick menu of armoury crate will just turn into ghelper menu once armoury crate is removed and ghelper is installed correctly.

[urcrimeiamlaw]

I have the legion on order. Same config(32gb ram, 4060, 1 tb drive). Got Lenovo to $1337 plus tax with a phone call to US sales. Looking forward to it 😀. Thanks for the reviews!!!!

[tryhardnoob]

Fantastic video. Great detail and explanation. Better than most the big channels do.

[WinDeckTech]

I had the G14 4060, which offered really good battery life and performance, especially for the open box price. I returned it for the g14 w/ 4080 and it was a beast for the size but did get a little toasty. I wouldn't recommend the 4070, if you can find it. As well, apparently the mini-led version is not as good as the flow or M16. G14 imo is the best still for power, GPU option wise. 4090 is not worth it but the 4080 would be the best if you can fin it for a good price. The white colour on the g14 4080 I had was very clean looking as well. One final thing for any long term G14 users. Change the Dolby Audio Settings to Dynamic. This dramatically changes the speakers, for the better. In all scenarios.

[karannz]

Excellent comparison! I am feeling very happy having purchased the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14".

[dragg]

I really love ur videos, if u ever decide to quit youtube please don’t. You basically have MKBHD level potential with proper video ideas and good editing

[dosoonee]

u really deserve more subs...your videos shows your passion and high interests for laptops! That made me so impressed. First commenting in English, ignore my bad grammers. Just wanted to say thxs for your videos. Good luck!

[FrankHale]

Just got my Slim 5 14 inch in the mail just a few minutes ago. This thing looks and feels so nice!

[lautarohunzicker]

Excelente review! Helped me decide going for a Legion 5 slim.

[Osiris]

Just picked up an open box excellent g14 for $900 after tax, super excited to tune it up and see what this mobile beast can do!

[zaidjilani]

Beau you are knocking them out of the park. This is exactly the comparison people looking for 14 inchers have in mind.

[carlosog]

I am still using and love my R9, 2060 G14: great machine! The only thing I worry about is that there is only 6 gigs of V-ram.

[woojin]

Thank you for this! This is the comparison that I needed!

[TheSonnyhorse]

Good comparison - thanks. I have G14 from 2021 because I'm on the go so much. With that in mind the OLED screen on the Legion would probaby give me problems, as I can't always control the lighting environment when I'm out and about. Otherwise, the Legion looks good. One thing to keep in mind is that it is very easy these days for G14 owners to lower the wattage going into the CPU.

[ResearcherReasearchingResearch]

Very nice and informative comparison. I would love to also see a battery life test, but I can already surmise a conclusion from the specs alone.
I'm going to upgrade for a Legion very soon. The better cooling solution on a stock solution and better screen is such a huge deal maker for me. My use case won't require more than 16 GB of RAM since at most I'll be doing some light virtual machining for work, but 50 USD for 16GB 6800MT RAM is a steal when a Crucial 16 GB 4800MT costs 41 USD on Amazon.

[badmoose]

I feel like the Lenovo strikes the perfect balance of all things that make a good gaming laptop in a 14 inch chassis.

I bought one as an upgrade from my G14 2020 model with the 2060. I definitely appreciate my hands not getting burned by the keyboard deck.

[salembegic]

Seems like Lenovo has a lot better out of the box experience, but I cant understand why they dont offere the 7940hs with 32GB RAM. As for the G14, its saving grace is that the the 7940hs and 4060 are both unlocked for undervolting and it has amazing community of people making apps and tutorials for it. Ive seen a lot of people on reddit get amazing temps and performance after some tinkering (windows reinstall, g-helper, undervolt, ...). Ill probably get the G14 since it comes with the 600 nit mini-led display here on the 4060 version, but Im waiting for it to go on sale.

[calisthenia.silverback]

Received my legion yesterday. Not gonna lie it’s a great laptop. Played forza 5 at max and it worked great. Kind of buggy with the screen but I guess it’s the adaptive refresh rate feature. Battery not too bad. Coming from Mac expectations high but it does the job. Overall a decent package. Glossy kinda annoying but you get use to it. Overall not bad. Did consider returning it but this is the best bang for buck option so I’ll probably keep it.

[Varun-eptl]

You need to remove armoury create and move to ghelper for a better comparison on temperatures, can reduce em by 10-15 degrees!

[brian]

Great review. I saw someone comparing these and said the g14 was better but the g14 varient he was talking about was 3300 dollar version woth the rtx 4090 and the nebula mini led. Lol like thats even remotely a fair comparrison. Who would spend 3400 on a g14 when for that type of money you can get the scar 16 or 18 or pretty much any laptop in 2023. Your comparrison is far more honest and far better. Thankyou.