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I am still rocking a RTX 3070/Ryzen 7 5800H Legion 5 from 2021 thanks to you Jarrod. It feels good to see Legion 5 name back lol

Lenovo needs to fix this garbage of a naming scheme

i hate when ppl say its a midrange gaming laptop, while in Europe it costs 2k USD.

Still The Build Quality and Ports are King On the 2022 Models.

Was waiting for this one ❤

A review that I was waiting for.

The temps are really good for 185 watts on the CPU and GPU, especially in this form factor.

Iv been waiting for this review!

1:11 is giving me a mini heart attack

What I don't like about Lenovo's Legion nowadays is the lack of display options in the high end and the downgrade of the 5 Pro meaning that Lenovo won't be my next option, sadly bc I enjoy their 5 Pro 5000,

Once again a brilliant review Jarrod! Is the Slim 5 Gen 9 review coming soon too? Excited to see if there's any real difference in cooling from the 7840HS Slim 5 from last year.

i've been using my legion 5 with an RTX 3060 . ryzen 7 6800h , for two years now and i'm very happy about it thanks to you

80W-85W on the CPU with 100W power draw by the GPU is impressive stuff and it's interesting to see this 14700HX implementation beating CPUs that should theoretically perform better. 19:20 Hell yeah new 3D Mark benchmark added. :)

i still got my 2021 legion 5 still works great :D

Still staying strong with the Legion 5i 2021 without warranty at all over here xD💪💪suprisingly it is still performing very good for any game including AAA games I used to watch literally all of your videos haha I've got a wide range of games and a dedicated Setup with this laptop so if you have some questions go ahead and ask me xD

Hi Jarrod. Typing this off my latest lenova legion pro 5 I with intel i7 rtx 4060 1 tb and 32 gb ram that you got me to buy off of b and h for a decent price. Watch so many of your videos before choosing this one. Thank you so much. Best laptop ever!

Jarrod, I think I figured out the heating on the cooling pad. The back of a cooling pad is the most open and with all the hot air moving out the back of the legion 5 it's just pulling in heated air. I found with my cooling pad if I lift the front a little off the ground, maybe a centimeter, then it improves cooling but I also have the LOQ 15IRH8 4060 which has side and back venting.

What I'm not liking about Lenovo is that their design for the 5i Pro is not really improving by that much each year. Sure, the hardware changes, but if you look to a 2021 5 pro, and then the ones from the 3 years, it really just changes internally aside from the logo on the lid. Like, keyboard layout is the same, the 16:10 aspect ratio 2k screen has been the same or similar enough, the backlight is the same with the 4 zones. Considering the fact a 3070ti is extremely similar to a 4070, and the 2022 laptop can be found for like half the price if not less, I don't really see the reason to upgrade from an older model unless you really need the CPU upgrade

I have the Legion 5i pro 2023 with the rtx 4070 and 240hz screen. Still running super fast. Basically no different to the new one expect for more ports at the back of the laptop on the old one.

disabling cpu turbo boost on legion 5 pro 2023 was the best decision ever for keeping temps below 80 while gaming instead of 95+ leaving this here in case someone struggling with same stuff xd edit : i noticed 0 fps loss after doing this in my case to disable the boost i just set max cpu power to 99% in windows power management and i think i had to enable cpu overclock from bios for this to take effect Edit 2: Mine is the one with 7745hx and 4070

How is this a mid Gaming laptop in the US this cost 1900 euros minimum here in Italy 😢

Hey Jarrod ! Great video ! I am not a fan of this laptop line, but I wanted to thank you for all the content you are making for us here on this channel ! Now let me take this opportunity to tell you what I would like to hear about in one of your next videos : a "big" SSDs guide & comparison - especially naming the "single-sided" ones. Many laptops allow to install only these and we all have really hard time to find out which SSDs are actually "single-sided". You would help a lot of people by making this video ... or it would help me at least 🙂 🙂 🙂 Greetings from Czechia (the opposite side of the Globe as you know it).

Once again a brilliant review Jarrod! Can you review msi thin 15 😅

I like be'lakor too :) so happy to see underrated bands randomly lol

Hey man, love your review for years. For the battery life test, you should include what the resolution of KZfaq videos is. I typically assume 1080p.

Ive had my legion 5 pro 3070 5800h for a few years now, got it from Wal-Mart for 1200. Ive had 0 complaints. Its spent its whole life plugged in on a raised stand with conservation turned on. Its spent endless hours playing cod, fortnight, beam, battlebit, and and battlefield..... If I had one nit pick it would be that my fans have clogged up pretty good. Thats probably on me though for not cleaning it often...... Also I did upgrade the ram

I just want legion with 18 inch screen, i would instantly buy it.

I had to change my old Asus ROG laptop and this Lenovo Legion 5 had some discounts in my EU country (around 1400 EUR for 14900HX, RTX 4070, 32Gb ram and 1TB SSD); I was thinking to buy this one, but I wanted something more future proof and in the end I chose an also discounted Acer Predator Helios PH16-72 with 14900HX, RTX4080, mini LED display 250Hz, 32GB ram, 2TB raid ssd, clickable microsd, per key RGB (2400 EUR).

Wild, the 5i has an SD Card slot but the 5i Pro doesn't

Ethernet with all the USB-A ports on the right side is a deal-breaker for me. I would rather have air vents on the side with most of the ports on the back like it used to be.

3:40 lots of people these days(if not most) prefer using wireless mice, keyboards and controllers. It's a laptop, so it's made to be carried around often. I personally don't want to plug and unplug stuff all the time, with wireless, it can stay in there and just work all the time without any inconvenience.

First impression after a few minutes looking at it: i really like it. It doesn't scream gamer kiddy but isn't overly stealthy with those bad black finishes like razer uses, that are more smudge than black afte rhandling it. It's also nice that they put two of the major connectors in the back. HDMI and Charger cables are a pain and it's great not having them in the mouse zones. The two things i'd point out as "ehh" is the location of the ports, being all bunched towards the user and the RJ45 not being in the rear.

I purchased a new Legion 5pro back in late 2021 with AMD Ryzen7 and RTX3070 immediately I replaced memory with 2 sticks of 32Gb Kingston Fury ram and 2Tb of Seagate 530 SSD. To this day it does what I need it to do, it has a great screen. It would take something catastrophic to replace it. The only gripe I have is the placement of the touch pad and its slightly overweight at 2.5kgs.

Hi Jarrod ..montherboards are dying in Lenovo Loq which comes with intel 13th and 14th HX processors .. happening in large no.. I have details of around 15-20 people who faced motherboard dead issues with 1-3 months of laptop purchase

Dude Thank you so much, you are doing The Gods work! Amazing, straightforward and information packed reviews as unbiased as you can get, really really appreciate your time, efforts advice and wisdom! Keep up the great work!

Definitely worth it On best buy a 4060 open box one is 1000$ and with AMD CPU it's 800$ Best budget laptop for this year

Love your videos! I can literally sit back and watch every video you upload because of how informative they are and entertaining as well. Quick question: I'm looking for a 17/18 inch gaming laptop, do you have any recommendations? (Ideally 4060 but if there is none I can consider 3080/3080ti as well. Battery doesn't matter as I will be using it while charging, I don't want fans to be super loud like Acer Predator but otherwise I don't really care if they are little loud just not like an airplane :D and finally I want it to be built well so it can last for years to come, I consider second hand laptops as well from Ebay, my budget is $1200) I'll really appreciate if you can recommend something!

Hi Jarrod, i subscribe you for a quite very long time, your videos helped me choose my dream laptop that i am in love with for 2 years now. Small suggestion - could you even shortly, show how laptop is behaving when charging through USBC? I have found out that it differs quite a lot between laptops, for examply my laptop (Legion 16ITH6H) charges through PD with 100W powerbank only when battery is above 80%, when plugged to wall USB-C 140W charger i can play some games, GPU uses lower wattage but in some games charging is being disabled under heavy load, to not overheat some USB-C charging elements i guess? I am suggesting that because no one does as good laptop reviews as you, and no one is going into details of USB-C charging in specific models, short info about that would be amazing. USB-C charging is relevant to some group of people like me, when i take my laptop for short trip and dont want to take big and heavy 300W charger. What i am using and reccomend: 140W Baseus wall charger 100W Baseus Blade powerbank Cheers!

What did the lid do to you jarrod 😂

Btw, thanks for this awesome review and the gaminglaptop deals link! I not have a dilemma to choose between the Slim 5 16 or the Slim 5 14.5 unit ($200 price difference).

My lenovo legion 5 died after a year and a half. I used to be a big lenovo fan but not now. Unacceptable. Surfed the net and I find I am not alone.

Would be an instant buy if Lenovo would finally allow (real) custom fan control. The forums are full of requests and complaints but Lenovo simply does not care. Look at 10:09, where temperatures on Balance are just ice cold. The fans could spin much quieter but Lenovo let them get up to 48 db which is too loud to play in the living room or with external speakers. I don't want to be forced to wear headphones when temperatures are so low that the fans could be much quieter. In custom mode you can not fix it, because Lenovo prevents you from lowering the fan sliders -_- Many other vendors like Asus, HP, XMG or their Linux subbrand Tuxedo all allow real fan control which is mandatory to optimize performance and fan noise.

Maybe the cooling is reversed, so that instead of having the bottom vents suck up cool air, they blow out hot air, so it doesn't benefit from a cooling pad blowing air underneath it. My Lenovo slim pro 7 does this.

Legion LOQ and Legion 5i and 7i comes with 170w and 230w chargers which aren’t sufficient to provide enough power…300w charger aren’t expensive..I got one as replacement and the cost was around 40 dollars …but they sell it higher cost on their website

The slim 5 is still the better version even though they are both quite similar. But really the pros are that most of the ports are hidden in the back. Also the Slim 5 has a full SD card and not the small micro SD card. I also believe the additional side vents from the Slim 5 still provides better cooling.

I got a Legion 5 just a few months before the pandemic. The power supply died and replace 3 times, the screen started having green horizontal lines and I replaced it, the left half of the keyboard died and i had to use an external, all within the first year. It started thermal throttling badly even after cleaning it and eventually it burnt out and wouldn't turn on. I got a new laptop and checked the old ssd, it logged almost 2 years of on time before death. Don't know if they updated the design but it doesn't handle heat very well, the logos and windows sticker all completely faded within the first month and it didn't even have a way to control fan speed.

The Ryzen is only available for the Legion slim only? Is there a significant difference between the default cpu for the 5i and the 5 slim? Which CPU should one pick?

I have always loved the Lenovo Legion 5, but I don't like this design at all, mostly because of the port layout. Having the previous Legion behind me made it much easier for me to connect it to desktop peripherals. I hope that port arrangement returns in future versions

Hey Jarrod! Great vid as always. BTW how do you open the BIOS in this specific laptop?

Hey jarrod can you try doing a review on MSI katana a 15? Need your thoughts on this one

It can be argued micro SD is today so common it will target more people than what a full-sized card slot would do. For those in need of a full-sized card reader a USB variant are really easy to find.

Hey, Jarrod would you suggest legion 7i or 5i, is the 7i worth the extra money

So why did they moved the port's from behind (the perfect spot) to the side, thats a downgrade in my eye's

Why does the battery life sucks so much compared to last year's model? Does the HX chip suck that much more power on light tasks compared to regular H chips? It's really unfortunate that my region doesn't have many last year's model in stock anymore. The slim 5 sold here all have the ryzen 8000 series chips. Found a legion 5 pro from last year that costs more than this legion 5 with the same gpu

Can you please do a review of the new Asus A16 2024 with AMD 9 Series and RTX 40 series? please! I think that is a laptop that most of the people are curious about in 2024. It also newly came out. so Please!! 🙏🙏

does customizable legion has any issues with warranty or build quality or the parts used inside it are old ?

It starts to get interesting when you can get steady 30+ FPS in games with quiet mode so you can play without headphones at low volume.

really wish for a review of the slim 5, especially to see if the new chip has a better battery management (since the chip and gpu make the 2023 and 2024 version so similar, I believe it's also veey useful to point out on video if it'd really be worth going for the newest one)

I have a question, as a new student in the architecture career, is this laptop worth it? I'm interested in knowing how good it is and seeing if it's worth it for what it offers or if I should look for a better option.

Hey jarrod if u see this Would u recommend a legion 5i with 4070 Or a 5i pro with 4060 Price diff is 150 usd

My main issue is that the Balanced mode already sounds like an airplane taking off, so I play on quiet. Wonder if it is possible to tune the custom mode so that the performance is close to balanced but the fans stay like quiet (maybe by allowing to gpu and cpu run a bit hotter within reasonable margin).

>Missed opportunity to introduce Core Ultra 7 to a mainstream laptop >Uses overkill HX processor instead with dinky 4070, CPU advantage in gaming disappears from 1440p upwards to the point that a 5 Slim 4070 would likely match it based on the TUF A15 4070 results >Worse port layout than Slim model despite the extra volume The Legion Normal/Slim/Pro fragmentation has been a mess.

Hey Jarrod, How does it compare to Legion Pro 5 and the 7i?

Knowing Legion lineup I assume the 140w charging through Type-C is only with Lenovo 140w GaN charger , and only 100w if using non Lenovo GaN charger. This kinda info is important to mention if true, so unsavvy people won't be misleaded

would you recommend getting a cooling pad for 2023 Legion Slim 5i? or does the existing cooling tech work fine

"....whether Optimus is on or off", such a wholesome phrase....lol

So cooling pad won't work on this one? Is it the same with slim? That is kinda big deal breaker, I feel like it will be throttling sonner or later

Please review handheld PCs which has the best performance

Is Lenovo loq i7- 13650hx with RTX 4060 worth to buy? Please need your genuine suggestions

when will you review the Legion PRO 5i ? it's the only 2024 legion laptop you haven't reviewed yet.

Hey jarrod should I wait for zen 5 laptop or buy legion slim 5 2023/24.

Acer predator Helios neo 16 vs Lenovo legion i5 which is the best lap for 3d animation

Them removing ports from the back for this laptop is a huge L Terrible design

Would the Legion Slim 5 Gen 9 AMD (16″) with RTX 4070 (2024) be good for school, and a little gaming? It comes with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS Processor.

Hey Gang. Big fan of this channel. Why the heck is quiet mode so much louder than last years legion 5i though? Is it these new CPUS?

Why are companies trying to compete with Intel for the most confusing naming convention crown?

Will go with the slim just for the ports placement.

A question about the €200 difference. I will now take the MSI laptop Raider Ge78 HX and now there is a question because // 1. -Rtx 4090 - i9-13980HX 32gb RAM is (3100€) 200€ cheaper than. 2- RTx 4080 -i9-14900HX 64gb RAM And I'm wondering if it's better to pay 200€ and have 64gb of RAM and a newer processor but with rtx 4080. or maybe you have other options up to €3,300

it would be better if lenovo has a feature called bypass mode where instead of powering the laptop through the battery, the laptop will power directly onto your electricity in your home as long as you plug your charger in your laptop. this feature is already available in android phones and hoping this feature will expand to laptops

I bought this laptop Today and battery sucks 1.5hr while idle not even KZfaq will it increase with time as I've just charged it to 100 and let it drain as people mention this to to first time

Hopefully there's amd version of this in the future with redesigned port layout, design is on point imo

I like the looks too, not a fan of spaceships and unnecessary RGB

this or the legion slim 5 (both rtx 4060, 14650 hx and ryzen 7840hs) ? looking for better thermals, battery life and fan noise

I own the 2021 model. And i have a love / hate relationship with it. In one hand the laptop is pretty powerful and very well cooled... But in other hand it has terrible driver issues. Constantly struggling to run online games like League of legends. When it should be getting 300+ fps it cant even sustain stable 144fps and drops below 90s...

I literally do not know what the hell Lenovo is doing with their naming changes right now, But what I do know is they're fancy different names are still better, cheaper, and receive better warranties than other companies. CRAZY

Wonder why AMD versions do not have the new power button.

There is i9 1400hx and 4070 variant going for it ❤

Are you going to test the new 15.3" 16:10 laptops from XMG/Tongfang? They are quite an interesting chassis promising full power hardware in a package somewhere between compact 14" and standard 16" gaming laptops.

I got it for 1000$, pretty happy with it, but I bought it behind my parents back :D

Tbh I hate Lenovos naming system, if it even has a system. Trying to figure out what year, type and generation each laptop is when shopping for them is near impossible. Most stores don't include relevant info on their websites, and the naming scheme is utterly useless in this regard. This is an exceptional review - thank you.

Hi @JarrodsTech ! Wonderful video as always. Does it matter choosing i9 over i7 for gaming performance ? My assumption is if cpu draws more tgp from total it leaves less window for gpu tgp. Is this correct ? Please let me know

Yes i need thid review Thank Jarod tech i was already planning on getting the Laptop before this video came out But since this video came out before i got it ill know The pros and Cons Now this video was helpful

Hey Jarrod, I have a question. Amd 8845HS or the previous gen amd ryzen 7840hs? Price difference is 200 usd + and the rest of it is the same.

When the fans kick in, is a clicking sound produced? I’ve just bought one and wonder if the clicking sound is the fans

What should I get? This or the pro? The pro seems to have the older coldfront 3.0 cooling solution but is advertised as having a better cooling. I am not sure how much better the hyperchamber is and I dont understand why the pro version of the same laptop doesnt use it. Thermals is a big issue for me because I live in a very warm country.

I got the LOQ 15IRH8 i7 RTX4060 1TB and its really decent in terms of performance but battery just isn't great. Do you know if the 80Wh will fit in as it comes with the 60Wh, it is said to have enough space for a bigger battery but not sure if enough?

Do you plan to also have a video for the maxed out Legion pro 5i with i9 14900HX and 4070? I wish you could show the FPS in CS2 as well :)

I’ll buy a Lenovo laptop when they stop making them ugly

bro pls review legion pro 5i gen 9 2024 i7 14700hx and rtx 4060