Lenovo Legion 5i Review - It's Still Too Good! 

Legion 5 is keeping things the same and I'm fine with that. What do you guys think? Also if you missed it I reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 which you can find here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9ac1XdLNw14.html

I bought the 2022 Legion 5i a few days ago. My specs are RTX 3060, 16GB DDR5, i7 12700H, 1440p and 165hz. Absolute monster of a portable machine, beautiful to look at, premium in every way and gets the job done for everything I need it to do from music production work, graphics design work and gaming. Couldn't be happier with it and I don't see myself upgrading for the next 3-4 years

got a Legion 5 in mid 2020, been rock solid since day 1. literally zero issue. 10/10 would absolutely recommend.

I am happily using a Legion 7 for both work and play. One HUGE difference between the Legion and Asus/Gigabyte is that you can order both an extended and onsite factory warranty from Lenovo - up to 4 years! When you're doing everything with a single laptop, any warranty that makes you send the unit away for service is pointless because you're going to be without your laptop for weeks. I feel this feature should be emphasized more since there are a lot more workers/students using a single laptop for everything.

The sticker guy part always makes my day! Thanks Matt!💖

Thank you for the great review, Matthew! Looking forward for the 2023 version of Lenovo Legion 5i with the Nvidia 4000 mobile series.

I have the i5 2021, with yhe exact same specs except the cpu..awesome device which i use for video editing with no issues, I'm sure this is even better.. excellent review ❤

The only issue I've heard with the Legion lineup was the 2020 Legion 7i; the hinges on that model failed often due to a lack of support. The 2021 model added more support while the 2022 model redesigned the hinge completely.

Thank you for the review, i needed a good review to make a decision on a laptop and i ordered one with AMD specs because it was on sale. Great video, keep it up

I just love the Legion lineup. Especially that 16" Gen 7 Legion 5 Pro with the 165Hz WQXGA (2560x1600) 500 nits non-touch display. 😍🤤🥺😭

Nice video. Just picked this one up for 1080€, super hyped for the pacel to arrive. My current desktop has an 5800x and a gtx1080 so this laptop will probably end up being just as fast as my stationary gaming rig lol

I have the 2021 5Pro, best laptop I ever had. I use it as a desktop replacement, it is very silent while I work, and also rather unobtrusive when gaming, especially if you lift it up with some laptop stand that has some vents/cutouts. If the 2 side usb-c ports both support displayport out, then you can easily connect 4 external monitors (I ran 3 external for a while, 1hdmi, 2x usb-c---dp, I have a 3060 and it handled all very well). The display is probably the best display I ever had, perfect aspect ratio, very bright, very color accurate. If I will be replacing this, it will be probably another Legion laptop. For people who don't want a big box on their table but want to game as well as use it as a workstation, this really is one of the best options, considering the price.

My legion 5i with a 3070 just arrived so excited to test it out.🤩🤩🤩

Hi Matthew. Another Matthew here looking for advice. I'm torn between one of these with an 3070 ti and the gp66. The gp66 has better all out performance for a bit less money but do you think the lenovo is worth it for the gsync. Both these machines seem to nail price to performance but do you think there are better buys at the level? Thanks Matt

Do you think we should by this model or wait for next year’s 13 series cpu and 4070 gpu?

I've been using 5i pro 2021 RTX 3060 for a year. SolidWorks, Inventor and AutoCAD work perfectly fine. I want to upgrade to 7i series in a year or two. Such a great laptop.

Awesome review! I ordered the Gen 7 Legion 5i with i5 12500h rtx 3060 1tb ssd but it had the worst backlight bleed!!! I ended up returning it for the Legion 5i pro with i7 12700h, rtx 3070 ti, 2tb ssd for $1597. It’s a beast and has little to no backlight bleed! 😁

Wow, the difference between the read (7,126 MB/S) and write speeds (1,809 MB/S) on the M.2 SSD are startling. Is that correct Matthew?

A great review by a great reviewer again ❤

Hi Matthew, great video. I was just wondering if this specific variant would be good for 3d modeling and animation in programs like maya and blender. I was initially planning for a 3070 laptop but fell in love with the build quality of the legion. And since legions are generally more expensive than it’s peers, it’s price falls along the line of some 3070 laptops i was interested in like the Hp Omen 16. Would u say it’s still a worthwhile purchase choosing a 3060 over a. 3070?

I have the AMD Variant 5800H with RTX 3070 it was £1200 GBP and its a fantastic device runs super cool and quite on balanced mode. I use a KLIM Wind laptop cooler so temps rarely go over 60c under full load. Super impressed with build quality. Can recommend totally.

How do I clean the finger prints on my legion's lapotop screen ?

Have Y740 17" and it is still so good, their products age without problems.

Whats the size of the earphone jack? a 3.5mm doesn't fit all the way in causing the right side to not be equal to the left earphone

I saw this one at Costco and plan to get it soon. It had a great feeling keyboard and was the qhd model on sale for $1099

Whats the max storage limit we can upgrade in this laptop? and can we use gen 3 ssd for upgrade in that extra slot?

Thanks for the review.

Thanks for calling out the sticker placement. They need to up their game with that 😂

I have the 2020 Legion with 4800H. Still rock solid. Paring it with a 16" M1 Pro + M1 12.9 iPad Pro + Apple Pencil. Best of all worlds!

I just ordered this from costco @ 1099 tonight. has a 4 year warranty from costco (2 year costco, 2 years from costco cc) I really hope this will be great for me. I dont have. gaming laptop or rig, I just want one for gaming and old emulators. I dont need maxed out settings, high is fine for me. should the 3060 last me 3-4 years on medium/high?

Hi there Matthew, so my question is for a guy who just plays aaa games and wants smooth gameplay and ok to decent graphics, is 3060 enough for next 5 or six years? I mean i know it will be challenged in ultra settings, and I'm ok with high and Even medium, and should i be worried about the gpu temperature on this laptop? Because it's a little warmer than most others with 3060

3:48 my 2021 legion 5 display bends exactly like that. It was concerning at first but after 1 year of use i encounter no problem

I got mine in 2020. one of the my best purchase, never disappoint. the keyboard, the performance and screen has been excellent. only the battery is lacking

It boggles my mind why lenovo didn't design the legion 5/5i pro with the 180° hinge, but it's featured on the lower end L5, higher end L7 and the Slim7

i heard the lenovo sticker guy is the union head and has become super comlacent, he's about to get voted out (shoutout to the blender users that use the num pad shortcuts)

is this machine any good for 4k video editing? 30-1hour minute projects?

Hi there, i'm think of either getting this or the omen 16. The omen 16 came with 3070 and R7 5800h. For gaming and data analysis, which do you recommend?

thanks man this review is clean , this my target laptop this year , customer service in local seller says its the recommended "medium price" of the top-of-the-top expensive laptops they sell

There are almost no reviews for the Legion 5 Ryzen based version. Would be great if you could do one!

That is awesome simple conclusions

light gaming laptop with good screen and a reasonable price is what i want

It does look good and well above average for the money. One thing I will disagree with you is the necessity for over 60hz monitor. That's just me though. Cool review as always.

But does the Legion Fan Control software work? I hear fan noise is shocking.

I tried about 5 laptops this month from gigabye, asus, and lenovo. Lenovo jsut hit the right balance, it's not the best at anything, but it's great at pretty much everything. The only thing I really wish was better was the colour accuracy of the lenovo screen. I just receievd my Legion 7 yesterday, and I think I'm keeping this one.

From where can I buy this in Europe?

Is it worth getting right now at 1423$ (118000₹) considering there's no 13 Gen laptop available in India apart from acer predator 16 is available at 1990$

everything sounds great but isn't a 512 ssd kinda small? I mean games seem to be getting bigger and bigger 512 doesn't seem like it would go very far.

How about programs like autodesk revit and bluebeam...

Just bought this beast yesterday and I'm just so happy. This laptop really looks like a premium laptop, hope to stick with this laptop for at least 4 years XD

I think saving for the cheapest 5 pro setup would be better. 1600p display, 17-12700h/6800h with 3060.

Awesome review.

Nice review, y740 keyboard still better, also dont like that they moved audio jack to the right

I got the Lenovo Legion 5i 15.6" 82NL0061US can anyone give me advice on the laptop like which are the best add on i can attatch to it and if its even worth keeping or upgrading? I’d greatly appreciate it

Just ordered this laptop lenovo had some good discounts on them at the moment. Hope I made the right choice? One of the great things about these laptops is you can upgrade the ram and ssd later on which I might do

What would you recomend slim 7i or 5i?

Is there a big difference between the 3060 and 3050 versions?

Lenovo stuff is just stable and reliable. A lot of other company don't know how to cool a gaming laptop leading to heat failure in the long run

so yeah, is normal for this laptop battery to only last for like 2 hours??????????

Had 2 legions (22 models with i5-12500h,3060) and both of them was in bad quality..not making anything wrong about brand, Lenovo is so good but I am the lucky guy who get 2 wrong models but what I wanna say is, if you thinking about buying this, buy it..100% worth it

Just bought this on sale with the same specs except I got a 1 TB SSD instead of a 512 . Only cost me 1,149 bucks. I hope it works as well as this guy says it does

Is this the cloud grey or storm grey?

This is the laptop I am keeping an eye on.

Hi Matthew and the laptop community. So after weeks of comparing specs (it will be my first purchase of a gaming laptop) I think that I will settle for the Legion 5i ! I had a quick look at the online Lenovo store of Belgium (where I'm from) and wanted to have your opinion on the following upgradeable specs. Would any of them be a sunk cost according to you guys and gals? - Memory: 8, 16 (2x8) or 32 (2x16) GB RAM, SO-DIMM DDR5 4800 MHz - Drive: 512 GB or 1 TB SSD M.2 2280, PCIe Gen4, TLC - Videocard: RTX 3060, 6 GB or RTX 3070, 8 GB GDDR6 - WiFi: 11AX (2x2) or 11AC (2x2) or WiFi 6E 11AX (2x2) I am definitely overthinking this... But thanks in advance for any feedback!

Not to mention that these laptop manufacturers are getting rid of the numeric keypad too 😒

should i get the legion 5 with i5-12500 or ryzen 7 6800h? both with rtx 3060. price roughly the same.

It's great. But I'm still looking for a good midrange 17 inch machine. Too bad this doesn't have 17 inch variant cause otherwise, I'd straight go into it.

I love my Lenovo. I've had every brand of laptop there is since 2000. Lenovo is always the one with the least issues and headaches. Period.

Just got my lenovo pro 5 for 1420€ on Black Friday on lenovo website the configuration was as follow 16 inch screen 165hz hdr 500 nits, 32gb ddr5, intel 12700h, 3070ti, 1to ssd Samsung 980pro Was it a good deal ? I’ll receive it on 12 December

Anyone have idea about international warranty on this laptop

Any idea compare to the LOQ 16 in 2023 ?

Has anyone ever used this laptop to stream and play games on twitch? I'd like to know the average FPS u get when streaming and gaming including overall performance.

Talking about stickers.... I have a Legion 5 Pro from 2021 (Ryzen 7 5800H - RTX 3070) but i have the AMD Ryzen 7, AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce RTX stickers on the left side! Just missing the Intel inside sticker!

This or asus tuf f15 fx507zr i7 12700h and rtx 3070 same price here

This or Predator Helios 300 same specs?

Hmm Any update for more Memory storage I'm talk about more GB space

Which one is better? Legion 5i with intel 12700H and RTX 3060 or Legion 5i with AMD 6800H and RTX 3070 ?

Which laptop should I get legion 5i Or 5i pro , both are i7 12gen with rtx 3060 . I need it to be a good gaming and educational laptop . Can anyone help me with this

Can anyone tell will it be good for video editing? Are the colours good

I've been contemplating legion for a while but I've heard nightmare stories about customer support, and with the rise of issues being reported recently I've held back

Hi. It will be so nice of you to help me with this, I'm deciding to buy a Lenovo legion Laptop however i don't really know which model to choose? . ✅️ Whether 2022 Lenovo legion 5i pro with i7 12700h and RTX 3070 or 2023 Lenovo legion pro 5i with i7 13700hx and RTX 4070; considering the fact that the 2023 model is quite more expensive which one you recommend? . ✅️ In terms of hardware specifications, I think RTX 3070 is better, for example, it has a memory bus width of 256 bits, while RTX 4070 is 128 bits, and I think the number of Cuda and Tensor cores are the same with 3070, and these are not much different, and even the 30 series may be better. . ✅️ I may occasionally play video games, but I also have heavy engineering software that requires a powerful CPU and GPU. . ✅️ Another question is that will the DLSS 3 and upcoming updates come for RTX 3070 or not? What do you think? . ✅️ Also, i've heard about a new feature called Frame Generation or FG is also provided in RTX series 40 and it seems that it is only for this series 40 and does not include the previous series, is that right? . ✅️ And is it true about FG that unlike DLSS it is not sensitive to the CPU Bottleneck issue? In many games, the FG option is available by default and can be turned on. . ✅️ So does FG really work and give a higher FPS experience, or are the rumors about it true that it is not of good quality? (It is said that DLSS cannot work properly if you have a CPU bottleneck, right?) . Which model should i buy from these two laptops, so that it has good power and enough FPS in running games that would be enough for the next few years and could perform well in heavy engineering softwares? . I apologize for my long comment, Thank you very much. 🙏

legion 5 or acer predator Helios 300????

If you cant afford legion 5 ryzen core its ok to get a legion 5i / intel core 11400 with 16 gb ddr ram

This or the Legion 5 Gen 7?

I got the Legion 5i (i7 12700H+RTX3070ti@140W+1440p@165Hz). IT IS FUCKING AWESOME !!!!

can some one recommend me a powerfull allround laptop i dont mind the battery

2:12 that's what Monizsshe said

Thanks for reviewing it. I bought this laptop with 3070ti and i7 12700h. Way better performance per cost than the pro version.

Does it WoL?

I need a recommendation for a 1k to 1.2k gaming laptop :(

It doesn't get hot, about 86 degrees BUT it's because it's limited to hit 86 no matter how hard you push it. You can see that in MSIAfterburner, it keeps hitting the "thermal limit" in the GPU. I tested this by overclocking to 1920mhz and it still would only hit 86. I undervolted and underclocked to 1550mhz and it still would hit 86. So I believe that Lenovo has this set to only go that high so it won't overheat no matter what.

2:58 luckaly its not symetrical so you dont constatly click It whilst typing

i have a legion y540 should i upgrade to this with a rtx 3070 ti or wait? anyone?

Still worth it in 2024?

the Lexus of laptops. Drives well and doesnt break down. I love my 1660ti one

Laptop brands and it subs confuse me.. i mean, this lenovo to the ideapad gaming 3i. HP Victus to omen to pavilion gaming . . . Everything is hair thin difference

this is my dream :>

nice machines…too thick and heavy for me but great value for what they are. I don’t really understand a numpad on a gaming laptop either…why not put better speakers

Mines last year version with amd 6800 3060 rtx. Solid

my brothers acer helios 300 i7 10th gen 2060 died right after warranty expired. reason is overheating issues not only on my unit but many as well.. my brother was playing genshin impact before it died. now acer is charging us over a thousand dollar for a motherboard replacement. i brought it on other good third party service and did not manage to get it fixed.. now it just a complete ewaste for a 2yearold product

I got the 3070 configuration for 1300€ 1tb ssd but it was okay with out os so i did install it with usb flash i