Lenovo Legion Slim 5 - Lenovo's First 14-inch Gaming Laptop! 

What do you guys think of the Lenovo Legion Slim 5? Would you buy this over the ASUS G14 or Razer Blade 14?

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The USP of your RU-vid channel is you also show the Internals of laptop. Don't ever lose this USP. Love your videos.

I bought last year Lenovo Yoga 9 14' (2022 model) and it is amazing and beautiful laptop! It's ultrabook without decent graphic card but I bought it for work. This one looks fantastic for mobile gaming! 👍🏻

One of the best webcam I have seen on laptop.

Looking forward for comparing videos with other 14" gaming laptops :)

Great first step from Lenovo into 14 inch gaming laptop. But i'll wait for the 2nd Gen

Coming from a Legion 5 Pro, I love that Lenovo decided to hop onto the 14-inch gaming laptop battle. I've also had a G14 for a while and that got very hot, too. Maybe it's really just the form factor limitations.

Here in Germany all 14 inch Laptops are wayyy more expensive. Just ordered my Slim 14 for 1400€ which is a decent price i think (32GB and 4060). G14 is 2500€ and Razer Blade 14 is 2800€ which is nuts. Thanks for the review!

Thank goodness you cover the sticker placement! 🙂

Ive always loved the way it looks and the ports layout. Would've bought this if I didn't already have the ROG 14 (2022) gaming laptop.

Thanks matt! im picking this up tomorrow from best buy for 1000 dollars us.

I prefer the classic Lenovo ThinkPad design, but this looks cool, too. OLED, High refresh, SD Card, useful ports on the side. It’s great really.

one thing i would love to see: how does 1440x900 resolution with integer scaling look on this panel for games?

this looks better than the asus and razer, great selection of ports, second m.2 slot, clean stealth design, I want one..

Legion 14" is a winner no doubt !

If only they could design the laptop as beautiful as the yoga series

Is it first Legion with (almost) ThinkPad keyboard layout (I mean PgUp/PgDn next to arrow keys) ? I love it, but I wish 16" version had the same keyboard. I'd buy it. 14" is a bit too small for me. I am surprised that 14" and 16" keyboards are different.

FINALLY!!! slim and small

This hands down the best way to go for me... 180 degree hinge design leaves out the Razor.. Vs the Rog the Legion has the better support with Lenovo Premium Legion warranty and this seems to be better quality.. Add in Sales and discounts you can get with the Legion and it Wins! For me I can take on trips then put on stand for dual with larger external screen and standin desk.... now I dont need to have a small backup laptop for traveling as well

I'm definately buying this, as its on sale from 3k to 2k in australia (1250 usd)

Nice show! Thank yo showing the features of the legion 5 14. If you switch to silent mode, and go for a business meeting for some hours. Even do a presentation on external screen with the internal gpu: Does it get loud/noisy? Or can it be really silent when running basic office tasks?

I am thinking to move to this model from MBP M1 Pro 16" 16gb version. Now I am waiting for Black Friday discounts and hopefully wont regret at the end.

We need more competition in the 14inch laptop market, with Legion slim 5 we got an alternative to Asus Zep G14.

You can turn up the soldered ram to 32gb if you purchase through Lenovo. Huge recommendation if you opt for this bad boy!

Hope you compare Slim 5 14inch with other 14 inch laptop.

Interestin, Jarrod's Tech Video showed that This Laptop manage thermals way better than Asus G14 and Blade 14

this might be a good mini me to my 7i pro (4080). Think I'll wait a bit for the price to drop/sale though. If this thing could come in at around 1k, done deal. I love Lenovos's deisgn language and build quality overall. Looks like a nice portable gaming rig. Yeah, my 7i Pro is good size and weight but I'm using it as a desktop replacement. Thanks for the preview/review!

Hi Matthew. Great review as always. Thank you. I just received one myself. Legion Slim 5 Gen 8 AMD 14" RTX 4060 32gig 1tb. I find I have a whistling fan noise at low RPM's kind of like a small baby jet engine. Did you find that was the case with your review laptop. Thank you.

Goddamnit. This looks so good. Great video too! So quick one: I'm an OLED wh*re, and I'm looking to do some gaming and 3D work on a solid system. Contemplating getting a 2022 Razer Blade 15 OLED because of the extra screen real estate, macbook-esqe build & upgradability. Do you recommend I pick this bad boy up instead? Would appreciate a response, thanks!

AMD 7840HS hitting at 90 degrees: it's too hot... Apple M2 hitting 108 degrees: M2 is soooo efficient and cool that it doesn't require a FAN.... which approach is better? using a fan to run m2 at 60 degrees, or slowing down fan and tweaking processor curves to make AMD ones quiet?

how is it against the zenbook pro 14 oled with the 4060?

finally an OLED gaming laptop from lenovo but im still waiting for rtx 5000 series laptop with 165hz 4k res lets wait more

I wish there will be more laptops with important ports on the back so I don’t have to see all those cables when I’m using it on desktop with external monitor.

They've given the lightup I/O symbols to every single laptop in this year's lineup except the Legion 7i Gen 8 💀

Glad to see someone else focus on proper sticker install. I just remove them anyway, but what a tacky experience on a $1700 device.

This one seems to be exactly what I want. Price is still pretty steap tho (€1600 in my country for Ryzen 7 RTX 4060) so I'm just gonna wait it out until there's a good (student) discount. For €1400 I'll probably pull the trigger. I would've liked to see a RTX 4070 but it is what it is

BTW, I just saw it available yesterday on Lenovo's website. It is not a Best Buy exclusive. It is a bit confusing because you can only get 32 GB with the Ryzen 7 option; the Ryzen 9 option can't have more than 16 GB of RAM, which is soldered because it's a 14 inch laptop with 2 SSD slots. Honestly, I almost want this laptop, but I'm waiting for the Framework Laptop 16 instead, as my unit is in the first batch.

I prefer dual slot memory over 2 m.2 slot. 1 m.2 slot is fine because i have a 4tb adata nvme. That soldered memory is a bummer.

The thing that i really love from legion is it has no gaming badges so i can make an excuse for my parents...

Actually the other reviews I saw the CPU gets much better temps than the other 14 inch laptops, did you test with the turbo overclock or with the performance/balance. Some reviews say CPU stays arround 80 ºC in performance with litle FPS drop.

In my country, other 14" gaming laptops don't exist! The only 14" laptop with a RTX 4060 is the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 i7-13705h, 80w RTX 4060, 3k touch 165hz display for 2200€. The Slim 5 14" starts at 1700€ ! The model i´m looking at the moment has the Ryzen 7 7840hs (the Ryzen 9 7940hs is also an option, but the performance increase is 5% while it cost's 160€ more, not worth it), RTX 4060, 32GB RAM, 1 TB SSD and the 120hz OLED display, for 1900€ (at the moment 1650€ for a promotion on Lenovo website). BTW i much prefer fast solderem RAM + 2 NVME's VS upgradable SO-DIMM's + 1 NVME, after all isn't 32GB RAM plenty for the future, where has i believe 99% of users are more likelly gonna run out of storage that there are of RAM. But i'm not sure ill pull the triger because of the display. It doesn't have G-Sync! Its OLED so black's are black and looks amazing, however there always the fear of Burn-In. What i think Lenovo should do is make a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 14". Have the full metal construction of the Slim 7, One USB-C gets Thunderbolt, 105w RTX 4070 and either give the OLED G-Sync or change the display to the Mini-Led from the Yoga Pro 9 14" (3k 165hz Mini-Led 600nits).

This thing is gorgeous. I wanna wait to see if they go on sale, right no they are going for about 2,000-2,200$ Canadian right now.

Hello, I am having a bad time finding an oled laptop for gaming and studying with an rtx 4050 or 4060 for around $1200, could you recommend something that can be upgradable in memory, that does not run very hot and preferably with an intel cpu?

I love everything about this laptop, except for the double chin. Something about having those two bezels stacked on top of each other makes it look dated, but that might just be me.

Will this be compatible with a go pro? How will this do with editing videos?

I want to buy a Legion Slim 5 with Rtx4060, but i have two options for the CPU, : intel i513500H or Ryzen 7840hs, what to choose?

I am interested in this laptop but I am not sure what to do, but I really wish to get a gaming laptop with an Oled glossy display and a proper keyboard. I was also looking at the Samsung book 3 ultra but that one is quite expensive sadly enough.

Why all these 14" game laptops still have so thick bottom bezel under the screen? Or this is how OEMs get more space for the main body?

Please do a review of Asus vivo book 15 inch please ❤

Another great review. Between the down firing speakers and the fan noise it looks like headphones are going to be a must with this laptop. Those CPU temps are sure off-putting.

@MatthewMoniz I probably becamr fan of your videos cos of your sticker placement bit, but what's an example of a perfect sticker placement to you? @02:25

i just got the lenovo legion 9i...its pretty awesome in person

For under 1000 euros yes. With soldered RAM and those CPU temps, no. Brand new and hitting while gaming 80C...if the problem is not a bad thermal paste application, this is DOA.

They should call this laptop “small” instead of “slim”

Seems like a good deal. Im sure it will get cheaper on sales at Best Buy

The best and most important of the review @2:31

Is the keyboard Rgb and how’s the battery on gaming

May i know the wallpaper being used in the thumbnail shot?

Is burn-in a concern with the OLED screen?

Will this be good for music production

Did you get free sync working on it?

An excellent laptop

on a new laptop, in late 2023 you don't put a usbc 4... instead a 3.2. i'm in time for an upgrade but have 2 thunderbolt devices i use. sad man :/

Awesome review! Waiting for this to launch in India. Really worried about the pricing though!

I have been on a hunt of a 14" Gaming notebook for 6 months now, following are my requirements. Portability (ofcourse), Battery timing, RTX 4060, minimum 16gb ram, a good display. On a tight budget, Blade 14 is out, and any laptop with Intel is out too. I am confused between this and G14. G14 has drivers issues with HDMI port and a bunch of others. And this is too new to judge, considering Lenovo's history, I am not doubtful but are the temps good enough to go for it? I am not a hardcore gamer, I just play valorant and some Need for speed for fun. I need it for video editing and training Machine Learning models. How is it for the usecase? TIA

I wish this is not online exclusive. I want to buy it via store for pickup

In terms of the price with what I will get. I think it's a good deal

Please review the slim 7 amd version!!!!

Headphone jack on the right is silly. That where the mouse is

Does this screen have any type of VRR?

Wish it was cheaper here in europe, I have a legion 5 gen 6 from 2021 and I dislike the big size and numpad, I hope I can upgrade soon

well in my country it priced like 500 usd cheaper than G14 with the same exact specs

you didn't touch on the keyboard blacklight colors

so the USB- C do not support video?

If it had great speakers, it would be perfect

i could get the 14inch ~1500€ the Slim 7i with the 4070 ~1900€ or the Pro 7i 4080 ~2400€ i mainly use it for Work Trading(forex/Crypto) wich one is the go here for Desktop or Allround Setup with a 27inch Oled Monitor with 240hz? i have a Gtx 970 :D. Can i even get the 240hz with either of those Graphics Card no right? i will only Play Multiplayer FPS/MMo´s thanks alot

Any 'gaming' laptop 14" with 2 SO-DIMMs?

I'm sorry, I'm a bit old school. I like having the 10-key pad. It just makes work easier for me.

Does it have freesync or gsync?

2:56 on the website it says matte to me

What's the wallpaper in the thumbnail?

Hey man how does it go with games like Baldurs Gate 3 on high resolution? Does it power the FPS significantly or does it stay relatively high?

Atm the price of this one here at my place (4060 model) is 1800 usd equivalent sadly

If only this had front facing speakers like all the other 14" gaming laptops Strange oversight considering the Yoga laptops have them.

Sticker guy slayer 🔥🔥🙏😂

is it touch screen?

Keyboard look like zephyrus now ??

Can this run the ps3 emulator, with ncaa football?

Team lenovo till the end ..🎉🎉 Mathew which team you on .❤❤

Got this laptop today and I must say it overall feels and handled fantastic for a 14,5 inch laptop. The only sad thing is for sure the lackluster speakers. I mean they're fine but its really not something you would want to watch series och movies with. Obviously a laptop like this is for portability work/gaming and in those scenarious you would most likely use headphones anyways, but still. It is honestly a little dissapointing. For reference I just hand a 2023 Asus zenbook Oled and the build quality and speakers were miles better. Still considering switching back as it was almost half price to. But we'll see how this little rascal holds up.

why glossy screen on gaming laptops ?

wallpaper link?

Can you explain why AMD proccesor battery preformence is better?

Weight ??

Does it overheat and burn your fingers on the keyboard?

2:50 the 15 inch version has matte... they could have made it a glossy ips and it would look amazing, but nope...

no Ethernet port? sucks

Is it wrong that the "Sticker Palooza" joke was decisive to pause the video and give it a like? haha. I cannot even

You made us hate sticker guys 😜