THIS! I was so happy lenovo had that feature included in their legion series. Especially since I keep my laptop plugged in majority of the time this is a HUGE hack to save your battery that I feel like not many people know/use.
The funniest thing is when you get a new gaming laptop and play a game that is 10+ years old and ran perfectly fine on your old one. New games are rarely as good as the old ones.
The worst thing is playing a retro game(typically 15+ years) and they no longer work on your new system cause of compatibility issues without mods and fixes Or the game's pc port was just bad since launch, looking at you og dead space.
Haha same here! When I got my Asus GL502VT in 2016, I used it to play SimCity 4 (a 2003 game). Then when I replaced it with my current G513RM in late 2023, I’m using it to play Anno 1404 (a 2009 game)!
Cleaning dust is so important really, difference I saw is the capability to run a game at 4k medium instead of 1080p low, just cleaned dust nothing else.
@@Razermantis7649 isnt that bad for ur laptop? some ppl i know said if u accidently blow into the fans u can destroy ur motherboard coz the spinning fans generate electricity?
Hey Jarrod, just noticed that you added audio tracks to your videos with 3 more languages (Hindi, Portuguese and Spanish). I appreciate your efforts and commitment to bring Hindi as the third overall of your first selection of languages (second addition after Portuguese & Spanish from the Framework 16 review video) to have a DUB. If possible, please can you make a video on elaborating the method and procees you used to do dubbing in these 3 languages. It is sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
Hindi is done with eleven labs, it takes my voice and tries to make it sound the same. I pay for this service. The other 2 are provided by RU-vid, but don't sound as good, but are free.
@@JarrodsTech thanks mate really appreciate your effort to make content accessible to Indians who may find it easier to understand in Hindi (I can understand both so no worries)
My 1660Ti Legion 5 is still good for me. I don't play the latest games, I buy the ones that have been out a while now and on sale. And any e-sports game it still handles well.
Same here. I got a 1060 6gb dell g7 with 32gb ram upgraded from 8gb, 2tb storage, 8th gen i7. I can still play a lot of newer games. Cod 3.0, apex, etc etc... Playing older games like destiny 2 on high settings looks beautiful. I WANT to upgrade, but dont really NEED to lol
Same here with my 3050Ti Legion 5. I mostly play older games & e sports titles. It runs games like RDR 2 & God of War fairly well at med-high settings since I get around 60-75 fps & on most esports titles I play are always over 144fps since I play those at lower settings. One thing I've stopped doing that he mentioned was the driver updates, specifically graphics drivers. I recently had a weird issue like 2 months ago when I'd been updating drivers almost as soon as they got released & had some random artifacts showing up on my display after that update(i think it was a January update). I reverted my drivers & the issue went away & after reading through a few threads on different platforms I realised it's not always the best thing to download some of the graphics drivers too soon especially in my case where I don't typically play any of the newer games.
A man of culture! I have the exact one and you'd be surprised how well it still performs with many new games brother. Just needs a few tweaks. I'm currently playing Horizon Forbidden west with 50+ FPS with medium yo high settings. Such a BEASTLY laptop to this day! I'm finally getting ready to upgrade though, picking up the Strix 16 this month. Found one with the 4060 and 13650HX at a decent price.
Same, 1660 Ti, different brand. Just look what's still playable on a Steam Deck. In a way, mass gaming is still back with the venerable 1060 era and the 1660 Ti has more grunt than that. Allegedly things have moved on to 3060, but until mass hits at least 1080p 60fps Ray Tracing Ultra Cyberpunk 2077, the needle has barely moved. I thought we'd at least be 4k 120 fps mid by now. I feel like I'll be dead before that's mass adopted affordable, things are so slow.
If you use notebook, then search and change the video card bios. If you use 95w, change to 115w and then undervolt it. This is free 5 to 8 fps, using the same amount of power. Tested and worked
For me, tip 1 depends on the situation. Sometimes, new updates can cause errors and be more unstable than the old version. For example, I updated to the latest GPU driver last March and couldn’t share my screen via Discord and OBS. I didn’t know where the problem originated until I realized it was due to the update and rolled back the GPU driver.
Tip #6: Repaste your CPU and GPU if they are throttleing a lot and you dont see the performance which these components usually manage to reach. I had to repaste my Legion 5 2021 last year in summer because the thermal paste was completely dried out. After I repasted it with PTM 7950 it was like 50% faster and not near as loud as before and I also got even higher scores in TimeSpy and Cinebench than after purchase.
@@charno_zhyem its also called "repasting" for PTM, at least thats how everyone is calling it in LaptopWiki Community in Discord and where i found out about PTM 7950. :)
I have the asus scar 3/ i7 9750h 45w tdp but burst to 60w/ rtx 2070 mobile 115w burst to 150w/ corsair vengeance 32gb ddr4 2666mhz/ evo 970 1tb nvme ssd/ i play red dead online 4k resolution ultra graphic settings at 60 fps avg.. dlss ultra looks amazing! If these game developers optimized their games with more passion like rockstar we would not have to upgrade our laptops near as often.. modern warfare warzone same thing 4k 60 fps dlss.. funny in 2019 i had the second most powerful gpu available in a laptop and now people are saying its 1080p only..This laptop shreds most games in 1440p lol! I say fix the games... Red dead online proves it.. game is a masterpiece and imo still the greatest game ever made.. thx for ur astounding laptop videos.. i am in love w mine 4 years later.. repasting made a world of difference as asus thermal paste sucked..i highly recommend to anyone if they get a product from asus look at their thermal solution before using and repaste/repad as needed.. it was literally powder on the cpu.. i used corsair xtm 70 after cleaning.. what is your opinion anyone on xtm 70?
Tip 5 is easily the option everyone should know. People should accept the fact they can lower the settings to get more FPS in modern games. Even on low settings, I think modern games look good.
I write these on my MSi GE60 2PL Apache that I bought way back in December 2014. It's still my only computer. I work on it, watch tv shows on it and play games on it. Recently I completed Spider-Man Miles Morales. And Baldur's Gate 3 is fairly playable. Yes, graphics is on the lowest of the low, but still... 10-year old laptop being able to run anything modern deserves some respect.
My current gaming laptop (Asus ROG GL503VD, i5 7300HQ, 16Gb RAM DC, GTX 1050 4Gb, 512Gb M.2SSD, 1Tb HDD) is turning 6 this year. I am upgrading now but for my first gaming laptop to last that long, it's a testament that it's not just the quality of the laptop but TLC from the user as well. Also know the strengths and weaknesses of your machine and never push it to its limits.
Are rest of the specs a 1:1 match? You are not purchasing just the processor, Lenovo might have cut corners slightly here and there. 13th and 14th gen - there's hardly any difference. Also consider that 14900 HX is not comparable to 13900HX, it's more of a 13980 hx competition or upgrade.
I compared both in my area. Looks like they forgot to update the 13th gen pricing. They are charging more for 4070, same ssd, same ram on gen8 vs gen9. I configured a i9 14900hx, 32gb, 1tb SSD, 4zone RGB, 4070 and 240hz 100% sRGB display vs Ryzen 7 7745HX, 32gb ram, 1tb SSD, 4zone RGB, 4070, 240 hz 100% sRGB display. Cost difference is INR 9.5K. 5.5% more money for a slightly lesser processor.
@@soumyachakraborty4150 i m getting i9-14900hx, 32GB, 2Tb Ssd, 240HZ display with 100% sRGB (narrow bezels), RTX 4070, 4 zone RGB The max upgrade for this laptop of for ₹186929 And the last time I checked the max upgrade for i9-13900hx was just a little less than ₹200k
@@utkarshrastogi8791 I ended up purchasing 100% DCIP3, got the Rog scar. The colors are colourful. I am used to sRGB on my legion, closer colors to natural. My laptop is not the only screen I use. I tune my colors for natural, my pixel is set to natural colors, I don't know what it is, but my eyes are more towards less color which is personal bias tbh. Go to a store and compare both the panels side by side
To everyone suggesting repasting: I highly recommend installing the Honeywell PTM7950 pads instead. Paste lasts couple of months, a year max, the pads last 5 years. I installed my pads literally yesterday and my temps dropped by +20c, and that is before they "settled" (they gain maximum efficiency after a couple of cycles). Warning: the installation is a bit finnicky, so buy a bigger size just in case you screw up the first couple of times you try to cut it and apply it.
Good thermal pastes usually can last a few years, even. Some of them do cure way too fast. But yes, have handled 7950, can confirm they're really painful
I have a Lenovo Z50-75 that still works and is sparkly clean inside (I run some old programs that are incompatible with newer windows versions on it when I need it), Have a four year old Legion 5 (2020), which I repasted with liquid metal and still rocks. Had the battery always at 60% charge, because most of the time it was docked. After 4 years it has only 52 cycles and 99% of life left. Gave it to my son. And bought the Strix G16 With the 13980HX and 4080 as a workstation/gaming laptop. Quite happy with that thing, that has desktop performance. Great for my work. So if you care for your things, they will serve you a long time.
People just be turning off their computers and consoles while their game is running and their system is burning hot. You gotta close out the game and let your PC sit for a few minutes so it can cool itself. It will last way longer.
@skyscall yeah that guy is way off about heat being the issue there. It's the storage drive corruption you start getting high chances of having if power is abruptly removed from the system while it runs tasks.
Hey jarrod, i am hoing to buy a new laptop and i was confuse to buy which laptop and i just saw your video why we should not buy 2024 laptop and now i am even more confused ,could you please give me suggestions on which laptop i should buy ,my budget is around 850$ , i dont anything too much expensive,i just want a budget laptop , i want to be more gaming focused and less for work but nothing that could only do gaming,i have no problem playing games on lower setting(mid to high) rather then highest possible, could you plese recommend me some
My last laptop a Dell XPS M1530 died at the mark of only 5 years in 2013 playing Starcraft 2 on a different screen via HD I cable and over supportive books (to always provide fresh air) keeping the temps below 80 degrees (Intel core 2 duo T8300 + Nvidia GT 8600M with 4gb of ram). Had fewer changes of thermal compound, and still died not sending anymore any video output signal. Was a 1000€ of the time (2008) literally useless. Use to clean it and maintenance the fans a lot. We don't make enough attention to the minimum expectation life of this products. It's just a bad joke @jarrodsTech please make more studies about units lasting best
I wanna know what's it like to reinstall windows on a modern laptop as I have never tried it, like some modern laptops have some specific features, some internal apps that it comes with that allows controlling our laptop further like changing RGB, overclocking etc etc, they also sometimes have some custom group policy settings and all... After reinstalling windows how do we get these back again?
@JarrodsTech I was just thinking today, it would be fun and entertaining if you made a video about USB-C charging. 60w, 100w, 125w, 160w? Is it safe? How should you configure your settings? What laptops can handle it, which ones should you avoid due to it degrading battery health. You could go down so many paths with it, and I have yet to see a video explain it all.
What i do to preserve the cpu and gpu is limit the fps and undervolt it and where i can use the IGPU on the cpu to preserve the power. My laptop has freesynce so 40 fps for me is fine on story based games.
I bought the extended 4 year warranty & one time battery replacement for my legion 7 pro. It's the i9 rtx 4090 model so better paying a little extra for extended warranty.
Fun fact. This video game out the day after my 6-7 year old Acer had it's GPU fry on my deployment. I took really good care of it, and used many of these steps, but it was just its time.
@@kestonsmith1354 Bruh 6-7 years old is a W laptop. I still have an acer aspire e14 and still use it till this days. It is 9 year old already! Tho I can't play games I use it for my work
Had 84,2 Wh battery capacity on my Lenovo Legion 7 rtx 3070, (which is quite funny, it is supposed to be 80 Wh :D). my friend bought one too, almost at the same time, with quite similar capacity. I had it on 70 % battery basically all the time, he had it plugged at 100 % all the time. 2 Years later, his battery is at 70 Wh, mine is at 83 :D
I have an HP Pavillion from 2012 with a dedicated GPU (650M 2gb) and it's still doing what I need after 12 years. Switched the HDD to an SSD a few years ago and upped the ram to 16gb and the old i7 can still manage office work and multi-tasking, and some indie games like Dave the Diver and Noita. Might upgrade in a year or two, but with a powerful desktop for gaming I don't try to make the laptop do any work it's not capable of handling. Crazy how long a laptop can last with decent hardware and maintenance.
I would also recommend to run it with as low power limits and temps as you can. Lots of recent laptops simply die because their power delivery components overheat. Running you cpu/gpu at 85-90C is not good as well. It is way harder to find a working 5-10yo gaming laptop with high-end cpu/gpu because of that. Don't waste power, limit fps if you don't need it to render at 200 fps, boost fan and etc.
I recently bought an old GTX 1050 laptop for $100 and my process was 1) clean with alcohol wipes. 2) replace internal fans with new ones. 3) repaste GPU and cpu. 4) replace hdd with SSD. 5) reinstall windows fresh. Around $150 all in for a nice little machine that can even run helldivers 2. EDIT: oh and I also put an overclock on the GPU (+500, +150). Video uploading to my channel to show it.
@@jponz85 I’ve literally just been playing it the past hour so?.. there’s a video on my channel if you want to see for yourself. Laptop fans do need replacing at that age the bearings lose efficiency and they become noisy.
Hey, I saw some of your recent videos. They’re good but I’m still very confused. My budget is $4,000 or under and I don know what to get. All of the seem bad, I had my eye on the Lenovo i7 before your video. What is a good pc at that price point? Any advice would be appreciated.
I have a laptop with i7 4720HQ, GTX970M and 16GB of DDR3, bought 10 years ago, and I'm still using it to play Forza Horizon 5, low all at 1080p 60FPS with no frame generation and upscaling. I was fortunate to have a laptop with good cooling, so a fresh patch of thermal paste and CPU undervolt can still help me play modern game
Forza Horizon 5 is a well optimized title that can even run on 10 year old potatoes. Bet you won't say the same result for actual heavy titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077. That 4th gen CPU is prehistoric in 2024 tbh.
@NDSno1, Your timing was perfect when you got that. Late last year i finally upgraded from my old trusty 2014 Rog Strix G750 -DS71 i7 4700HQ/16 gigs/860m 17.3. I recently upgraded to a MSI Raider GE78HX i9 13950HX/32 gigs/RTX 4080. Hopefully my new laptop will have enough Legs to last me for a few years. I sold my Asus to friend who uses it for his business/light gaming. Enjoy your excellent purchase! Peace!
My laptop is turning 6 years old and the battery lasted me 3 1/2 hours long on power saving mode. I think my advise is to keep your laptop plugged in unless using the battery is necessary. Modern laptops nowadays are smart to direct power directly to the system without touching the battery. I occasionally use the battery to keep the power cycled.
As a recommendation! I get the IETS GT500 laptop cooler and drops my temp about -10c. Playing Battle Field 2042 at 1080 medium settings temp is about 42c and 85 fps ( I cut the fps to 85 to maintain temps down ). Dell inspiron 16 plus, i7 and 4060 rtx
Hello I purchased a legion 5 in 2021 after seeing your review. Absolutely love it. Recently bought a laptop cooler iets 500 works fantastic but someone has told me that it could damage the laptop fans have you heard anything could it be true? Would forcing air through it put load on the fans?
No, its like saying blowing air at a fan will damage a fan - the air will just go with the flow of the moving fans in your laptop. If your laptop's fan are not moving then that is a different story! For example when I clean my laptop fans I make sure to secure the fan in place with a tooth pick then shoot air into it to clear dust.
@@gc4924 hello thanks I just didn’t want to damage anything. I only run my cooing pad at about 3 quarter capacity and I can play for 2 to 3 hours and the gpu goes no higher than 60 so it really works well.
Bro, I am having Asus Rog Strix G16 of i9-13980HX with 4080 RTX, While Playing games CPU went to 95C and GPU to 87C during performance and turbo mode but after Disabling the Turbo Boost, Now CPU temperature dropped to 15C now I am getting like 75-80C but I am still getting GPU to be 85-87C with 100% GPU usage and ROG boost OC, but when i change the mode to Silent GPU drops to 65-72C but you know FPS drops to 10-30FPS which is fine because I wanted to play long hours of gaming so please Please help me with, I should get GPU around 65-80C during performance mode but HOW ?
Hi guys, I’m planning to buy a laptop pc but stuck between a LEGION PRO 5 with an RYZEN 7 7745hx and 4070 32gb (2560 1600) qhd PRICE ==> 1700$ // asus rog strix g18 i9 13gen 4060 16gb (1920 1200) fhd PRICE ==>1800$ Thx in advance
No battery tips? No screen protection tips (oled get ruined FAST for example)? No hinge protection measures ? Lowering temps overall to increase durability? LOL dude these "top 5 ways" are for just keeping your pc updated! Even then, there's a chance to ruin stuff with updates (MOBOs, and sometimes GPU), so it should be more like "update only when really required". Was the script created by gpt or what?
I have a question which legion should I get Lenovo slim 5 16’ ryzen 7 7840hs with 4060 or the pro 5i 16’ i7 with 4070 this is strictly for gaming btw and want the best experience plz help me the game specifically i will be playing is COD and mostly fortnite at low settings
The 4060 is good enough to play just COD and Fortnite and most AAA games as well. But if you have the budget for a 4070 and want to try out more demanding games in the future, then you can buy a 4070 version.
اريد شراء لابتوب جديد بحدود 1000 دولار 4 كي شاشه كبيره بما تنصحني I want to buy a new laptop for around $1000, 4K, with a large screen. What do you advise me?
jarrod i just got a laptop and its having a ddr5 12gb ram stick, but the problem is that in my country only 8 and 16gb ram sticks are sold now what should I do? buying which ram would be a better option 8gb or 16 for getting that dual channel boost?
i say buying more ram like 32 or 64 more if you get 32gb dual rank and x8 version ddr5 , you'll get more frame boost and better performance out of the computer
Legion 5 AMD 2020 owner here. Have laptop for 3 years. Great engineers from Lenovo made two SKUs for cooling system, with removable fans (which Jarod showed) and with non-removable fans (guess which SKU is in my laptop). So good luck with removing lint from fans if you as lucky as me. Moreover, due to bad design, after a while, motherboard is bending slightly because of pressure from cooling solution, so I guess that why 1 ddr channel is not working right now for me and I need to take it to the repair with proper equipment and brave repairman (look for the process to re-solder CPU in Lenovo, because of their compound it's a mess, sometimes instead of just re-solder repair technicians just grind the processor down
hi i got a asus tuf a15 with a 140w 4050 but my fans are so loud, i tried silent/performance/turbo mode but nothing, even lowered the cpu to 99/98/97/96% but nothing, someone can help me?
3:26 as a guy who got 3050 in 2022, my expectations didn't have the chance to go over 4GB 😂😂 though the card lacks memory its performance is actually great and with enough research i can even run both horizon and Odyssey with 63-58fps medium low settings
What about content creation? Blender, Photoshop etc? I am perfectly happy not being able to play the latest games in 2028 but I do want to be able to run blender in 2028
i got my first gaming laptop, the first instinct to not let this laptop bite more than this thing can chew. i always run on low settings, though i still push for performance for FPS.
My MSI GT60 is more than 10 years old. 2013. GTX 780M Survived windows 8 to 8.1 to 10 different major updates. A world tour on plane, trips on motorcycle and some party. Upgraded ssd's then ram with a total of 3 ssd and 1 hdd witch all working fine. But it seems i've been victim of programed obsolescence with the GPU die same year of the end of Nvidia Driver support in 2019. Only 6 years after buy and driver support. How strangely coincidental it is. Never less. Suceed to have some time on the integrated Intel graphic. Witch was able to Run Battelfront 2 in Multiplayer with some tweaks below minimum settings. Amazed "spare wheel" then i bought aliexpress a gpu then new compatible battery in 2020 just before covid started. Now in 2024 it runs fine and i did the second repast CPU and GPU. Ssd is at 84% life. For the dust you have to live in a clean regulated vaccumed place, far from carpet base floor and your fan wont get as dirty as you may think. I just cleaned mine twice in 10 years and it wasn't really dusty. I will do a video on my chanel
I would like to one more that is lowering fps (capping it really decreases the temperature) so if you think you are good with 30fps(that's what most story games require ) then go for it
Hey guys, i have a question. I bought omen 16 with Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3070 last year. At first couple month, the laptop run smoothly. But lately sometimes the laptop screen just went black in unexpected random moment, but the rest of the laptop is still on (fans and the keyboard backlight still on) and sometimes the Mouse pad is less responsive, i had to press the F11 button (to disabled and re-enabled the mouse pad). Anyone had same problem or know the solution for this?
Test if the same thing happens to en external plugged monitor. If the monitor is going black the same way, it’s a problem with your GPU and maybe a clean driver install will help. If the monitor works totally fine, the problem is probably with your laptop screen itself or the connection to the screen.
Hello, i have a question. I have a lenovo loq with i5-12450h and rtx 4050 6gb, should i undervolt my cpu or gpu? I heard there are some benefits but i'm not sure. Can you help me with an opinion please?
@@InfuzedPH in some games, yes, it's overheating and it's reducing the performance, to be honest i never tested to see the temperatures. I talked with a friend and he undervolted his PC Cpu and gpu and he told me that games he saw a boost in fps, but i don't know about the laptop If it's worth it, i don't want to mess anything really😅
@@bigboiboigboy2713 i know that, but reducing the wattage from Lenovo vantage is not similar to undervolting? Sorry If i'm wrong, i'm kinda new to these things😅
@@nee172hello, legion y540 user here.. Undervolt is really worth it (if your system capable). My 9750h at full load was reached 95'C limit. After undervolting the cache -125mV and 225mV core, it only reach 83'C at full load. And got better benchmark score. Sadly no, Vantage cannot do undervolt, only power limit and fan profile (only with preset provided by lenovo of course). For undervolt you need Intel XTU or Throttlestop. And another sadly, from i understand, most 12th and 13th gen intel laptop cannot be undervolted except HX series (and K series for desktop). But you still can do thermal management using Throttlestop by limiting its power or clock speed. For example i have 4 profile in throttlestop. Each profile has different clock speed limit. From max clock speed (4.0ghz) to slow clock speed (3.4ghz) for quiet working. Also most laptop shared heatpipe between cpu and gpu. Reducing cpu heat potentially reducing gpu heat and vice versa. You can tweak both to create good balance. You dont always need max cpu clock for good fps, it's depend on the games. Most of the time i only use 3.4 or 3.7Ghz clock limit for gaming. Another thing you can do is to undervolt your gpu using msi afterburner. And using frame limiter (i prefer RTSS). For more these kind of knowledge i suggest reading throttlesop threads in TPU forum (i swear this is not ads😅, i don't even have account there). The creator of throttlestop, 'unclewebb', loves to spread his amazing knowledge there..
JARROD MY MAN!! I'm just about to buy a gaming laptop for college, dw it's got good battery life cuz it's amd, IdeaPad gaming yk (hopefully mom allows it) so I was wondering about this same topic and you just made a video on it what a life saver!! Thank you very much good sir!
hyee, i want to buy a gaming laptop for study and gaming but have a limited budget😂, and i cant decide between rog strix g16 i9 14900HX 4060 and legion pro 5i i9 14900HX 4070, rog using 1920 x 1200 and legion using 2560 x 1600, but i see a lot of comment on review videos saying that 4070 cant handle well 2560 x1200 screen? so what do u think? sorry for my bad english
No problem Legion I7 10 gen intel 6/12 cores, turbo boost turn off, Nvidia 2060 6GB Vram, 64GB RAM and still run the newest game no issues at all. Most unoptimized games run on normal graphics mode or medium but everything else run Ultra/high or sometime Medium/High mix settings still 60 fps.
I have upgraded my Asus Tuf to 24gb RAM which has 2slots. Gaming FPS skyrocketed compared to it's original 8gb ram. Battery is also lasting 8-9 hours for coding in battery saver
