The Lenovo Legion series is really impressive. We had the chance to take a look at their budget offering, the Lenovo Legion 3i a few months ago and it was surprisingly good!
Let's talk specs:
CPU: Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
GPU: RTX 2060
Display: 15.6" IPS (1920 x 1080), 500 nits, 240Hz, <1ms response time, 100% sRGB, VESA DisplayHDR 400 certified
Storage: 1TB SSD
RAM: 16GB
Audio: 2 x 2W Harman Kardon® speaker system (which was amazing)
Dimensions: 363.06mm x 259.61mm x 23.57 – 26.1mm
Weight: 5.07lbs
Ports: 4x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, USB-C 3.1, HDMI 2.0
Benchmarks:
3D Mark
Cinebench:
CrystalDiskMark:
Geekbench:
Novabench:
PC Mark:
Pros:
- Nice design, beautiful logo
- Amazing keyboard, such a pleasure to type on
- Runs Cyberpunk 1.1 at a little over ~30-48fps at medium settings
- Runs Valorant over 200fps
- Can open the lid with one hand
- The speakers are surprisingly fantastic
- Comes with a really good mouse
- Matte lid is classy and doesn't attract fingerprints
Cons:
- Although my testing environment or unit could be to blame specifically, the games I tested ran the CPU really hot
- A bit pricey
- Ports in the back can sometimes be annoying to manipulate, so just use the ports on the side
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Should you buy it?
It does cost a pretty penny, but it's an amazing machine that can do both gaming and productivity. If portability is important to you, then you can't go wrong with the Lenovo Legion 5i.