![]() Some gaming laptops position literally all the ports on the rear edge, which can make plugging in a USB mouse or flash drive inconvenient, so it’s good to see that at least some of the ports are more accessible here. This will be a matter of personal taste we’re divided here on the TechRadar team as to whether these rear ports are actually more convenient. While there are some USB ports and a headphone jack on the sides of the laptop, most of the physical ports are situated along the back edge. It’s not the heaviest gaming laptop we’ve reviewed, but at two and a half kilos for a 15-inch model, it’s certainly not lightweight. It’s also thinner than many gaming laptops in its power and price class, making it a bit more portable, but this is somewhat counteracted by the metal construction resulting in increased overall weight. The exterior is mostly brushed metal, which gives the chassis a solid, durable feel that should hold up to bumps and drops. This Legion 5i is a good-looking laptop with a relatively minimalist style, a far cry from the gaudy RGB-laden products that typically populate the gaming laptop section of your local tech hardware store. ![]() Lenovo hasn’t made any huge changes to the physical design of the Legion laptop line for a little while, but that’s fine by us. (Image credit: Future) Lenovo Legion 5i (2022) review: Design RAM and SSD capacity also vary between models you can see the version we received below, along with the highest-spec and lowest-spec configurations. It can come with an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and a variety of Nvidia RTX 3000 GPUs, from the 3050 up to the 3070 Ti. The Lenovo Legion 5i comes in a wide range of configurations, with the CPU and GPU being the primary varying factor. It’s also worth noting that Lenovo has regular flash sales on its own online store, and many of its gaming laptops come with a free 3-month trial of PC Game Pass, further adding to the value. Overall, it’s not going to touch the best cheap laptops out there if you’re looking for a super-budget device, but it does offer a strong level of performance and a wide feature set for the asking price. We ran our tests in 1080p, though, so the performance stats found below will be useful for both British and American readers. It looks like this exact model isn’t available in the US if you want a higher resolution, it means opting for a slightly bigger screen. Our review model is a UK unit that costs £1,500 (AU$3,169), which doesn’t quite hold up to the US pricing but is still decent considering the 1440p screen and i7 processor (the cheaper models in the US use a Core i5-12500H). The cheapest Legion 5 available costs $1,049.99, but we wouldn’t recommend getting the bottom-dollar model. There are also the Legion 5i Pro models and Legion 5 models of both (which use AMD Ryzen CPUs note the lack of ‘i’ denoting ‘Intel’). The highest-spec model - which packs double the RAM and an RTX 3070 Ti GPU - costs $2,499.99 - not quite as much bang for your buck, in our opinion. For our money, the 1080p RTX 3060 model available in the US is a massively better value since it’s only marginally more expensive at $1,229.99. ![]() The Lenovo Legion 5i starts at $1,099.99 in the US, which gets you essentially the same system as the one we’ve reviewed here, but with a 1080p display and an RTX 3050 Ti instead of an RTX 3060. Lenovo Legion 5i (2022) review: Price and availability ![]() Ultimately though, this isn’t a laptop for on-the-go gaming it’s a desktop replacement system, and it does that just fantastically. It’s a bit on the heavy side, and the battery life is unsurprisingly garbage, two pitfalls that almost every gaming laptop trips into. The DDR5 memory is a great added bonus (especially since a lot of more affordable gaming laptops are still rocking DDR4, and it’s not a mandatory upgrade for the 12th-gen Intel CPU), and we were surprised to see not just regular USB-C ports but also a Thunderbolt 4 port. Lenovo hasn’t skimped on the features here either, with a solid selection of physical ports and the latest Wi-Fi 6E capabilities. ![]()
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