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Still, I can accept those in this budget range; instead, what bothers me is the inconsistency in quality control with the unit that I have, even many months after this series was launched, with the buggy wifi connection and video drivers that eat into the battery life, as well as what I still consider to be unproperly polished fan/power profiles. The layout is among the best you’ll find in a mid-range laptop these days, though. The main set of keys are full-size, the arrows are also all full-size keys and spaced out from everything around, and there’s also a NumPad section, with slightly narrower keys, but still well spaced and perfectly usable. Those above are rasterization-only tests, and here are some results for RTX titles. AMD Rzyen 5 5600H + For connectivity, there’s Wireless 6 and Bluetooth 5 through an Intel AX200 chip on this laptop, which proved faster and more reliable than the Realtek on the Legion 5. I didn’t have any issues during my time with this laptop, nor did I experience any drop-outs or disconnects. However, given the current chip shortage, there’s no guarantee you’ll end up with this Intel module on your laptop, so make sure to test for any performance or connection issues on your unit.
Lenovo Legion 5 17 with RTX 3060 in review: Strong gaming
Over here, this tested Ryzen 7 + RTX 3060 configuration is available in stores for around 1200 EUR, which is competitive for what you’re getting. The same goes for under 1200 GBP in the UK, and around 1400 EUR in Germany. That aside, there are also Intel-based versions of Legion 5i, built on Tiger Lake H45 hardware. Over here, those are more expensive than the AMD versions. Final thoughts- Lenovo Legion 5 Pro
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All in all, the Legion 5 is one of the best-value mid-tier laptops of this generation, and a potential recommendation in this 3060 configuration over here in Europe where it’s very aggressively priced. That’s not the case everywhere, though, as the same configuration is expensive in other regions. W (~6-7 h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Quiet Mode, screen at 60%, Wi-Fi ON;
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 165 Hz Gaming Laptop Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 165 Hz Gaming Laptop
Finally, I’ll add that gaming on battery mode is somewhat possible here, with the CPU running at 15-25W and the GPU at around 30-35W, so don’t expect much in performance. Also, don’t expect more than an hour and a bit of runtime with gaming on the battery. External temperatures are fine with this laptop, both with daily use and with games. It’s unusual though that the hotspots are placed just around the arrows keys and the Enter key, but the chassis never gets uncomfortable to the touch, as even those are only in the low to mid-40s Celsius. Still, I didn’t notice the same king of hotspots on Derek’s review units, so I’m not sure if this is normal or some sort of an issue with my unit. Internally, these hotspots seem to be placed over the chipset and SSD, which do not overheat based on our HWinfo logs.
Our test model is a mid-tier configuration of the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H series, with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor, an Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics chip, 16 GB of DDR4-3200 memory, and a fast Samsung PM981 PCIe x4 gen3 SSD. Our sample came out rather poorly calibrated out of the box, with a skewed Gamma and White point. Once calibrated, everything looks OK, but the max brightness was also greatly diminished as a result. Take my findings with a grain of salt, though, as Derek’s unit came out better-calibrated out-of-the-box and did not reduce the brightness as aggressively when further calibrated, and we’re using the same software and sensor. There might be a degree of variation between these panels. Hardware and performance Oh, and there’s another FHD 120Hz screen option available for the lower-tier configurations of the Legion 5. Stay away from it, it’s the older-gen panel with 250-nits of brightness and washed-out colors at only 45% NTSC. Hardware and performance The legion 5 doesn’t even try to be compact and portable by any means, either. The laptop weighs 2.4 kilos in this tested configuration with the 80Wh battery, and you must also consider the massive 300W charger included with this configuration, which weighs an extra 1.15 kilos. If you need a thin-and-light full-size laptop that would be easy to lug around every day to work and school, this is not it.
Lenovo Legion 5 15ITH6H Intel Core i7-11800H, 16GB Ram, 512GB Lenovo Legion 5 15ITH6H Intel Core i7-11800H, 16GB Ram, 512GB
I’m still not glad that there’s no setting (that I know off?) to enable automatic idle time for this keyboard; having to kill the light manually seems a bit rudimentary in this day and age.On Quiet, the processor runs at ~25W sustained with only slightly audible fans (<32 dB) and temperatures in the 70s. The scores are roughly 70% of what the system delivers on Performance, despite the limited power. The calibration is alright out of the box, with good uniformity and little light bleeding around the edges. The screen is one of the main selling points of the Legion 5 Pro series over the competition in the mid-range segment.
Lenovo Legion 5 15 - Ryzen 5 5600H · RTX 3060 130W · 15.6 Lenovo Legion 5 15 - Ryzen 5 5600H · RTX 3060 130W · 15.6
The main selling points are the sturdy all-metal build, the uncompromised IO and inputs, an excellent QHD+ 16:10 165Hz screen, as well as competent specs, with a full-power RTX 3060 and an 80Wh battery. Now, if 50 dB fans are too loud for you, and I can see how that can be the case in many situations, you should consider the Quiet profile. The fans average between sub 30 dBA noise levels with light use and up to 44 dB with combined taxing loads on this Quiet profile, however, even most demanding loads keep the fans at around 36-38 dB, and only rarely push above 40 dB. The performance decreases, though, as shown down below. The keyboards should be identical between the Legion 5 and Legion 5 Pro series, yet somehow I found this one here on the 5 Pro more accurate in my tests.W (~7-8 h of use) – 165Hz, 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Quiet Mode, screen at 60%, Wi-Fi ON; It perhaps doesn’t feel as nice as the Legion 5 Pro or Legion 7 lineups as this is entirely made out of plastic, but with a rougher finishing that feels stronger than the kind used on the previous Legion 5 generation, which Id’ expect should age well. It does show smudges and fingerprints on this dark-blue variant that we have here. Switching over to the Balanced profile leads to the Ryzen 5 stabilizing at 45W of power. The fans spin at 43-44 dB in this case, and temperatures stabilize in the low-80s. For the software, I put a clean Windows 10 install on my unit and the Lenovo Vantage app, which then took care of all the updates.
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