Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (2022) specs and vs other laptops

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#303272 29-Jan-2023 12:03

Wondering if I could get some opinions on this as I'm not well versed in the quality of gaming laptops in NZ.

https://www.lenovo.com/nz/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-pro-series/legion-5-pro-gen-7-(16-inch-amd)/82rg009yau

Above link is for a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro for a decent % off. I'm a little heisitant on whether its that good deal as the discrete GPU is a little weaker than I would imagine you would want for 1440p. Storage seems a little small as well but I imagine installing a 1 TB SSD shouldn't be hard?

I've tried looking around for anything similar but with a 3070 but they're all priced at 3k+ or have 1080p screens. Is this pretty much the best you could do in NZ for the price/specs?

If anyone has any recommendations at this similar price point or has experience with Lenovo gaming laptops in general.

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#3029140 30-Jan-2023 07:53

So a few people got this last time it had a deal (cost me around $1700). Mine however has the 5800H and not 6800.

Overall I am happy with the purchase, it plays the games i play fine (which is normally new release games). Note: when playing it does sound like a jet is about to take off depending how hard you push it.

Keyboard warms up a little as well

However if you do go for it, check for coupons for www.lenovo.com as this is how I ended up getting another $500 or so off it (when i purchased it they listed as $2200 and I found a coupon that got it down to $1700).

You are correct the storage is a bit limited however I just plugged in a 4tb portable USB which is where I keep most of my random games install.

Here is the breakdown I paid:

Sub total: 2,294.15
eCoupon code: CUPONZ
eCoupon savings: $573.54
Shipping: FREE
Total savings:$978.39
Total inc GST:$1,720.61

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#3029143 30-Jan-2023 08:05

Do you intend to use it for mobile gaming? Or will it be predominantly static? If the latter, you might look at an external GPU enclosure and card on a cheaper/non-gaming laptop?

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#3029161 30-Jan-2023 09:01

The thing i look at is, its not a $3,679.00 laptop before the savings, you would be lucky if it was a $3000 one given the specs so the saving while it looks impressive inst really that impressive.

This one is $2700 before any discounts and has almost identical specs

https://www.computerlounge.co.nz/shop/laptops/gaming-laptops/asus-laptops/rog-strix/asus-asus-rog-strix-g15-g513rm-hq003w-156-wqhd-165hz-r7-6800-16gb-ddr5-512gb-gaming-laptop

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#3029164 30-Jan-2023 09:18

On a previous deal (Dec 21) I paid about $2.5K for the 5800 model with RTX3070. After a year's use it has been great, but one thing I will say is how great it is to work on this laptop for basic maintenance.

I upgraded the internal storage soon after purchase and have since given it a good clean as well. After a year the fans were pretty clogged up. The bottom panel comes off relatively easily and you have access to all the parts and the cooling system.

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#3029763 30-Jan-2023 19:32

https://www.justlaptops.co.nz/manufacturers/lenovo-19/?sort-by=p.price&order-by=DESC&limit=200

they have some good deals on slightly older models, but you can get more RAM and HDD for similar money

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#3029782 30-Jan-2023 20:37

Jase2985:

they have some good deals on slightly older models, but you can get more RAM and HDD for similar money

I'm struggling to find anything comparable on that particular page linked. Am I missing something or is a 3060 the max I would be getting in the 2k price range?

This would be mainly for esport titles and a few select triple A steam games on the go to give a few more details.

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#3029783 30-Jan-2023 20:57

the one you linked has a 3060, the ones in the link have 3060's it doesnt appear lenovo do a 3070 in the legion range in NZ

you should be looking at a 1080P laptop as a 3060 in a laptop will struggle with 1600p at 144/165hz or it will be noisy as. remember 1600p is 2x the pixels as 1080p

3060 and 1080p should be ok. at higher settings. and 1080p is what you should be aiming for for esports anyways unless you are rolling in money.

most of the stuff sub 3k with a 3070 is the lower tier stuff from those manufactures so your sacrificing somewhere.

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#3034555 10-Feb-2023 13:24

I too saw this deal, I didn't end up pulling the trigger on my lenovo legion 7 pro last year and it's sold out of stock atm - I figured i'd wait for the 13th gen Intel ones to come out and see how the prices looked then. It really irritated me that Lenovo charged around $500-600nzd (sometimes even a $1000) more for a laptop in NZ than Australia, so it's only worth grabbing Lenovo stuff from NZ when they have significant discounts such as this IMO.

It's also worth noting, on the Legion Series laptops, they advised they will void the warranty if you have "upgraded the RAM" yourself, which a lot of people tend to do on those laptops since the RAM isn't soldered. I imagine this is easily resolved simply by placing the original ram back into the laptop prior to handing it over to them.