Id give 5 stars if it weren't for the price increase. After having this laptop for 3 months, I think it is now a good time to make a good and honest review. Again, This laptop would be 5 stars if they didnt hike up the price by $200 since I bought it 3 months ago. Cannot review battery as i never had it unplugged. But, onto the Pro and Cons of this laptop. Pros- Screen and Refresh rate are top notch for 1080p and no problems reaching over 100fps in a lot of games. CPU is one of most powerful in a laptop and great for gaming but best for video editing. GPU is great enough to play most games in 1440p when connected to another monitor or TV. Memory and RAM upgradability are great and laptop is easy to take apart. Has some great cooling when on a flat service. Highest temps is seen were 80-85c which is ice cold compared to other gaming laptops I used. The best pro (For me as I use it connected to my TV) is the fact that when connected to a TV, I have every option available in NVIDIA Control Panel to change resolution, colors, size, etc. Cons- Not the BEST GPU to use for 1440p but perfect for 1080p gaming. Do not even try 4K. RGB isnt too customizable. but a pro for some is that you can turn it off. lol. Overall, this laptop is great still but you can find RTX 3070 Laptops (or AMD equivalent GPU's) for about $300 more that will give you way better performance. Worst thing about that though is availability. So, if availability is an issue, this is still a great laptop to buy if you can justify the $200 price increase from what it was 3 months ago.

I caught this gem while looking at gaming laptops and decided to take a closer look at it. I am glad I did. The Lenovo Legion 5 2021 model certainly does not disappoint. The overall design has slimmed down a bit from last years model. This year its outfitted with the new AMD Ryzen 7 5800H powerhouse CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads of processing power. Teamed up with 8GB of DDR4 3200mhz ram you are sure to crunch through the workloads easily. Add another 8GB and you are set! The laptop also has the new Nvidia RTX 3050TI Graphics card that provides excellent gaming, The GPU is teamed up with 4GB of GDDR6 Samsung memory for blistering gaming sessions. Round this all out with a gorgeous 165hz 100% SRGB IPS Panel; you are sure to enjoy many hours of gameplay with vibrant colors and silky smooth action. The surprise in all of this is the 512GB NVMe SSD that Lenovo installed in this laptop. The SK Hynix 512GB NVMe SSD is insanely fast. It provides up to 3600 / 3000 mbps R / W speeds. Typically this is one area the manufactures skimp out on and install slow drives to save on costs. Rest assured, Lenovo has your back on this one. I am super thrilled with this laptop and look forward to all the gaming ahead. The laptop has a mux switch included with essentially turns off the internal Radeon Vega graphics and sets the RTX 3050TI dedicated state. This gives you full GPU power. The GPU is rated at max 95w TDP. Definitely not a Max Q variant. *** Bonus - Lenovo provides factory overclocking in the bios for the RTX 3050TI which further boosts performance! Don't let the 4GB of GDDR6 video memory deter you from picking up this silent sleeper of gaming goodness. It has plenty of power and finesse to keep you gaming for hours on end!

I absolutely love this laptop. I use it for both gaming and work. It's currently docked and connected to an ASUS monitor and works great. I also use it along with a Logitech MX Keys keyboard and a wireless Razer Deathadder wireless mouse. I wasn't wanting to spend a whole lot so I bought this on sale during tax free weekend and I couldn't be more pleased. I wanted something that worked as well a desktop but had the portability of a laptop to replace my gaming desktop and give me more space. I read some complaints about the RTX 3050ti but I can say that I haven't experienced any issues myself. I did add an additional 1TB SSD drive in the empty slot and upgraded the RAM to 16GB almost immediately as most people suggested. Even before the upgrades, it ran flawlessly. I have only good things to say so far. I haven't really tested the battery life extensively as it is docked 95% of the time. Overall I would highly recommend this laptop.

Beyond its gaming prowess, the Lenovo Legion 5 proves to be an unexpected gem for photo editing. Fueled by the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, it effortlessly handles graphics-intensive tasks. The vivid 15" display showcases colors with precision, while the 8GB memory and 512GB SSD ensure seamless photo editing experiences. The Phantom Blue design adds a touch of elegance to its powerhouse performance, making the Legion 5 an excellent choice for creative tasks. Whether you're gaming or perfecting your photos, this laptop is a versatile and stylish companion. Highly recommended for photographers and creatives alike!

This laptop will run most games at 60fps+, although don’t expect to run AAA games like cyberpunk at high fps. The only limiting aspect of this laptop is the ram. 8gb of ram is not enough to play most games stably, I recommend 16gb to even 32 gb of ram. Though not the best performing laptop, for the price it’s a good mid-tier laptop.