Customers admire the IdeaCentre Gaming 5i's impressive performance, especially in gaming and general use, and its excellent value for the price. Many appreciate the powerful graphics card and its ability to handle demanding tasks, along with the quiet operation. However, some users point out limitations in RAM capacity and storage space. Concerns were also raised regarding the power supply's capacity.
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Pros mentioned:
Noise level, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs Up
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I’ve had this PC for about a month. I got it for gaming/school. I’ve played Sims 4 and WoW with no issues. It’s fast, quiet and hasn’t even gotten warm during gameplay. Something to note is it doesn’t have a CD Drive.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I bought this pc a little over two months ago and it was the best desktop I could’ve ever asked for. Until a month passed by and the pc all of a sudden shut down. I tried to open back up but there were no lights and the monitor wasnt turning on. I went to go see if it was a power outage but everything else in my room was fine. I then deducted that the pc couldnt handle the amount of power the graphics card was wasting and since it was only 500w power supply it was bound to happen eventually. Im so sad seeing as how this had to be one of if not the best pcs under 1000 dollars. PS: couldnt buy it back afterwards, it was out of stock:(
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, SofoTheDofo, we are sorry to hear that you have encountered an issue with your IdeaCentre Gaming 5i. If your issue persist, we recommend reaching out to Lenovo Tech Support at this phone number for assistance: 866-426-0911.
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great gift
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Was a gift for my husband. He loves it and said that it is great.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Review
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great PC. Runs well when playing games. Great storage
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good starter gaming computer
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My son got this for Christmas and it’s an excellent start up gaming computer!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Value
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very good Value for the price , amazing PC super fast
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics card, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Gaming Machine
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Awesome buy. Plays all new games on ultra settings with rtx on. I've been slaying heretics on darktide. Laying down zombies in back 4 book. Giving it to the corpos in cyberpunk 2077. Jumping off buildings drop kicking bandits in dying light 2 flawlessly
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great buy
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I used it for business Managment and it runs great and efficient
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A good pc
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great price for the overall build, small complaint is the case, it limits airflow. The 3060 is a beast though
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great computer!
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Sweet computer! Great for gaming with out being super expensive!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A must buy!!
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great product, the speed is awesome & and the set up was super easy!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
good starter pc
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
it was a good starter pc. i wanted to upgrade my system and found out that everything except the graphics card and cpu we proprietary. as far as usage it was able to keep up with all my games and run most of them on max settings
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First gaming computer
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great product for the price. Rtx 3060. Not too bad
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great vlaue
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this desktop for my home office. It works so well I purchased another Lenovo desktop for my basement
office too.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great deal for the price
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Initially I had an issue with the network card on the PC and Best Buy took it back and sent me a replacement right away.
This PC is for my dad’s home office and so far he has had no issues with the replacement since I did not receive a phone call asking for help.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lenovo - IdeaCentre Gaming i7
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Lenovo - IdeaCentre Gaming i7
overall good computer. do all video edits, play games, all in one computer for me. got it when on sale & saved $200. dlesn't have the best specs. on it but for the $ worth it. you can add extra HDDs/SSDs, RAM etc.. beased on your requirments.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Great Gaming PC
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
We got this for my son as an early xmas gift and you cant beat the price for the specs! Easy setup and updates ran without issue! For those wondering about the LHR designation on the GPU, that only has to do with anti-mining and does not hinder game performance! Get this, you wont be disappointed!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Thank you for choosing the Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Gaming Desktop computer for your son. This IdeaCentre 5i ships with the discrete, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR GPU with 12GB GDDR6 VRAM on the card. To help combat the dire GPU availability situation faced by gamers, Nvidia introduced Lite Hash Rate (LHR) technology that put strict limits on the mining performance of select GPUs, ostensibly to get more graphics cards into the hands of gamers. This does not effect the gaming quality of the GPU or the Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Gaming Desktop. We are pleased to hear that this IdeaCentre 5i is working out so well for your son.
Cons mentioned:
Ram
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
It's a good, not great cheap gamer.
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's a good, not great cheap gamer. The ram is nothing special but it is enough to run games. There are only two slots for ram so that limits its growth potential. It load. the spin drive is really loud.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lenovo - IdeaCentre Gaming 5i Gaming Desktop
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Lenovo - IdeaCentre Gaming 5i Gaming Desktop- got i5 version open box for $724. Added HDD from my old computer & CD drive.