Customers love the Legion Slim 5's OLED display and its fast performance. Many appreciate the long battery life and the powerful graphics capabilities of the dedicated NVIDIA GPU. However, some users point out that the RAM is not upgradeable and that the speakers could be improved. The laptop's size and weight are frequently praised for their portability.
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Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Oled display
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great overall laptop
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a great little laptop overall. Light weight, good battery life, backlit keyboard and a gorgeous oled screen. Definitely recommend it on sale like i got it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hey, Walbs, thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that your Legion Slim 5 has been great overall, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great little machine.
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Great computer with comrpromises. The OLED screen is amazing but the glare can be annoying when your back to facing a light source. I wish the speakers were top-facing but it is sufficient. I wish this had 32gig RAM instead of the 16 for this build.
Other than that, when purchasing this on sale, it is a great deal, especially if you are able to get it open box on top of that. It is very portable and stealth. It can get loud (as all 14in laptops would if you are pushing it), but can also be quiet if you use the quiet setting and play on the 780M.
Wonderful computer. It has served me well.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Oled display
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
14 inch gaming laptop gem
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great quality laptop, it runs cool on balanced or quiet mode and able to achieve decent frames on most games. Oled screen is Amazing. Any gaming laptop on maximum performance runs hot and I have tried many, so this one is a good balance between power and efficiency.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Ram
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Little Beast of a Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I got this badboy for just under $1000 on sale. And I couldn't be more happier with my purchase. I was debating on getting this or the new G14 2024 edition, but I felt it cost to much money for what it was. So I got this laptop from Lenovo. So far it's been a great little laptop, it's been quiet and powerful on quiet mode.
The only negative is you can't upgrade the RAM, 16gb is enough for mostly everything. But if you want to utilize IGPU it will eat up ram. And when I play games with it or anything ram intensive it uses 90 to 96% utilization. So I would recommend getting 32 gigs if you're on the go a lot.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Ram
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Unbeatable machine 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.
Awesome Laptop For an Unbeatable Price. This Machine for the Money is an Absolute UNIT ! Some may see the 16gig of Soldered Ram as the Shortcoming, but for $1000, it is More than Adequate, especially when considering buying through Lenovo the 32gig version Runs $1500. If you are doing Photo Editing, it has your back. Gaming, got your back. Surfing around 20 open tabs going ham, it has your back. You can Crank the fans up to 11 and go beast mode, but the neighbors will complain about the jet launching in your house, but thankfully... not much of a Reason to do so. Seriously for a College Laptop.. this CANNOT be Beat at its Price Point Hands Down. And it is Durable as Well. Nothing but praise for this machine.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Oled display, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Solid Overall Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This laptop checked all the boxes for me when looking for a new device. The screen is awesome and a 4060 packs solid enough power for the majority of applications. Unfortunately even at relatively low loads the fans are insanely loud and can’t be controlled manually. On the bright side the chassis doesn’t really get hot under stress.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My best laptop ever
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This is one of the best laptops i have ever owned, easy to use, capable, good graphics and a good battery. I would definitely recommend others to get this. I do everything on my computer and I enjoy each second of using this laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Gpu, Oled display
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Incredible screen, perfect power
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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This laptop is perfect in every way imaginable. The OLED is stunning, the CPU + GPU combo lets me play almost anything maxed. Love this and could not recommend it more.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Oled display, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nonchalant Beast
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
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Outstanding Build Quality, and even greater performance. This machine runs like a dream, and the OLED panel looks like one. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hi, Dedrick. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are pleased to hear that your Legion Slim 5 has been outstanding, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice powerful laptop
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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The laptop is very powerful considering its size. Cooling is good, too. It replaced my old Dell Ultrabook and I couldn't be more happy.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hey, MingyuanY, thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that you couldn't be happier with your Legion Slim 5, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
Pros mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
We love our Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14.5
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Excellent laptop. Works very well for gaming and school. Great speed (no lag). Battery life seems solid. Very pleased with this purchase!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best Value 14" Gaming Laptop Available
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Lenovo has made the best value 14" gaming laptop and one that can compete with the Asus G14 for portability and performance (when similarly spec'd).
The Legion Slim 5 14.5" is very portable. It is light and easy to carry in a sleeve or laptop bag. Carrying it around in one arm isn't an issue and the weight won't become a pain to lug around all day. It's dimensions are slightly larger than the Asus G14 but not enough to make a difference and the Legion actually gives you a slightly larger screen at 14.5" vs 14". Unless having the absolute smallest and lightest laptop is your only priority, then the Legion is so close to the G14 as to be equivalent.
The performance of the Legion is as good as you can expect from a Ryzen 7 and Nvidia 4060. This isn't a 4k + race tracing gaming beast, but it can still play AAA games at a good resolution and nice FPS, especially if you are able to use DLSS. Playing Baldur's Gate 3 on high settings with DLSS resulted in 60+ FPS on balanced mode and less demanding games will run even better. This isn't made to be a desktop replacement, but for this level of portability, the gaming performance is enough to satisfy any gaming itch on the go.
The Legion's build quality is also quite nice for the price. It isn't to the level of the G14 2024, but it also is much cheaper. That being said, it's still a good quality build with a nice feel that isn't cheap to the touch.
The screen is one of the true highlights of this laptop being OLED and has no competitors at its size and price. The G14 2024 and HP Omen Transcend 14 both have OLED screens but cost much much more. The only drawback to the screen is the lack of Gsync though it never bothered me during gaming.
Ultimately this is a great value for money laptop that does a great job of being a highly portable laptop that can also let you legitimately game on the go with little compromise.
The only major caveat to buying it is that the 16gb of ram is soldered onto the motherboard and is not upgradeable so if you think you will ever need more than 16gb then this is probably not the laptop for you.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hey, SteveV. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that your Legion Slim 5 has such great value to you, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love it! It runs all my games very well. I use a second monitor to play on and I don't have any performance issues. Runs very fast and games looks great!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Oled display, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
OLED Gaming
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The OLED screen is fantastic and the laptop can handle AAA titles, very happy with this purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, JakeSmith. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that your Legion Slim 5 is working great for you, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
Pros mentioned:
Gpu
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great performance, exceptional screen, good value
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
As mentioned above, this laptop performs great with its Zen 4 CPU cores and RTX 4060, which supports the latest DLSS technologies. This laptop can hit 120fps at native resolution for eSports and older titles, and can leverage DLSS for higher framerates and frame gen for newer games. Performance is great even in the default Balanced profile, but you can enable the performance profile for maybe 10-15% more performance at the expense of much louder fan noise and higher temps.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great portable gamer
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great computer and the perfect size for a portable gamer. It'll play Cyberpunk 2077 with decent settings.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hi, QueueAK, thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that your Legion Slim 5 has been great, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Cons mentioned:
Ram
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very decent but RAM not expandable
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Its a very good laptop but the only issue is that you can't increase or replace the RAM. But, besides that its a very good laptop which runs high-end games and programs smoothly without much overheating.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hi, Varad. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that your Legion Slim is performing well for you, meeting your needs, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.
Pros mentioned:
Oled display, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great, mildly annoying things.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Powerfull, good looking, fast, incredible display.
Battery life could be better, 2k-ish resolution can be annoying to deal with in some apps/games/websites bc of resolution scaling.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Forget the 14 inch asus. Lenovo is where it is at
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
If my M16 asus 4070 was not working. I would not hesitate to buy this lenovo slim oled gaming computer. It is awesome for games and many other things you'd like to do with this thing. It is awesome. I haven't had any issues with this. It runs all my games smoothly and without any sttutering. I have tried so many laptops and none come close to this laptop at the proce that bestbuy is offering it for, and it is even better when you can strike an open box. I love bestbuy and that is why i keep shopping there for about 20 something years. With this store, Customer and satisfaction really comes first.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Oled display
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Classy Value and Performance
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This was a super value, especially on sale. Runs quiet and fast, feels solid, and the ergonomics are great. The OLED display is amazing. For a powerful all-purpose laptop, you can’t beat its value. Billed as a gaming laptop, this has the toned-down look of a business oriented professional machine, and is very classy. For coding, content creation, or gaming, this makes a great desktop replacement on the go.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hey, CooperMini. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are pleased to hear that your Legion Slim has great value to you, meeting your needs well, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us.