Review on 🎮 Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop with AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and NVIDIA GTX 1660Ti by Edward Perez

Performance is good. The 4800H works just as quickly as expected. Stupid fast. The GPU is a 1660Ti with 80W output based on the power limits in games I've seen. Although Lenovo has built some very basic overclocking tools into the machine. The combination delivers decent performance in every game I've tried so far at 1080P (native resolution). The GPU sits at a comfortable 70 degrees (Celsius) during playback of COD MW or even during Furmark's stress test. The CPU heats up a bit (as you'd expect) and peaks in the 90s when gaming. But the system remains comfortable even during a long gaming session. The display is decent. Excellent color, no obvious blur in game, video looks clear. The sound of the built-in speakers is mediocre. As expected from a laptop. The keyboard is another great keyboard from Lenovo. Responsive, good ride, sharp feedback and decent layout. It would have been nice to have a larger number pad, but that would have meant a bigger machine overall, so the choice they made makes sense. I don't like the white backlight but it will do the job. The included Samsung NVME SSD was a nice touch. It has enough factory space to install a few games considering that COD:MW will consume half of it on its own. Which brings us to the first real negative. The optional M.2 slot is a short slot. 2242, not a regular 2280. I've only found one brand of semi-authoritative drives for 2242 (which I wasn't comfortable buying) and I really don't want to remove an included 2280 just to make some room. I decided to go with a SATA based drive for now as I was able to get 1TB for less than $100 and I know it's a brand I can get support from. Included drive tested at 3580MB/s read speed, 1143 4k reads (QD32). Write speeds are 2989 and 2123 4k (QD32) which is not bad at all. The memory listed here indicates that it is Kingston SK Hynix 3200MHz RAM. Timings work 22-22-22. I couldn't find a setting for it in the bios either. I don't think you're going to run RAM much faster, if any faster. Although 16GB is not enough for gaming these days. The body is made entirely of plastic. It doesn't feel bad, but it doesn't feel good either. That fits the budget. Port placement is dead though. A regular USB on each side for things you plug/unplug frequently (like thumb drives) and 2 more on the back for things you'd leave in place like a mouse button. There are also power, USB-C, and monitor ports on the back, nice and handy for left-handers and right-handers alike. TL;DR / Summary You get what you pay for. This is a good car for the price. Performance isn't compromised by poor cooling or poor choice of parts. It loads fast, runs fast, and works great overall. They sacrifice premium build quality and aesthetics to hit this price point. It's not that it looks bad, it isn't. But nobody will confuse it with Surface or Razer Blade.