Lenovo Legion 5i is one of the best 2020 line of gaming laptops. This laptop was launched alongside its larger sibling Legion 7i with captivating features. As the first gaming laptop to run on AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800H processor with eight cores and 16 threads alongside or the Intel’s new 10th Gen H-series processors and a graphics card up to Nvidia RTX 2080 Super GPU with Max-Q design.
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Available in two display options, the Lenovo Legion 5i features the Legion TrueStrike Keyboard, advanced thermal efficiencies impressive battery life, nonetheless relatively slim, light, and ultra-portable.
Lenovo Legion 5i Key Specs and Features
- Intel’s new 10th Gen H-series processors or AMD Ryzen 4000 H-series CPU.
- Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2060
- Windows 10 Home
- 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) or 17.3″ FHD IPS (1920 x 1080)
- Up to 16 GB DDR4 2666 MHz
- Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD
- Harman® speakers with Dolby Audio™
- Up to 80 WHr Battery
Design
Lenovo Legion 5i sports the same compact design as the 7i. It features a full-body metal build, with thin bezel around the display screen made of plastic material to hold it perfectly to the lid, hence, enabling the thin-edges.
This gaming laptop sports a dimension of 398.6mm x 290mm x 24.3-26.6mm, hence the lightweight, ultra-portable yet durable built.
Lenovo Legion 5i features a smooth body texture with a perfectly inscribed legion logo on the lid. On the top bezel lies the 720p webcam and added a privacy shutter.
The deck host the Legion TrueStrike Keyboard with isolated numpad key by the right. This keyboard comes with white backlit, and travel roughly 1.8 mm into the frame.
Furthermore, Lenovo Legion 5i comes with cooling system around the rear and sides. It comes improved with a dual-liquid crystal polymer fan system and a six-point sensing array.
The vents comes illuminating RGB lights which can be independently controlled using the Corsair iCUE ambient system lighting software.
Finally, this gaming laptop has four USB 3.1 ports, one USB Type-C port, an HDMI 2.0 port, an RJ45 Ethernet port and a headphone jack. We’re disappointed that there is no Mini DisplayPort.
Display
Lenovo Legion 7i is available in two display size, including 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch full HD display.
Similarly, both display comes with 1920 x 1080 resolution, hence, offering vibrant colors, and brightness to make up for an excellent display for gamer, and other users.
Furthermore, these display is built on an IPS panel with a refresh rates up to 240 Hz and brightness levels up to 500 nits coupled with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology and Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range 400.
The Dolby Vision HDR supports your gaming experience with ultra vivid imaging, brightness, contrast, and color that bring your favorite gaming titles to life before your eyes.
It achieves this image quality through cinema-inspired HDR technology that can deliver billions of colors to your laptop, hence, resulting in a refined, lifelike image.
Processor
As for the Legion 5 laptops, interestingly, some units come with Intel 10th gen processors, while some will use the AMD Ryzen 4000 H-series CPU.
This laptop offers teo options of the 10th Generation processor which includes the Intel® Core™ i5 and i7 options. The Legion 5, meanwhile, goes for AMD’s Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 4800H chips instead.
Furthermore, Nvidia’s new RTX chips one of the best gaming graphics cards comes with Lenovo Legion Y740, although, the laptop comes with also Nvidia’s new GTX GPU config they all promise unlimited performance.
The processor is used alongside the Nvidia Advanced Optimus graphics card, thus offering the best gaming experience.
Advanced Optimus is a further enhancement of NVIDIA’s Optimus technology, finally allowing for G-Sync to be used with the power-saving technology.
It offers options of NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 SUPER with Max-Q Design, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060, and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti.
In addition, Lenovo Legion 5i supports up to 16GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM and MicroSD card reader which can be configured up to 2TB PCIe SSD.
Above all, running the Windows 10 Pro operating system out-of-the-box, hence, offering the best user experience.
Other Features
Lenovo Legion 5i is powered by a massive 4 Cell 80Wh Li-Polymer Internal Battery which can last up to 7.7 hours of gaming at a full charge. The laptop has 45 W AC power adapter.
Furthermore, this laptop comes with built-in Harman® speakers with the support of Dolby Atmos technology which delivers high-fidelity virtual surround sound for theater-quality audio with stereo headsets.
Hence, delivering a crystal-clear audio when watching videos or taking a call. As well as, a dual far-field mics to ensure that you’ll be heard clearly on every call you make.
For connectivity, Lenovo Legion 5i feature the Intel® WiFi 6 (802.11ax) wireless card and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity.
Similarly, for security purpose, this laptop comes with a Kensington cable-lockdown slot.
Above all, the laptop is pr-installed with Lenovo Vantage app which comes with feature that automatically disables the Windows key and, assuming an external mouse is plugged in, the touchpad, while gaming.
Lenovo Legion 5i Price and Availability
The Lenovo Legion 5i has a starting price of $830 and goes higher as you configure display, internal storage, RAM, graphics unit, operating system and a couple of other specs. So, be rest assured of greater experience.
This business laptop is available on Lenovo’s official store and other third-party e-commerce platforms like Amazon.
Lenovo Legion 5i Specs
Here are a few specs of the Legion 5i
General Features
- OS: Windows 10 Home
- Processor: Intel 10th gen processors, AMD Ryzen 4000 H-series CPU.
- GPU: Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2070
- Memory: Up to 16GB DDR4
- Colours: –
- Dimension: 398.6mm x 290mm x 24.3-26.6mm
- Weight: –
Display & Keyboard
- Display: 15.6” FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare,72% color gamut 300 nits (144Hz or 60Hz ), 17.3″ FHD IPS, antiglare (1920 x 1080, 300 nits, 144 Hz or 60Hz) Dolby Vision™ enabled
- Keyboard: Full-sized, white-backlit, keyboard
- Pointing Device: –
Storage
- Built-in Storage: Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD
- Optical Storage: –
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Ports & Connectivity
- Webcam: 720p HD Webcam
- USB Ports: USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, 3 x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, USB-C 3.1
- HDMI: Yes, HDMI 2.0
- Thunderbolt Ports: –
- DisplayPort: Yes
- VGA: –
- Ethernet (RJ-45): Yes
- SD Slot:
- Mic/Headphone: Yes
- WLAN: Intel® WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth® 5.0
- NFC: –
- Docking Connector: –
- Mobile Broadband: –
Other Features
- Lenovo Vantage
- Lenovo PC Manager
- 2 x 2W Harman Kardon® speaker system
- Lenovo Nerve Center
- McAfee LiveSafe™
- Lenovo Antivirus
- Microsoft Office Trial
- PowerDVD / Power2Go
Battery
- Battery: 80Wh Battery
- Use Time: up to 7.7 hours
