1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,080 The Lenovo Legion 5, depending on your configuration, it's anywhere from an 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:13,520 absolute balls-to-the-wall mobile gaming machine to, well, just a reasonable, 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:18,080 nice little value config. And we're going to be looking at just that in both 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:23,120 Intel and AMD variations today, and this video is 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:27,080 sponsored by Lenovo. But first, a bit of background on the Lenovo Legion 5 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:31,880 laptop. They made it for gamers out there who want something that performs, 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,480 but without the flash. So, like a more 8 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:38,280 minimalistic design for someone who wants to carry it around with them during the day for everyday tasks, but 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:41,880 also use it for late-night gaming sessions. It's cooled with their 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,080 Coldfront 2.0 technology to prevent it from overheating and avoid thermal 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:50,560 throttling, and we'll talk more about that later. Why don't we start with the 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:55,600 Intel one. So, let's get this unboxing on the road. This is the Intel one, 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:58,200 right? Oh, yeah. Intel inside. So, this 14 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:02,520 is a pretty moderate spec machine. 8 gigs of RAM, 512 gig SSD, a terabyte of 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:06,960 hard drive space. I mean, you pretty much need that for a lot of the modern 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:14,160 games these days. And we're rocking a GTX 1660 Ti. So, no real-time ray 17 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:19,000 tracing or anything like that, but for eSports titles like Rainbow Six Siege, 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:22,160 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, you're going to be having a pretty good 19 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:25,840 experience. And that is Wait, is this how you are intended to 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:30,120 unbox it? That's trippy. 21 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:35,520 It like lifts the laptop up for you. Mhm, let's see what we've got in here in 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,520 terms of accessories real quick first. 23 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:43,520 Got a beefy power brick right here, as well as the wall plug that goes into it. 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:47,360 So, that's a standard like PC-style wall plug, same kind that would go into your 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:52,120 desktop, actually. So, it'll do up to 230 watts. I guess that makes sense, 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:58,560 given that you can configure this bad boy with up to an RTX 2060. Let's Let's 27 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:01,240 this puppy opened up. Oh, there we go. 28 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:04,920 One of the standout features last time around when we were just looking at the 29 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:09,840 Intel version of this machine was, of course, the cooling. So, no matter how 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,120 long we ran our game for, it never thermal throttled, and that's pretty 31 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:18,040 impressive when you consider that it's not crazy thick like the gaming laptops 32 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:22,760 of yore. Running Windows 10, obviously, cuz what 33 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:28,600 else would you run on a gaming laptop? USB type-A, headphone jack, ventilation, 34 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:32,640 ventilation. Actually kind of love the rear IO, especially for something like a 35 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,800 gaming machine, so you don't have all of your ports like along the right where 36 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:41,040 you're trying to move your mouse. Two more USB type-As, USB-C, dedicated 37 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:46,000 network port, love to see that, HDMI, and of course Lenovo's power plug, more 38 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:50,480 ventilation, more ventilation, and one more USB type-A. So, it's loaded for 39 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:56,280 bear as far as IO goes. For the screen, you can get up to a 240 40 00:02:53,320 --> 00:03:01,200 Hz DisplayHDR 400 certified display. It's apparently Dolby Vision capable, 41 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:05,959 but since it's DisplayHDR 400 only, I would temper your expectations. The 42 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:07,440 content will display correctly, but 43 00:03:05,959 --> 00:03:12,480 you're not necessarily going to see the same kind of uh range that you would on 44 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:17,080 something like a thousand nit peak brightness TV, for example. Mobile 45 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,360 devices still have a ways to go as far as HDR is concerned. Now, let's have a 46 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:24,480 look at which display option we got. That does not appear to be the 240 Hz 47 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:29,239 option. That's okay, this is a more budget-oriented build. Yes, this is the 48 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:34,280 60 Hz version, so it's unlikely that it also has the same 1 ms response time of 49 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:39,160 the 240 Hz display. That is the one that I would definitely go to if you're going 50 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,200 RTX 2060 or over and you're playing 51 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:46,440 competitive games. Another key feature from last time is the TrueStrike 52 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,640 keyboard. So, it has 1.3 mm of travel, 53 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:53,360 so that's pretty darn long travel for a laptop keyboard. It's got a really nice 54 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:57,240 not just sound, but also like kind of a bottoming out feel to it. It's It's 55 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,920 quite cushiony. Lenovo also made the decision while working with the Dolby 56 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:04,040 team and placed the speaker at the bottom of the keyboard instead of the 57 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:08,959 top. So, this allowed them to make the trackpad larger without sacrificing 58 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:12,480 sound quality. Of course, 59 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:16,400 that's Intel. You guys want to see the AMD version, 60 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:23,000 don't you? Yeah, you do. I want to see the AMD version. 61 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,000 Here we go, L's and G's. 62 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:28,040 All right. I'm assuming it's the same power 63 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:33,040 adapter. Wait. It's not. 64 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:38,400 Because of its more pedestrian graphics configuration, the AMD version, at least 65 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:45,680 the one we got, comes with only a 170 W brick. So, this probably also 66 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:50,600 implicit praise for AMD's excellent power efficiency with their Ryzen 4000 67 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:56,640 series processors. It can be configured with up to a Ryzen 4800H, which is a 68 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:59,600 pretty smoking little beast. This is 69 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:05,280 such a game-changing time right now. Like, the fact that you can not only 70 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:08,160 get, and, you know, a Ryzen laptop from 71 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:13,360 a tier-one OEM like Lenovo, not just that, but the fact that the it gets the 72 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:15,560 same quality of chassis and like build 73 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:19,760 materials as the Intel version. Like, guys, 74 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:25,360 that was not a thing not that long ago. Like, this is exactly the same keyboard. 75 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Like, ah! It's freaking awesome. Now, our config 76 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:34,720 is a little bit lower on this one. It's a 1650 instead of a 1660 Ti, but that 77 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,800 doesn't mean that it's not gaming capable. Actually, this looks like a smoother 78 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:45,880 display as well. So, this seems to be kind of like an e-sports config. 79 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,440 120 Hz, yep. Oh, cool. It's got a little 80 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:51,160 um camera cover-y slider doodad. Oh, I 81 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:57,160 didn't even check exactly what CPU we're running on this config. 82 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,400 4800H with Radeon graphics. Eight core 83 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,760 freaking 16 thread processor in a laptop. 84 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:08,920 Love it. All right, we're gaming, we're recording 85 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:12,040 actually using the NVENC encoder on the 86 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,680 GTX graphics card and this is like match 87 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:18,840 made in heaven here. We're running anywhere from 100 to 130 FPS. Hold on a 88 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:22,960 second, I'm going to take over one of my bots here and this is on a 120 Hz 89 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,919 display. And remember, this is while recording. Oh my goodness, did I just 90 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:31,000 get killed by easy bots twice? Enough. This is what happens I try to 91 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:34,919 host a video while I'm trying to headshot 92 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:39,720 noob bots. Come try and get your precious bomb, losers. To be clear, this 93 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:43,440 is just This is the unboxing first impressions experience. It's not a full 94 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,200 review by any stretch of the imagination, but I still am curious if 95 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,160 we're going to see it like really ramp up and get loud. 96 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:54,520 Honestly, I kind of doubt it in this config especially. 97 00:06:52,840 --> 00:07:00,480 I just died again. Wait, it's over? Bot Walt MVP. 98 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:06,360 That's not bad, eh? That's a pretty low That's a pretty low whoosh for a laptop. 99 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:12,919 Uh oh yeah, function Q. So, you can switch between uh quiet, auto and like 100 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:16,680 redline mode. Uh there we go. All right, let's go to the redline then. 101 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,720 Again, on this config I think this kind of cooling system's barely even working 102 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:25,760 at it. So, I'm not expecting to see like a big FPS jump from adding more cooling. 103 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:30,000 Yeah, it's about the same. Okay. It also just didn't get any louder. 104 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:34,880 Let's go to quiet mode. Man, these Ryzen chips. 105 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:38,800 Cool, quiet. All right, should we try something a little heavier? Yeah. Uh I 106 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:44,120 don't know the controls of this game. That's not bad. 45 FPS in this game 107 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,600 actually looks pretty good. It all comes 108 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,640 down to how well the game dev is optimized for lower frame rates and it's 109 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:55,280 steady, which matters a lot. So, this is running 110 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:57,920 at medium 1080, not like a resolution 111 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:02,360 scaled upscaled 1080, like it's actually running at native 1080. I'm totally 112 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:07,520 going the wrong way, aren't I? Okay. I made my way into a corner. 113 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:12,280 Well, that's fine. All I really wanted to know is how the game runs. So, you 114 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:17,200 can definitely get away with medium at full 1080p with a little bit of settings 115 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:21,520 tweaking if you want to hit like 50 plus 60 FPS. 116 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:24,919 So, now we know. Quiet. 117 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:29,200 Oh, this is in quiet mode even. Was that function key right? Probably overlay is 118 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:32,800 not coming up for me. Oh, well. I think the light of the power button changes. 119 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:40,400 So, it does. Look at that. It's color-coded. All right, we're in balance mode now. I 120 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:44,039 would leave this sticker on forever. That's the kind of sticker I just 121 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:48,880 wouldn't remove. Now, all that remains is to have a quick look at this cooling 122 00:08:46,839 --> 00:08:52,680 solution that's doing such a great job here. 123 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:59,160 There we go. Not bad. And that's it, hey? 124 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:05,560 Got these super thin fan blades on here. Apparently, there's like 70 plus parts 125 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:08,400 in this cooling system. Like very, very 126 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:12,200 OP considering how again, how efficient these Ryzen 4000s are. So, what can we 127 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:17,120 upgrade? We've got an M.2 here. Oh, okay, 128 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:21,000 interesting. So, there's we've got a hard drive here and or you can remove 129 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:27,080 the hard drive and you can install an M.2 across this gap here. 130 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:29,320 Then, you've got another M.2 here and it 131 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:32,280 looks like that's going to be our Wi-Fi card right there. 132 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:40,400 There we go. Not a ton to upgrade. In particular, you'll notice that there's 133 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:45,160 no sodium memory slots. So, if you don't think 8 gigs of RAM is enough, which it 134 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:49,800 may very well not be, some games are actually asking for 16 gigs of RAM in 135 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:55,240 order to even launch them, then I would definitely advise you to order the 16 136 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:59,960 gig RAM version right out of the gate. So, that's the Lenovo Legion 5 in both 137 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:03,480 the AMD and Intel versions at the current specs that were sent to us, but 138 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,680 you can configure and spec it to whatever you'd like to fit your needs at 139 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:11,640 lenovo.com/legion. It's compact, minimalistic, and 140 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:15,360 powerful, and you can game on it for hours without overheating thanks to its 141 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:19,440 cold front 2.0 cooling system. So, you'll find the link to where to check 142 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:23,280 out both the Intel and AMD specs in the video description. Thanks again to 143 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:27,760 Lenovo for sponsoring this video, and you guys, of course, for watching.