Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 9 Reviews

Bought in 2024 and fine at first, but any external monitor now causes the screen to go black repeatedly; cables, docks and driver fixes did not help.

CPU throttles at 100C even after repasting and only Cool and quiet mode tames it. The stock Realtek WiFi card kept disconnecting until they swapped in an Intel BE200, which fixed it.

Had hinge problems from the start and a flimsy, creaking chassis; calls it the worst purchase they have made at about 1300 dollars.

i9 and 4070 unit had a cracking lid needing warranty replacement and a MediaTek Wi-Fi adapter that kept dropping, fixed by swapping in an Intel card; likes the rear hot-air exhaust.

Owner of the Legion 7i Gen 9 for about a year; now in summer the CPU and GPU spike to 95-100C within minutes even in light games, with heat through the chassis, power throttling and loud fans.

Battery life is really bad and the only issue; a clean Windows 11 install without bloatware did not help.

Had heat issues from the first week; heat is now reduced but games show large frame drops even after updating everything.

Second 7i unit with i9-14900HX and RTX 4070 throttled heavily and showed voltage above 1.5V at stock; considered returning or exchanging it after about 12 hours.

Gets stutters in Arma 3 on the Legion 7i Gen 9, even on a replacement unit of the same model; they appear after sleep mode and mostly go away after a reboot.

With the i9 version they get about an hour of battery on office work, and the laptop heats up a lot even in quiet mode with the fan off.