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Reviews & owner experiences
Gaming
A score out of 100 for how well reviewed a product is next to others of its kind. It rises with positive reviews and with how many there are; negative and mixed reviews take points off. The best in each category scores in the 90s.
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Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Feb 10, 2026 · summarized
NegativeTheir i7-13700HX and RTX 4060 Legion Pro 5i Gen 8 died completely after about two years and four months with no boot or display; a technician pointed to the motherboard despite regular fan cleaning.
Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · May 11, 2023 · summarized
PositivePerforming well after two months; fans are quiet under load on a cooling pad and audible but fine off it. Speakers are a bit quiet, and installing Windows was the only annoyance.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Aug 28, 2025 · summarized
NegativeTheir i7-13700HX/RTX 4070 Pro 5i needed three RMAs for 107C CPU temps with throttling, monitor tearing, panel burn-in and a dead GPU; Lenovo eventually replaced it with a Gen 10 unit.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Mar 4, 2024 · summarized
MixedTheir new i7-13700HX and RTX 4060 Legion Pro 5i ran CPU temps in the 80s with spikes to 96 degrees while gaming; after an undervolt it stayed near 80 with higher, steadier clocks and a few more fps.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Feb 21, 2024 · summarized
MixedOwned a 13900HX/4070 Pro 5i, sold it for a profit and moved to a Pro 7i with a 4080, calling the difference night and day.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Jul 7, 2023 · summarized
NegativeHad the 5i with a 13700HX and 4070; the CPU throttled in games and hit 97C, needing an undervolt to stay under 90C, so they returned it and went for a Pro 7i instead.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · Jun 2, 2024 · summarized
NegativeTheir i9 and RTX 4070 Legion Pro 5i Gen 8 has constant small bugs: games failing to load or crashing, wake-from-sleep failures, stuck icons and robotic audio despite BIOS and GPU updates.
Reddit · r/laptops · Nov 11, 2023 · summarized
PositiveRecently bought the 16IRX8; likes the display and port selection, runs three external monitors, and upgraded RAM to 32GB and added a second SSD easily.
Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · Aug 24, 2023 · summarized
PositiveBought the Pro 5i with i9, 32GB RAM and RTX 4070 from B&H; liking it so far, with Dota 2 running smoothly.
Of the 9 reviews with a clear verdict, 33% are positive, 22% mixed and 44% negative. The praise mentioned most is fast. The most common complaint is runs hot.
The complaints reviewers mention most: runs hot (3 reviews), throttling (2 reviews) and died early (1 review). For example: Had the 5i with a 13700HX and 4070; the CPU throttled in games and hit 97C, needing an undervolt to stay under 90C, so they returned it and went for a Pro 7i instead.
9 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Owner reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.
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