Latest reviews

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 5 days ago

Owns a 15-month-old LOQ 15IRX9 with 13450HX, RTX 4050 and 48 GB RAM, but wants to move on because of VRAM bottlenecks in DaVinci Resolve.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 18 days ago

Just received the LOQ 15AHP10 as an upgrade from an 8-year-old laptop and plays new shooters on high and ultra at 60+ fps.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 67 days ago

Bought the Legion 5 last year with a 1TB drive and loves the system, saying it handles everything with decent efficiency.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 67 days ago

Owns the same Legion 5; the only limitation is the 16GB RAM, which most games now fill, so they are thinking about upgrading.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 68 days ago

Owns the Legion 5 with RTX 5060 and upgraded to 32GB RAM and an extra 1TB drive, recommending the RAM upgrade since 16GB is hit often.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago

Bought their Gen 9 Pro 7i second-hand and is really pleased; temps stay 68-75C with spikes to 85C without a cooling pad, and they consider it the best looking Legion.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago

Owns the RTX 5060 version of the Legion 5 and loves it.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago

Has the same Legion 5, says it works better than expected and has no regrets.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago

Owns the same Legion 5 and calls it a great machine.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 75 days ago

Gen 9 Pro 7i is 1.5 years old and still going strong on balanced mode without undervolting; CPU only occasionally spikes to 90C.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 75 days ago

The RTX 5050 in their LOQ stays locked at 35 W and nothing they tried fixed it.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 85 days ago

Their Legion Pro 5 with Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5070 Ti died within a week, right after a Windows update, and awaits a motherboard swap under warranty.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 85 days ago

Gets 170-210 fps in Valorant on the Ryzen 7 260 / RTX 5060 Legion 5 with single-channel 16GB RAM, much lower than the 350+ fps on their previous LOQ.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 90 days ago

Their RTX 5090 2026 Zephyrus G16 struggles in very demanding games, getting hot and loud with FPS drops into the 20s in Mafia: The Old Country.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 90 days ago

Their RTX 5090 2026 Zephyrus G16 is their on-the-go machine for client work and After Effects, with a better screen, around 16 hours of battery and far better speakers than their SCAR 18.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 90 days ago

They use their RTX 5090 SCAR 18 as a desk-bound workhorse for After Effects and Cinema 4D: much faster than a G16, but with almost no battery life and phone-quality speakers.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 90 days ago

Their 2025 SCAR 18 with Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5090 feels CPU power limited under combined loads and too heavy to carry to lectures daily, so they feel it was not worth the price.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 97 days ago

Found poor factory thermal paste; replacing it with PTM7950 and putty pads raised Cinebench R23 from about 36000 to 41900 with CPU under 86C, and fan noise improved.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 99 days ago

Has had the 4080 Scar 18 for a couple of years, loves it, and reports zero complaints.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 99 days ago

Loves the 2025 model bought at Microcenter after coming from a headache-prone 4090 MSI; swapped the liquid metal for PTM7590 and it is rock steady.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 110 days ago

Owns the 2025 Scar 18, returned a G18 after seeing the mini LED screen, and is very happy with its HDR gaming brightness.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 111 days ago

Used the 4080 model for about 1.5 years; loved the mini LED display in single zone mode but disliked having only two SSD slots.

Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 115 days ago

Recently bought the LOQ 15IRX10 with RTX 5070 and i7-13650HX; the CPU reaches 94-96C while gaming, though the game runs well.

Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 121 days ago

Ultra 9 275HX unit hit 104-105C at 200W stock and 97-99C in long power limit; opened it up to repaste with liquid metal and found poor heatsink contact on the CPU.