A common misconception among people about gaming on a PC or laptop is that you have to spend a lot of money to actually get something for gaming. Maybe that was true a few years ago, but the number of really nice, affordable gaming laptops on the market today is great for budget gamers. Lenovo Legion 5 (Rs. 79,491) is one such machine. Designed to handle most of the games you throw while fitting in the workplace, Legion 5 aims to address gamblers, but their laptops want to carry a double responsibility for work.
Lenovo Legion 5 AR150H Specs:-
| Display | 15.6-inch Full HD IPS 120HZ |
| Processor | Ryzen 5 4600H @3GHz |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti with 4GB GDDR5 VRAM |
| RAM | 8GB 3200MHz |
| Storage | 1TB 5400RPM HDD + 256GB PCIe SSD |
| Ports | 4xUSB 3.2 Gen 1 (one Always On), 1xUSB 3.2 Type-C Gen 1, Ethernet (RJ-45), Headphone / microphone combo jack |
| Connectivity | WiFi 802.11ac; Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Battery | 60Whr |
DisPlay:-
The Lenovo Legion 5 comes with a Ryzen 5 4600H pair with 8GB 3200MHz RAM, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU, 256GB PCIe SSD, and a 1TB HDD. Quite standard glasses for a laptop in this price range. I appreciate the combination of an SSD and hard disk here which means you get more storage space, but faster boot-up time which brings the SSD to the table.
Performance:-
Naturally, with these types of glasses, the laptop works quite well. Both work and play are handled very easily by this machine and I don’t really feel it lagging anywhere. Although I would recommend filling that second empty SO-DIMM slot and upgrading the RAM to the laptop to increase performance.
KeyBoard:-
The Legion 5 keyboard found on other Lenovo laptops, including the IziaPad Gaming 3i, is very similar. It has a similar keycap design and the keyboard itself is almost beautiful. The keys seem to be sensitive and a lot of time can be spent traveling, typing, or gaming with the keyboard, it is a pleasurable experience.
There’s also a full-size arrow key layout – yet another thing I appreciate, even a pump. I personally don’t use Numpad too much without typing in my login pin, but it’s something that’s good for you.
TrackPad:-
The laptop has a well-sized trackpad with which I didn’t have enough trouble reading. It comes with support for Windows gestures so you can use three- and four-finger gestures to perform various actions. Often, I had a mouse attached to my laptop, so my trackpad usage was of course limited, but it’s a fairly responsive touchpad so you won’t be disappointed by the experience if you want to use it.
Lenovo Vantage:-
This is with every Lenovo gaming laptop, you will find really useful Lenovo Vantage software here. This allows, among other things, specific control over Legion 5’s battery and performance settings.
Here you can see an overview of CPU and RAM usage as well as your storage devices
Speakers:-
The Lenovo Legion 5 has a pair of speakers, although they shoot from below, but are actually quite decent. I’ve used a lot of laptops on Beebom in my time and most budget laptops look embarrassingly bad. On the other hand, Legion 5’s Herman-tuned stereo speakers aren’t half as bad.
Ports and connectivity:-
At the port selection point in Legion 5. The laptop chassis has four USB 2.2 General 1 Type-A ports, one USB 2.2 Type-C port, one RJ-455 Ethernet port, HDMI out, and of course one port. A combo headphone with power input. Mike Port.
Battery:-
Lastly, battery life. I usually consider battery life on a gaming laptop as the next thought. However, my opinion about this laptop is a dual-purpose work/play laptop, and when you think of working, you should have good battery life.
The Legion 5 comes with a 69Whr battery – by no means a very large number. The company claims 4 hours of battery life on paper, which adheres to the basics of what you can do with this laptop. With my normal work-related tasks, the laptop lasts about 3-hours, which is nowhere near good, leaving great.
Lenovo Legion 5- Should you buy:-
As much as I like Legion 5, it’s complicated to recommend directly. There are many laptops in this price bracket that give the same thing or in some cases give different trades off to get better features among others. For example, the HP Pavilion Gaming 17 comes with the same Ryzen 5 processor, 8GB RAM, and GTX 1650Ti. However, it only offers a standalone 512GB SSD when it comes with a good 144Hz display.
For anyone on Team Blue, the Asus TUF Gaming F15 has an Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD, and GTX 1650 TI graphics.
However, these two laptops are not gaming and Legion 5 is definitely a solid option like gaming laptops if you want something suitable for gamers and work.