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Lenovo Legion Slim 7: 15.6" 165Hz, Ryzen 7 5800H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, RTX 3060
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Lenovo Product Spec for this exact model: https://psref.lenovo.co
This has 8GB soldered Ram and one Ram slot where 8GB is plugged in. You can replace that with up to a 32GB module to have total of 40GB memory. However, only 16GB (8GB soldered + 8Gb portion of the 32GB Module) will run at dual channel.
The GPU TGP is 100W which is not really Max-Q by any means. It performs within 10%-12% margin of a full powered 115W RTX 3060 almost all the time.
This has MUX switch and both FreeSync and G-Sync. So, when you are having Optimus enabled, i.e. the Monitor is connected to the integrated Vega Graphics, you'll have FreeSync and when MX switch is turned on to disable Optimus, you'll have G-Sync in the monitor.
The Display used in this model is BOE BOE0998 (NV156FHM-NY8). Below are the details: -
Panel HardwareID: BOE BOE0998 (NV156FHM-NY8);
Coverage: 99.3% sRGB, 69.9% Adobe RGB, 73.1% DCI-P3;
Measured gamma: 2.22;
Max brightness in the middle of the screen: 351.94 cd/m2 on power;
Min brightness in the middle of the screen: 3.78 cd/m2 on power;
Contrast at max brightness: 1143:1;
White point: 7300 K;
Black on max brightness: 0.30 cd/m2;
PWM: No.
I regurally run dual 27" 1440P monitors as well as the built in display. Fan is quiet unless gaming which then can get quite loud but I have headphones on. For a gaming laptop, it is relatively light and thin (granted it is "only" a RTX 3060). For gaming on the go, it's pretty nice. Webcam is nothing to write home about.
I wish it had thunderbolt (but this is an AMD system, so...) as my previous LG Gram 17 had thunderbolt and I can't use the dock with this laptop (yes I knew this before I purchased). I don't find USB docks to be nearly as stable as my (relatively) same priced Thunderbolt Dock (but maybe that's just the docks I have tried).
The 5800h is a great CPU. If I am not mistaken the only faster AMD chips are just slightly better binned 8 core CPU's, and the extra for 300mhz (or whatever) will never be noticed on a day to day basis. And because it has Radeon 8 graphics built in, you can still run esports titles while only on battery (albeit low graphics settings and/or 720P).
Would I recommend this laptop? Yes. If you need a relatively powerful CPU and a good mobile GPU that is also portable (I'm ignoring all those 8+lb desktop replacement "laptops" that I question why they even exist), then you really can't go wrong with this one for "only" $1300 UNLESS you need Thunderbolt connectivity or more than 40GB of RAM.
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I regurally run dual 27" 1440P monitors as well as the built in display. Fan is quiet unless gaming which then can get quite loud but I have headphones on. For a gaming laptop, it is relatively light and thin (granted it is "only" a RTX 3060). For gaming on the go, it's pretty nice. Webcam is nothing to write home about.
I wish it had thunderbolt (but this is an AMD system, so...) as my previous LG Gram 17 had thunderbolt and I can't use the dock with this laptop (yes I knew this before I purchased). I don't find USB docks to be nearly as stable as my (relatively) same priced Thunderbolt Dock (but maybe that's just the docks I have tried).
The 5800h is a great CPU. If I am not mistaken the only faster AMD chips are just slightly better binned 8 core CPU's, and the extra for 300mhz (or whatever) will never be noticed on a day to day basis. And because it has Radeon 8 graphics built in, you can still run esports titles while only on battery (albeit low graphics settings and/or 720P).
Would I recommend this laptop? Yes. If you need a relatively powerful CPU and a good mobile GPU that is also portable (I'm ignoring all those 8+lb desktop replacement "laptops" that I question why they even exist), then you really can't go wrong with this one for "only" $1300 UNLESS you need Thunderbolt connectivity or more than 40GB of RAM.
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For normal day to day task, like streaming, web browsing, documentation, even some moderate photo and video editing, t80W+ PD charger will be enough.
I regurally run dual 27" 1440P monitors as well as the built in display. Fan is quiet unless gaming which then can get quite loud but I have headphones on. For a gaming laptop, it is relatively light and thin (granted it is "only" a RTX 3060). For gaming on the go, it's pretty nice. Webcam is nothing to write home about.
I wish it had thunderbolt (but this is an AMD system, so...) as my previous LG Gram 17 had thunderbolt and I can't use the dock with this laptop (yes I knew this before I purchased). I don't find USB docks to be nearly as stable as my (relatively) same priced Thunderbolt Dock (but maybe that's just the docks I have tried).
The 5800h is a great CPU. If I am not mistaken the only faster AMD chips are just slightly better binned 8 core CPU's, and the extra for 300mhz (or whatever) will never be noticed on a day to day basis. And because it has Radeon 8 graphics built in, you can still run esports titles while only on battery (albeit low graphics settings and/or 720P).
Would I recommend this laptop? Yes. If you need a relatively powerful CPU and a good mobile GPU that is also portable (I'm ignoring all those 8+lb desktop replacement "laptops" that I question why they even exist), then you really can't go wrong with this one for "only" $1300 UNLESS you need Thunderbolt connectivity or more than 40GB of RAM.
Overall I love the slim 7.
Any slick deals on the 32gb ram to replace the removeable 8gb?
I regurally run dual 27" 1440P monitors as well as the built in display. Fan is quiet unless gaming which then can get quite loud but I have headphones on. For a gaming laptop, it is relatively light and thin (granted it is "only" a RTX 3060). For gaming on the go, it's pretty nice. Webcam is nothing to write home about.
I wish it had thunderbolt (but this is an AMD system, so...) as my previous LG Gram 17 had thunderbolt and I can't use the dock with this laptop (yes I knew this before I purchased). I don't find USB docks to be nearly as stable as my (relatively) same priced Thunderbolt Dock (but maybe that's just the docks I have tried).
The 5800h is a great CPU. If I am not mistaken the only faster AMD chips are just slightly better binned 8 core CPU's, and the extra for 300mhz (or whatever) will never be noticed on a day to day basis. And because it has Radeon 8 graphics built in, you can still run esports titles while only on battery (albeit low graphics settings and/or 720P).
Would I recommend this laptop? Yes. If you need a relatively powerful CPU and a good mobile GPU that is also portable (I'm ignoring all those 8+lb desktop replacement "laptops" that I question why they even exist), then you really can't go wrong with this one for "only" $1300 UNLESS you need Thunderbolt connectivity or more than 40GB of RAM.
There is a Q&A with response from Lenovo when someone asked and the response was interesting. . .maybe different model #?
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 15 Gaming Laptop, model number 82K80082US, ships with a 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe solid state hard drive, installed. The maximum storage capacity of this model configuration is: Up to two drives, 2x M.2 SSD - M.2 2280 SSD up to 2TB. This model configuration ships with 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM (8GB Soldered DDR4-3200 + 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200MHz RAM), one memory soldered to systemboard, one DDR4 SO-DIMM slot, dual-channel capable. The maximum RAM this model configuration can support is: Up to 24GB (8GB soldered + 16GB SO-DIMM) DDR4-3200MHz RAM.
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- If the power it supplies greatly exceeds the power the laptop uses, it will charge quickly.
- If the power it supplies barely exceeds the power the laptop uses, it will charge slowly..
- If the power it supplies just equals the power the laptop needs, it won't charge, but neither will the battery drain (at least not noticeably).
- If the power it supplies is less than the power the laptop uses, the battery will drain, but slower than without USB-C PD plugged in.
- Edit: If you turn off or suspend the laptop, even a 10W USB-C PD charger (for phones) should be able to charge the battery, albeit slowly.
So it almost certainly will charge via USB-C when under normal use (non-gaming). The question is how quickly. My Thinkpad X1E takes a couple hours to fully charge with a 100W (really 87W) PD charger if left idle, while the factory 130W charger can do it in a little over an hour.If you try to game with it with USB-C power, depending on how they have the BIOS programmed, it will either start using power from both the charger and battery. Or it will throttle its GPU use to try to stay within the power that's being delivered.
The currently available USB-C PD spec limit is 100W. Though for some reason manufacturers making chargers which can do 87-90 W are labeling them as 100W. (I tested my "100W" charger by plugging it into a Kill-a-Watt and it only drew 90-93 Watts from the wall.)
The new spec increases this limit to 240 Watts. But I don't know of any devices nor adapters capable of that which are out yet. (It's highly unlikely your older devices will be able to use these higher wattages, as they use higher voltages which older hardware probably can't physically handle. But they will be able to negotiate a lower voltage and wattage from the newer PD chargers.) I really hope this takes off, and USB-C PD finally kills off the ubiquitous 12V cigarette adapter as the universal format of DC power.
You can daisy-chain DP to multiple monitors. i.e. Plug the first monitor's DP port to the laptop via USB-C, then plug another monitor's DP into an extra DP on the first monitor.
AFAIK, there is no USB-C alternate mode for VGA. So I assume Lenvvo hacked together some sort of custom setup which duplicates the HDMI output to VGA (HDMI to VGA adapters being rather plentiful). You probably need to to switch to Displayport if you want to hook up multiple monitors to a single USB-C port.
Also for anyone worried about missing Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt is just an alternate mode for PCIe over USB-C. There are really only three use cases where you need it.
- You want to plug in a desktop PCIe card into your laptop. Like a desktop GPU using an external adapter which supplies the power. Speed will be limited by the number of PCIe lanes dedicated to the USB-C port, with most implementations seeming to provide only PCIe x4.
- You want to plug the laptop into an external Thunderbolt dock, which duplicates a bunch of ports all at once. Though there are USB-C docks which provide much the same functionality.
- You need to transfer massive quantities of data quickly. Thunderbolt can currently offer up to 4 GB/s, though I doubt you can find a M.2 SSD which will fit in the laptop which can sustain that speed for long. Depending on which version of USB-C 3.2 this uses, it will be able to transfer data at 1 GB/s or 2 GB/s via USB (no Thunderbolt). That should be more than fast enough for 99.999% of users.
The people in charge of USB are absolutely terrible with names, and keep insisting on renaming older USB standards rather than letting the old standard tell you the speed. So USB-C 3.0 with 500 MB/s speed is now USB-C 3.2 gen 1. USB-C 3.1 with 1 GB/s speed is now USB-C gen 2x1. And USB-C 3.2's new feature of 2 GB/s is USB-C 2.2 gen 2x2. Both of which confusingly get shortened by manufacturers to USB-C 3.2 gen 2.These are the same geniuses which named USB2 low speed, high speed, and full speed. Can you guess which is faster? Hint: It isn't "full speed". This would all be so much easier if they left well enough alone and let us refer to it as USB 1.0 speed, USB 1.1 speed, and USB 2.0 speed.
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