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Could be a good deal on the specced up Legion 7i, let me know
L7 with Ryzen is another option for a similar price
Goes cheaper with SD cashback ~ $1440 + tax
Intel Model (7i)
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/la...en101g0002
AMD Model
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/la...en101g0011
Select RTX 3070 and 1tb SSD
(Alternatively, leave it default for a cheaper build)
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Site says ships in 4+ months, not sure how accurate that is but I've heard Lenovo is pretty solid with their return policy
Specs:
Processor: 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor (2.30 GHz, up to 4.60 GHz with Turbo Boost, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 24 MB Cache)
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64
Operating System Language: Windows 11 Home 64 English
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8 GB)
First Solid State Drive: 1 TB PCIe SSD
Second Solid State Drive: None
Display: 16.0" WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS, anti-glare with Dolby Vision™, HDR 400, 500 nits, 165Hz
Graphic Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3070 8GB
Camera: 720p HD
Color: Storm Grey
Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard: RGB Backlit - US English
Wireless: 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
Microphone: Array Microphone
Battery: 4 Cell Li-Polymer 80Wh
Power Cord: 300W AC
Language Pack: Publication-English
Warranty: 1 Year Depot or Carry-in
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Processor: 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor (2.30 GHz, up to 4.60 GHz with Turbo Boost, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 24 MB Cache)
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64
Operating System Language: Windows 11 Home 64 English
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8 GB)
First Solid State Drive: 1 TB PCIe SSD
Second Solid State Drive: None
Display: 16.0" WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS, anti-glare with Dolby Vision™, HDR 400, 500 nits, 165Hz
Graphic Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3070 8GB
Camera: 720p HD
Color: Storm Grey
Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard: RGB Backlit - US English
Wireless: 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
Microphone: Array Microphone
Battery: 4 Cell Li-Polymer 80Wh
Power Cord: 300W AC
Language Pack: Publication-English
Warranty: 1 Year Depot or Carry-in
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What is it you're pointing out in that? Neither of the discussed laptops are even in that review. Looks like you just lazily posted a link with no context hoping somebody else would find a point in it for you.
For that you get the following changes.
+16 GB of ram (Worth 100~ and about that to upgrade on the Lenovo at build. You need to be a pretty serious user for 32 vs 16 to matter. If you don't know if it matters, it probably doesn't matter to you lol).
3070 full power vs 3080 @ 130W. My GUESS (read reviews if you need to) is that the performance gap here is very minor and the auros might have thermal problems with the 11800+3080 even at 130 w. Again check reviews but I doubt there is much of a benefit here, plus imo the Ryzen is just better than the Intel unless you NEED thunderbolt. Again if you don't know you probably don't.
Lenovo has a better screen and a better form factor (16:10 16 inch vs 15.6 16:9. Better for... almost everything except watching movies maybe?). Lenovo screen is frankly a beast compared to almost everything in the 15-16 inch laptop class. 500 nits of brightness means using it outside is fine. Your current laptop is probably only putting out 200-300 TOPS.
The Gigabyte DOES have a crazy huge battery though the Lenovo is no slouch at 80 Wh either. If you plan to be off socket much this might matter or it might not. If you are off a lot you probably shouldn't be looking at either.
Also not 100% on this (again watch reviews) but the Gigabyte doesn't appear to have a MUX switch which is absurd for a gaming laptop at this price point.
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However if you want to do a custom build with Lenovo, there are some cons vs "ready to ship" machines:
1. It varies on shipping time, some people report within a month, some said still in waiting for 3 months+, on build page, it says 4 Months+
2. It only came with basic warranty, ready to ship usually have ultimate warranty and can be extended afterwards for 3 or 4 years for pretty cheap price(around $100-160). Basic warranty usually need more to buy extended warranty.
3. As for Legion 7i in general, all the machines are came with Micron vram
4. The HDMI 2.1 is gimped with less than 40G bandwidth, it can only output 8bit 4K@120hz
5. Memory is 1Rx16
I got the 5 pretty muich with the same specs like 3 months ago.
I'd swap to this but I got the additional warranty as well for this.
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