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expired Posted by Conscious • Feb 9, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 6:07 AM
Lenovo - Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-12700 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD - Black $999.99
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I dont know if the fan issue is the CPU or GPU tho.. thats why looking for a better PC.
This model is the DDR5 version which supports more memory and slots.
The older version is DDR4 with limitations.
Edit: disregard, there are 4, had to squint harder.
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have.
I dont know if the fan issue is the CPU or GPU tho.. thats why looking for a better PC.
Edit: disregard, there are 4, had to squint harder.
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have.
Edit: disregard, there are 4, had to squint harder.
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have.
Lenovo will use a proprietary mobo as well as proprietary memory. The mobo isn't a huge deal since you're probably not going to replace it but it will host one or two proprietary connections- usually the front audio pins for the case.
Memory is a totally different story. Lenovo WILL NOT enable XMP so you will be stuck buying their overpriced "compatible" ram through them or finding used on eBay. They have different part numbers so nothing is "rebranded. " You will be stuck with JEDEC standards.
My 2 cents - I would not buy the prebuild again. I've built every PC I've owned but I went the Lenovo route during the height of the GPU crisis. Only way I could ever get my hands on a new card. Now that's not an issue. The Lenovo works well, is built nice, and generally seems to be good quality. I just have a major issue with them withholding stock features like XMP.
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It's air cooled, stock CPU cooler from Intel.
Case may be able to fit a different cooler.
So the "high performance" ram achieves higher advertised numbers by overclocking - increasing volts - to get those bigger sexier numbers. You could tweak the volt, timings, clocks, of the RAM yourself in BIOS - but they also came up with profiles you can easily select to achieve the same result - which is XMP. Enable XMP in BIOS and BAM, you get those big sexy advertised numbers on your RAM.
Now the problem with Lenovo is that their proprietary mobo locks you out of messing with RAM volt, speed, clock, etc... and they also disable the nifty XMP feature. So now you're stuck with the plug and play JEDEC standard of RAM. Unless you use their compatible RAM selection that "they've tested" and endorsed. And just because you use the same manufacture, series, etc., unless it's a specific line they've sanctioned, then you're stuck with JEDEC performance. And of course their "tested" ram that you can only buy through Lenovo is astronomically priced against the equivalent market.
As an example, my Lenovo Legion 7 desktop came with DDR4 Kingston Hyper X Fury 3200 ram, cas 22, 1.2v - but the caveat is that they have a proprietary Lenovo part number. I can buy non Lenovo Kingston Hyper X Fury 3200 ram and it will only operate at JEDEC 2400mhz - at least the timings would be a bit lower. This is why proprietary pre builds gripe so many people.
Maybe some others here have better insight than me. Just my own personal experience.
A great option for this Legion 5T is Corsair 32gb 3200 ddr4 model CMN32GX4M2Z3200C16W ($105 retail), which runs at 3200mhz ram c16 with XMP 2.0, but also has a JEDEC that runs at 1.2v w/ 3200 SPD speed and looser c22 timing.
I will upgrade storage, PSU, and memory in that order.
I'm not experienced with XMP and can see how not supporting this, if accurate, might limit the ability to fully utilize high-performance RAM, but I don't see how this limits RAM choices to what is only available new directly from Lenovo.
https://www.crucial.com/compatibl...-t5-26iab7
Even though it has 4 ram slots I would recommend always going with 2 dimm upgrades as alder lake likes to drop speed the more you fill.
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