Lenovo has
Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 Desktop (90UX000CUS) on sale for
$1278.40 when you apply eCoupon code
BENGEXTRA6 at checkout.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Suryasis for sharing this deal.
Specs:- AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Processor (8-Core / 16-Threads, 3.80 GHz up to 5.30 GHz)
- 16GB DDR5-5200MHz (UDIMM) (2 x 8 GB) Memory
- 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X Graphics
- Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX + Bluetooth 5.1
- Windows 11 Home
- Includes 3 Month Xbox Game Pass
- USB Calliope Keyboard + Mouse
- Top Ports:
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 1x Headphone (3.5mm)
- 1x Microphone (3.5mm)
- Rear Ports:
- 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2
- 2x USB 2.0
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2
- 1x Ethernet (2.5GbE RJ-45)
- 1x Lighting Switch
- 1x Power Connector
- 3x Audio Connector (3.5mm)
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Turns out the marketing material and the docs for the AMD Gen 8's were not properly written when they released. The Ram is Samsung DDR5-5600 running at 5200mhz and if they had just allowed manual ram configuration in the BIOS then this would of never been an issue. Also the 4 pipe cooler they use is barely capable of cooling the 7700x, so I'd not expect the 7700 to get too high of a boost clock.
This is important to note for everyone from the comments on Lenovo's website:
"Lenovo has disabled XMP on this machine which means you will NOT be able to add any additional memory and set the speed more than the default 4800MHz."
"Disingenuous about their ram speed and upgradability. Ram doesn't run at full speed. Bios is super limiting. Can't upgrade ram while remaining in warranty. And no ram is available that is within warranty, meaning there is no upgrade path to 32 GB while remaining in warranty. It's deliberate misrepresentation. It's false advertising. The product page even says you can upgrade."
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Turns out the marketing material and the docs for the AMD Gen 8's were not properly written when they released. The Ram is Samsung DDR5-5600 running at 5200mhz and if they had just allowed manual ram configuration in the BIOS then this would of never been an issue. Also the 4 pipe cooler they use is barely capable of cooling the 7700x, so I'd not expect the 7700 to get too high of a boost clock.
The 7700 and 7700X can't run memory faster than 5200mhz so would be weird if they advertise the ram memory at faster speed.
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For gaming at this price point, a better value might be to go with the 7600 with 6950xt for $1234.
Edit: My bad, I didn't notice that case had gone OOS, so it'd actually be about $50 more than this build as the case is $63. Still, that's a lot more for $50.
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This is important to note for everyone from the comments on Lenovo's website:
"Lenovo has disabled XMP on this machine which means you will NOT be able to add any additional memory and set the speed more than the default 4800MHz."
"Disingenuous about their ram speed and upgradability. Ram doesn't run at full speed. Bios is super limiting. Can't upgrade ram while remaining in warranty. And no ram is available that is within warranty, meaning there is no upgrade path to 32 GB while remaining in warranty. It's deliberate misrepresentation. It's false advertising. The product page even says you can upgrade."
The 7700 and 7700X can't run memory faster than 5200mhz so would be weird if they advertise the ram memory at faster speed.
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But more importantly, why would you buy or build something with a 7700 and just 16gb ram, 512gb nvme and a 500w?
Comparing to DIY cost is still a good measure of value. And you even said you're basically paying base cost +$150 for assembly and warranty. Even if you don't care about RAM speed, storage space, or lower power PSU, paying base part cost +$150 isn't exactly a deal. It's regular retail.
This is important to note for everyone from the comments on Lenovo's website:
"Lenovo has disabled XMP on this machine which means you will NOT be able to add any additional memory and set the speed more than the default 4800MHz."
"Disingenuous about their ram speed and upgradability. Ram doesn't run at full speed. Bios is super limiting. Can't upgrade ram while remaining in warranty. And no ram is available that is within warranty, meaning there is no upgrade path to 32 GB while remaining in warranty. It's deliberate misrepresentation. It's false advertising. The product page even says you can upgrade."
Comparing to DIY cost is still a good measure of value. And you even said you're basically paying base cost +$150 for assembly and warranty. Even if you don't care about RAM speed, storage space, or lower power PSU, paying base part cost +$150 isn't exactly a deal. It's regular retail.
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