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."
1tb version for $30 more
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I know a lot of people can't or don't want to build, but DIY price is still a good reference point. For literally $10 less, you can get the same cpu/gpu combo, with twice as much (and faster) RAM and 4x the storage, plus 50% more PSU and be pretty well future proof.
A 7700 with 16gb and 500w is pretty cramped, and for no savings at all.
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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.
I know a lot of people can't or don't want to build, but DIY price is still a good reference point. For literally $10 less, you can get the same cpu/gpu combo, with twice as much (and faster) RAM and 4x the storage, plus 50% more PSU and be pretty well future proof.
A 7700 with 16gb and 500w is pretty cramped, and for no savings at all.
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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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You can get a cheap b650m, 16gb 5600, 500gb gen4 nvme, case, and 500 PSU for a little over $300.
It's a bad combination of parts for more than you could build it for. For around the same price, you could have specs you'd actually want with a 7700/4070 combo.
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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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I have the 7700 on the stock cooler and it's usually in the 60's while gaming. I'm not sure it's even hit 80 when running benchmark tests on it.
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