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Lenovo's Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 is a high end RTX 5080 gaming desktop that also looks useful for heavier work. The machine has been described as rock solid for gaming and regular use, and the two 1 TB M.2 drives make it easy to keep the operating system separate from game storage. The main drawbacks are value and hardware balance, with complaints about the price versus past Lenovo deals, weaker RAM, a motherboard without XMP support, and a power supply that may be too small for the setup. It is also very heavy, so moving it calls for a roller stand.
Gamers wanting a rock-solid desktop for play and everyday use, because this configuration has been stable in long-term use.
The configuration can have practical compatibility issues, including a power supply that may be insufficient and RAM or motherboard limitations like missing XMP support.
For gaming-focused buyers, several comments peg the value as weak above about $2400, especially versus Micro Center PowerSpec, Newegg builds, or a Skytech 9800X3D + RTX 5080 system around $2300. A separate comment says the same machine was bought for this price before with 64GB RAM and 4TB storage, making this listing feel more like a price increase than a discount.
The included PSU is reported as not strong enough for this setup, and one comment says the machine needs a power supply upgrade. That makes the stock configuration a concern for buyers planning to run the RTX 5080 under load.
Yes, if you need Intel for more than gaming. One comment specifically points to data science and other productivity workloads as a case where an Ultra 9 285K system makes sense, even though the same person would not choose it for gaming alone.
I bought a rig w/ a 5090 and 285k from lenovo for 3500$ this same time last year. Also dont buy this rig, it needs a power supply and the ram is dog butt. Also the board does not have XMP yet.
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In short, it's a big party and you aren't invited.
Before Christmas I bought the same machine with 64gb ram and 4tb drive for this price. This is getting offensive. It's like raising gas to $4.50 a gallon so when it gets back to $3 we think it's cheap.
I work in enterprise IT and speced a couple workstations for a pair of our marketing videographers. I originally did this before Christmas. They were about 10k then. 192gig of ram, a pair of large ssd, Blackwell RTX card, etc.
The org and then my boss delayed the purchase (I knew this was going to be a mistake). Now we're at the point they HAVE to be replaced. Not even the exact same machine spec wise was quoted by our VAR and it was $30k per machine.
I ended up cutting the ram to 128, dropping capacity of the drives significantly. Went 3rd party for ram and the drives that were left, dropped the version of the RTX going into it. We got it back down to 10k. But it's nothing like what I originally had for them. And the whole machine won't be warrantied now. Which for a home user isn't a big deal, but enterprise IT this isn't great.
Not that I didn't see this coming but with Tim Cook raising iPhone prices. I think the backlash with AI will grow a lot more.
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Lenovo's Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 is a high end RTX 5080 gaming desktop that also looks useful for heavier work. The machine has been described as rock solid for gaming and regular use, and the two 1 TB M.2 drives make it easy to keep the operating system separate from game storage. The main drawbacks are value and hardware balance, with complaints about the price versus past Lenovo deals, weaker RAM, a motherboard without XMP support, and a power supply that may be too small for the setup. It is also very heavy, so moving it calls for a roller stand.
Gamers wanting a rock-solid desktop for play and everyday use, because this configuration has been stable in long-term use.
Power users who need separate operating-system and game drives, because the storage comes as two 1 TB M.2 drives.
Workstation buyers running mixed gaming and non-gaming tasks, because Intel can make sense when the machine does more than gaming.
Gamers expecting a strong value at this price, because similar RTX 5080 systems are available cheaper.
Builders who want a ready-to-go system without power-supply concerns, because the PSU may be too weak for the setup.
People who need to move or clean the tower often, because it is tremendously heavy and benefits from a roller stand.
Buyers who need memory tuning support, because the motherboard does not have XMP support yet.
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$2549 on B&H laptop deal with similar specs if interested
$2100 and 30% cashback.
They don't make the deals quite like they used to
The org and then my boss delayed the purchase (I knew this was going to be a mistake). Now we're at the point they HAVE to be replaced. Not even the exact same machine spec wise was quoted by our VAR and it was $30k per machine.
I ended up cutting the ram to 128, dropping capacity of the drives significantly. Went 3rd party for ram and the drives that were left, dropped the version of the RTX going into it. We got it back down to 10k. But it's nothing like what I originally had for them. And the whole machine won't be warrantied now. Which for a home user isn't a big deal, but enterprise IT this isn't great.
Not that I didn't see this coming but with Tim Cook raising iPhone prices. I think the backlash with AI will grow a lot more.
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