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Lenovo - Legion 7i 16" 2.5k OLED Gaming Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 2025 - 32GB RAM - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 - 1TB SSD - Glacier White - Open Box - from $1392
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This Legion 7i stands out as a sharp OLED gaming laptop with strong performance, a great keyboard, and surprisingly good speakers for a thin machine. The 2.5K display gets praised for HDR, and real world gaming looks solid, though the RTX 5070s 8GB of VRAM can cause stutters at native 2560 by 1600 in heavier games. Battery life lands around five hours in lighter use, and office work can be nearly silent. The main concern is Best Buy open box labeling, since several units showed display model signs and high SSD hours, so warranty confirmation matters.
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Also upgraded to 64gb of ram, just as prices were started to increase at $313 (now $899),l. Regret not getting the 96gb kit now (for design work). Plus I added a 4tb drive (chips need to be only one side) and upgraded the 1tb to 2TB.
Overall, wish it was a bit more quiet in Adobe Illustrator. And the fact it's a laptop makes it a bit more unstable over a normal desktop has annoyed me. When gaming here and there, the fan noise doesn't bug me too much with it being constant vs Adobe, but don't expect the speakers to work well over the noise.
32GB ram is 2x16.
I haven't tested the webcam but Jarrod's tech has a review on this and there should be a section in that which has a demo of the webcam + built in mic, as well as typing while on cam.
Keyboard is wonderful. The screen is stellar.
I'm still working on tweaking settings to maximize battery life. My best recent test got just shy of 5 hours of watching a 4K youtube video at 40% screen brightness (which, to be fair, is more intense than office work would demand of the machine).
- Warranty ran out in June of 2026 (which means it was "new" in June of 2025).
- Sticker residue in places where there are not stickers from the factory.
- Dust bunnies in the rear exhaust vents (the ones that take a lot of run time to develop).
- CrystalDiskInfo says nearly ~8000 power-on hours (333 days).
I am vehemently against labelling a display unit as open box, it seems extremely disingenuous. That being said, the current market (like as of this week), seems to be extremely dry for alternate options. Prices are insane.My gut tells me to return the one I got. My principles also tell me to return it based on the shady practice of marking it as open box. My poor gamer heart fears I won't be able to find anything else anywhere near this price point.It really is a nice machine. The monitor is gorgeous. Despite being a display model, I can't find any faults in the monitor, no dead or stuck pixels, HDR content plays beautifully. Cinebench R23 and 2026 scores are as they should be. CrystalDiskInfo puts the SSD health at 96% despite the long power on hours. Battery health is reportedly >95% as well. Keyboard is excellent (if you've never used a Lenovo keyboard, they have a reputation for being fantastic for a reason). The speakers are surprisingly good for down-firing.Someone in the other thread said they got an open box that was a display unit and contacted Lenovo, who did actually give them another full year of warranty. I think I'm going to contact Lenovo today and see if they'll do the same for me. If they won't, I'm 100% returning it because I could get a better laptop on the official used market for this amount of money (since in my view, a display unit is "used" and not "new, open box").I returned it and got the 98 inch TCL QM8K - very happy with it. It holds its own against the flagship OLED in black levels, blooming, but absolutely destroys it in HDR pop and brightness.
That said, I purchased this exact laptop direct from Lenovo almost a year ago and it has been spectacular. undervolted CPU & GPU, and I'm able to run games in 4k max settings on my 98 TCL QM8K. Its a beautiful, efficient device that does the job on ~100 watts total power draw with screen off on silent mode.
Only piece of advice - the screen is available in 165hz and 240hz, if that matters to you. This listing says 240hz, but it's something to check upon unboxing.
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