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Used for: 6–12 months
Cool and quiet for a gaming laptop, and the keyboard is excellent
The webcam is poor
Most evenings gaming and a fair bit of work during the day. Temperatures on the balanced profile stay in the 70s and the fans only really wake up in demanding games. The one weak spot is the camera, which is fine for a work call and nothing more.
Used for: More than a year
Faultless for a year
Heavy
Gaming most nights and it has not missed a beat in over a year
Used for: Less than a month
The 16 inch chassis is heavier than the numbers suggest once the charger is with it
Very little to criticise about how the Legion Pro 5 performs, so this is about carrying it. On paper 2.7kg does not sound bad. Add the 300W charger and the bag is suddenly a two handed job, and I have started leaving the charger at the desk and accepting a couple of hours away from it. Worth knowing if you plan to commute with one.
Used for: Less than a month
Preinstalled software took an evening to clear out
The hardware has been excellent, quick, cool and comfortable to type on. What I did not enjoy was the setting up, which went on removing trial software and switching off things that wanted to launch at startup!
Used for: 6–12 months
Runs everything at high settings without a fuss
It still handles new releases without me touching the settings at all
Used for: More than a year
Still fast after fifteen months
Battery has dropped off
Performance is unchanged but I now get about two hours unplugged where I used to get three and a half. Everything else is as good as it was, and a year and a half in that is the only change
Used for: More than a year
The fan bearing has developed a rattle at low speed after a year of use
Fourteen months of heavy use and, performance aside, one thing has gone slightly wrong. At low fan speeds there is now a faint rattle that was not there when it was new, the sort of noise a bearing makes when it has done a lot of hours. Under load it disappears into the general rush of air, so it only bothers me when the room is quiet and I am working. Everything else has held up. Same temperatures as when new, same battery, keyboard still perfect. Four stars rather than five for a noise that a 16 inch chassis should not be making at this age.
Used for: 3–6 months
Best value gaming laptop I could find
Does everything I need and then some