Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H-82JQ007GMH

The latest to join the Lenovo family is the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro. In terms of its design, this laptop might remind the users of older gaming laptops, with its bulky design and hinge placement. With a more than one inch thickness, this is no svelte gaming machine. In addition, the laptop is also quite heavy at nearly 5.5 pounds. Apart from that, the laptop is stacked to the gills with ports, most of which can be found on the back. There is an Ethernet jack, three USB-A ports, a USB-C power delivery port and an HDMI port, plus Lenovo’s familiar rectangular power input. On the other hand, the left side of the laptop houses another USB-C port and the headphone jack, while the right side is home to a fourth USB-A port and a camera kill switch toggle.

Overall, the vents take up a fair bit of the laptop’s body, with one on the bottom, one on either side, and one on the back. Well, considering the hardware inside this model, such a number of vents comes as no surprise. As far as its keyboard is concerned, the Legion 5 Pro has been equipped with a backlit full keyboard and a number pad. However, this does make it feel extremely uncomfortable to type on, since the main keyboard is off-center, and the number pad is only marginally useful. Overall, beyond the layout, the keyboard is not all that great. In fact, the key travel is short, which is common on a lot of laptops, but the keys themselves also feel mushy. In a nutshell, the Legion 5 Pro did not facilitate a pleasant typing experience.

In terms of its display, Lenovo claims that the Legion 5 Pro is the first gaming laptop with a 16-inch QHD 16:10 display. Well, it is undeniable that this laptop is quite a looker, with slim bezels surrounding it as most gaming laptops have 16:9 aspect ratios. The Legion 5 Pro’s 16:10 display works great for games, while offering a little extra vertical space for web browsing or working in documents. In addition to the 2560 x 1600 screen resolution, the laptop’s display also goes up to 165Hz and supports G-Sync.

As for its performance, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro has two options for the CPU which is either an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 7 5800H. There are also choices of GPUs from an Nvidia GeForce RTX3050 all the way up to an RTX 3070 for this model. In terms of its gaming experience, this laptop can be considered as an excellent machine. However, there is more to this device than just its gaming performance as the Ryzen 7 5800H and 16GB of RAM (3200MHz) is obviously great for other productivity applications too. As for the battery, the Legion 5 Pro has a respectable 80 Whr battery that can last for 6 hours and 15 minutes. Overall, it is a great device to be explored, depending on the need and preference of the user.