Lenovo Legion Tower 7i, Legion Tower 5i and Legion Tower 5 pre-built desktop PCs official with GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs
Even though Intel, AMD and Nvidia have all announced new hardware at CES 2025, Lenovo's new Legion-branded pre-built gaming PC uses none of them. Instead, we get last-gen AMD/Nvidia hardware, with the only current-gen option being Intel Arrow Lake. The Legion Tower 7i, as its name suggests, is the pricier option of the lot, while the Legion Tower 5i and Legion Tower 5 sacrifice raw performance for a more compact form factor.
Legion Tower 7i
Lenovo lets you configure the Legion Tower 7i with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Arrow Lake processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super, 32 GB of DDR5-6400 RAM, 2 TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD and a 1,200 Watt power supply unit. There appear to be two vertical PCIe mounts cut into the chassis if you want to mount your GPU like that.
The CPU appears to be cooled by an AIO with two fans. Lenovo has also thrown in three case fans in the front and one in the back to keep the 34 Litre chassis flush with air. There's plenty of I/O with six USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports (1x 20 Gbps, 1x 10 Gbps, 5x 5 Gbps), one USB 2.0 Type-A port, 2.5G Ethernet, a USB Type-C port and six audio jacks at the back.
At the front, you get three USB Type-A (2x USB 3.2 plus 1x USB 2.0) ports, one USB Type-C port and a combo audio jack located right next to the Legion-shaped power button. Lenovo claims the Legion Tower 7i can be disassembled without tools, making upgrades easier.
Legion Tower 5i
The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 comes with a more compact 30 Litre chassis. Hardware choices are limited to an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, 32 GB of DDR5-5600 (and not 6400 for some reason) RAM, a 850 Watt PSU and a 2 TB NVMe SSD. Unlike the Legion 7i, Lenovo uses a large air cooler to keep the Zen 4 chip's thermals in check.
Things begin to get whacky when we get to the Legion Tower 5i. For reasons best known to Lenovo, it has decided to offer it with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, an Arrow Lake laptop chip. The worst part is, it isn't even the top-spec model. This lets Lenovo use a passive cooler, as is apparent in the product image. Its GPU, RAM, and storage pairings remain identical to that of the Tower 5.
For front I/O, you get a USB Type-A port, USB Type-C port and a combo audio jack. At the back, there are six USB Type-A ports (4x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.2 Gen1), one USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port, 2.5G Ethernet and three audio jacks. Wireless connectivity options on the Legion Tower 7i, Legion Tower 5i and Legion 5 include Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.2.
Price and Availability
The high-end Lenovo Legion Tower 7i will hit shelves in April 2024 starting at an eye-watering $3,299. On the other hand, the Legion Tower 5i can be bought in May 2025 starting at $1,199. Lenovo has not revealed when the Legion Tower 5 can be purchased, which is extra puzzling, because its hardware is already an entire generation behind the competition.
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