Lenovo LOQ vs Legion vs Legion Pro vs Legion 9i vs 7i vs 5i Legion Go

Summary

This video guide explores the Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops, detailing differences between models like the Legion 5i, 7i, Pro 5i, Pro 7i, and the top-tier Legion 9i. It covers aspects from power and graphics to design, aiming to help consumers choose the right model for their gaming needs.

Takeaways

• 😀 The Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops has a diverse lineup that can be confusing, but this guide aims to clarify the differences.
• 🔍 As of 2024, Lenovo laptops are up to Gen 9, with Gen 10 expected next year, indicating the latest models.
• 💻 The Lenovo Legion brand focuses on gaming, offering a range from mainstream to hardcore gaming machines.
• 🌐 Other sub-brands include Yoga for consumer range, ThinkPad for business, and Tab for tablets.
• 🎮 The Legion Go is a separate handheld gaming device, currently being reviewed by the speaker.
• 🏆 The Legion 5i and 7i are designed for gaming but have a more lifestyle-oriented, understated look, suitable for all-purpose use.
• 💪 The Legion Pro 5i and Pro 7i are designed to proudly display their gaming capabilities with higher power specifications.
• 🌟 The Lenovo Legion 9i is the top-tier model, offering the best of the best in terms of specs and performance.
• 🔥 The Legion 9i uses a liquid cooling system due to its high power requirements, unlike the Pro series which may use a new cooling technology in the future.
• 🌡️ The Cold Front Hyper Chamber cooling system is a notable technology for Lenovo laptops, especially for models under 200 WS of power, balancing power with a slim form factor.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops?

The Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops is designed to cater to a variety of gamers, from mainstream users to hardcore enthusiasts, offering different levels of performance and features to suit various gaming needs.

What does 'gen 9' signify in the context of Lenovo laptops?

'Gen 9' refers to the 9th generation of Lenovo laptops, indicating the latest models as of 2024. It helps consumers identify the most current offerings from the brand.

How does the Lenovo Legion brand differ from other Lenovo laptop brands like Yoga and ThinkPad?

The Lenovo Legion brand is specifically targeted at gamers, offering powerful gaming machines, while Yoga is more of a consumer range with a focus on versatility, ThinkPad is known for business use, and Tab refers to their tablet line.

What is the significance of the Legion Go mentioned in the script?

The Legion Go is a handheld gaming device that is part of the Lenovo Legion range. It represents a more portable and accessible entry point into the Legion ecosystem for gamers.

What are the key differences between the Legion 5i, Legion 7i, and the Legion Pro series?

The Legion 5i and 7i are designed to be capable gaming machines with a lifestyle look, not overtly appearing as gaming laptops. The Legion Pro series, on the other hand, proudly displays its gaming performance with a more robust and powerful design, featuring higher wattage and advanced graphics cards.

How is the Legion 9i distinct from the rest of the Legion range?

The Legion 9i stands out as the top-of-the-line model, offering the best of the best in terms of specs and performance. It is designed for those who want the highest level of gaming power and are not concerned about the cost.

What does the term 'stealth power' refer to in the context of the Legion 5i and 7i laptops?

'Stealth power' refers to the design approach of the Legion 5i and 7i where the laptops have powerful gaming capabilities but maintain a more understated, all-purpose look suitable for various settings, including professional environments.

What is the intended audience for the Legion 5i and 7i laptops?

The Legion 5i and 7i laptops are intended for users who want a balance between gaming performance and an all-purpose laptop look. They are suitable for people who want quality gaming performance without the overt gaming aesthetic.

What is the primary visual distinction of the Legion 9i compared to other models in the Legion range?

The Legion 9i has a unique design feature where it has intake coming through the top of the keyboard, resulting in a smaller touchpad. This is due to the high power requirements and the need for advanced cooling systems in this top-tier model.

What technology is mentioned in the script that is designed to provide more power in a slimmer form factor while reducing volume and temperature?

The script mentions the Cold Front Hyper Chamber technology, which is designed to enhance performance and cooling efficiency in Lenovo Legion laptops, particularly in models with less than 200 watts of power.

What is the potential future development for the Lenovo Legion laptops regarding the Hyper Chamber technology?

The script suggests that Lenovo may be looking to incorporate the Hyper Chamber technology into the Pro Series and the Legion 9i in future generations, such as Gen 10, to provide even better performance and cooling.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 Introduction to Lenovo Legion Gaming Laptops

Chris Dead provides an overview of the Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops, highlighting the confusion that can arise from the variety of models available. He attended the Lenovo Innovate 2024 conference in Bangkok, where he learned about the different tiers within the Legion lineup from Clifford Chong, the head of gaming at Lenovo. The video aims to clarify the distinctions between the models, starting with the basics: the laptops are up to Gen 9 in 2024, with Gen 8 indicating a 2023 model or older. The two main branches of Lenovo laptops are Legion for gaming and Yoga for consumer use. The focus is on the Legion brand, which includes the Legion Go handheld gaming device and the laptop lineup, ranging from mainstream to hardcore gaming models.

05:02

🛠️ Breakdown of Lenovo Legion Laptop Models

The script details the various models within the Lenovo Legion laptop range, starting with the Legion 5i and 7i, which are designed for gamers seeking a lifestyle feel with 'stealth power'—laptops that can perform well in both work and gaming environments without overt gaming aesthetics. The Legion Pro 5i and 7i are more performance-oriented, boasting over 200 watts of power and featuring high-end graphics cards like the 4080 and 4090 for top-tier gaming performance. The script then discusses the Lenovo Legion 9i, the pinnacle of the lineup, designed for those who want the absolute best without compromise. It features the highest specifications, including a carbon fiber case and a unique liquid cooling system due to its immense power requirements. The 9i also has a distinctive design feature where the keyboard's intake is located at the top, affecting the size of the touchpad. The video concludes with a mention of the Cold Front Hyper Chamber cooling technology, which is featured in the non-Pro Legion models and offers a deep dive in a separate video.

Keywords

💡Lenovo Legion

Lenovo Legion is a brand of gaming laptops produced by Lenovo. It represents a range of high-performance machines designed for gamers. In the video, the presenter discusses the various models within the Lenovo Legion range, highlighting their features and differences to help viewers make informed purchasing decisions.

💡Gaming Laptops

Gaming laptops are specialized portable computers designed to handle the high processing demands of video games. They typically feature powerful processors, dedicated graphics cards, and other components optimized for gaming. The video script discusses the Lenovo Legion range of gaming laptops, emphasizing their capabilities and suitability for different types of gamers.

💡Nomenclature

Nomenclature refers to the system of names or terms used in a particular field or profession. In the context of the video, the presenter mentions the confusing nomenclature of laptop models across manufacturers, which can be a challenge for consumers trying to understand the differences between various models.

💡Legion 5i and Legion 7i

These are specific models within the Lenovo Legion range. The script explains that these laptops are designed to be capable of playing games without specifically looking like gaming machines, offering a 'stealth power' appearance. They are meant for users who want gaming performance in a more understated form factor.

💡Legion Pro 5i and Legion Pro 7i

The Pro series within the Lenovo Legion range is designed to proudly display its gaming capabilities. These laptops are more visually distinctive as gaming machines, with higher power specifications and dedicated graphics cards, making them suitable for more demanding gaming experiences.

💡Legion 9i

The Lenovo Legion 9i is the top-tier model in the Legion range, offering the highest specifications and performance. It is described as the 'best of the best,' featuring advanced cooling systems and premium materials like carbon fiber, catering to those who seek the utmost in gaming performance.

💡Hyper Chamber Cooling System

The Hyper Chamber Cooling System is a technology used in Lenovo gaming laptops to manage heat effectively. It is mentioned in the script as a feature that helps achieve higher power in a slimmer form factor, reducing noise and temperature. It is particularly relevant for models under 200 watts of power.

💡Gen 9

Gen 9 refers to the ninth generation of Lenovo laptops, indicating the latest models in their range as of 2024. The script uses this term to differentiate between newer models and older ones, such as Gen 8, which would be from 2023 or earlier.

💡Yoga

Yoga is another brand within Lenovo, known for its consumer range of devices, including two-in-one laptops and tablets. In the script, Yoga is mentioned as a separate brand from Legion, highlighting the diversity of Lenovo's product offerings.

💡ThinkPad

ThinkPad is a line of business-oriented laptops from Lenovo, known for their durability and reliability. The script briefly mentions ThinkPad as part of Lenovo's broader product lineup, differentiating it from the gaming-focused Legion range.

💡Legion Go

Legion Go is a handheld gaming device from Lenovo, mentioned in the script as a separate product from the laptop range. The presenter indicates that they are reviewing a Legion Go device, suggesting it as an alternative for those interested in portable gaming.

Highlights

Introduction to Lenovo Legion gaming laptops and the confusion in their nomenclature.

Lenovo laptops are up to Gen 9 in 2024, with Gen 8 being 2023 models or earlier.

Two main branches of Lenovo laptops: Legion for gaming and Yoga for consumer range.

Lenovo Legion Go is a handheld gaming device separate from laptops.

Legion 5i and Legion 7i are designed for mainstream gamers.

Legion Pro 5i and Legion Pro 7i are for gamers who want a machine that looks like a gaming laptop.

Legion 9i is the top-tier model for those who want the best of the best.

Legion 5i and 7i have a 'stealth power' design, suitable for work and gaming.

Legion Pro series laptops are designed to proudly display their gaming capabilities.

Legion 9i uses a liquid cooling system due to its high power requirements.

Legion 9i has a unique design with intake coming through the top of the keyboard.

Hyper Chamber cooling system is used in Lenovo laptops under 200 WS of power.

Legion 5i, 7i, and the base model use the Hyper Chamber cooling system.

Legion 9i sticks with the liquid cooling system of the previous generation.

Future Lenovo models may incorporate Hyper Chamber cooling into higher power models.

The Hyper Chamber technology aims to provide more power in a slimmer form factor with reduced volume and temperature.

A deep dive video on the Hyper Chamber technology is available for further information.

Transcripts

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good day humans Chris dead here today

I've got a bit of a buying guide for you

this is a buying guide for the Lenovo

Legion range of gaming laptops now even

those of us who spend every day talking

about technology uh I can tell you like

the diversity in the nomenclature of

cross the range of laptops From Any

Given manufacturer really can be quite

confusing uh I know it's confusing for

me sometimes I'm sure it's confusing for

many consumers out there so in this

video I'm going to try and detail the

difference between the various entries

in the Lenovo Legion range to will help

you when you are going to make a

decision or looking at buying one of

their laptops now I was recently at the

Lenovo innovate 2024 conference which is

in Bangkok where Clifford Chong who's

the head of gaming for theany

took me through his breakdown of the

range uh so I thought that was a good

opportunity to kind of like jle that

down and pass it on to well Australians

and anyone else who uh is a bit confused

by the way it all works as well so let's

just do the basics first so in 2024 the

noo laptops across their range are up to

gen 9 so if you see gen 9 in the listing

then you're looking at the latest model

uh I can only assume that next year to

be gen 10 uh and so forth so that kind

of gives you an idea of where they are

if you see gen8 you're buying a 2023

model or earlier now there are two main

branches of the Lenovo

laptops there two main ones so there's

the there's the legion brand that

represents gaming so they're all quality

gaming machines but they do range from

kind of more mainstream gamer style

stuff to like kind of full hardcore

overclocking frag Merchant stuff uh and

that's what I'm going to break down for

you but you'll also find other sub

Brands too so the other big one is yoga

and this is kind of their consumer range

uh and and youve kind of got yoga you

got yoga book which is kind of like more

twoin one stuff business range I guess

you could say which is ThinkPad and they

got tablets which are called tab uh uh

they also come across IDE IDE pad which

is more like slim Slimline models but

you know we're focused on the legion uh

Branch at the moment so that that just

gives you a kind of a bird's eye view of

what we're looking at when we look at

Lenovo laptops and now let's borrow in

onto Legion there a legion go that's a

separate thing all together that's a

handheld uh I'm actually got a legion go

in here at the moment that I'm reviewing

so keep an eye on the channel um cuz I

will do a review of that

shortly uh but when it comes to the

actual laptops you've kind of got the

base which is the lock you then have the

legion 5i and Legion 7i then you have

the legion Pro 5i and Legion Pro 7i and

then you have the legion 9i uh which

unlike the yoga range which is a yoga

Pro 9 I in the legion range is just a

legion 9 I there's no Legion Pro 9i so

I'm going to break all those down for

you now but if you're looking kind of if

you kind of just wanted to just list

them out from I guess you could say

least powerful to most powerful that's

the kind of way you look at it although

the variances between the legion and

Legion Pro you know kind of come down to

look and and slimness and stuff like

that as much as it does power but that

gives you a general

idea okay so let's start at the I was

going to say top but I guess let's start

at the bottom so you got the legion lock

now the way they described that or the

way Clifford described the lock was if

you want to get that kind of the Legion

knowledge like the knowledge of the

Legion go R range but you want something

to a bit more affordable a bit more

accessible so this is kind of for first

time Gamers or for people who aspire to

one day

be more hardcore with their gaming uh

but they're not quite there yet and it's

a bit of a Best of Both World scenario

here so you're getting something that's

going to be pretty good for just general

use but is also so going to be capable

of playing games without like just

blowing it all out on you know most

incredible frame rates possible and and

R tracing and all that deep geeky stuff

I say that knowing that I'm a geek so

you know they they feel like the lock is

more aimed like college students and

therefore has kind of a more of a

youthful look um you know to save on

money you're going to get plastic not

metal here so it's not going to have

that kind of as premium a finish uh but

you're still getting that kind of Legion

power and Le and knowledge in the bottom

of it uh so you're looking at computers

here they're going to have up to 160

wats worth of power uh it's going to

have you know a 4050 or 4060 graphics

card on in it depending on you know how

much you spend um and the dynamic boost

uh is not going to be as strong uh with

the lock as you're going to get with the

other models so you it's still going to

play most games perfectly fine uh just

with some of the more High tier games

you might not be able to bump all the

settings right up and still get a really

smooth cool

experience okay then after this you got

the like just the legion model so

they're the non-pro they're just like

Legion 5i Legion 7i now these are

designed to be capable of playing

games but not look specifically like a

gaming machine they got a more of a

lifestyle feel to it it's got power but

that's kind of hidden they're described

it as stealth power um it looks like a

laptop that's allpurpose it's a type of

thing you would turn up to work with and

then go home and game later later on

with you know it's for people that still

want some quality but you know they're

not after the best of the best they're

happy with like 100 frames for

example uh it's got you still get up to

9 190 WS worth of power in these

machines and it'll it'll it'll do the

450 and the 460 graphics cards just like

the lock but will also do a 40 4070 if

you want to push up a bit more uh so

that's kind of that that next stepping

stone for people then you got the legion

Pro Series now with the Pro Series so

you got the pro 5i and the pro 7i these

laptops are designed to proudly look

like gaming machines you know it's not

understated with the fact that it's got

performance uh these machines are going

to be above 200 WS of power so you're

looking at another step above in fact up

to 250 wats worth of power at the top of

the range you know so you're going to

get that better frame rate you're going

to get that better responsiveness uh

you're going to be finding these with

you know 4080 and 490 graphics cards in

it so again you're you're you're

stepping it up to

you know really starting to be able to

push pretty much any modern game to its

Max without too many hassles and you're

also carrying around something that's

going to you know look and feel like a

gaming

machine right uh and then after all of

that we've got the the n9i the Lenovo

Legion 9i which is kind of just on its

own and it was interesting the way that

Clifford described this he said this is

just for the people that cannot stand

the possibility that there is a better

top out there so this is the best of the

best it's got everything in it all the

high specs it's made out of I think I

think the case is carbon fiber I think

they said it's got recycled plain

aluminum in it somewhere it's got you

know uh it's actually interesting cuz

this it's so powerful that it's it can't

use the new Cloud front hyper um hyper

chamber cooling system so it's got

the the the the liquid cooling system in

it still and uh that require because of

the power in this thing it requires such

intake that it actually has to have

intake coming through the top of the

keyboard so you'll notice with this one

that the keyboards it's not the keyboard

itself is not compromised but the

touchpad is smaller and that's because

it's got intake at the at the top which

you won't find on the pro series or the

other series below that so that's one of

the things you can visually identify the

9i in that in that capacity uh so that's

the best of the best so that's if you

don't care about money at all you just

want to hand over your credit card and

get the best of the best that's way you

go the Lenovo 9 Legion 9i now I did

mention the hyper um hyper chamber there

the cold front hyper cold front hyper

chamber now this is really really

interesting technology I have got

another video up that goes right into

that like s super deep dive on

everything that that's um uh doing for

the Lenova laptop range now that caps

out at 200 WS worth of power so you're

not going to find that in the Pro Series

and you're not going to find it in the

9i that's uh that's going to stick with

the liquid cooling of the pre previous

generation uh I don't I've got a feeling

that when we get to gen 10 that might

not be the case they're definitely

looking at trying to get hyper chamber

into those ones but in the in the just

the legion 5i the legion 7i so the

non-pro and the lock that's um that's

kind of under 200 WS worth of power

that's where the the the hyper Chambers

it's sweet spot right now and like I

said make sure you check out other video

in fact I'll link it at the end of this

one so that you can uh Deep dive into

that cuz it's really interesting what

they've done there uh in terms of

basically uh getting more power but in a

Slimmer form factor and bringing down

the volume and the temperature with it

as well so very cool okay anyway there's

your buys Guide to the Lenovo Legion

range I hope that's been a big help to

you uh in getting your mind around it

all and uh yeah thank you very much for

watching make sure you check out my

other videos and until next time check

you

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later

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