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Lenovo Legion 5 15", Ryzen 7 4800H, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, GTX 1660 Ti 144Hz IPS $1691.10 Delivered @ Lenovo Education Store

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Looks like the Lenovo education store has a promotional price of $1691.10 with the coupon on the Legion 5 with the 4800H. The retail store is still selling this unit at around $2699. The price is lower from from my previous Lenovo education post last month. Unfortunately shipping time, at the time of posting this deal, has blown out to 8 weeks from the previous 6 to 9 days. This is local stock with warranty vs the previous Amazon deals I posted earlier. A highlight of this laptop deal is the 3 year premium care warranty vs 1 year back to base, which I see on most other deals.

System Specs:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (8C / 16T, 2.9 / 4.2GHz, 4MB L2 / 8MB L3)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
Display Type: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) WVA 300nits Anti-glare, 144Hz, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision
Memory: 2x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
Hard Drive: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
Warranty: up to 3 Year Premium Care
AC Adapter: 230W Slim Tip
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
Second Hard Drive: None
Battery: Integrated 60Wh
Camera: 720p
Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard: 4-Zone RGB LED backlight, English
Wireless: 11ax, 2x2 + BT5.0

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  • -4

    Good bang for buck device but what’s with the webcam? 720p lol?

    • +17

      Seems pretty standard across a lot of laptops. I'm still seeing $3000+ "premium" laptops, with 720p webcams.

      • Yeah it’s common doesn’t mean it’s good. Apple has been using the same shitty camera since 2014 I reckon

        • +1

          Can't really blame them as prior to 7 months ago, no consumer gave a crap about the built in webcam.

    • Most laptops nowadays have 720P webcams, I mean… Look at the spec sheet of most Macbooks - They've in-fact been using the same 720P camera module for the past few years.

      I think they only recently might have upgraded the camera on the latest Macbooks

  • +5

    Hmm, good price but wondering if this will be cheaper on black friday?

  • +7

    Price is good, but 2 months delivery is a fair whack. Are prices likely to drop on 1660 units with the new 3070 cards starting to flow?

    • +1

      Considering that it's very hard find stock of the 3000 series cards world wide for a PC DIY build. I think it's going to be quite a while before you will able to obtain a laptop with a 3070 in sufficient quantities.

      • +2

        With such a long lead time I can't help but feel that I'm gambling against the house!

        • +2

          I bought and cancelled when it was just $1879 no coupon. Commenters in the previous thread had received Jan and Feb 2021 ETAs. You'd basically be investing money now into something you'll get next year.

          • +6

            @JownehFixIT: 'Investing' the wrong term to use with consumer electronics!

          • +2

            @JownehFixIT: Basically financing the cashflow of future operations. Crazy stuff.

            • @malich: Well yeah, investing was the wrong term for us the buyer, but the money will definitely assist Lenovo in the months while buyers wait for an actual product for their money. So was I half right? ;-)

              • @JownehFixIT: 100% right! Investing in the operations of lenovo!

  • +4

    Apart from the delivery time this is pretty much the budget gaming laptop to beat. If you're in need of a gaming laptop + work / school laptop, I would highly recommend this one. Was seriously eyeing it off but wasn't going to drop 2k and wait 2 months…. at that price though… gonna be hard to beat.

    Something worth noting is that 8 weeks time could change. Their Legion 7's were 8 weeks then i checked backed the next day and it was 6 days. Just thought I'd add that to the mix for people considering it.

    • +1

      Since Lenovo won't charge your card until the ship is dispatched, so worth ordering it to see if the delivery date change to something sooner, if not, cancel the order and there will be no refund process issue. Correct me if I am wrong :)

  • buy this or wait for something better to show up on black friday sales?

    • I highly doubt this will get any cheaper. Even if it does, god knows when you'll receive the stock haha.

      • I wish I had listened to this….

  • My wife and I homeschool our kids… How can we access the education price?

    • You can try calling them on 13LENOVO to see if you can convince them to let you create an account.

    • +1

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/578125#comment

      Read 1st comment. Many people bought ideapad s540 13 AMD yesterday without edu store, including me.

      • I reached out a day ago but no reply from doweyy, can the information to creating an account be shared here or is it sensitive?

        • Also want to know, any updates?

      • Is that add the item in normal lenovo store and contact online chat to match the edu store price? Need to give them cart number?
        But the problem is, in lenovo normal store, there is no Legion 5 with 1660ti.

  • +1

    I got this for around the same price from the US.

    All I can say is its a fantastic laptop. I actually have no issues at all with it. Runs games great, light enough, good battery life, great screen. Potentially the only thing it could use is a larger ssd, but its easily upgradable.

    Plenty of upgradability options and I overall love the design and feel of it.

    At this price it offers virtually everything you need atm. No point getting a hot battery sucking RTX that doesn't properly do Ray tracing…better off wait for rtx 3xxx laptops if you want that.

    • +1

      Hows the temperature on this laptop?

      • +1

        Temps great, no issue running most on ultra.
        Jarrods tech has a full review.
        Battery life in doing nearly 5-6hrs watching youtube/Netflix etc.

    • I'm curious, what is the actual battery life you get?

    • Keep in mind that you have no warranty here in Aus - if it breaks, you'll have to ship it back to the US to fix and will be without a laptop for weeks/months.

      With regards to "battery-sucking ray-tracing" cards, firstly no one should be expecting good gaming performance on any laptop without being plugged in, and secondly, the RTX GPUs will perform a lot better than a 1660Ti in every game, not just the games that use ray tracing (which I can currently count on one hand).

      • Price v cost. Rtx 2060 costing way more for what is really a marginal increase.

        If we talk 2070/2080 the good machines run up to and over 3k. For something that will be VERY obsolete with 3xxx cards coming.

        • 2060 gets about 10-15% increase in performance over a 1660Ti, which I would say is more than 'marginal'. I also think DLSS is the more important feature of RTX cards, rather than raytracing (which is pretty underwhelming at the moment until game devs learn how to optimise for it).

          You don't have to pay $3K for a 2070/80. I got a RTX2070 laptop (Dell G7) for $2K in September and I don't think it will be obsolete when the 3000 series come out, because the 3000 series laptops will be a) way more than $2K and b) difficult to actually get in stock until at least Q2.

          • +1

            @RC13: Have heard thermals not great on G7, hence, the good RTX machines being 3k+

            G7 is also ridiculously heavy

            • +1

              @gsxr600rr: Thermal issues were fixed in a BIOS update in August. Weight seems fine to me but I suppose that's preference.

      • +1

        I think there may be a work around, based on a recent Amazon U.S. Lenovo Flex deal, to get a warranty in AU for Lenovo products bought overseas.

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/579294#comment-9578141

        "From the Lenovo support page, if you enter in your serial or have the product registered to your logged in account, you can view your warranty details and purchase upgrades. When you try to purchase upgrades on the Lenovo AU site it will ask you if you want to change to the Lenovo US site as it will be a US product. If you continue to the AU site, it will notify you that "changing the base country may affect your warranty entitlement in your current country" or similar, a warning that the base country will change. From there you purchase upgrades as normal, and once the upgrade is fully processed the base ship-to country will change. If you registered the product the start date for the base 12mos warranty will also be updated to your reported purchase date."

        Thanks ehtan961

        If you want to get a discount on an extended warranty the code "WELCOME15" seems to work at the moment.

  • +1

    Has anyone tried checking out? Payment options are greyed out and won't let me select anything.

    • +1

      All sorted, had to place order over the phone.

    • How much did you pay for your 5Pi?

    • Are you referring the 5Pi as the best bang for buck or this 1660ti offer?

      • I think he's referring to this model on sale here. It's an incredible price for a really powerful laptop. The Ryzen 4800H is a beast!!

  • @shellshocked … how do you see 4800u vs 4800h ?
    Can you recommend peripherals, usb hub, ubc to hdmi adapters etc for ideapad s540 ?
    Whats the form factor of SSD in ideapad s540, if i look for upgrade ?

    • +1

      4800u is a more power efficient 4800h. The 4800u can run at 15w TDP, even 12w TDP on the S540 by changing the performance modes in BIOS or Lenovo Vantage. The 4800H has a TDP of 45w but you can change this via Lenovo Vantage on the Legion. The NVME that I have in my S540 is a Samsung Pm981 OEM NVME ssd. The format factor is 2280 but it also supports 2242.

  • +3

    Thanks OP bought the Legion 5.
    Might be a bit cheaper in a few weeks' time but I'd rather wait 8+ weeks than 11+.

    • +1

      Good on you! I was so excited with my order, but just couldn't wait that long. Kind of need a device for moving offices at work, and waiting til Jan/Feb21 wasn't going to cut it. I wish you a very speedy delivery! And hopefully my cancellation means you're in line sooner.

      • thanks! fingers crossed.

  • +2

    Thanks OP, just placed an order. Had to be done over the phone as their online system had a payment issue. Can't wait to receive this bad boy in the new year or hopefully sooner :)

  • +1

    Combine with AMEX and pay less than $180 just hope AMEX gets charged on time.

  • Anyone managed to get this without an edu email? Kid is in primary school so no dice getting and edu email.

  • +1

    How does it compare with Ideapad Gaming 3?

    Ryzen 5 4600, GTX1650Ti, at a much lower price (1100 ish)

    Been meaning to pull the trigger on the Ideapad Gaming 3 but I've seen lots of love on the Legion 5.

    Please enlighten me :D

  • how does this compare to Dell G7

    10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores)
    NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6
    16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x8G
    1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

    https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-laptops/dell-g7-17-gami…

    • Alot of overheating problems. Big cpu and big gpu because it isn’t the max q version.

      • +1

        Thanks for the info
        Ill stick with the Lenovo, last laptop i got was the lenovo ideapad Y580 back in 2012, got it from US as it wasnt available in in Aus and plus the Aussie $ was very strong, got the top spec one got it for under 1k landed
        Lasted me all this time and still working well, obviously the GTX 660m cant handle much today but after 8 years im still happy with that purchase so, hopefully this model will impress me even more

    • What about the Legion 5i, 15" @ $1,925.10, Ships in 2 business days

      Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H (6C / 12T, 2.6 / 5.0GHz, 12MB)
      Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64
      Display Type: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) WVA 300nits Anti-glare, 144Hz, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision
      Memory: 2x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-2933
      Hard Drive: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
      Warranty: 1 Year Depot
      AC Adapter: 230W Slim Tip
      Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6
      Battery: Integrated 60Wh
      Camera: 720p
      Keyboard: 4-Zone RGB LED backlight, English
      Wireless: 11ax, 2x2 + BT5.0

      or

      The Legion 5Pi, 15" @ $1,898.10, Ships in 10-15 business days

      Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H (6C / 12T, 2.6 / 5.0GHz, 12MB)
      Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64
      Display Type: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) WVA 300nits Anti-glare, 144Hz, 100% sRGB Gamut, Dolby Vision
      Memory: 2x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-2933
      Hard Drive: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
      Warranty: 1 Year Depot
      AC Adapter: 230W Slim Tip
      Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6
      Battery: Integrated 80Wh
      Camera: No Camera, Microphone
      Keyboard: Backlit, English
      Wireless: 11ax, 2x2 + BT5.0

      as opposed to op model which is

      The Legion 5 15" @ $1691.10 Ships in 8 weeks

      Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (8C / 16T, 2.9 / 4.2GHz, 4MB L2 / 8MB L3)
      Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
      Display Type: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) WVA 300nits Anti-glare, 144Hz, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision
      Memory: 2x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
      Hard Drive: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
      Warranty: 3 Year Premium Care
      AC Adapter: 230W Slim Tip
      Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
      Battery: Integrated 60Wh
      Camera: 720p
      Keyboard: 4-Zone RGB LED backlight, English
      Wireless: 11ax, 2x2 + BT5.0

      Just not sure
      is the 2060 worth extra $200 but no Ryzen no 3200 ram and lose out on the extra 2 years warranty?

      • No its not. The AMD is much better value. The 3 yr premium care is a definite bonus. The only slight downside is that its got the 60Whr battery instead of the 80Whr like on the Intel models. Not sure why Lenovo and other manufacturers do this. AMD models always get screwed with battery capacity. Its quite frustrating for me at-least.

        • The 80wh version is available in other regions. From looking at the service manual it's a straight swap and takes up space where a 2.5" ssd would fit.

      • Im asking the same questions.

        The other question to ask is 8 weeks delivery vs 2 days?

        • and another TUF question is if you want to spend that much would it better to get

          ASUS TUF A15 FA506IV-AL043T @ $1,999

          https://www.umart.com.au/Asus-TUF-A15-15-6in-Ryzen-7-4800H-R…

          AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
          16GB DDR4 (2 x 8GB, 2 x slots) 3200MHz SDRAM,
          15.6" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS-level Panel with 45% NTSC,
          NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM,
          512GB PCIe Gen3 SSD + 1 x M.2 SATA/PCIe Slot,
          WebCam,
          2 x Type-A USB 3.2 (Gen 1),
          1 x Type-C USB 3.2 (Gen 2) with display supportDP1.4,
          1 x Type-A USB2.0, 1 x RJ45 LAN jack for LAN insert, Wireless-AC,
          Bluetooth v5.0,
          1 x HDMI, HDMI support 2.0b,
          Windows 10 Home
          2 year warranty

          or even the 1TB, 90w battery version, TUF506IV-AS76, from the states for about $1850 landed, but only 1 year warranty

          • @ZR6: Unfortunately the TUF screen quality is not very good in Australia. There is a better quality screen but not available here.

            • @shellshocked: We always miss out on things here it such a shame like this for example:

              https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5…

              Legion 5 17"
              Part Number: 82GN0000US
              Web Price: $1,429.99
              After Instant Savings:
              $1,219.99
              Savings: $210.00

              AMD® Ryzen™ 7 4800H Processor
              Windows 10 Home 64
              17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare with Dolby Vision™, 300 nits, 144Hz
              16 GB DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8 GB)
              1 TB 7200 RPM HDD + 1 TB PCIe SSD
              NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2060 6GB
              4 Cell Li-Polymer 80Wh
              720p HD
              Backlit - US English Keyboard
              Wi-Fi 6™ 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.0

              I know 17" isnt for everyone. and if they made this exact spec in 15" it would be the perfect all-rounder, but id be happy to with 17" considering that i dont move around my laptop that often anyway, but if this model was available in aus i wld def get it, and biggest blow comes at the price in the US $1220 = approx $1680 LESS THAN OP MODEL LISTED!!!!
              Even at the full price of US $1429.99 = $1970 Aus, equal pricing to 15 intel rtx 2060 version except higher speed ram bigger battery and 4x STORAGE!!!
              Honestly dont understand aussie pricing on some products

              • @ZR6: I totally get it mate, I dont know how many times I must have thought of this same thing and wondered why Aussies dont boycott products just based on what the rest of the world is getting for the same money from the same companies! It is super frustrating.
                Till we refuse to pay this ridiculous "Aussie tax" I doubt things are gonna change anytime soon :(

  • Did anybody order this,whats th eta on your arrival
    i ordered on the 4th but there was no eta so was just assuming 8 weeks, today i checked again and its saying March 1
    Unbelievable 4 MONTHS!!!

    • Check again, because the dates keep changing. Yesterday my order had March 1 as the estimated delivery date, but today it is showing February 5.

      • Same here, March 1 -> Feb 5. Here's hoping they knock a few more months out of that ETA

    • yeah delivery is changing, hopefully will get it sooner.
      BTW i raised this issue with lenovo and they did offer my a free backpack, ThinkPad 15.6-inch Essential Backpack (4X40E77329), if i do continue with the order
      https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/accessories-and-monitors/cases-…

      • Did your ETA change any further ? When did you order ?

        • I ordered mine nov 4, and it's been on "expected to ship November 25" for a while. I did contact lenovo a bit ago, but I'm not sure if that did anything.

  • +2

    Looks like my dispatch date has been pushed back to the 28th of November. Super happy I don't have to wait until February.

    • This is great news. I didn't have the patience to wait it out, but couldn't be happier with the Asus Zephyrus G14 I got instead.

    • Lucky you! Mine got updated to 31st Dec.

    • When did you order ?

      • I ordered nov 4, but nevermind anyway it just went back to December 31.

        • Hopefully last update, but mines changed to the 25th of November, which is isn't horrible.

  • Anyone's got shipped recently , I have to contact Lenovo if not shippd by Nov 30th or Dec 1st due to AMEX offer

    • +1

      Mine was just shipped. I didn't see the email for a while, but it says it was shipped on the 23rd 🤷

    • Yes mine got shipped on 23rd to with eta December 2,
      Also i got a bonus backpack because i contacted lenovo when my eta said March 1,

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/578303#comment-9618193
      yeah delivery is changing, hopefully will get it sooner.
      BTW i raised this issue with lenovo and they did offer my a free backpack, ThinkPad 15.6-inch Essential Backpack (4X40E77329), if i do continue with the order
      https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/accessories-and-monitors/cases-…

      they are still going to honor that even though eta is much sooner now
      Cant complain about 4 week turnaround, i was keeping my options open with original 8 week eta waiting to see if there was anything better for black friday but im happy with this deal, 3 year warranty is great plus bonus backpack, ordered some extra storage which should arrive a few days after laptop

  • +2

    It's here! Fastest computer I've ever used, don't regret one bit

    • I'm so jelly :(
      how long did shipping take?

      • +1

        nevermind, just read your previous comment; 23rd->1st, not bad.

  • Hows everyones experience been with this laptop.
    i purchased 2 but one is a dead, from the moment i started it the first time, random restarts, BSOD, freezing, crashing, had the the ssd replaced (lenovo replacement parts are refurbished not new btw, the ssd they gave me has 98% health same amount as my 3yo ssd in my old laptop) problems arwe worse now than before, could even get recovery media to load a new installation of windows, as it kept on restarting during installation and giving me errors once restarted, got it working by loading the clone image i took from the original ssd, contacted lenovo to get a complete replacement which they had no problem but have to 5 - 7 weeks, so i contacted them again and said i want a refund instead as i cant wait that long, again they were happy to do that, now waiting for them to send me courier details so i can send back the laptop and get the funds back,
    Decided to go with the Acer Predator Helios 300 15.6-inch i7-10750H/16GB/512GB/RTX2060 from Harvey Norman
    https://www.harveynorman.com.au/acer-predator-helios-300-15-…
    for $1696 but i got it for $1581.78, by buying 3 $500 & 2 $100 gift cards from https://shop.redeemyourgiftcard.com.au/
    Only click and collect option in Sydney was in HN Campbelltown
    No AMD but RTX 2060

    Havent had any issues with the other legion but havent used it much either so need to play around with it a bit and see how it goes, that said the usuage i did get out of the fauty one was good, its great laptop but no real benefit when its in state that my one is in
    Also Lenovo customer service was easy to deal with, hopefully no dramas when it comes to refunding my money

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