Legion 5i Gen 6 in Stingray colour now at $1,849 which is 40% off original RRP $3,069
- Decent discount for a decent gaming laptop that can double as an entry level media creation due to the great display.
- Cheapest so far, probably due to upcoming 12th gen laptops.
- Did I say a great display! Seriously you will enjoy everything much more on this than most other gaming laptops' display.
- OzBargainer's favourite line of gaming laptops (got a Legion myself). Not for no particular reason either, this is a well regarded line due to build quality year on year.
- This is a great all rounder laptop if you are not gonna carry it around too much.
- A backpack will be required, forget about the fancy man bag. The laptop + brick >3kg. You will need the brick if you leave home battery life is crap.
- Amazing array of ports, better than many other gaming laptops.
- A WFH workhorse: awesome keyboard layout with numpad, HDMI 2.1 and DP via TB4 for 2 external displays
Good old question: 11th gen now or wait until 12th gen - $Dollaroos$ vs needs
For gaming, you will be bottlenecked by the 3060 before the i7-11600H. But this has a great display.
For most non-gaming tasks and applications, this CPU is an overkill already. And this has a great display.
For media work, 12th gen will be faster but you will pay more. And you will not likely get a better display than this!
In summary, IMO there is not much value in CPU upgrading in this price range for most people so the laptop represents great value for money.
Key spec
Processor:11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11600H (6C / 12T, 2.9 / 4.6GHz, 18MB)
Display Type: 15.6" WQHD (2560x1440) IPS 300nits Anti-glare, 165Hz, Contrast 1000:1, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision, G-Sync, DC dimmer
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6, Boost Clock 1425 / 1702MHz, TGP 130W
Memory: 2x 8 GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
Hard Drive: 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64
Warranty: 1 Year Premium Care
AC Adapter: 230W Slim Tip (3-pin)
Second Hard Drive: N/A
Battery: Integrated 80Wh
Camera: 720p with E-camera Shutter
Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard: Blue Backlit, English
Wireless: 802.11AX (2x2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
Integrated Mobile Broadband: N/A
Interfaces: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On), 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x Thunderbolt 4/USB4 40Gbps (support data transfer and DisplayPort 1.4), 1 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps (support data transfer, Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4), 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x card reader, 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45), 1 x headphone / mic, 1 x power connector
Full Spec
https://psrefstuff.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Legion/Lenovo_…
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Nice price. Good post. To manage your expectations, don't forget that laptop GPUs are slower than desktop. I'd also personally prefer to see a 1080p screen at this size.