Hey Jarrod, just asking. Have you covered the ASUS F15? not the Dash F15 the ASUS F15 gaming laptop? cos I haven't seen anyone review the F15 in depth. Just want to know. Thanks for your Vids.
Hi Jarrod. Do you mind to review 17" of Helios 300? i think it will be a good topic to talk about 😉, since it doesn't suck that much as much i tested. 140w of TGP for 3070. that would be a great contrast for your 15" model. Hope this topic can comes to you next few videos. In my country(Taiwan), it cost only 13Kish USD during black fridy holidays.
nah, i wont get mad at you for providing facts. I'm watching on my Legion 5 in which I watched your review before i purchased it. I am able to game on this at high settings and the great part of it is it didn't break my bank. For me, you are definitely the best reviewer for laptops not unlike some other reviewers that just hype a product and does not check all the actual technical performance of the laptop. I hope you get more subscribers in the future.
Thank you Jarrod for being my go-to reviewer for the past year, I finally got my 2021 Lenovo legion 7 a few weeks ago, a MASSIVE jump from my old 2012 Samsung laptop, the 32GB of RAM + Ryzen 9 5000 + RTX 3080 make such a compelling performance, I cannot believe how long I've grown accustomed to the immensely slow speed that my old laptop provides. Love my Legion 7.
I love my legion 7, it’s a shame it didn’t make the cut into Jarrods top 5 because of battery issues, I find it will last when you’re using the right settings, ive got no complaints at all
You are such a good reviewer. You don't fanboy over certain brands, are neutral, and very straight to the point. No unnecessary fillers. Keep it up. You definitely have a fan.
Stop the cap this guy is such a fanboy over the legion 5 in every tier list or list I've watched it comes out 1st or close, it's a good laptop but maybe he should try something else
I had the previous Mech 15 (with the 2080). I couldn’t get used to the keyboard. Since my son needed a new gaming laptop I gave it to him and bought the Legion 7i with the 3080. Since one has to be on wall power to really run the GPU, I think that the power drain due to the Corsair software is really an overrated point and, since you can just disable it and get a better power profile, I think this is a nonissue. Not really sure why you keep harping on this….
Watching this video from a Legion 5 Pro, your videos helped me A TON to choose the best laptop for my budget and also learnt a lot from you, I got it even cheaper than the Legion 5 was here in my region. Thanks a lot Jarrod!
Actually , the more specific phrase should be "Friends don't let Friends buy quad core at i7 prices " . That is what the i7-11370H CPU is , 4 core but with an 8 core i7 pricing . 4 core with i3 pricing is absolutely acceptable.
If there's one thing that I hope other brands will take away from Legion 5's success, it's that just because a laptop is aimed at a gamer audience doesn't necessarily mean it has to _look_ "gamer-y"
Hey bro, just letting you know that I've been comparing gaming laptops for 4 months, aiming to finally upgrade from my 2015 Mac Pro (which would only let me play Minecraft and a couple more games), and after reaching to your channel I've literally seen the light! I'm decided to get a Legion 5 in a week or so, purely thanks to your extensive analysis of components, benchmarks of the whole machine, and in-game performance. I've already recommended you to all my tech friends, and they've been impressed too! Cheers from Spain!
Bro I'm in the exact same spot lmao! 2015 mac air, I'm buying the Legion 5 this week 😁 really excited as I've also barely managed to run Minecraft and some other games. How has it been?
4:04 Watching this moment on my glorious 15 inch, 144Hz WQHD XMG Neo Screen. Your reviews were one of the reasons I sold my Asus A15 and bought XMG Neo. Worth every penny (or złotówka, if you're in Poland). The only thing that's driving me nuts is the keyboard but i got my Dell USB-C Hub and Corsair K70 Rapidfire to mitigate that. Have a great week Jarrod! :)
As I'm an engineer and game casually I got the 3070 Lenovo 5 pro. Thank you for reviewing it with such accuracy and detail. I immediately swapped ram for 64gb so the memory wasn't an issue for me. Thanks Jarrod.
@@JamesMcarthy2369 Very good performance. Gaming or development both are effortless. The touchpad is not very good. I loved the large surface area but palm rejection is bad. Also i have windows 11 which seems to have many bugs. I would still suggest to buy, but don't upgrade to windows 11 for some time
Thanks for your thoughts, it is a good thing that these toys have gotten to the point where there are not any truly flawed devices. I almost went with the Helios 300 but went and grabbed a Nitro 5 Ryzen with a 3070 on sale instead. Acer has since upgraded the 3070 firmware to run at 100w for a nice bonus boost. I am enjoying it and it does work better with a US$60 8gb in the second memory slot. Keep up the good work
Bought Legion 5 Pro with 5600H and 3060 and I need to say I'm completely happy. It even came with a smaller 230 W power brick. The only downside is backlight bleed of its IPS panel (it's pretty terrible) but apart from that, it's a great PC.
I bought the Legion 5 with AMD simply because I like to watch my Animes in 16:9 without black bars. Horrible feeling on my 16:10 Macbook Pro… Now I can game and enjoy Animes! Oh and Full HD Blu Rays dont look upscaled on the 16:9 screen. It looks way worse upscaled on my 2K screen on Macbook Pro… And I get way more FPS while gaming on a Full HD 16:9 screen instead of a 2K 16:10 screen. Final fantasy 15 looks much more fluent
Just ordered a Legion 5 and waiting for it, glad I made the best choice there is. Thank you for making great reviews Jarrod, your reviews really helped.
@@JustasOmis depends on the model. There are legion 5 with 144hz and 120hz and I've read the 120hz one is trash. I think they are models with rtx 2000 series though. As for the 3000 series which are recommended on the video (I assume), The 165hz ips panel, on the Pro version is much brighter (over 500nits), and the non-pro is 300 nits. The Pro version has a higher resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. The non-pro has a 16:9 1080p screen. Both claim 100% sRGB coverage.
@@soulaesthete8563 I ordered the lenovo legion 7 pro with a 3070 and 32g of ram about 2 weeks ago and it said 3+ months shipping at the time but I got a delivery update a couple days ago that it should be here next monday, so potentially it shouldn’t be 4 months
I have the legion 5 pro (since September) and play Skyrim on ultra with no problems with many texture packs and stuff and the AMD CPU keeps up very well and I don't even have to put the GPU in balanced or performance mode so it stays warm and never hot. Thanks for helping me choose
I have an Acer Nitro 5 i'm in Italy and i bought It at Just 999€ and it's a model with 8gb x8 RAM and with AN external screen It gets only 5-8fps less than the legion 5 and the legion 5 in Italy costs around 1399€ and even adding a 144hz monitor+8 GB of extra RAM It costs 200€ less so i think that the Acer nitro Is still a perfect option
@@firealba4520 thats actually quite bad for a 3060 because a normal laptop 3060 is normally faster than a legion 5 laptop because the legion 5 has a downclocked gpu for less heat
Check 4:10 the vid has an issue One frame is flipped for so e reason. It's probably not a big deal. Edit: the vid is overall is amazing. Though I have a question. Is the Dell laptop color is that of a deal breaker? Like I have an Hp omen 15 with 100% sRGB and I want to upgrade to a laptop but not sure if the 50% sRGB is that of a deal breaker? Is it?
@@davidak115 Damn! that's so cool! I fot the 3050ti because the other models were way out of my budget, but still it's so much better that the crappy HP laptop from Walmart I was using for the last 8 years
Pls, NEVER stop doing what you do. I was wondering which thin good cooling system gaming laptop I can get, and this videos are giving me a clear answer
If only RTX 3000 series Xenia 15 / Mag 15 was readily available and with reasonable pricing, I bet it's gonna be the #1 best laptop of 2021, just like the Mag15 with 1660ti from 2years ago. 😁
This video was just a very good information giver that I honestly want this guy to get more subscribers, so others can find his channel easier. I’m subbing
I’m probably the opposite of what you might call a ‘thermally paranoid’ person. I go by a rule where “if it’s not at TJmax, it’s not being pushed hard enough”.
Yes, this!! My Dell G15 his 100 degrees even on a cooling pad when playing battlefield 2042 and running it like this for hours upon hours there has been no issues at all.. all other games it never gets above about 86 degrees though ... I've read that dell sets the max temp to 100 for Max performance and AMD and Dell have both seperatly stated that the ryzen 7 5000 series will happily sit in the 90s all day without breaking a sweat.. so I'm not concerned
high temp may not cause dmg to the cpu but for other components like battery, ssd, ic,... im not so sure man, especially when you run at that high temp for hours and everyday .Just get a legion 5 pro and no need to look back
Thanks for the video! Saw this after i got my Asus TUF Dash F15. It's pretty good so far, way better than my old HP laptop with a dual-core i3. My personal experience is pretty good. I got the F15 with a 3050ti, 8 GB DDR4 ram, and i7-11370h. It runs most games over 100 fps on medium - high settings. Some games run less then 100 fps, but thats fine. For the most part, this laptop is way better than my old one, and because of that, I am extremely happy with it. It's pretty fast, lightweight, and 144hz. Can't get over it. No camera, but that's fine. It's overall a good laptop, just a quad-core cpu does tend to bottleneck gpu in more heavy cpu games. Other than that, it does extremely well in whatever I throw at it. I don't regret buying it!
Nice to see the laptop I bought earlier this year is in the worst gaming laptop list :'( Although to be fair the Acer store offered an additional ram (which makes it dual channel and total ram is 16gb) for only $20 which I kinda haggled my way that they just gave it for free. And it was the only laptop available with an rtx 3060 under $1100 in a 100km radius at the time lol
His only problem was the lower performance due to having only a single channel RAM out of the box. If you got it on dual channel for no extra cost, then you got a good deal. Kind of jealous actually because in my area, even this late in the year, the Acer Nitro available for about $1100 equivalent is a single channel with only RTX 3050.
@@dan9806 lemme guess, you're from the Philippines as well? You got your laptop from the malls, too? Coz I did and I got mine with free RAM upgrade if paid in full cold cash.
Don't know why everyone is paying 1100 USD for an Acer Nitro 5, I paid the equivalent of 700 USD in Australia for one with an RTX 3050, i5-11400H and 512GB SSD like 3 months back and an 8GB stick of DDR4 here is like 15 USD and its on sale at this price pretty much every month
Hey Jarrod! loved ur reviews throughout 2021, all reviews have been saying the ryzen Alienware m15 r5 is a lot worse than m15 r6. But then some reviewers also claim the intel version is also bad. I have this laptop and the temps are really great and performance feels unmatched, it’s been a weird year for Alienware but there definitely seems to be some mass quality control issues
I really wanted to buy Alienware m15 r5 but then i see jarrod's video and i am like is this laptop really this bad. If you could help me. With its temperatures and performance.
alienware are heavilly ovepriced shit generally!! its bad when laptop with rtx 3080 are slower then cheap laptop with 3070 or 3070 laptop vs 3060 and so on
See,. looks like you haven't used any other laptop, that's why you have no reference to point out any type of difference, i had been gaming on laptop from 2008 (Dell Latitude E5400 (Core2Duo), still gaming on laptop, so i kinda have changed a lot of them and have pretty descent experience in using them and comparing them. With that price point and size, if you get over heating, throttling, its very bad.
@@nishada_bhi I have had an M15R6 for a month now, and it's an awesome device. Before I had an MSI-GP62 with a i5-6300HQ and GTX 1060, and the build quality and performance difference is absolutely huge. Keep in mind that I got mine for €1400 instead of the "standard" €2200, since I got a student discount and it was already discounted that day...
Didn't see this video for a month, but I actually chose my best friend's birthday present from his parents by accident a little while before this video came out and recommended the Legion 5. So now he's got a Legion 5. No regrets, and nice to see it in second place to validate my recommendation. Eluktronics is just not available in Singapore. For anyone curious about it, his Dad told him that he needed to buy a new gaming laptop (his Dad's a gamer) and asked him for recommendations, but he wasn't sure so he asked me, and I recommended a configuration for the Legion 5 that he then passed along to his Dad. Then his Dad bought it for him. Fun.
Thanks for the videos, your reviews helped me with my purchase of the Lenovo Legion 5 and I'm very satisfied with the product. I got mine (Ryzen 7 5800H, 8gb RAM, 3050ti, 512gb NVMe SSD) on sale for $711. I may eventually add another RAM stick for 16-32 gb of RAM total, but I'm more than pleased with the performance of this machine as it comes out of the box!
@@Andersson_ I'm honestly not sure, the SSD came included with the laptop. The only thing I've done post purchase was replace the 8gb RAM stick with two 16gb RAM sticks, and it drastically increased the laptop's performance.
Hi Jarrod! I appreciate you are speaking facts and going straight to the point. The things you were speaking about such as single memory RAM channel, soldered RAM, RTX 3070 with poor graphics and other topics, it makes totally sense. I think this is not about having preferences in a specific brand; it's about if it worths buy a laptop like that. Greetings from Colombia!
watching on my legion 5 right now, came with a single channel 8gb stick and ran games terribly but upgraded to dual channel 16gb and its tripled the fps in most games, insane
I went through so many of your videos to make a decision on buying a good gaming laptop, all in all you have the best reviews on these machines so far.anyway I still end up buying the Lenovo legion 5 the RTX 3050 ti version (I was strictly on a budget) still waiting for it to arrive, will see how it does.
So how would the ASUS S17 have ranked with the 1440p display? I understand the only drawback may be the soldered 16GB RAM, which makes it basically useless for expansion, as an asymmetric RAM config would result in slower RAM performance even with higher capacity. Still, the whole package is quite amazing.
Im amazed and sad at the same time because I can't play pc games anymore... My samsung laptop stopped working 3 days ago. Maybe of old age idk... but its such a good laptop... it made me happy and its all i have...
Here's a fun story... I have the hp Omen 15 from 2018 with the i7 and 1060. My CPU fan failed and I contacted hp service in my country. Being 3 years old it was out of warranty. They quoted a price for the repair of one fan, it was $94(converter) which was a lot. I then asked local repair shops but they couldn't get the replacement part and it wasn't available online in my country. I finally found the replacement fans(both) from a US seller that ships to my country and ordered it. Even after payment for international shipping, customs and tax it came in under the price hp quoted. $82 exact, and that was for both fans. 🙃
@@sumitdalavi my guess is they did it themself. It's generally about 8 screws to replace both CPU and GPU fans. sometimes you have to actually take out the entire thermal solution but not always. but it's like a 10 minute job that literally anyone can do.
I'm looking to pick up a 2nd hand 2021 laptop to replace my surface book 2 15". I'm looking for 16:10 and decent power consumption to performance ratio. I work out on the road alot and use a camper van so something with a high watt requirement is an issue for me. The legion 5 pro looks good, but I was hoping for something that used less power with out too much of a performance hit... I'll continue to look through your videos but if something stands out too you I'd really appreciate the feedback.
I know I've mentioned this before but my 16GB Acer Nitro-5 (AN515-45 R21A) came with 2 sticks of memory in dual channel. It's possible that they changed the configuration since you bought yours after possibly hearing your complaint. It would be nice to know if they did for future reference for people that are interested in it.
Yep, I bought an Acer Nitro 5 (i7 10750 - 3060) in Canada a couple of months ago and it came with 16GB dual channel x8 RAM. My son uses it for gaming and school and the 90W 3060 GPU seems fine.
0:42 as an Asus GU502GU I totally disagree. When you are in a long-playing section, you have to choose between high cpu tempereture (+90-95 degree) with a hot plastic smell or bare with airplane engine sound like fan speed. Especially brands decide to disable undervolting with a bios update..
Should I buy the Asus Zephyrus g15 with rtx 3060 now or should I wait 5-6 months more? Edit: forgot to compliment the work you're putting in mate. Love the videos.
By the time 6 months has passed, another laptop is going to be planned in another few months then you wonder whether you should wait again or not. You're just playing endless waiting game.
@@justme8675 no actually I'm planning to buy a laptop either right now or just after my graduation, so if I wait now I won't wait after 6 months. I'll just buy one.
@@atharvagulajkar9271 I mean, buying it on the 6 month mark where newly fresh laptop coming out with reviews, how are you gonna know which one is the best options for that current year, the worst case scenario is you picking a bad laptop for that year.
This video came out on my birthday and i really enjoyed it. i bought the acer nitro 5 3050 around the same time for about 1000 USD. It came with a 1TB SSD and 16gb dual channel memory. There were not any 3060 models for sale, but i have been happy with my purchase and i am pleased to hear the main complaint on my computer was single channel memory.
I bought the Legion 5 Pro with a 3070, and I did not get the slower memory. Has been a great machine, super happy with it. and...NO iCUE!!!!! Your reviews were a huge part of my buying choice. Thanks so much!
Ive seen an asus TUF dash i7 octa core 3060 1TB ssd and i think im gonna get it despite this. It has many of the improvements you mentioned and as long as air flow is controlled i feel itll be a good laptop
@Jarrod'sTech I received my legion 5 pro with 3070 last week (a pretty big upgrade from my Asus G75VX). It came with 2x8gb sticks with the GOOD timings, the same as you show in your upgraded ram video (so I guess Lenovo fixed the ram issues). I found your channel a month ago and I can't explain how much value you give to us, Jarrod.
Update: after about 10 days of use, P key on the keyboard broke (key cap can't stay in its place and P is not working when I press it) and I hope reseller's warranty will cover it 😢
@@arpitmishra6711 I prefer the legion because of: 1) the price - it's cheaper in my country 2) 16" screen 3) 1600p screen 4) 16:10 screen 5) looks better than zephyrus for me
Update 2: Reseller offered me to replace the laptop with brand new instead of repairing. I accepted, but now I'm worried not to receive a refurbished laptop/laptop with bad ram timings/laptop with dead pixels. 😢
Update 3: My new L5P came today, I installed windows and boom - DEAD PIXELS. A lot of them. 7-8 in the area below the camera and some dead pixels next to the left and right edges of the screen. Also, the laptop came with the SLOW ram this time. The slow ram is made by Samsung and has part number M471A1G44AB0-CWE. The fast ram is made by SK Hynix and has part number HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN. I already requested a return and refund, but I prefer a replacement if they offer it again.
Battery drain issue in Lenovo Legion 7 can be removed/repaired in 15 sec permanently and you can still have amazing RBG options. It’s not an issue for like 98% of users...
He's already mentionned that. It becomes an issue when they don't fix it for a whole year. I have a Legion 7 and paying that much and still have to disable functions is frustrating (disabling corsair services means iCuE loses some features).
Legion 5 for the win,I absolutely love the design,I've got the rtx 3070 amd and it's a freaking beast,I game for hours some days and never any issues,great video dude,love your content 💯👍🏽
@@Marekval I have the 15.6" ryzen 7,I've heard the 17.3" model has a more washed out screen,response time is lower and the screen brightness is also lower.
@ImRaizex the difference is 5pro has the 16" screen which is 500nits at 2k resolution,legion 5 had just over 300nits and 1080p which you can play comfortably on,5 Pro has a metal chassis which makes it a little heavier,legion 5 has a polycarbonate chassis and also I believe the 5 Pro power goes up to 150 Watts,legion 5 is like 130 Watts so you will have a slightly more FPS maybe 5-10fps difference,think jarrod did a video on it if you want more details 👍🏽
As a Dell G15 owner since 2021, I can confirm that it's a great laptop with great battery performance, although it gets hot if you use it for high performance for an extended period of time. Another annoying problem is that the Alienware Command Center, which is the control panel of the laptop and it's bugged in my pc, I can't use it to adjust the fans, rgb, and else. However, overall it's a great laptop and I'd recommend it!
I think TongFang Laptop (that's XMG/ Eluktronics/ Illegear) usually are really bang of bucks for the price tag (while the quality still ok I guess) Currently owned Illegear Onxy V Ryzen 4800H + RTX 2060 (which is XMG Core 15 2020), although I got replace motherboard once before just within one month of purchase but then after that so far so good. I even cross flashed with XMG BIOS for better thermal control and stability
How are they bang for the buck when they are more expensive than most other laptops with the same specs? They offer full powered GPU but are WAY more expensive than others. 2100 for a 3070 Neo is a full 500 more than the zephyrus g15 with a 3070.. and the neo has half the ssd. Def not bang for the buck
Well I do agree that they offer relatively lower price in the market, and I bought one, but their after sales service is kinda disappointing due to low number of working staff and only KL HQ could do the critical repair. Yea I'm still waiting for them to diagnose yea not starting repair yet my laptop after two weeks :') Am waitin for my Legion5i now :'))
I got my 3060 Acer Nitro for $1100 for use docked in my solar conversion van and it’s great. It came with 2 sticks of 8gb ram, runs games in 1440p 60 max settings (death stranding, Sekiro) and sometimes 4k60 (dark souls remastered). It works great for exactly what I bought it for and helps me save power as I live off grid with solar from the roof of my van. I’m looking forward to using it to play elden ring when it comes out. Still wondering if I should get two sticks of 16gb ram, and if I can do some case mods for better thermals are therefore over locking since it is always in use docked vertically by my ac unit. In fact, when I saw your first review canning it for the hardware like screen quality and keyboard feel, I was very happy because it meant I could possibly find it even cheaper, it’s the most bang for the buck when it comes to laptop GPU power efficiency! I mainly play console ports, and this is better and more efficient than a PS5, plus it’s my daily driver computer too!
@@just_cryo thanks man. Yesterday I was playing FF7 on PlayStation in RGB on my CRT and running FF7R on my laptop on my 4K monitor at the same time in the van running off solar. Lol
Just got into the Legion 5's club with the 3070 😬 a little late but never too late for a great deal, thanks a lot for your reviews! It was crucial to the final decision
Thank you for another awesome video Jarrod! Last month I purchased the Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH315-54) with Dual Channel memory for 1,299$. The lack of MUX switch and CPU temp issues really saddened me, but regardless of that I am still happy that I was able to buy the better variant, as opposed to the unit you received. Love you videos bro!
Acer gives a good price but they break way too soon... mine died after only 8 months. So many other people Acer just breaking randomly some people after just a few months. I'll never buy a Acer again. If I'm paying over 1,000$ for a laptop it should last atleast 1 year
I just bought the Lenovo Legion 5 yesterday cause there was a nice sale finally. The version with a 17 inch screen, 144 Hz, RTX 3060 and a Ryzen 5 5600H. My current laptop is a Dell Inspiron I bought early 2013.. So this should be a nice upgrade now.
Based on your review, I bought the Lenovo Legion 5 (R5 5600H; RTX3060) , 2 months ago for around 1100€ and I was never so happy and satisfied with a Laptop before. I was coming from the Asus TuF A15 with R9 4900H and RTX2060 and although I liked the TuF, it´s such a huge difference. I think Lenovo hit the sweetspot and was cutting on the right edges to keep the price competitive...I mean, I am not the person who needs RGB or metal finished chassis. The screen could be better, because the 120Hz version is not awesome, but again, that´s things what you don´t realize when using it.
@@youtubeshadowbannedme because I did not need it. For gaming and normal office work it is fine. Besides of longer battery life, I also have the feeling that the games run faster with the 5600h, vs. the 4900h (in single core 5600h is better then 4900h)...and of course the full powered rtx3060 😅
@@personperson8563 lol looks like I dodged a bullet. I was considering getting it a few months back and it was out of stock. Got the Zephyrus GAG instead, still with low power GPUs, but definitely performing better than 1660Ti
I know this may be a really late response but one item with the Acer Nitro is that you can add both an extra M2 and an extra SSD/2.5 hard drive. When I was looking at options, many did not have any real ability to add storage.
Well my Strix G17, i would say it's a great gaming laptop, but not the best since it share the same issues with Strix G15 Advantage Edition, but i got mine back in March, where finding new gaming laptop with Ryzen 5000 CPUs were difficult and i still very happy with my Strix G17 till today. I tried to go for Legion 5 as well, but at that time, the Legion 5 2021 was just announced and i really need a new laptop as my old HP crappy pavilion gaming laptop has too many issues and it didn't meet my requirement for my work (i wasn't a tech enthusiast last time).
I'm surprised the ROG strix g15 isn't on the best list. It's got good price for every spec level and it looks gorgeous unlike something like the Legion 5 (although I'm not saying the legion looks bad).
my rog zephyrus g15 just gone today..using 10 days ago,2 usb a port damage.on top rubber is coming out. compere my old laptop dell g5 has no any issue and problem ,condition bad. today was return and refund.
Thank you jarrod, Your review on the Lenovo legion 5 really helped me to narrow down on the laptop as I really wanted it for my birthday. Been more than 3 months and works like a charm✨
Hey Jarrod, thx for your videos, they have definitively influenced my decision. I went with the Dell G15. It's one of the few companies that produce locally here in Brazil, and they beat all other options in terms of value for money. Also really good to know about the large battery life, we have power shortages quite frequently and I'll use the laptop for working too.
Thanks, backed me on Legion5 choice and nice t-shirt mate!
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I bought Asus tuf dash few months ago and back then it made more sense than today. 3050ti was brand new and it had price of 1660ti laptops so i went with 3050ti because of dlss. Also there wasn't that many options back then. Still, i wouldn't recommend tuf dash at the moment because quad core doesn't cut in 2021 games.
Exactly.. I bought the Asus TUF with a 90w 2060 and a woeful 3750H quad core and sold it less than a year later due to its abysmal performance in games - struggled to get 50fps with everything set to low on warzone.. with the money I got from selling it and a bit extra I purchased the Dell G15 with a 5800H and 130w 3060 - awesome laptop for the $ and phenomenal performance.. I now get well over 100fps in warzone with everything set to max (bar textures due to 6gb vram) and this is with Ray tracing on and DLSS off !! Incredible performer
Legion 5. Standard version doesn't have full powered graphic as mentioned here. It has 115W max tgp + 15W with boost. Now that may be closer to max for RTX 3060 but not for 3070. 3070 performance difference between normal and pro model in GPU heavy games are pretty measurable.
@@jhulenoscarantezanamendez6106 Have you read my comment property. That's what I'm saying that for 3060, it's same but for 3070, legion 5 pro can go all the way to 140W.
Great video, but in my region, legion 5 pro with 3060 is actually cheaper than legion 5 upgraded to 3060, since legion 5 ships with a 3050 ti? i think its ti, so imo in my region, legion 5 pro is just flat out better for a budgetish option
Got Legion 5 few weeks back. So far it's been great, I only dislike the wifi card which isn't the best. I guess I'll swap it in the future, but other than that, great laptop for sure. I'm totally happy playing with it even though I got normal desktop with RTX3070.
@@JarrodsTech Indeed, it's a mediatek wifi 6 card if i'm not totally wrong, but seems like it's unstable especially while I game and use discord same time. Have heard about this problem, new drivers helped a bit but still isn't as stable as it should. But you're right, swapping it shouldn't be too hard, gonna do it while upgrading to a bigger SSD. Otherwise I really like the laptop for sure.
Thank you for your incredible work. It helped me a lot by choosing the right gaming laptop. Finally decided to go with the legion 5 (3060/Ryzen 7 5800h) and got one for 1000€ at Amazon 😍
@@JamesMcarthy2369 the laptop is awesome, performance ist outstanding and even the cooling system is working really well. Never had temperatures above 75° (GPU) and 85° (CPU). I totally recommend it
I have the XMG Core 15 so essentially Neo 15 budget version. And if Jarrod had it it would be No. 1. Cheaper by a €1000, but barely worse. All the same features bar mechanical keyboard and the chassis is half plastic half metal, not all metal. Also well cooled, light and powerful
@@nyyke Both Tongfang. It almost the same chassis and it is the same display. Both get that good looking control panel that has controllable power limits (very cool) but some buginness (less cool)
@@nyyke Yes, if by Neo you mean a brand from XMG -- those feature TongFang chassis (basically the same as Mech 15 G3 from Eluktronics), though not everything by XMG is from TongFang, they are listed as customers of Clevo as well but not certain about the details. Cheers, mate!
Sorry My mistake, I just messed core and pro. As you corrected already core15 is tongfang 😅 with neo and core there is few minor differences in power supply, gpu avaibility and other small things.
I got the Acer Nitro 5 3060 with the 11400 i5. It was A$1796 marked down to A$1287 this weekend. Extra stick of ram and it’s great laptop. Paying close to A$1800 would be a disaster compared to the legion 5 or dell though
It's sad you left the G15 Strix AE off this list. It's by far the best value to performance you can get. 5980HX/6800m are both top tier. Biggest knock on it is the plastic, but you had the Dell G15 in the list so apparently that isn't the issue. But this is an opinion piece so I can see certainly understand liking the Legions. Cheers!
I tried the G15 Strix AE and desperately wanted to love it. The CPU and GPU are crazily powerful... BUT, no MUX switch to fully unleash that 6800m, and the heat build-up on it (and every other 15.6" laptop I've tried) killed the deal for me. I also couldn't stand the heat and fan noise pumped out by the Lenovo Legion 5 (with its incredibly irritating and constant fan spin-up and spin down). The Alienware m15 R5 with the 3070 was the biggest sauna-maker (Jesus, the heat that thing threw off, I'd be amazed if the machine lasted a year of normal use), and the pushed down keyboard had my wrist hanging over the edge of the keyboard deck, so that was returned, too. The Dell G15 came the closest to being tolerable in terms of the fan noise generated, but it also ran a bit hotter than then Lenovo. I think I liked the G15 the best because it was quite a bit cheaper than the Lenovo, and quieter while gaming, while still providing a MUX switch and the same 165Hz 1080p panel. I finally figured out the only solution to the heat/fan noise generated by all the 15.6" laptops I tried: a 17.3" form factor. Currently have an MSI Leopard GP76 with an 11800h/3070 combo. It has a MUX switch, but runs quieter than the Legion 5, and the heat simply gets more easily dissipated by the larger chassis. Only thing is, it weighs a ton, especially with its power brick. I finally just tried an Asus Strix G14 with an AMD 6800hs/6700s combination, and I loved the size and weight, but it got so hot, it was actually uncomfortable to touch the upper metal keyboard deck. In this case, I think the plastic chassis are an advantage, like with the Dell G15, because plastic is non-conductive of heat, so the keyboard deck stays noticeably cooler. In the end, I might just sell the Leopard GP76 and pick up a 2021 Dell G15 5800/3060 combo for $1199 Canadian while I still can. The awesome battery life combined with the gaming performance, quieter fan, and the plastic yet high-quality build may have just won me over for good.
I personally have no problem with a single ram stick because I already have sticks, making it better than if it was dual channel because then I'd have to change both sticks to upgrade the pc from 8gb to 16gb. But for those without plans to upgrade dual channel will be better
My Nitro 5 (AN515-45-R21A) came with two 8gb sticks of 3200 running in dual channel. It's extremely unfortunate that you take every opportunity you can to talk about how "bad" the Nitro 5 is just because your test machine was poorly configured. The most unfortunate part is that I was hoping my machine came with a single 16gb stick so that I could upgrade to 32gb dual channel at a minimal cost. What you view as the Nitro 5's weakest point is actually a great opportunity for expansion on a budget. Your videos are great and I appreciate the amount of information you provide, but your weakest point (and my only criticism) is that you fail to represent the point of view of the machines you review from any perspective except your own.
I’ve mentioned this multiple times to Jarrod. Single channel memory can be one of the strongest points about the laptop since you don’t need to buy extra and waste the existing sticks.
@@PaperRouteBrady It absolutely does not suck. It's the best value laptop available. Purchasing a laptop you'll be happy with, particularly in the budget sector, is about managing expectations. Jarrod's expectations (and yours) are unrealistic. I put a 2TB SSD for storage and a 32gb ballistics memory upgrade in my Nitro 5 and my total cost is still well below the closest comparable competitor. You would need to spend an additional $400-$500 (likely more, but I'm not going to research current prices) to buy a gaming laptop that matches the specs and performance of my computer, and the performance improvements would be minimal at best.
Great video and great timing to release. Thank you for your hard work. I am wondering which one is better if the price is only 100usd different between this two options for a Legion 5 pro; Option 1: Ryzen 7 5800 rtx3070 Or Option 2: i7 11800 rtx 3060 I want to make a decision according to better performance and long term usage. Anyone is welcome to comment. Thank you in advance =)
If it helps, I went with the Ryzen version. Tends to be more efficient on battery and the performance is very similar. If you are a gamer, go for the 3070 version. I'd only go for the intel if you need thunderbolt.
I love your videos Dude! I tend to change my laptop every four years and I always wait for this time of year in order to see this type of video! Thanks 🙏
What are anyone's thought about Asus Strix G15 Advantage Edition. On one hand we get to hear negative reviews about its GPU going completely kaput weeks after purchase, but on the other hand the 6800m costs what a 3060 Laptop would cost here in India and gives performance that sits between 3070 and 3080.
The advantage costs 1.55L. It’s probably one of the best high end laptops here but still not worth it. Better to get something like a victus or a nitro(upgrade it to dual channel)
Asus is unreliable. I had 2 different laptops die on me because of their motherboard soldered crap. Even without that, poor finition and poor thinking by engineers. After all this years they still don't learn about their mistakes it's like they don't care
I really enjoy this channel. I have always been a console player, and lately I’ve bee trying to make a change. I honestly don’t understand 20% of PC gaming so I’m going for a Laptop first and try it out. You are very precise, you explain everything in a way someone like me can start understanding. Keep up the good work 👍🏽
For the G15, only the G15 5511 (i7 11800h) and the g15 5515 ( ryzen 7 5800h) has a mux switch while the G15 5510 (i7 10870h) doesn’t. G15 5510 also only has 90W tdp 3060 while the others are 125W
I bought the Dell G15 with the 5800H and 130w 3060 and it's the best gaming laptop I've ever purchased and I've owned numerous over the years now.. incredible performance for the $$ and great looking with solid build quality
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isn't the g15 110 - 130 tpu now after a Vbios update?
@@plinioandreasgaston-dabao3843 I haven't updated mine since the review, where it maxed at 125w.
Hey Jarrod, just asking. Have you covered the ASUS F15? not the Dash F15 the ASUS F15 gaming laptop? cos I haven't seen anyone review the F15 in depth. Just want to know. Thanks for your Vids.
@@JarrodsTech Makes sense, thanks for letting me know about the sucky 120 hz screen.
50 bucks more for the 165 was worth it
Hi Jarrod. Do you mind to review 17" of Helios 300? i think it will be a good topic to talk about 😉, since it doesn't suck that much as much i tested. 140w of TGP for 3070. that would be a great contrast for your 15" model.
Hope this topic can comes to you next few videos.
In my country(Taiwan), it cost only 13Kish USD during black fridy holidays.
nah, i wont get mad at you for providing facts. I'm watching on my Legion 5 in which I watched your review before i purchased it. I am able to game on this at high settings and the great part of it is it didn't break my bank. For me, you are definitely the best reviewer for laptops not unlike some other reviewers that just hype a product and does not check all the actual technical performance of the laptop. I hope you get more subscribers in the future.
I am watching this from my Legion 5 Pro 3070 one..its so good
Im watching in my Legion 5 2021 too after see his review awesome laptop i think the best purchase of my life.
@@BuchitOpSwAGG thanks for your help now I am buying leigon 5 2021 now
How does it run warzone??
I am watching on my nitro 5 but it didnt come single channel and it isnt the 1650 so dont feel as bad really
Thank you Jarrod for being my go-to reviewer for the past year, I finally got my 2021 Lenovo legion 7 a few weeks ago, a MASSIVE jump from my old 2012 Samsung laptop, the 32GB of RAM + Ryzen 9 5000 + RTX 3080 make such a compelling performance, I cannot believe how long I've grown accustomed to the immensely slow speed that my old laptop provides. Love my Legion 7.
I love my legion 7, it’s a shame it didn’t make the cut into Jarrods top 5 because of battery issues, I find it will last when you’re using the right settings, ive got no complaints at all
That is a huge upgrade! Enjoy it 👍
@@JarrodsTech Hi Jarrod, could you explain me more about the Legion 7 bug? I don't understand why it shouldn't be in the top 5
What
@@zenny974 battery life drains super quickly cus of the RGB software
You are such a good reviewer. You don't fanboy over certain brands, are neutral, and very straight to the point. No unnecessary fillers. Keep it up. You definitely have a fan.
Stop the cap this guy is such a fanboy over the legion 5 in every tier list or list I've watched it comes out 1st or close, it's a good laptop but maybe he should try something else
Upgraded from legion 5 to a mech-15 last week. This video made me happy seeing both these laptops are at the top.
Why would u upgrade to something similar xD
It looks more like switching to similar than upgrading.
Bruh you living the dream. Me too one day
it's like having a Bose and buying a Sony headphone
I had the previous Mech 15 (with the 2080). I couldn’t get used to the keyboard. Since my son needed a new gaming laptop I gave it to him and bought the Legion 7i with the 3080. Since one has to be on wall power to really run the GPU, I think that the power drain due to the Corsair software is really an overrated point and, since you can just disable it and get a better power profile, I think this is a nonissue. Not really sure why you keep harping on this….
@@ArnieHorta I mean it’s a laptop with bad battery…. If it has to be plugged in it’s a worse pc
Watching this video from a Legion 5 Pro, your videos helped me A TON to choose the best laptop for my budget and also learnt a lot from you, I got it even cheaper than the Legion 5 was here in my region. Thanks a lot Jarrod!
Oh wow sounds like a nice deal!
What is your region?!
Damn I wish I could get stuff cheaper. Everything is more expensive than in the US while earning 1/5 of money 🤣
Quote of the day
"Friends don't let Friends buy quad core "
-Jarrod
That's dumb
@@xXlURMOMlXx true, his comparing CPU intensive games and still measuring the GPU performance
and also remember, it ALWAYS depends on the price
Actually , the more specific phrase should be "Friends don't let Friends buy quad core at i7 prices " . That is what the i7-11370H CPU is , 4 core but with an 8 core i7 pricing . 4 core with i3 pricing is absolutely acceptable.
No asus tuf a15 or acer nitro
If there's one thing that I hope other brands will take away from Legion 5's success, it's that just because a laptop is aimed at a gamer audience doesn't necessarily mean it has to _look_ "gamer-y"
Yeah true, I like the stealth look
@@JarrodsTech Same.
On my desktrop, it took me quite a while to find decent peripherals that didn't want to spew unicorn vomit XD
I bought a Scar 15 because the Legion 5 Pro wasn't available in my country :( and still to this day isn't
Its availible where I am at but only with Windows 11 so that basically means it isnt availible lol
To be fair, the Scar G15 2021 is still good, just no MUX switch.
The Scar is great, just has no mux
@@jacks3940 What you have against win 11 ? and you aware that you can just downgrade to win 10
@@jacks3940 windows 11 in my opinion is much better than win 10
Hey bro, just letting you know that I've been comparing gaming laptops for 4 months, aiming to finally upgrade from my 2015 Mac Pro (which would only let me play Minecraft and a couple more games), and after reaching to your channel I've literally seen the light! I'm decided to get a Legion 5 in a week or so, purely thanks to your extensive analysis of components, benchmarks of the whole machine, and in-game performance. I've already recommended you to all my tech friends, and they've been impressed too!
Cheers from Spain!
Bro I'm in the exact same spot lmao! 2015 mac air, I'm buying the Legion 5 this week 😁 really excited as I've also barely managed to run Minecraft and some other games. How has it been?
@@netblu yo did u get it and how is it holding up
4:04 Watching this moment on my glorious 15 inch, 144Hz WQHD XMG Neo Screen. Your reviews were one of the reasons I sold my Asus A15 and bought XMG Neo. Worth every penny (or złotówka, if you're in Poland). The only thing that's driving me nuts is the keyboard but i got my Dell USB-C Hub and Corsair K70 Rapidfire to mitigate that.
Have a great week Jarrod! :)
As I'm an engineer and game casually I got the 3070 Lenovo 5 pro. Thank you for reviewing it with such accuracy and detail. I immediately swapped ram for 64gb so the memory wasn't an issue for me. Thanks Jarrod.
One month in, how is it holding up?
@@JamesMcarthy2369 Very good performance. Gaming or development both are effortless. The touchpad is not very good. I loved the large surface area but palm rejection is bad. Also i have windows 11 which seems to have many bugs. I would still suggest to buy, but don't upgrade to windows 11 for some time
Thanks for your thoughts, it is a good thing that these toys have gotten to the point where there are not any truly flawed devices. I almost went with the Helios 300 but went and grabbed a Nitro 5 Ryzen with a 3070 on sale instead. Acer has since upgraded the 3070 firmware to run at 100w for a nice bonus boost. I am enjoying it and it does work better with a US$60 8gb in the second memory slot. Keep up the good work
Bought Legion 5 Pro with 5600H and 3060 and I need to say I'm completely happy. It even came with a smaller 230 W power brick. The only downside is backlight bleed of its IPS panel (it's pretty terrible) but apart from that, it's a great PC.
it also has rtx 3070 version with 32 gb rab and same ryzen 7 which is better i think, you can also see
How much did you pay for yours?
@@mythicgaming2552 not the OP but if you're getting it for under 1200usd, its a good deal. the 3070 is only slightly better for ~+250usd
@@dga.k.adifferentguy6059 i purchased the Legion 5 - Ryzen 5600H + RTX 3070 + 16 GB DDR4 for 1200€ - will i be happy with this one`? ♥
@@MoTz_50 did you have any issue with the memory stick or the ram?
I bought the Legion 5 with AMD simply because I like to watch my Animes in 16:9 without black bars. Horrible feeling on my 16:10 Macbook Pro…
Now I can game and enjoy Animes!
Oh and Full HD Blu Rays dont look upscaled on the 16:9 screen. It looks way worse upscaled on my 2K screen on Macbook Pro…
And I get way more FPS while gaming on a Full HD 16:9 screen instead of a 2K 16:10 screen.
Final fantasy 15 looks much more fluent
You could just play the game in 16:9 on the 16:10 screen and have the best of both worlds
Black bars are honestly not a big deal. You get more screen real estate where there would be normally bezels.
Just ordered a Legion 5 and waiting for it, glad I made the best choice there is. Thank you for making great reviews Jarrod, your reviews really helped.
there is big difference beetween sreen legion 5 pro and legion 5 ?
@@JustasOmis depends on the model. There are legion 5 with 144hz and 120hz and I've read the 120hz one is trash. I think they are models with rtx 2000 series though.
As for the 3000 series which are recommended on the video (I assume),
The 165hz ips panel, on the Pro version is much brighter (over 500nits), and the non-pro is 300 nits. The Pro version has a higher resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. The non-pro has a 16:9 1080p screen. Both claim 100% sRGB coverage.
I have a legion 7 5900hx 3080, and oh baby is it powerful AF. Runs pretty quiet and cool too.
Hes crazy not being on top 5, So dum
How long did it take you to get it? On the Lenovo website, it says 4 + months to ship. I'm not waiting that long.
@@soulaesthete8563 I ordered the lenovo legion 7 pro with a 3070 and 32g of ram about 2 weeks ago and it said 3+ months shipping at the time but I got a delivery update a couple days ago that it should be here next monday, so potentially it shouldn’t be 4 months
@@eliheger got mine in September. Came in 3 days
I have the legion 5 pro (since September) and play Skyrim on ultra with no problems with many texture packs and stuff and the AMD CPU keeps up very well and I don't even have to put the GPU in balanced or performance mode so it stays warm and never hot.
Thanks for helping me choose
I have an Acer Nitro 5 i'm in Italy and i bought It at Just 999€ and it's a model with 8gb x8 RAM and with AN external screen It gets only 5-8fps less than the legion 5 and the legion 5 in Italy costs around 1399€ and even adding a 144hz monitor+8 GB of extra RAM It costs 200€ less so i think that the Acer nitro Is still a perfect option
Was that the 3060 version or the 1650 one?
In italy we have less power, more money option only for laptops
@@copykaktus4193 3060
@@firealba4520 thats actually quite bad for a 3060 because a normal laptop 3060 is normally faster than a legion 5 laptop because the legion 5 has a downclocked gpu for less heat
@@paneledp where did you get that info?
Check 4:10 the vid has an issue
One frame is flipped for so e reason. It's probably not a big deal.
Edit: the vid is overall is amazing. Though I have a question. Is the Dell laptop color is that of a deal breaker? Like I have an Hp omen 15 with 100% sRGB and I want to upgrade to a laptop but not sure if the 50% sRGB is that of a deal breaker? Is it?
legion is always on top, have the lenovo laptop now
I got mine yesterday. I'm so happy with the purchase
@@thecommenter578 me too I've got the legion 5 pro 3070 one which is a fkn beast...
@@davidak115 Damn! that's so cool! I fot the 3050ti because the other models were way out of my budget, but still it's so much better that the crappy HP laptop from Walmart I was using for the last 8 years
Pls, NEVER stop doing what you do. I was wondering which thin good cooling system gaming laptop I can get, and this videos are giving me a clear answer
If only RTX 3000 series Xenia 15 / Mag 15 was readily available and with reasonable pricing, I bet it's gonna be the #1 best laptop of 2021, just like the Mag15 with 1660ti from 2years ago. 😁
This video was just a very good information giver that I honestly want this guy to get more subscribers, so others can find his channel easier. I’m subbing
I’m probably the opposite of what you might call a ‘thermally paranoid’ person. I go by a rule where “if it’s not at TJmax, it’s not being pushed hard enough”.
you probably have *The Money™* to do so, so..
same, I immediately think of that meme in simpsons fire "it's fine" hahahaha
Yes, this!! My Dell G15 his 100 degrees even on a cooling pad when playing battlefield 2042 and running it like this for hours upon hours there has been no issues at all.. all other games it never gets above about 86 degrees though ... I've read that dell sets the max temp to 100 for Max performance and AMD and Dell have both seperatly stated that the ryzen 7 5000 series will happily sit in the 90s all day without breaking a sweat.. so I'm not concerned
@@zabu14 Lol what does that even mean? Nobody is too poor for a hot laptop.... it's not like it's going to fail
high temp may not cause dmg to the cpu but for other components like battery, ssd, ic,... im not so sure man, especially when you run at that high temp for hours and everyday .Just get a legion 5 pro and no need to look back
Thanks for the video! Saw this after i got my Asus TUF Dash F15. It's pretty good so far, way better than my old HP laptop with a dual-core i3. My personal experience is pretty good. I got the F15 with a 3050ti, 8 GB DDR4 ram, and i7-11370h. It runs most games over 100 fps on medium - high settings. Some games run less then 100 fps, but thats fine. For the most part, this laptop is way better than my old one, and because of that, I am extremely happy with it. It's pretty fast, lightweight, and 144hz. Can't get over it. No camera, but that's fine. It's overall a good laptop, just a quad-core cpu does tend to bottleneck gpu in more heavy cpu games. Other than that, it does extremely well in whatever I throw at it. I don't regret buying it!
Thanks I have been thinking of buying it . I'm worried if I bought the wrong one 👍
Nice to see the laptop I bought earlier this year is in the worst gaming laptop list :'(
Although to be fair the Acer store offered an additional ram (which makes it dual channel and total ram is 16gb) for only $20 which I kinda haggled my way that they just gave it for free. And it was the only laptop available with an rtx 3060 under $1100 in a 100km radius at the time lol
His only problem was the lower performance due to having only a single channel RAM out of the box. If you got it on dual channel for no extra cost, then you got a good deal. Kind of jealous actually because in my area, even this late in the year, the Acer Nitro available for about $1100 equivalent is a single channel with only RTX 3050.
@@dan9806 lemme guess, you're from the Philippines as well? You got your laptop from the malls, too? Coz I did and I got mine with free RAM upgrade if paid in full cold cash.
Having dual channel will fix those problems so yours is in good hands
Don't know why everyone is paying 1100 USD for an Acer Nitro 5, I paid the equivalent of 700 USD in Australia for one with an RTX 3050, i5-11400H and 512GB SSD like 3 months back and an 8GB stick of DDR4 here is like 15 USD and its on sale at this price pretty much every month
@@arjundang6733 He most likely bought it here in the Philippines. Taxes here for products like these are high.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I’m upgrading from a 2016 laptop running 40 FPS in every game. This has helped so much. Thank you.
Hey Jarrod! loved ur reviews throughout 2021, all reviews have been saying the ryzen Alienware m15 r5 is a lot worse than m15 r6. But then some reviewers also claim the intel version is also bad. I have this laptop and the temps are really great and performance feels unmatched, it’s been a weird year for Alienware but there definitely seems to be some mass quality control issues
Plus the XPS 15 & 17 with poor QC on the trackpad. I mean, come on Dell! 🤦
I really wanted to buy Alienware m15 r5 but then i see jarrod's video and i am like is this laptop really this bad. If you could help me. With its temperatures and performance.
alienware are heavilly ovepriced shit generally!! its bad when laptop with rtx 3080 are slower then cheap laptop with 3070 or 3070 laptop vs 3060 and so on
See,. looks like you haven't used any other laptop, that's why you have no reference to point out any type of difference, i had been gaming on laptop from 2008 (Dell Latitude E5400 (Core2Duo), still gaming on laptop, so i kinda have changed a lot of them and have pretty descent experience in using them and comparing them.
With that price point and size, if you get over heating, throttling, its very bad.
@@nishada_bhi I have had an M15R6 for a month now, and it's an awesome device. Before I had an MSI-GP62 with a i5-6300HQ and GTX 1060, and the build quality and performance difference is absolutely huge.
Keep in mind that I got mine for €1400 instead of the "standard" €2200, since I got a student discount and it was already discounted that day...
Didn't see this video for a month, but I actually chose my best friend's birthday present from his parents by accident a little while before this video came out and recommended the Legion 5. So now he's got a Legion 5. No regrets, and nice to see it in second place to validate my recommendation. Eluktronics is just not available in Singapore.
For anyone curious about it, his Dad told him that he needed to buy a new gaming laptop (his Dad's a gamer) and asked him for recommendations, but he wasn't sure so he asked me, and I recommended a configuration for the Legion 5 that he then passed along to his Dad. Then his Dad bought it for him. Fun.
Thanks for the videos, your reviews helped me with my purchase of the Lenovo Legion 5 and I'm very satisfied with the product. I got mine (Ryzen 7 5800H, 8gb RAM, 3050ti, 512gb NVMe SSD) on sale for $711. I may eventually add another RAM stick for 16-32 gb of RAM total, but I'm more than pleased with the performance of this machine as it comes out of the box!
what brand of SSD did you put?
@@Andersson_ I'm honestly not sure, the SSD came included with the laptop. The only thing I've done post purchase was replace the 8gb RAM stick with two 16gb RAM sticks, and it drastically increased the laptop's performance.
Good video
Cheers mate!
Hi Jarrod! I appreciate you are speaking facts and going straight to the point. The things you were speaking about such as single memory RAM channel, soldered RAM, RTX 3070 with poor graphics and other topics, it makes totally sense. I think this is not about having preferences in a specific brand; it's about if it worths buy a laptop like that. Greetings from Colombia!
watching on my legion 5 right now, came with a single channel 8gb stick and ran games terribly but upgraded to dual channel 16gb and its tripled the fps in most games, insane
Nice! Definitely worth paying the extra for the additional stick 👍
I went through so many of your videos to make a decision on buying a good gaming laptop, all in all you have the best reviews on these machines so far.anyway I still end up buying the Lenovo legion 5 the RTX 3050 ti version (I was strictly on a budget) still waiting for it to arrive, will see how it does.
So how would the ASUS S17 have ranked with the 1440p display? I understand the only drawback may be the soldered 16GB RAM, which makes it basically useless for expansion, as an asymmetric RAM config would result in slower RAM performance even with higher capacity.
Still, the whole package is quite amazing.
I was surprised laptops like the blade 14 and zephyrus g14 werent on the list, until I realized that this list prefers performance over form factor
Well, he still should’ve put razer blade on there. Because I love mine. They are, in my opinion, head and shoulders over other brands
I'm completely in love with my Legion 7i (i9 11980HK, 3080). Such a sensational laptop
Let's gooo Legion 7 ftw!
Im amazed and sad at the same time because I can't play pc games anymore... My samsung laptop stopped working 3 days ago. Maybe of old age idk... but its such a good laptop... it made me happy and its all i have...
Here's a fun story...
I have the hp Omen 15 from 2018 with the i7 and 1060. My CPU fan failed and I contacted hp service in my country. Being 3 years old it was out of warranty. They quoted a price for the repair of one fan, it was $94(converter) which was a lot. I then asked local repair shops but they couldn't get the replacement part and it wasn't available online in my country. I finally found the replacement fans(both) from a US seller that ships to my country and ordered it. Even after payment for international shipping, customs and tax it came in under the price hp quoted. $82 exact, and that was for both fans. 🙃
lol Damn. Are you India bro
what about Actually fitting it? how much for fitting and servicing?
@@sumitdalavi my guess is they did it themself. It's generally about 8 screws to replace both CPU and GPU fans. sometimes you have to actually take out the entire thermal solution but not always. but it's like a 10 minute job that literally anyone can do.
@@josephgood2704 he is probably talking about a laptop, As Desktop parts are available easily.
@@sumitdalavi I did that myself. It was easy enough. Also swapped out the thermal pads and Paste.
I'm looking to pick up a 2nd hand 2021 laptop to replace my surface book 2 15". I'm looking for 16:10 and decent power consumption to performance ratio. I work out on the road alot and use a camper van so something with a high watt requirement is an issue for me. The legion 5 pro looks good, but I was hoping for something that used less power with out too much of a performance hit... I'll continue to look through your videos but if something stands out too you I'd really appreciate the feedback.
I know I've mentioned this before but my 16GB Acer Nitro-5 (AN515-45 R21A) came with 2 sticks of memory in dual channel. It's possible that they changed the configuration since you bought yours after possibly hearing your complaint. It would be nice to know if they did for future reference for people that are interested in it.
Yep, I bought an Acer Nitro 5 (i7 10750 - 3060) in Canada a couple of months ago and it came with 16GB dual channel x8 RAM. My son uses it for gaming and school and the 90W 3060 GPU seems fine.
0:42 as an Asus GU502GU I totally disagree. When you are in a long-playing section, you have to choose between high cpu tempereture (+90-95 degree) with a hot plastic smell or bare with airplane engine sound like fan speed. Especially brands decide to disable undervolting with a bios update..
Should I buy the Asus Zephyrus g15 with rtx 3060 now or should I wait 5-6 months more?
Edit: forgot to compliment the work you're putting in mate. Love the videos.
Wait for the 3070 version to go to a 1500 dollar discount, and I think you should get that if you can because that's a pretty amazing value.
By the time 6 months has passed, another laptop is going to be planned in another few months then you wonder whether you should wait again or not. You're just playing endless waiting game.
@@justme8675 no actually I'm planning to buy a laptop either right now or just after my graduation, so if I wait now I won't wait after 6 months. I'll just buy one.
I agree with getting 3070 instead. There might be other 3060 laptops that are better value than the G15
@@atharvagulajkar9271 I mean, buying it on the 6 month mark where newly fresh laptop coming out with reviews, how are you gonna know which one is the best options for that current year, the worst case scenario is you picking a bad laptop for that year.
Thanks Jarrod! I'll be picking up the legion 5 tomorrow! Love the rant, I'll be checking back with you for my next purchase.
This video came out on my birthday and i really enjoyed it. i bought the acer nitro 5 3050 around the same time for about 1000 USD. It came with a 1TB SSD and 16gb dual channel memory. There were not any 3060 models for sale, but i have been happy with my purchase and i am pleased to hear the main complaint on my computer was single channel memory.
Does the 3050 perform well??
rip bro now its 3060 version 650$ the amd version
@@TheChuyDewy yeah after a year goes by anything thats not top of the line will usually do that. its still working great for me though
@@cole152535 tru with 40 series laptops coming out its a good laptop nonetheless
I bought the Legion 5 Pro with a 3070, and I did not get the slower memory. Has been a great machine, super happy with it. and...NO iCUE!!!!! Your reviews were a huge part of my buying choice. Thanks so much!
The 7 only has iQue, not the 5 Pro.
@@cameronbosch1213 I know, I own it and that's why I said NO iCUE!!
Ive seen an asus TUF dash i7 octa core 3060 1TB ssd and i think im gonna get it despite this. It has many of the improvements you mentioned and as long as air flow is controlled i feel itll be a good laptop
Asus for the win!!
i bought the XMG Neo 15 based on your reviews and i love it! thanks for the great tech videos.
Where did you Bought it
@Jarrod'sTech I received my legion 5 pro with 3070 last week (a pretty big upgrade from my Asus G75VX). It came with 2x8gb sticks with the GOOD timings, the same as you show in your upgraded ram video (so I guess Lenovo fixed the ram issues). I found your channel a month ago and I can't explain how much value you give to us, Jarrod.
Update: after about 10 days of use, P key on the keyboard broke (key cap can't stay in its place and P is not working when I press it) and I hope reseller's warranty will cover it 😢
@@djagoegei18 i am thinking between legien 5 and rog zephryus g15 which one should i get
@@arpitmishra6711 I prefer the legion because of:
1) the price - it's cheaper in my country
2) 16" screen
3) 1600p screen
4) 16:10 screen
5) looks better than zephyrus for me
Update 2: Reseller offered me to replace the laptop with brand new instead of repairing. I accepted, but now I'm worried not to receive a refurbished laptop/laptop with bad ram timings/laptop with dead pixels. 😢
Update 3:
My new L5P came today, I installed windows and boom - DEAD PIXELS. A lot of them. 7-8 in the area below the camera and some dead pixels next to the left and right edges of the screen. Also, the laptop came with the SLOW ram this time. The slow ram is made by Samsung and has part number M471A1G44AB0-CWE. The fast ram is made by SK Hynix and has part number HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN.
I already requested a return and refund, but I prefer a replacement if they offer it again.
I picked up a g15 just after your review for just 1300 CAD(a bit under 1000USD at the time) with the 165hz screen. super happy with it!
Battery drain issue in Lenovo Legion 7 can be removed/repaired in 15 sec permanently and you can still have amazing RBG options. It’s not an issue for like 98% of users...
but why should the user have to do it though? and that's why the laptop sucks. did they get rid of that disco vibe when you wake it from sleep?
Pls tell me how
He's already mentionned that. It becomes an issue when they don't fix it for a whole year. I have a Legion 7 and paying that much and still have to disable functions is frustrating (disabling corsair services means iCuE loses some features).
Such an underrated channel, thanks for all the reviews and benchmarks Jarrod!
Glad you like them!
Legion 5 for the win,I absolutely love the design,I've got the rtx 3070 amd and it's a freaking beast,I game for hours some days and never any issues,great video dude,love your content 💯👍🏽
Do you have the 17.3" ryzen 7 model with 3070?
@@Marekval I have the 15.6" ryzen 7,I've heard the 17.3" model has a more washed out screen,response time is lower and the screen brightness is also lower.
Deep pockets win, the deeper the pocket, the more the satisfaction.
@ImRaizex the difference is 5pro has the 16" screen which is 500nits at 2k resolution,legion 5 had just over 300nits and 1080p which you can play comfortably on,5 Pro has a metal chassis which makes it a little heavier,legion 5 has a polycarbonate chassis and also I believe the 5 Pro power goes up to 150 Watts,legion 5 is like 130 Watts so you will have a slightly more FPS maybe 5-10fps difference,think jarrod did a video on it if you want more details 👍🏽
@ImRaizex oh and price is like $200 difference.
As a Dell G15 owner since 2021, I can confirm that it's a great laptop with great battery performance, although it gets hot if you use it for high performance for an extended period of time. Another annoying problem is that the Alienware Command Center, which is the control panel of the laptop and it's bugged in my pc, I can't use it to adjust the fans, rgb, and else. However, overall it's a great laptop and I'd recommend it!
I think TongFang Laptop (that's XMG/ Eluktronics/ Illegear) usually are really bang of bucks for the price tag (while the quality still ok I guess)
Currently owned Illegear Onxy V Ryzen 4800H + RTX 2060 (which is XMG Core 15 2020), although I got replace motherboard once before just within one month of purchase but then after that so far so good. I even cross flashed with XMG BIOS for better thermal control and stability
How are they bang for the buck when they are more expensive than most other laptops with the same specs? They offer full powered GPU but are WAY more expensive than others. 2100 for a 3070 Neo is a full 500 more than the zephyrus g15 with a 3070.. and the neo has half the ssd.
Def not bang for the buck
Well I do agree that they offer relatively lower price in the market, and I bought one, but their after sales service is kinda disappointing due to low number of working staff and only KL HQ could do the critical repair. Yea I'm still waiting for them to diagnose yea not starting repair yet my laptop after two weeks :') Am waitin for my Legion5i now :'))
Great video again! I bought the Dell G15 Ryzen Gaming Edition with the 5800H and 130w 3060 and I love it...
I got my 3060 Acer Nitro for $1100 for use docked in my solar conversion van and it’s great. It came with 2 sticks of 8gb ram, runs games in 1440p 60 max settings (death stranding, Sekiro) and sometimes 4k60 (dark souls remastered).
It works great for exactly what I bought it for and helps me save power as I live off grid with solar from the roof of my van. I’m looking forward to using it to play elden ring when it comes out. Still wondering if I should get two sticks of 16gb ram, and if I can do some case mods for better thermals are therefore over locking since it is always in use docked vertically by my ac unit.
In fact, when I saw your first review canning it for the hardware like screen quality and keyboard feel, I was very happy because it meant I could possibly find it even cheaper, it’s the most bang for the buck when it comes to laptop GPU power efficiency! I mainly play console ports, and this is better and more efficient than a PS5, plus it’s my daily driver computer too!
that sounds really cool, off the grid with a sick laptop, you go dude!
@@just_cryo thanks man. Yesterday I was playing FF7 on PlayStation in RGB on my CRT and running FF7R on my laptop on my 4K monitor at the same time in the van running off solar. Lol
Just got into the Legion 5's club with the 3070 😬 a little late but never too late for a great deal, thanks a lot for your reviews! It was crucial to the final decision
Thank you for another awesome video Jarrod! Last month I purchased the Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH315-54) with Dual Channel memory for 1,299$. The lack of MUX switch and CPU temp issues really saddened me, but regardless of that I am still happy that I was able to buy the better variant, as opposed to the unit you received. Love you videos bro!
I was considering buying that particular version of the Helios. Where did you get yours? I want to make sure that I buy the right one.
Acer gives a good price but they break way too soon... mine died after only 8 months. So many other people Acer just breaking randomly some people after just a few months. I'll never buy a Acer again. If I'm paying over 1,000$ for a laptop it should last atleast 1 year
@@avon13-x8s Stay away from Acer if you want a computer that lasts
I just bought the Lenovo Legion 5 yesterday cause there was a nice sale finally. The version with a 17 inch screen, 144 Hz, RTX 3060 and a Ryzen 5 5600H.
My current laptop is a Dell Inspiron I bought early 2013.. So this should be a nice upgrade now.
I have been looking at nearly the same version. How do you like it so far? I am just about to buy it.
Based on your review, I bought the Lenovo Legion 5 (R5 5600H; RTX3060) , 2 months ago for around 1100€ and I was never so happy and satisfied with a Laptop before. I was coming from the Asus TuF A15 with R9 4900H and RTX2060 and although I liked the TuF, it´s such a huge difference. I think Lenovo hit the sweetspot and was cutting on the right edges to keep the price competitive...I mean, I am not the person who needs RGB or metal finished chassis. The screen could be better, because the 120Hz version is not awesome, but again, that´s things what you don´t realize when using it.
i bought my AMD Advantage Edition Asus Rog G15 with RX6800M for around the same amount in India. you could say 1300 Pounds
Why would you downgrade from a 8 core flagship laptop CPU to a mid range 6 core laptop CPU
@@youtubeshadowbannedme because I did not need it. For gaming and normal office work it is fine. Besides of longer battery life, I also have the feeling that the games run faster with the 5600h, vs. the 4900h (in single core 5600h is better then 4900h)...and of course the full powered rtx3060 😅
@@sumitdalavi where did you buy i am from india
So do you still think was a good decision buying the legion 5?
This guy needs more attention, he makes some pretty high quality videos.
The 3060 TUF15 costs 1150 bucks in the US as one of the cheapest 3060 laptops you can get, so I guess it'd make more sense in the states
It’s terrible. It has the performance of a 1660ti when I bought it. Has to refund it and get a better laptop.
@@personperson8563 lol looks like I dodged a bullet. I was considering getting it a few months back and it was out of stock. Got the Zephyrus GAG instead, still with low power GPUs, but definitely performing better than 1660Ti
I know this may be a really late response but one item with the Acer Nitro is that you can add both an extra M2 and an extra SSD/2.5 hard drive. When I was looking at options, many did not have any real ability to add storage.
Well my Strix G17, i would say it's a great gaming laptop, but not the best since it share the same issues with Strix G15 Advantage Edition, but i got mine back in March, where finding new gaming laptop with Ryzen 5000 CPUs were difficult and i still very happy with my Strix G17 till today.
I tried to go for Legion 5 as well, but at that time, the Legion 5 2021 was just announced and i really need a new laptop as my old HP crappy pavilion gaming laptop has too many issues and it didn't meet my requirement for my work (i wasn't a tech enthusiast last time).
Same here
I think it's still great with 17 inch just no 100RGB and mug
Perfect timing to make this video! Glad I went with the Legion 5
Hope it's going well!
I'm surprised the ROG strix g15 isn't on the best list. It's got good price for every spec level and it looks gorgeous unlike something like the Legion 5 (although I'm not saying the legion looks bad).
Not really a huge fan of the weird hinge thing they have going on there
@@kenbee1957 which laptop you talking about?
@@arpitmishra6711
The Rog Strix
my rog zephyrus g15 just gone today..using 10 days ago,2 usb a port damage.on top rubber is coming out. compere my old laptop dell g5 has no any issue and problem ,condition bad. today was return and refund.
I bought it brother it's a fuckin beast.
Thank you jarrod, Your review on the Lenovo legion 5 really helped me to narrow down on the laptop as I really wanted it for my birthday. Been more than 3 months and works like a charm✨
Hey Jarrod, thx for your videos, they have definitively influenced my decision. I went with the Dell G15. It's one of the few companies that produce locally here in Brazil, and they beat all other options in terms of value for money. Also really good to know about the large battery life, we have power shortages quite frequently and I'll use the laptop for working too.
Same. I bought wife a non gaming Lenovo though. Just really impressed with G15 especially cyber monday sale and it came with upgraded screen.
Thanks, backed me on Legion5 choice and nice t-shirt mate!
I bought Asus tuf dash few months ago and back then it made more sense than today. 3050ti was brand new and it had price of 1660ti laptops so i went with 3050ti because of dlss. Also there wasn't that many options back then. Still, i wouldn't recommend tuf dash at the moment because quad core doesn't cut in 2021 games.
Exactly.. I bought the Asus TUF with a 90w 2060 and a woeful 3750H quad core and sold it less than a year later due to its abysmal performance in games - struggled to get 50fps with everything set to low on warzone.. with the money I got from selling it and a bit extra I purchased the Dell G15 with a 5800H and 130w 3060 - awesome laptop for the $ and phenomenal performance.. I now get well over 100fps in warzone with everything set to max (bar textures due to 6gb vram) and this is with Ray tracing on and DLSS off !! Incredible performer
Thanks for that really well curated and clean content
Legion 5. Standard version doesn't have full powered graphic as mentioned here. It has 115W max tgp + 15W with boost. Now that may be closer to max for RTX 3060 but not for 3070. 3070 performance difference between normal and pro model in GPU heavy games are pretty measurable.
Pretty sure 115+15 is actually the max power for laptop 3060
@@jhulenoscarantezanamendez6106 Have you read my comment property. That's what I'm saying that for 3060, it's same but for 3070, legion 5 pro can go all the way to 140W.
Can you please say your thoughts on Lenovo legion 7?
Great video, but in my region, legion 5 pro with 3060 is actually cheaper than legion 5 upgraded to 3060, since legion 5 ships with a 3050 ti? i think its ti, so imo in my region, legion 5 pro is just flat out better for a budgetish option
Can the 3050Ti be upgraded to 3060?
@@sandynonso no, MXM no longer exists
Love the shirt. You have impeccable music taste bro 👏
Got Legion 5 few weeks back. So far it's been great, I only dislike the wifi card which isn't the best. I guess I'll swap it in the future, but other than that, great laptop for sure. I'm totally happy playing with it even though I got normal desktop with RTX3070.
What did it come with? I heard they had to stop using Intel for some due to supply issues but yeah at least it's cheap to replace yourself
@@JarrodsTech Indeed, it's a mediatek wifi 6 card if i'm not totally wrong, but seems like it's unstable especially while I game and use discord same time. Have heard about this problem, new drivers helped a bit but still isn't as stable as it should. But you're right, swapping it shouldn't be too hard, gonna do it while upgrading to a bigger SSD. Otherwise I really like the laptop for sure.
Thanks again for all your great videos! I always look for yours first!
Thank you for your incredible work. It helped me a lot by choosing the right gaming laptop. Finally decided to go with the legion 5 (3060/Ryzen 7 5800h) and got one for 1000€ at Amazon 😍
Glad I could help!
One month in, how is it holding up?
@@JamesMcarthy2369 the laptop is awesome, performance ist outstanding and even the cooling system is working really well. Never had temperatures above 75° (GPU) and 85° (CPU). I totally recommend it
@@SilkroadFever thanks for your reply! I’m going to grab it in a few days.
@@JamesMcarthy2369 same 😁
Appreciate the metal band shirt as always.
🤘
I have the XMG Core 15 so essentially Neo 15 budget version. And if Jarrod had it it would be No. 1. Cheaper by a €1000, but barely worse. All the same features bar mechanical keyboard and the chassis is half plastic half metal, not all metal. Also well cooled, light and powerful
Mech 15 G3 owner here! Woot! Great PC, glad you found a good deal for the TongFang chassis.
Correct me if i'm wrong.
Core15/17 are Clevos and Neo15/17 are Tongfangs.
@@nyyke Both Tongfang. It almost the same chassis and it is the same display. Both get that good looking control panel that has controllable power limits (very cool) but some buginness (less cool)
@@nyyke Yes, if by Neo you mean a brand from XMG -- those feature TongFang chassis (basically the same as Mech 15 G3 from Eluktronics), though not everything by XMG is from TongFang, they are listed as customers of Clevo as well but not certain about the details. Cheers, mate!
Sorry My mistake, I just messed core and pro. As you corrected already core15 is tongfang 😅 with neo and core there is few minor differences in power supply, gpu avaibility and other small things.
You are the best Jarrod. Keep up the good work!
I got the Acer Nitro 5 3060 with the 11400 i5. It was A$1796 marked down to A$1287 this weekend. Extra stick of ram and it’s great laptop. Paying close to A$1800 would be a disaster compared to the legion 5 or dell though
rip bro now its 650$ the amd version
@@TheChuyDewy Best I could find was a 3050 version for A$997, even my exact model was A$1398 a year later.
That’s at Harvey Norman.
RIP Alexi .... Bodom 4 Life!! Just subbed!
It's sad you left the G15 Strix AE off this list. It's by far the best value to performance you can get. 5980HX/6800m are both top tier. Biggest knock on it is the plastic, but you had the Dell G15 in the list so apparently that isn't the issue. But this is an opinion piece so I can see certainly understand liking the Legions. Cheers!
I tried the G15 Strix AE and desperately wanted to love it. The CPU and GPU are crazily powerful... BUT, no MUX switch to fully unleash that 6800m, and the heat build-up on it (and every other 15.6" laptop I've tried) killed the deal for me. I also couldn't stand the heat and fan noise pumped out by the Lenovo Legion 5 (with its incredibly irritating and constant fan spin-up and spin down). The Alienware m15 R5 with the 3070 was the biggest sauna-maker (Jesus, the heat that thing threw off, I'd be amazed if the machine lasted a year of normal use), and the pushed down keyboard had my wrist hanging over the edge of the keyboard deck, so that was returned, too. The Dell G15 came the closest to being tolerable in terms of the fan noise generated, but it also ran a bit hotter than then Lenovo. I think I liked the G15 the best because it was quite a bit cheaper than the Lenovo, and quieter while gaming, while still providing a MUX switch and the same 165Hz 1080p panel. I finally figured out the only solution to the heat/fan noise generated by all the 15.6" laptops I tried: a 17.3" form factor. Currently have an MSI Leopard GP76 with an 11800h/3070 combo. It has a MUX switch, but runs quieter than the Legion 5, and the heat simply gets more easily dissipated by the larger chassis. Only thing is, it weighs a ton, especially with its power brick. I finally just tried an Asus Strix G14 with an AMD 6800hs/6700s combination, and I loved the size and weight, but it got so hot, it was actually uncomfortable to touch the upper metal keyboard deck. In this case, I think the plastic chassis are an advantage, like with the Dell G15, because plastic is non-conductive of heat, so the keyboard deck stays noticeably cooler. In the end, I might just sell the Leopard GP76 and pick up a 2021 Dell G15 5800/3060 combo for $1199 Canadian while I still can. The awesome battery life combined with the gaming performance, quieter fan, and the plastic yet high-quality build may have just won me over for good.
@@EMLL.33 got the same g15 for the same price expect intel i7 was 1200 cad and the ryzen was 1500 cad so I went with the intel
Great ranking and great job explaining the way and reason you ranked them the way you did.
Thanks!
I personally have no problem with a single ram stick because I already have sticks, making it better than if it was dual channel because then I'd have to change both sticks to upgrade the pc from 8gb to 16gb. But for those without plans to upgrade dual channel will be better
Changing 1 stick vs. 2 sticks isn't that much different though.
@@ACE112ACE112 true, but in my country parts aren't easily accessible, or cheap
Love my m15 r6 with 3070, absolutely brilliant laptop
My Nitro 5 (AN515-45-R21A) came with two 8gb sticks of 3200 running in dual channel.
It's extremely unfortunate that you take every opportunity you can to talk about how "bad" the Nitro 5 is just because your test machine was poorly configured.
The most unfortunate part is that I was hoping my machine came with a single 16gb stick so that I could upgrade to 32gb dual channel at a minimal cost. What you view as the Nitro 5's weakest point is actually a great opportunity for expansion on a budget.
Your videos are great and I appreciate the amount of information you provide, but your weakest point (and my only criticism) is that you fail to represent the point of view of the machines you review from any perspective except your own.
Agreed
I’ve mentioned this multiple times to Jarrod. Single channel memory can be one of the strongest points about the laptop since you don’t need to buy extra and waste the existing sticks.
bro the nitro 5 sucks🤣
You're asking him to review what he has no access to.
@@PaperRouteBrady It absolutely does not suck. It's the best value laptop available. Purchasing a laptop you'll be happy with, particularly in the budget sector, is about managing expectations. Jarrod's expectations (and yours) are unrealistic.
I put a 2TB SSD for storage and a 32gb ballistics memory upgrade in my Nitro 5 and my total cost is still well below the closest comparable competitor. You would need to spend an additional $400-$500 (likely more, but I'm not going to research current prices) to buy a gaming laptop that matches the specs and performance of my computer, and the performance improvements would be minimal at best.
Great video as usual, and great shirt as always
Great video and great timing to release. Thank you for your hard work.
I am wondering which one is better if the price is only 100usd different between this two options for a Legion 5 pro;
Option 1: Ryzen 7 5800 rtx3070
Or
Option 2: i7 11800 rtx 3060
I want to make a decision according to better performance and long term usage.
Anyone is welcome to comment.
Thank you in advance =)
The Ryzen version hands down. I'd avoid Lenovo if you want a laptop that will actually last
If it helps, I went with the Ryzen version. Tends to be more efficient on battery and the performance is very similar. If you are a gamer, go for the 3070 version. I'd only go for the intel if you need thunderbolt.
Ryzen all the way
@@xXlURMOMlXx wdym
Better gpu any day
I love your videos Dude! I tend to change my laptop every four years and I always wait for this time of year in order to see this type of video! Thanks 🙏
What are anyone's thought about Asus Strix G15 Advantage Edition. On one hand we get to hear negative reviews about its GPU going completely kaput weeks after purchase, but on the other hand the 6800m costs what a 3060 Laptop would cost here in India and gives performance that sits between 3070 and 3080.
The advantage costs 1.55L. It’s probably one of the best high end laptops here but still not worth it. Better to get something like a victus or a nitro(upgrade it to dual channel)
Asus is unreliable. I had 2 different laptops die on me because of their motherboard soldered crap. Even without that, poor finition and poor thinking by engineers. After all this years they still don't learn about their mistakes it's like they don't care
@@niksarass their qc is trash. I returned my AE 4 times due to screenbezzles falling off
@@windkiller97 Hahaha I had that one too! My screen ended up stuck, in top of all the other problems. What a joke of a manufacturer
I really enjoy this channel. I have always been a console player, and lately I’ve bee trying to make a change. I honestly don’t understand 20% of PC gaming so I’m going for a Laptop first and try it out. You are very precise, you explain everything in a way someone like me can start understanding. Keep up the good work 👍🏽
I know the nitro 5 might be the one of the'"worst" but I've seen benchmarks with 32gb of ram and its actually pretty good
Nitro 5 the best. I511400 32gb ram.
Thanks a lot man, your laptops review helped me SO MUCH (I watched probably all of them a few times), hope you'll keep doing these detailed videos.
For the G15, only the G15 5511 (i7 11800h) and the g15 5515 ( ryzen 7 5800h) has a mux switch while the G15 5510 (i7 10870h) doesn’t. G15 5510 also only has 90W tdp 3060 while the others are 125W
Good to know🙏
I bought the Dell G15 with the 5800H and 130w 3060 and it's the best gaming laptop I've ever purchased and I've owned numerous over the years now.. incredible performance for the $$ and great looking with solid build quality
Can you tell me top laptop with rtx 3070 and 5800h in terms of work on it for at least 4-5 years. I want the best cooling laptop up to 1700-1800$
Good video lad