Lenovo Legion 7i (2022) Review - Still The Best?
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Lenovo's Legion 7 gaming laptops were some of the best last year, but is that still the case after new changes and tougher competition from other brands? This in-depth review will tell you everything you need to know!
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Lenovo Legion 7i (2022) Review Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Ugreen Type-C Charger
0:52 Build Quality & Design
1:41 Hinge
2:05 Size & Weight
2:38 Laptop Specs
2:59 Camera & Microphones
3:15 RGB Lighting
3:48 Spectrum RGB Software
4:34 Keyboard
5:13 Removable Ceramic Keycaps
7:04 Pressure Sensitive WASD Keys
8:43 Power Button / Fingerprint Scanner
8:50 Touchpad
8:57 Ports
10:09 Bug with DisplayPort & Type-C
10:38 Type-C Charging Limits
11:23 Getting Inside & Internals
12:00 Wi-Fi Speed
12:16 RAM Overclocking
12:44 SSD Speed & Size Limits
13:18 Upgrade Options
13:42 Speakers & Latencymon
14:01 Battery Saving Features
15:38 Battery Life
16:59 Thermals & Software Modes
18:22 Fan Control?
19:15 Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP
20:57 Game Performance in Different Modes
21:43 CPU Performance in Difference Modes
22:28 CPU Overclocking & Undervolting
23:21 Cinebench CPU Performance (On & Off Battery)
24:11 Keyboard Temperatures
24:40 Fan Noise
25:23 Screen
28:23 3 Game Comparison - 1080p & 1440p
31:12 Streaming While Gaming
31:41 3DMark & Content Creation
32:46 BIOS
33:05 Linux Support
33:36 Pricing & Availability
34:18 Conclusion - Legion 7i Worth It?
36:51 What About Thinner Legion Slim 7i?
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I think this is the biggest laptop review I've ever made, there was just so many important things to cover!
Make more videos on desktop pcs components and building desktop pcs please, just a suggestion,we would love to see those type of videos, by the way love you man
Thanks for the comprehensive review Jarrod
You are the best in this Job. Thanks to you a bought Legion 7i gen 6 last year. It's a beast
What about the power indicator? I didn't see it glowing. Does it glow or you have switched it off?
i recently got this laptop last week and with latest NVIDIA drivers do work with displays on the left usb c ports
Brilliant addition Jarrod, just brilliant, that you are letting us know whether dual sided SSD can fit in the laptop.... Thanks so much for that!
No problem 👍
I have been watching Jarrod's review videos for the past three months and decided to buy mine over Labor Day weekend. It's been several years since I've bought a new laptop (my 7 year old dell xps 13 9350 needed a break) and so far, I absolutely love it. I knew it would review well!
Great to hear!
It is really nice that Jarrod actually listenes to what people are interested in. Respect for your work and your attention to detail.
Finally, I have waited 4 months for this review. Thank you, Jarod for the in depth review.
Lenovo is improving their laptops by listening to the reviews of Jarord. That's why they are becoming everyone's favourite 😍
true, thankfully I bought the Legion 5. I was about to buy Predar Helios 300 and saw his review
Yeah, after fucking over thousands of customers
@@sapnupuas6200 I bought a Helios 300, 17.3 qhd, 12700h, 3070ti 150w and it had horrible quality control, trackpad loose and rattling, awful backlight bleeding and IPS glow, the first unit even had burned pixels. The second unit had the same loose trackpad and even worse IPS glow and backlight bleeding so I've returned it. I'll wait for 2023 laptops with mini led screens or oled, even Acer has mini led on the 2023 Helios so I might get back to them if not just go for Lenovo or Asus
@@Super01041994 good choice!
I've bought the AMD powered MSI Delta and ASUS Strix G15 with the RAM swaps due to your videos and I love them both. Can't wait to see what your review reveal with the next gen hardware coming to mobile next year!
The best laptop reviewed by best reviewer 🔥🇳🇵
I second that!
MSI says hi
Last year it was much better than Asus, but this year asus rog took its place
@@AntiFurry927 ge77hx is better, but if gt77 gets fhd or qhd then it’s better
@@apathy1128 why low resolutions make it better
Thank you!
I feel like we’ve been a pain in the ass for months asking about this in every video for the last couple of months.
lol. There were definitely a lot of comments about it, that's for sure!
Love the gaming + streaming test benchmark! Would love to see this in your future videos!!
Lenovo Legion toolkit toolkit is a utility that can replace Lenovo Vantage software with a lighter weight non login utility. That software allows you to setup the automatic Refresh rate change when you unplug the laptop
if it can control RGB I will consider
@@jajaboss I think it now can.
Great review, Jarrod. Appreciate all the hard work!
I would love to see more gaming and streaming test results in your already-brilliant reviews. ^_^
Amazing! I was waiting for this review! Thanks!
I did like you included the streaming/obs benchmarks, hope you continue to do it!
Great review Jarrod, I would love to see if you compare numbers btw last years legion 7 and the new one to see if is worth to upgrade
I bought last year rtx 3070 ryzen 7 5800h, 32gb ram for 1700 € 10 months ago and it absolutely kills everything, what an amazing machine.
Same here. Only difference is that ive paid 1580€ for it.
Me too but my problem with newer legion laptops are the lack of RGB.
This is the only laptop review that lasted for nearly 40min that didn't skip a second. Love the video!
And yes, I'd like to see more data and testings with how laptops these days can handle gaming whilst streaming.
Great review as usual.
Can't wait for the Legion 5 video!
I wanted to buy a new gaming laptop and after some research and seeing your videos decided to buy a legion5 and I'm very happy with my choice. The keyboard feels realy good and hinge is realy good and smooth
design is good, port layout the best I ever seen and full power 3060 works like a champ.
Thanks for your recommendation and reviews❤❤❤❤
THANK YOU FOR THE INFO !! great content and one of the most exact and objective channels m watching currently
respect
31:38 yeah this test is one of my concerns a lot since a lot of people right now think of a laptop as a replacement of the desktop ; the ability to streams and game or do whatever is a "question mark" since no one really mention it soo it s a good thing that you are !!
keep the great content
About to go on underways and deployments soon, I ordered one and opted only for 1TB so I can max out my other slot ! Thanks for the great reviews!
I'm happy with my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 2021 which I purchased based on this channel's review! :)
Masterclass review,this review had me go buy this exact setup and glad I did,its a very premium laptop,,Thankyou for this brilliant review😊
A dope laptop for sure, but the 2021 RTX 3080 models can be bought for much cheaper and the difference in features/performance just doesn’t seem to justify this unless you absolutely need the CPU. The review was awesome though, loved the attention to detail and calling out the bugs/quirks.
what we need this powerful cpu for?
even threadripper is overkill for any thing
@@Birdman._. In spider man on the MSI GT77 with 12900HX and 3070ti, I got almost 70% more FPS (especially the 99%) than I do on my Legion 2021 with 11800H/3070. This is ALL because of the cpu.. Believe it or not, AAA titles in the future will perform radically better with 12th gen onwards. 13th gen will up this again. People using 10900K overclocked to over 5GHZ were shocked how a newer gen CPU at lower clock speed was thrashing it in a couple modern games, using the exact same GPU. In my case, a 140w 3070 to 150w 3070ti does not have such a massive FPS difference, if anything I could have maybe expected 10% difference at the most if it was relying on GPU only. It was all about the CPU with spider man. You can see the massive usage on the 11800H, 70% cpu for most of the game, 4.3ghz, 75 to 80 degrees on the Legion 7i 2021. That's how CPU hungry that game is.
I got the 2021 3080 model and returned it for the new 2022 model for the new fingerprint reader, better heat management, better keyboard travel, nicer case and lighting. The cost was about 500 more but I got more storage and the newer CPU. Worth it for me, love the new model a lot more.
@@trentgt I really hope the performance anomaly here is corrected.. Under base clock when gaming is insane. I've never heard of that before this review.
The GT77 with same CPU is around 4.1 ghz when the GPU is loaded, and 3.8 when GPU 100% loaded, vs 1.95 on CPU speed here.. that's just too low. It would be good if you could test yours with a monitoring tool like afterburner when you have the time.
To add to this point, I bought a used Legion 7 (5900HX/3080) about 4 months ago for $1800. The fps in games is nearly identical, and being AMD the battery life is like doubled (disabling iCue of course) and runs very well at lower wattages. I would gladly do that again over buying one of these new for a few minor enhancements. 2023 will likely be a very different story though with the introduction of 40 series GPU’s and AMD 7000 / Intel 13th Gen.
Thanks for the great reviews! Excellent work.
I saw this laptop for the first time on Facebook and I was really impressed and of course I also liked the Internal storage processor and the style of this laptop, it's really cool to look at and because of this Laptop I'm even more inspired. work abroad 🥰
Thanks for this well made and structured review!
Thanks! I appreciate that.
The streaming test is an awesome one. Very much appreciated.
Hey Jarrod, Do you have all you previous test data to compare older generations with new gen? I think it would be interesting to see all of the laptops you have tested over the years in one place.
Keep up the good work,
Cheers,
Sam
If anything this review has taught me. I will be purchasing the MSi GE67HX. Thank you for helping me decide on which one to get
Amazing Video Jarrod !
Could you please whether an Asus Tuf Dash or Hp Omen 16 Gaming Laptop will be good or the Lenovo Legion 5i ?
I actually downloaded the Legion Zone app now, you can change the modes like in the Vantage app, but other things things ofc I didnt understand :D Cheers Jarrod, keep up the good work!
I love Lenovo and am still super happy with my Legion 7i from early 2021. It’s crazy to see how much more performance they’re able to pack into laptops nowadays. Jarrod another great review!
There’s no problem with hinge right ? After one year use, what you expect from this laptop. I want to buy this laptop for Christmas later
What was you processor 2070 super?
@@dimasanugerahsuhardi3487 2+ years now and still no issues with the hinge
@@zzz-cb3xe Intel I7
Man how i love your sponsored momments are very natural and fun
Hey Jarrod, thanks for all the very in-depth reviews! But can you tell me why are so less people complaining about the bad efficiency/battery life of heavier gaming laptops in battery mode?
I mean Lenovo proved that they can indeed do better even on the power hungry intel models with the Slim 7i Gen 7. I recently purchased this Legion 7i Gen 7 with 12800HX and a 3070 Ti 99wh battery and i absolutely loved it. My idea was that it can replace both my gaming pc and my office laptop and well.. combine to a premium machine which can do both. But i was wrong, while it is a very good desktop replacement and has more than enough gaming horsepower the office use it pretty underwhelming. 1-4h of battery life because the cpu won't consume less than 3w no matter how idle the system is and also spike to 15-20 watt opening chrome. Nothing running in the background at all, no processes, just pure windows. Already updated Bios, Drivers, tested the stock OS the laptop came with, did a manual clean windows install with only the necessary drivers, even activated ASPM in advanced bios, tested custom throttlestop and windows power panagement profiles, switched between balanced and quiet mode and so on. Nothing helped. What comes on top of that: The laptop just gets unnecessary warm and the fins are spinning all the time. I was so disappointed that companies to this date don't care about efficiency at all. My office laptop with 5800H can achieve over 10H of battery life out of the box with only a 80wh battery. Ryzens are more efficient than intels but the L7 All AMD doesn't last that much longer compared to the Slim one. I would wish that people with some influence like you would point those things out and somehow push the companies to actually care. Like Linus from LTT did with the windows sleep problem where it consumes a lot of battery. I wish i just could use a macbook pro, but i need CAD and gaming, so windows is the only option.
Upgrading to L7i 7G (7i 3070ti 32 gb ram) from 2011 macbook pro and PS4 for gaming. I'm excited! Waiting for it to arrive!
You are SO good at this. Thanks Jarred.
Actually the exact sponsor product I needed! I want a BIG watt type c charger for my future laptop
Those shiny brushed edges look very beautiful on the new Legions
Hello, Jarrod! I hope you would reply. What software do you use and which data are you looking at to monitor the temperatures for all your laptops? When I look at afterburner, the temps are way higher. But when I look at HWinfo, specifically the cpu package temp avg, it's much lower.
great review again! are you also gonna review the legion 7 2022 AMD version?
Thank you very much for this review . Will you be doing a review on the top spec amd version?
Hey! Great video! Just wanted to mention in the audio at 2:34 that you say under 2.8 lbs instead of 8.2 lbs. But the on screen text and captions say 8.2 lbs. I just did a small double take at it but otherwise super informative and this is one of my top choices! Have a great day :)
😅 Thanks for letting me know!
Best review..i always love how jarrod reviews gaming laptops
Thanks man for all reviews , i like to watch your video because i feel that u prefer and check the most things that i would do , and thanks to your review i bought a laptop in 2018 ,was dell g5 still using it , waiting to get new one with rtx4000 , and i am sure will do that after one of your review .
good luck , have nice day and keep the excellent work.
I am confused between i9 and razen 9 😢
Which one will be more faster?
Great review mate we need one for the Gen 7 Legion 5!
I ordered mine from BH and it was 3k. I’m glad to see you have a favorable impression of this Jarrod as I waited quite a bit on this one!
$ or €?
@@Birdman._. $
Excellent review! Hope you can compare this with the legion 7 amd advantage edition. Keep it up!
The AMD model is out of stock. I don't think they have an ETA for when it will be back in stock unfortunately.
You really have the best reviews in this goddamn website 10/10
The streaming test was awesome. You should change the settings to 1080p - 6000k bitrate though.
Great review as usual! Very detailed and in-depth, which I've come to expect. Love all the info you give in your reviews. Would like to see reviews on the more mid-range models like the 3070/3070ti versions too, though. I think more people are likely to buy those rather than the maxed out version. Things like build quality etc. would still apply but I think a minority of people are going to actually buy the 3080ti version so the results of the game performance tests etc. won't really apply to the majority of the consumer base.
Mid-range would be Legion 5 15 and Legion 5 Pro with 3070 Ti, not Legion 7.
For sure in my country is over 4700 euro for comparison a maxxed out legion 5i pro is about 2700....think it's not worth for a small performance difference (according to these benchmarks) and better chassis
LOL, that's still hundreds of dollars more than I can afford
Great video. Waiting for Slim 7i detailed review.
Im new here, the detail is what I am looking for, great work! Thank you...
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the incredibly detailed review first and specifically adding the Linux Support section. Really the most helpful review I have found.
PS: In Flames! Hell yeah!
Hey great video!
one question though: do you also have reviews for the 7i with intels i7+3070 ti ?
So I've already got the laptop I wanted (3050ti 2021 flow x13, great pick, unless 300nit screen is a dealbreaker for you, then get 2022 model instead)
But my point is, I still watch your videos because of how well made, informative, thorough and entertaining they are. And if I'm gonna need to buy another laptop or recommend one, you're probably my first stop for a review.
So keep it up man, I'm sure you're helping many people make the best out of their money.
Thanks! I'm glad their useful!
Great review! Thanks
I love your vids!! May I ask if the Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH6 is still good? I can't afford the other models since the Legion series is very expensive in the Philippines. The selling price of this model is 1000 dollars.
How you are able to record a 37 minute video with such detail is amazing
Been waiting for this review fir eternity
I have this model,version with 12800hx and 3070 ti,and when G-Sync is activated in many games stuttering occurs, especially in Horizon Zero Dawn. The temperatures are decent, although it is paradoxical because in the afterburner they do not exceed 80 degrees CPU and 76-78 GPU but the case and the keyboard "burn" very hard!The same thing happens with the battery, it gets very hot, once I received a warning about the fact that it is "very hot"... interesting!The keyboard is not what it seems at first glance (especially when you compare it with last year's model), it suffers from the same problem as last year's 5 Pro, more precisely, when you press a key, you can see that the surrounding ones are also moving! This problem even you, Jarrod, highlighted it last year in a video comparing the two, 5Pro and 7 respectively!The display (and this by comparison with Legion 7 2021) is not really that "vivid" colored and when displaying black it doesn't seem as consistent... well it's a BOE what you would expect! Last year it was they used CSOT and I didn't think,they were better.And there is more to be said, but the comment is getting too long...but in short, I think that no, it is not a laptop that deserves to be taken into account, and in terms of the price, and under these conditions, I am still crying after last year's (Legion 7 11980hk 3080 16Gb) over which I spilled beer...lots of beer!Aaaaand one more thing, stuttering appeared on last year's model when G-Sync was activated (which indicates that it is a problem with Lenovo) but, if we install the 511.79 driver, the problem disappears completely! Something that is not valid on the 2022 version, the most " old" driver that you can install is v 512.13.
bro this legion 7i with vapor chamber or not?
Thanks a lot for the video jarrod, I have a weird request.
I usually get my laptops from the US shipped with MYUS and wanted to ask if you can weight laptops in their retail packaging so it helps making decisions.
Thanks a lot
the good thing about intel laptops is that you can use quicksync for streaming and let your gpu free to be used 100% for the game only
I have been waiting for this one and I am so happy right now. Thanks man! Also what do you think i7-12800hx and RTX3070Ti version of this gen7? Do you recommend it?
yeah me waiting this review,, and this cooling with vapor chamber or not
I like it that you have reviewed this laptop with streaming stats, I hope you can also do it with the ge67
Unfortunately, I can't do it with models I've already reviews as I don't have them anymore, but I might make it something I do regularly for future reviews.
I just recently got the Legion 7 Gen 6 from last year and it is a great laptop but I do wish I knew about the PCI 1 SSD issue when I ordered it. I ordered 2x 4TB m.2 and I could not fit it because of that cable. Was an upsetting moment.
Ended up keeping the included SSD, moving windows over to the internal 4TB SSD I installed, and putting the other 4TB drive in an external enclosure that is basically always connected for work files. Not super happy but honestly still happy I got the Legion 7 as it is a beast of a machine. Do hope they eventually move that cable though so larger drives can be installed.
The double-side nvme ssd is a known issue across Legion laptop 2020 onwards. You can only install single-sided ssd to replace the primary slot, check out ssd review like tomhardware or manufacturer specs to see if the one you’re buying is double or single sided
How does opening it up compare to the AMD L7 (2021)? I think reviewers did a disservice glossing over how impossible prying that thing open is.
Please continue the "Streaming While Gaming" test. Thanks for the review
Waiting for the review of the helios 2022, great review as always. 🔥🔥
Working on it!
99.9% of people aren't buying but still watching...
I just got the 5i pro. I9 and 4070 its great. Got it for 1699 euros on a black friday sale
@@NMBPictures I got the 7i same specs and it's genuinely amazing... Now the 4070 is a reasonable price it's 💪
Bought the 2022 slim 7i a few months back. Loving it.
Just bought this now loving it
I am in 0.1 percentage
Not a fan of the 4080 model you showed a few weeks ago. Is an upgrade worth it from the 7i with 11800H+3080? The air vents are bigger on the backplate and the keyboard air intake makes sense. I mostly care about temperature/fan noise. My 7i has its fans running in idle at all times, is this one better?
Placed my order for this laptop on the 28th of December, the only upgrades I did was the 32 GB RAM and the 1 TB, been almost 3 weeks and it has yet to be shipped.. hoping it gets shipped ASAP. Great review nonetheless.
Unfortunately, there have been huge wait times on Legions for about 12 months. Hope you get yours soon!
Do you think you’ll be able to get the AMD advantage edition to compare?
Lenovo legion 7i my dream laptop I always watch videos on it
And always want to get my hands on any of the series .
Great review keep up the good work
Just curious, which specific legion model or series has liquid metal for both cpu and gpu? Or is it only available to the highest and most expensive model of Legion 7i with 3080ti? My gut feeling says the base legion 7 only uses standard thermal paste and only the most expensive model gets to have those liquid metal, thanks
Hey Jarrod,
Do you know if there is liquid metal used on this model?
It'd be nice to see some of last year's 150-165W 3080 laptops on the benchmark lists just to see how much of an uptick the Ti variant has over them.
There are a few 3080s in there, but the reason I have mostly left them out is that the data is more than 12 months old and no longer fairly comparable. RDR2 for example, has definitely changed so the older results are now outdated.
@@JarrodsTech That makes sense to me!
Hi Jarrod, just got myself this laptop, how did you unlock the advanced settings in the BIOS?
Online, all I could find was the hold Fn button then pressing the keys Q to P, A to L, Z to M, realease Fn then press F10. I tried this and hasn't worked, unless I did it wrong. Also, I read that this may be the combination that works on the 2021 model so not sure. Please help!
Such a nice computer . I looked at a m16 at Best Buy in person . Then went over the the legion 5 from 2021 at the same store the legion felt so much better and much more solid
Nice review
I wanna buy gaming laptop with 3070ti what laptops do you recommends ?
Fantastic review!
Hi Jarrod, I have a legion 5 2021. But cant get the screen refresh rate down to 60 hz when optimus is active. The display setting only have 1 option (165hz), and nvdia control panel doest really work (for change refresh rate) with optimus on. Do u have any idea to lower the refresh rate for better battery life?
Love to see more test streaming while gaming
Can't wait for the comparison with the amd advantage legion 7. These 2 are sitting in my cart now waiting for me to decide. Likely better compares to the 3070ti version of the 7i though.
I've just ordered the AMD version and started looking for a type C charger to make it more mobile. I emailed Lenovo to ask whether there is any approved type C charger , their response was: "Unfortunately, there are not." So not sure what charger to get or what its affect will be on the battery over time🙈
I don’t tend to play high-end games on my laptop (RPGs, shooters etc.) I save them for console. I only really play strategy and simulation type games on my laptop but I do get a lot of use out of laptops for things like work/streaming/browsing etc.
Is this laptop worth getting for this kind of use or is it a bit overkill as I’m not such a massive gamer these days? I’ve loved my Lenovo Ideapad s340 8GB but it’s coming to the end of its life and i’d like to stick with Lenovo, so would the Legion 5 suffice for my kind of use or would I be better off paying the extra for the 7?
Does This Include anti-ghosting keyboard in it? and do we upgrade the memory in both slots also ?
The best review of 7i 2022 on youtube. Kudos to you.
Hi ,
Will you be reviewing the msi creator Z17 in the future? There’s not many reviews online for it
I will be, but not sure when the video will go up.
Is there anyway to up the cpu voltages? What would you chose between this the scar 17 se ge77 or the gt77?
So would you recommend this Legion 7i over the MSI GE67HX?
review can't be more extensive than this ^^ very nice
Glad you liked it!
The only thing that sucks about this Laptop is that Lenovo just doesn’t seem to have them stocked on the website. I’ve been trying to save for this laptop and every time I’ve checked the stock, it’s always never there. Hopefully they can get more models in within the next few months.
I put in an order on august 20th, I’m only just now getting the laptop delivered today after multiple delays. My guess is trouble sourcing mobile chips, but truthfully I don’t know. Good luck finding one
The 3070ti model is on the website rn.
Do you know if the new battery would fit/work in a Legion 5?
Thanks for the review, I didn't know about this machine. I feel like I'm listening to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but for expensive hardware. "Here is this beautiful island, ..you can't afford it!" - Robin Leach
The guy I turn to for good and detailed reviews, thank you
Hell yeah brotha the IN FLAMES T-shirt is dope
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