Lenovo Legion 5 Pro

hornetstinger · 8 Jun 2021 at 21:21

What is the 17" like? It says m2 drive , £1200.

Reckon 17" bit better for Windows less moving pages around, bit it's the same resolution as the vivobook I had, so slightly bigger pixels

hornetstinger · 8 Jun 2021 at 22:03

Seems 17" is lower spec.

Does the 5 pro have two 1tb drives as it says first and second and both show 1tb

Simmz · 8 Jun 2021 at 22:56

Yeah, although quite a lot of people remove one to save £130.

Minstadave · 8 Jun 2021 at 23:06

Simmz said:
Yeah, although quite a lot of people remove one to save £130.

Absolutely worth removing the 2nd NVME. Lenovo use some pretty average drives sometimes (I think mines an Adata) so you can easily get better for less.

Snapshot · 9 Jun 2021 at 07:05

I've now had an email from Lenovo apologising for the delay, blaming it on component shortages, and confirming tomorrows shipping date.

ALD · 9 Jun 2021 at 08:18

Snapshot said:
I've now had an email from Lenovo apologising for the delay, blaming it on component shortages, and confirming tomorrows shipping date.

They have definitely had issues sourcing Wi-Fi Cards. Mine arrived yesterday and it's fitted with a Realtek Wi-Fi 6 card instead of an Intel one.

hornetstinger · 9 Jun 2021 at 19:41

Does this come with two X 1 tb drives? Because from this is does appear it does do what it does do do https://ibb.co/N7NNZhV

Minstadave · 9 Jun 2021 at 19:49

hornetstinger said:
Does this come with two X 1 tb drives? Because from this is does appear it does do what it does do do https://ibb.co/N7NNZhV

If buying from Lenovo you can configure it with one or two drives. Most people have removed the second one as you save a fair bit, £150 iirc.

Zico · 9 Jun 2021 at 19:50

The default configuration is with 2x 1TB drives. You can remove the first drive altogether and change the second drive to 512Gb.

hornetstinger · 9 Jun 2021 at 19:57

Wow that's good value

Shame can't get with no drive at all

Foxhowls · 10 Jun 2021 at 13:38

Fingers crossed I get some kind of update in the next week or two. Ordered 4th June and still ‘in process’ apparently (thankfully I’ve been charged)

markoboyo11 · 10 Jun 2021 at 15:59

Foxhowls said:
Fingers crossed I get some kind of update in the next week or two. Ordered 4th June and still ‘in process’ apparently (thankfully I’ve been charged)

Let us know if it changes, I ordered on the 6th.

Just got an email saying will be around 31/8.

Slogan · 10 Jun 2021 at 17:26

Ordered on the 3rd of June and got an email today saying that dispatch will likely be 31/08. Seems to be a popular date!

Gives me a bit of time to decide on it. Tempted to go back to a desktop again but the graphics card situation is grim to say the least. Was one of the tempting reasons behind getting this laptop.

Snapshot · 10 Jun 2021 at 18:36

Foxhowls said:
Fingers crossed I get some kind of update in the next week or two. Ordered 4th June and still ‘in process’ apparently (thankfully I’ve been charged)

Presumably you really mean 'I've not been charged'?
Mine has now shipped and I was charged today.

markoboyo11 · 10 Jun 2021 at 18:41

Snapshot said:
Presumably you really mean 'I've not been charged'?
Mine has now shipped and I was charged today.

I was charged when I ordered.

hornetstinger · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:05

Huh you can't customise the pro anymore

Tediore · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:36

hornetstinger said:
Huh you can't customise the pro anymore

Yeah, I saved a custom 5 Pro in my cart yesterday with the aim of buying today after I’d been to see a 15.6” laptop to make sure I was happy with the size of the screen. Today my cart has been emptied as the product is no longer available. They’ve got a pre-built one ready to ship in 2 weeks though.

hornetstinger · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:39

Tediore said:
Yeah, I saved a custom 5 Pro in my cart yesterday with the aim of buying today after I’d been to see a 15.6” laptop to make sure I was happy with the size of the screen. Today my cart has been emptied as the product is no longer available. They’ve got a pre-built one ready to ship in 2 weeks though.

Pretty sure 32gb ram model was less than £1500...wonder if the price has gone up for that pre built one compared to two days ago and setting or to the same configuration

Tediore · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:42

hornetstinger said:
Pretty sure 32gb ram model was less than £1500...wonder if the price has gone up for that pre built one compared to two days ago and setting or to the same configuration

I spec’d 32GB RAM, 5800H, 3070, RGB keyboard but removed one of the drives and picked the 512GB option for the second and it came in at £1,440 before any discounts.

The only available option now is 16GB RAM but with a 1TB SSD and no RGB keyboard at £1,500 before any discounts which is the same model Currys had when they briefly had stock of it.

I’m torn between one of these and waiting for the 6800M version which is faster and rumoured to be cheaper than 3070 models.

I’m disappointed there’s no 17” option for this as I don’t need maximum portability and the 17” screens felt significantly bigger than the 15” models.

Simmz · 11 Jun 2021 at 00:48

Tediore said:
I spec’d 32GB RAM, 5800H, 3070, RGB keyboard but removed one of the drives and picked the 512GB option for the second and it came in at £1,440 before any discounts.

The only available option now is 16GB RAM but with a 1TB SSD and no RGB keyboard at £1,500 before any discounts which is the same model Currys had when they briefly had stock of it.

I’m torn between one of these and waiting for the 6800M version which is faster and rumoured to be cheaper than 3070 models.

I’m disappointed there’s no 17” option for this as I don’t need maximum portability and the 17” screens felt significantly bigger than the 15” models.

Due to it being 16:10 and 16" it actually feels a lot nicer than a 17" model if I'm honest.

Seems you can also order the legion 7 pro versions now and go up to a 3080 if you wish.