Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14 Review - First OLED Legion Gaming Laptop

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Thank you for watching along! This Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14 can be a pretty good deal depending on the sale pricing. Nothing else I have seen in this price range comes with a high refresh OLED screen and an RTX 4060.

[@melcrose]

The Lenovo isn't the only thing that's slim. Looking good man!

[@guilherme1556]

Great review Sean as always! I love how the slim version looks like last years lineup. I have a 2022 legion 7 and I love how it looks, it 's a bummer they went back with the plastic vents design.

[@Av-vd3wk]

Heck yeah!! He’s back baby!!!

[@vongdong10]

I've had mine for a week now and love it. Surprisingly quiet during gaming in quiet mode. I've had a steam deck and this is better in almost every way. The price is high (imo) but I managed to get a refurbed one for about 50% or retail.

[@Enlightenation]

Where did you get a refurb from?

[@vongdong10]

@Enlightenation got it off an auction site. If you're in Australia then keep tabs on Gray's Online. Pita though. Could have gotten it for much cheaper but it has this thing where if someone bids in the last 10mins then they add another 10mins. Keeps repeating until no more bids.

[@fd5927]

Can you remember when OLED was only afforded to high-end televisions. Thank goodness we're seeing more and more affordable monitors and laptops fitted with OELD panels. I love OLED, despite its low average brightness, the contrast ratio for me, and, consequently, the black levels are second-to-none. Ha, Im a Sci-fi fan so watching, say, "2001 A Space Odyssey" on this laptop outweighs the tech specs, screen size, and even speed of the cpu and gpu. Although..... a nice little bit of EMU gaming on Cemu or Supermodel3 wouldn't go amiss. 😁

[@eladbari]

Zero worries about burn-ins?

[@Alexander_Bahgheera]

@@eladbariI’m not sure bud, but I imagine their might be if left on same thing past 70 ish hours I believe

[@mihirojha4475]

I looooveee OLED. But the burn in anxiety is also very real 😢

[@TheAgentAssassin]

My 2017 Alienware OLED laptop doesn't have burn in. 7 years no burn in. Although now it's primarily hooked up to an external monitor. I'm looking to replace it and it's kind of slim pickings to get all the features I currently have. My 13in OLED 13 R3 Alienware has touchscreen as well, replaceable ram, 2 ssd slots, wifi slot. The Lenovo isn't touchscreen and the ram is fixed to the board. Not a deal breaker though.

[@sephxus9379]

Great review. Thank you!

[@Happy_Snapper]

Good tip on the stand off screw, this baffled the hell out of me until some mentioned it.

[@WebbstreMain]

You look and sound a lot like an older Tobey Maguire. Thanks for the video!

[@edgargabriel6640]

I've got tthe 7I 16" and the 14" is really compelling. Thanks.

Pretty decent laptop!

[@G-Dimension]

Hi Sean, I remember you had a Rog Scar 16 with a Mini-LED panel. It's interesting how do you compare this OLED screen to that one, Which one do you prefer?

[@TechWithSean]

I prefer the glossy OLED, it just 'pops' more than the mini LED.

[@trusting_thompson]

HI SEAN, I got the Legion Pro 5800h w/3070 for $1100 over a year ago from Walmart. What would you recommend as a replacement with similar screen specs and price?

[@sabanagervadze7341]

Hello, thank you for your review! I am considering purchasing this one with 4060, but I live in Germany and on amazon it says it’s available with dedicated rtx 4050 and integrated rtx 4060. Is the integrated gpu a dealbreaker?

[@Shadow_Legend715]

They probably mean that you have the option of a 4060 or a 4050 because the igpu is amd based not the 4060

[@ninephases]

Nice review. For me the biggest drawback of this laptop is the lack of USB 4.0 or Thunderbolt 4 support. Some laptops activated the USB 4.0 via BIOS update but I doubt Lenovo will support this feature via BIOS update.

[@aaronlake5879]

Just an FYI...I have this Laptop and it has VRR. The speakers are not that great, but for consuming general content it works and when I game, I have headphones on like most probably would. Overall, this is a great laptop. Thanks for the video.

[@TechWithSean]

Thanks for watching, it was announced with VRR but that feature has since been removed from the spec sheet. I was unable to enable g-sync regardless of what GPU mode it was in.

[@vladislavmatveeff5316]

@@TechWithSeanye but you can enable variable refresh rate in windows panel settings, so most likely it uses hdmi 2.1 vrr as on playstation isn't it?

[@thisisacatsworld9224]

I can't find it anywhere, how did you manage to activate VRR ?

[@vladislavmatveeff5316]

why your frametime is so high in all games?

[@eladbari]

I was sure the M2 slots are limited to 1TB each ,(according to manual),. You utilized a 4TB and it sorks? Is it dual sides or single sided M2 drive?

[@TechWithSean]

1TB is probably just the max they ship from the factory, a 4TB should work fine. The slot with the OS drive can only do single sided, but the empty slot can do a double sided SSD. (The one I used and linked is single sided though)

[@AdamWilsonNZ.]

With this being an oled with no VRR will there be brightness consistency issues when frame rate shifts rapidly?

[@gangganggang2219]

Showing off OLED with Persona 4 Golden is incredibly based

[@-eggsy]

Does this laptop come with PTM7950 thermal pads built in?

[@JayPlaysDotCom]

Go into bios and change configuration for graphics to discrete GPU. That will unlock your GSYNC VRR.

[@thisisacatsworld9224]

What ? Really?

[@Legenkilla]

Got it for 1k. Hopefully the lack of vrr dont bother me. Been console gaming on oled for a few years now

[@darshankarkera467]

G14 2024 VS SLIM 5 , which one to buy ?

[@llanoofficial]

Very good content, would you like to review our laptop cooler?

[@blondegirl7240]

New video 😎

[@dixinc.5507]

Lack of VRR? What is variable refresh rate then? People need to understand the tech.

[@xFrxsty]

what is the hdr peak brightness?

[@lamejormusica7248]

How many years will an OLED screen last using a program for more than 4 hours every day? Thank you.

[@alexanderd4947]

3

[@robi6713]

I want to buy a Legion Slim 5 with Rtx4060, but i have two options for the CPU, : intel i513500H or Ryzen 7840hs, what to choose?

[@VirajOswal007]

Buddy choose Ryzen 7 7840HS offcourse without any doubt 🤠

[@PCPAyLOAD]

This would be the best bang for the buck if it had VRR and I would buy it today. Deal breaker for me unfortunately.

[@kennysponto6568]

On sale it costs $1,099.00 or $1,049.00 on sale. That's what a low end or average iPad costs

[@Legenkilla]

How good is this? Like what could it run say cod on

[@impapiblitz4325]

@@Legenkilla prolly like 90-100

[@thomasc9036]

I don't think there is a 32 GB RAM version. I even checked Lenovo and there was not even an option to upgrade.

[@schassismx3115]

there is, it's a $50 upgrade but it's only available for the 7840hs processor. For some reason, it doesn't let you do it on the 7940hs (not a huge loss it's only a 100mhz difference, only thing you really lose is the ability to undervolt).

[@thomasc9036]

@@schassismx3115 I found it as well. There is no standard. You have to pick the "build your own PC" option...

[@cerealdust3714]

were you using the 16 or 32 gb version?

[@TechWithSean]

16GB

[@cerealdust3714]

@@TechWithSeando you think 16 gb is enough for long term use? the 32 gb doesnt seem to be available anywhere else

[@JeffTiberend]

What is the app or mod being used in Skyrim? Is there a way for me to download it?

[@TechWithSean]

Are you talking about the performance overlay? Thats MSI Afterburner

[@JeffTiberend]

@@TechWithSean Oh, wow! I've messed with Afterburner before, but, not that much. I didn't know that Afterburner did that. Great review. This may be my next laptop. Currently, I use a Chromebook for portability. But, it's Intel based, so, I can run Debian Linux apps on it. From my experience, 16 gb ram is great, 8 gb sucks, 32 gb can almost be overkill. In the past I had upgraded a previous system from 8 GB to 32 gb and got wonderfully improved performance.

[@jayasaiharsha8296]

Uncle does it have 100 percent srgb ?

[@TechWithSean]

Yes it does, it has great color accuracy.

[@Av-vd3wk]

You disappeared again 😢

[@BlackZBurn]

that screen is laggy

[@RSTEM]

Picked it up recently. RDR2 works fine but lots of tearing when playing FC24

[@3jake5mee]

3:2 aspect ratio and OLED is not a good combo.. Tons of games will force black bars which will make a 14.5” even smaller and is not good on OLED panel burn in risk keeping one area of the screen so bright with pixels off on the black bars 😕

[@Shadow_Legend715]

The aspect ratio is 16:10, not 3:2

[@manishdk]

hey bro, would this be able to power 2 4k 144hz monitors?

[@user-vy9el7gc5m]

Hi tell me friend what is the underside made of?