The Legion King - Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8/9 (2024 / 2023) Review

[@kingmaniactech]

It’s an honor to have been able to purchase this laptop from you. I have been on it every day since getting it. Shoutout to my gf for helping get it and making it an early anniversary gift ❤. You the tech broski for life! If anyone has the funds and wants a true premium gaming laptop, this is definitely worth it hands down.

[@TechGuyBeau]

🫡 hell yeah dude. And I’m stoked you enjoy it

[@anonymous_exe__9516]

The king is finally on this channel!

[@Alex_Hoss]

Great review. I did buy the 2024 9i last month (4090 w/64GB Ram) after seeing your 7i Pro review (which is what put me onto Legion laptops in the first place). I was looking at the 7i but the premium elements of the 9i lured me in. Cost me £3400. Unfortunately I had issues with it, stuttering in many games. I returned it and picked up a 2024 7i pro w/4080 on deal (£2300) and I've had no issues with it. I'm not the most tech savvy person so not sure what the issue was on the 9i, but looking on Reddit quite a few people have had the stuttering issue. One thing that did suprise was how good the IPS panel is on 7i pro. It wasn't the huge downgrade I was expecting from the mini LED of 9i.

[@TechGuyBeau]

The 2024 7i pro moved to a 100% dcip3 screen. It’s quite nice

[@saturnotaku]

While the Legion 9 has been on sale, the Pro 7 has also dropped commensurately. The cheapest I’ve seen the 9 with 14900HX, 32 GB of RAM, RTX 4090, and 2 TB of storage is $3300. An otherwise identically equipped Pro 7i can be had for $2600. I can’t justify that kind of price premium especially since Lenovo upgraded the Pro’s screen to 100% P3.

[@scottdpeterstv]

This thing is just pure fun. Love it!

[@tinybit780]

The Legion 9i is full of problems, can’t recommend it Edit: After 5 months of stuttering, they finally fixed it with the latest Bios for the Gen 9.

[@03blkss]

Care to explain? I've had mine since December 2023. ZERO issues.

[@tinybit780]

@@03blkss literally all Gen 9 were broken for almost a half year. They fixed it now due to ongoing pressure from reviewers and community. Just google „stuttering“ or „latency“. Or type the same into the Lenovo forum. The latest bios has fixed the stuttering problem at least.

[@selectaguru]

Had mines going on a month now, no problems, the best gaming labtop ive ever owned.

[@SwillTheDrill]

@@tinybit780 There aren’t any other problems with it anymore, right? I might buy one in the foreseeable future

[@SwillTheDrill]

I only heard about software issues but if they’re fixed then it’s the one to get, yes?

[@firadzo]

Lenovo Legion 2022 is the best laptop that I ever had. If I ever upgrade, I think purchase this one)

[@georgigeorgiev6407]

Great review and thank you for bringing this monster into your studio! Can you make your next review to the new "Zenbook S16" so we can understand more about Ryzen AI chips and Integrated graphics 860M. I know they will be available around mid/end of July. Thank you again!

[@bryce2fadeway]

Wow. Man. Just having this beast in your channel is crazy. Didn't watch it yet but much thankful in advance!

[@davidbulauski5475]

Great video! You do a very good job with detail in your reviews. The Legion 9i is a beast for sure, I just picked one up myself and so far I am very happy with it! Kepp up the great work!

[@J.Wick.]

It's one hell of a machine, no doubt. But for the price it demands, I can, and have added a Legion Slim 7 (7840hs/4060) and a Legion Tower 7 (13700k/4070Ti) If someone wanted one machine to do it all however, I think this is the one I'd go for. It's absolutely insane to me the level of power available in a laptop these days, and with little to no compromises. Great video as always. Cheers.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Really it’s more of a device for single purpose users. I also bought a legion tower and a Thinkbook 16p for the price of this I’m using daily lol.

[@phuongduybui5392]

I could see how excited you were reviewing this thing. I mean who doesn't, this thing is gorgeous

[@SwillTheDrill]

I was actually told by multiple people to not get it because it has software issues. The video’s great but I’d prefer the legion 7i gen 9 only because of the software issues.

[@phuongduybui5392]

@@SwillTheDrill Yeah, 9i is great, but 7i is also fantastic and more reasonable to buy.

[@SwillTheDrill]

@@phuongduybui5392 It’s sad that they migrated a few features from the 7 to the 9. I hate the double sided triangular design on the sides, but that’s a personal issue. A glass trackpad and Microsoft Hello would make it the PERFECT gaming rig.

[@03blkss]

The carbon on the lid is called forged carbon. It gives it that camo pattern look. That being said, i love mine! It's WAY too much for what i use it for, but the forged carbon and top tier specs locked me in!

[@CPA003]

I'm pretty sure this uses the same pannel as the yoga pro 9i with it's mini-led option so I guess the yoga pro 9i is like a cheaper legion 9i with much less power but longer battery life.

[@TechGuyBeau]

The yoga is glossy touch, the legion is a semi matte non touch. Both are great but the yoga is my preferred screen (but it’s very very glossy)

[@ForgoMangi]

the laptop feels like a nerf compared to the legion 7i gen 7 2022, it feels like they butcher the legion pro 7i so as to sell this stupid glorified apple/razor product that has the audacity calls it self a LEGION product. --CANT easily upgrade the ram since motherboard is inverted......yay.... --terrible cooling system when COMPARED to the pro 7i. as it compromise keyboard location and reduce trackpad and i guess more dust can get into the laptop since there air holes are above now. why is there water inside this laptop. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM ON THE LEGION PRO 7i. -- the performance of the 9i is the same or worse than the 7i. the chasis of the 9i gets warmer when used than the pro 7i.. -- the SD card reader is'nt that fast and doesn't fully flash in as it stick as a sore thumb which makes me question whether was it aimed at creators or they just slapped it in and several more concerns which explained with these videos: LEGION 9i vs LEGION pro 7i: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYiveZmnjJiVmLc legion 9i: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjai4Cdf5yHeK8 look as a LEGION FAN, I tried loving this laptop, i tried accepting is the best legion laptop. and it is a good laptop but with the presence of the legion pro 7i, the laptop that cares more for functionality rather than form, a CORE design for the legion laptops, you just cant feel the controversial dissapointmet of the LEGION 9I. rather than being the best of the legions, it feels like another razor blade laptop. it's even more sad when you realize the nerf from the legion 7i (gen 7-2022) to the legion pro 7i (gen 8-2023 & gen 9-2024) was made NOT because it was to minimize the outrageous price of the GPUs BUT just to sell a pointless an OVERPRICED nerfed LEGION 7i that matches to the intel cpu number name scheme (i5,i7,i9...i3 soon???). I have even come to a point of saying "I wished they just stick with the 7th gen(2022) lineup and things could have been better" but i guess it's impossible for large companies to fall under the "curse of greed" gotta make that wallet bigger somehow i guess...😔 THANKS FOR READING THIS RANT, LUV YOUR VIDEOS BTW AND KEEP IT UP! also please respond if you feel you resent or reject my comment. THIS laptop seriously damaged me. I hope gen 10(or "X" since tech companies really love this roman number) fixes the issues with this laptop since there is no going back now. i hope they REMOVED that stupid water system and stick back to the LIQUID METAL of the pro 7i.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Hey dude, your opinion is your opinion. Everyone’s opinion is valid. My opinion of this laptop is only my own, doesn’t discredit your experience with it. Nothing to resent or reject homie

[@ForgoMangi]

@@TechGuyBeau sorry i didnt comment for resentment, i only comment so they fix these issue in the near future. i just got really salty (and i'm still am) since the laptop didnt live up to the hype for me and it feels more experimental product rather than a finalized one bcz of the water cooling marketing and what not. btw thanks for replying

[@amirulajmalahmad9196]

compare to strix scar 18(2024) 🙏

[@bryce2fadeway]

Wait was there a webcam section?

[@my-name-is-jeff]

It's here

[@81luislopez]

Nice i make a good choice for asus pro art 3081 ti to this monster luv u

[@pattymcfatty0]

Awesome video! However, may I ask where you managed to find a listing of the 2023 model? It's out of stock on Lenovo's website and I couldn't find any listings online.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Oh, it was an open box on eBay. Have a look and see if you can find one, might save hundreds or even a thousand +

[@pattymcfatty0]

@@TechGuyBeau Found some listings! Thanks so much. It was always out of my price range however I still wanted to see the listings out of curiosity. I was shocked to see quite a few options in the 2.5-2.8k range online.

[@JamesGadbury]

Thanks for the review. What's the Lenovo software that allows you to customise power modes? I wonder if that's available / would work on the new Ideapad Pro 5... EDIT: sorry, I saw later that it's a Legion version of Lenovo Vantage.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Yeah it’s a legion specific thing it seems

[@Drivenby]

@@JamesGadbury I returned my yoga pro 9i partially because of the lack of configuration options .. I don’t know why asus and Lenovo lock down everything in their non gaming laptops … pro 9i is a beast performance wise ; makes no sense to limit it like that

[@Drivenby]

Does it have single zone vs multi zone dimming option? I returned my yoga pro 9i because of the blooming. Worst blooming I’ve ever seen. How is it in this one?

[@iz723]

Have you used any other MiniLED displays before?

[@Drivenby]

@@iz723 only on tv

[@sparshbansal6624]

Why don't you mention the specs either in the video or in the description?

[@TechGuyBeau]

I mentioned the specs like 6 times in the video my man.

[@sparshbansal6624]

@@TechGuyBeau That's the first thing people want to know. So how do I find where is it

[@nellatl]

Wish it was 18 inch though

[@zhonghehuang6096]

But so expensive, no one would spend so much to buy one probably.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Lots of people would, especially when the sale brings it close to a 7i.

[@zhonghehuang6096]

@@TechGuyBeau cooool.

[@edis.s]

I bought this one week ago and is bad is stuttering in games and in easy stuff like surfing the web. I will return it today. I used to be a big Lenovo fan untill now.Looks great , feels great but is broken and Lenovo failed to fix the stutters since last year. Before some of you will want to buy this I say wait and see it's not worth it. Reddit is full of users who are very frustrated about this peace of crap that just happened to have a great quality build.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Could be an Intel issue. Intel CPUs run VERY hot, especially if you are in a hot climate. If that’s a concern go AMD

[@tinybit780]

​@@TechGuyBeau Please, don't guess too much if you're going to recommend something. Nope, nothing to do with Intel, it's a GPU problem, something you'd have found in a minute of research. Lots of negative threads about the Legion 9i, even on the official Lenovo forum. After half a year of ghosting, they now seem to be fixing it, especially after recent reviewers have criticised the Legion 9i heavily.

[@waev]

@@tinybit780 Legion 9i is really not recommended at the moment

[@bryce2fadeway]

No issues on the 7ipro? And there are still on the legion 9? That's crazy with the price. I've heard the strutting issues. Did they fix it?

[@edis.s]

As far as I know they fixed the issues for the Legion 9i gen9 with a bios update.But it's only for the gen9 I don't know if it works for gen8.I returned mine and got Predator Helios 18 1000£ cheaper than 9i.

[@andriyyrsulyan5419]

This laptop is very loud. Any comfort to gaming.

[@TechGuyBeau]

It’s not that loud compared to some, but loud compared to a non gaming laptop. You can use a balanced mode or custom I show to keep noise down

[@andriyyrsulyan5419]

@@TechGuyBeau Thank you.

[@Abhishek-su7bv]

Should I buy legion pro 5i or legion 7i(non pro) and both have i9 with 4070 and 32gb ram and same price

[@TechGuyBeau]

The 7i is a lot more premium. I would recommend the i7 however, the i9 is pretty pointless and will just cause thermal issues

[@Abhishek-su7bv]

@@TechGuyBeau which display option should I choose

[@Abhishek-su7bv]

@@TechGuyBeau is 5i pro not better than 7i ? And dosnt 5i pro feel premium and excellent build

[@yahyasiddique6311]

16:20 do you got your hand burn or rashes something ...there

[@TechGuyBeau]

Yeah I burned myself. Don’t touch hot things. Took almost two weeks to heal

[@iz723]

​@@TechGuyBeauprobably touched the underside of a Dell

[@yahyasiddique6311]

@@TechGuyBeau take care

[@nellatl]

Which gen is this?

[@TechGuyBeau]

8 and 9. They are functionally identical

[@nellatl]

​@@TechGuyBeaufoh. It's either gen 8 or 9. I'm guess it's gen 8 because you're hiding it.

[@TechGuyBeau]

@@nellatl hiding it? I literally say what it is in the video. Maybe watch the video next time, cmon dude….

[@nellatl]

You did a good job with the review though.

[@gonzalovasquezblas3819]

:D

[@PKperformanceEU]

This laptop would be amazing if only it had a core 9 ultra or the new AMD AI 370HX. Or preferably a currently non existing ARM chip coping with dGPU’s. At this price range not having haptic motor touchpad is a big flag. Also INTEL blocking out Undervolt on Meteor Lake and Arrow lake, this should be illegal. Dont cut people from getting game changing efficiency out of your mobile chips! Review is really well put together

[@Drivenby]

Core ultra 9 sucks. For this laptop with the MAXIMUM power id rather have HX . Only benefit is battery life

[@art_means_artificial]

camo top is epically ugly !!!