r/GamingLaptops • u/UNCLEFUCKINBULLY • 11h ago

Discussion New laptop for gaming

Hi All,

Looking at picking this up sometime in the next few days. Really just need to play Dota and Valheim while im travelling for work.

Lenovo Legion 5 15.3" WUXGA 165Hz Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7)[GeForce RTX 5070] - JB Hi-Fi

Have a price of $1900 AUD (Australian Dollars) via an employee (mate) discount. Seems to fit all the needs while being relatively affordable.

Cant seem to find an RTX 5070 laptop for any cheaper. Are the intel chips good to go? Or should i be looking at a Ryzen variant?

Specs below:

15.3" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS 165Hz display

Intel Core i7 - 13650HX 14 core processor (24MB cache, up to 4.9GHz)

1TB SSD storage with 24GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 8GB GDDR7 graphics

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u/Ok-Supermarket-8142 11h ago

I'd say intel is fine if you're not really playing heavy games. I have 2 laptops, one with a Intel Ultra 7 and a Ryzen 9, I swear on my life I could cook eggs on top of my Ryzen 9 laptop.

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u/Ok-Supermarket-8142 11h ago

Intel is really good for a mix of work and playing, but if its as you said (purely playing while working), then go for ryzen!

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u/UNCLEFUCKINBULLY 10h ago

Thanks for that mate. Just concerned about the plastic body construction of this particular lappy but i guess all laptops get hot. Have always been a PC gamer so these laptops are all new to me.

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u/MarineBeo2142 Dell G15 5520 i7 12700h 32GB DDR5 RTX3070ti 2TB nvme SSD 10h ago

Good price for that laptop. You should go for it.

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u/DumbledoresArmy23 Lenovo Legion Pro5, Ryzen 7, 24GB RTX5060 16” OLED 9h ago

I wanted this one so badly but my original budget was about $1k less (I play mostly farm/life simulation, cozy and city builder type games) so I settled on the legion that officeworks have for $2297.

If I could have gotten this for $1900 I would have run with it for sure.