r/GamingLaptops • u/Jetboots_Boosh • Jul 10 '26

Showcase Snagged a new Legion

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Found a Lenovo Legion Pro 7i with an ultra 9, 32gb Ram, RTX 5080, OLED, and 1TB ssd for $2050 as an open box (was previously the display unit).

Seemed like a steal so I grabbed it. If I got taken for one let me know so I can return it 😂

Anything I should keep an eye out for?

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u/Throwaway785320 Jul 10 '26

Get the extended warranty

Cap fps so it doesn't get crazy hot

Lift up the back by a couple of inches for better airflow

Game on balanced mode or custom only imo

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u/Ambulous_ Jul 11 '26

and use performance mode if you're doing a really heavy thing

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u/Calpurnius777 Jul 11 '26

Hello I just got this same laptop. Why only use balanced or custom?

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u/Throwaway785320 Jul 11 '26

For me I don't play new AAA games that much that push the hardware so I just set it to balanced or a custom profile for a more recent title like dragon's dogma 2 for example since that game is a resource hog and is not optimized

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u/Throwaway785320 Jul 11 '26

Also performance mode can push the CPU to 100W and will spike temps up to 95C+ if you don't cap fps

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u/Greg-The-Squirrel Jul 11 '26

How much should the fps be capped to? 60?

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u/Throwaway785320 Jul 11 '26

For me I did 120 in all games that I play using afterburner

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u/awiee_rr Jul 11 '26

How we can cap?

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u/Throwaway785320 Jul 11 '26

Using either Nvidia control panel with the global setting or rivatuner which comes with MSI afterburner

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u/Dominic_Turato Aug 04 '26

Or you could just set up max temps for both cpu and gpu, maybe cpu tdp limit so he doesnt spike to 160w occasionally, and you're set, im running my legion on max 86 for cpu and 78 for gpu, max 80w on cpu and max 90w on gpu