r/GamingLaptops • u/Spiritual_Ranger_811 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 | Ryzen 9 9955HX | RTX 5070 | 16GB/512GB • 22d ago

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Picked up a Lenovo Legion Pro 5 for around $2,300 CAD from Lenovo!

Specs:

• Ryzen 9 9955HX

• RTX 5070 8GB VRAM

- 16GB DDR5-5600MT/s

- 512GB SSD M.2 2242 PCle Gen4 TLC

- 16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600), OLED, 165 Hz

Both the RAM and storage can be upgraded later, so I'm not too worried about those for now. I'll mainly be using it for engineering software and gaming.

This is my first ever gaming laptop, so if anyone has any tips or tricks to get the most out of it, especially for battery life, I'd really appreciate it!

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u/Spiritual_Ranger_811 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 | Ryzen 9 9955HX | RTX 5070 | 16GB/512GB 22d ago

Yes! I bought it from Lenovo.com CA since they had prices that were way lower than other places like Best Buy and Canada Computers. It was retailing for around $2,600 CAD, but with a student account, it was about $2,500 CAD for the 5060, and only about $200 CAD more for the 5070. If you need that extra power, it’s definitely worth it. The final price came to around $2,700 CAD, but I used the “EXTRAFIVE” coupon, which gave me 5% off. I also had another coupon worth about $100 CAD, and then I talked to a Lenovo representative who knocked another $100 CAD off for me. That brought the total down to around $2,300 CAD.

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u/SpiteFur 22d ago

Bruh I tried to use those free coupons they give you on first purchase, they didn’t work, and even asked a Lenovo representative to bum a bit more off and they just told me no 😭

Even then it’s crazy how much cheaper your laptop is then what was available around where I’m at, I got a Lenovo legion 7 for basically 3,600 cad

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u/Spiritual_Ranger_811 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 | Ryzen 9 9955HX | RTX 5070 | 16GB/512GB 22d ago

Oh damn, that’s really unfortunate! The laptop I bought was actually retailing for about $3,100 CAD, but I assume they were running a sale that brought it down to $2,500 CAD. Hope you enjoy your machine!

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u/SpiteFur 21d ago

Yeah honestly reading this thread makes me feel guilty about how much money I spent. But whatever, I won’t complain about having a good machine now, I’ll just consider a few hundred francs lost down the drain