Lenovo Malaysia has revealed its full suite of Lenovo Legion gaming laptop and PC line for 2020.
Lenovo revealed the Legion 5i and 7i gaming laptops earlier this year, and those are coming here. On top of that are a few more models- the more gaming-focused Legion 5Pi, and the AMD Ryzen-powered Legion 5.
(The “i” in the new Legion naming scheme stands for “Intel”.)
The 2020 Legion line looks fairly subtle in the visual changes, but most of the changes here are on the inside, and done based on customer feedback.
The keyboards now uses Truestrike keyboard switches, which are still membrane keyboards but feels closer to Lenovo’s Thinkpad line with its soft-landing switches. Lenovo claims that it should have 100% anti-ghosting (every keypress is registered) and double the response time of the previous Legion models’ default keyboard.
The keyboard layout is also changed- it has a full numpad with the arrow keys not aligned. A good way, though not as obvious way, to tell the new 2020 models from last year’s. RGB is supported in some models.
Besides that, there are also improvements to the cooling performance, dubbed Coldfront 2.0. It’s a method of using both hardware and software solutions to reduce heat.
On the hardware side, there are now multi-array sensors on various parts of the laptop that detect temperature. The top-of-the-line Legion laptops even has vapour chambers.
On the software side, there’s improvements to Lenovo Q-Control- now dubbed Lenovo Q-Control 3.0- which expands to one-press overclocking rather than just fan speed changes.
Also, Lenovo is committed with improving the battery life, now with the integration of Nvidia’s Advanced Optimus tech. The laptops can switch from using GPU to an integrated GPU within the CPU that, while has less performance, also uses less power hence more battery life.
Lenovo Legion 2020 Gaming Laptop Malaysia Specs
Here are the baseline specs for the Lenovo Legion laptops coming to Malaysia in June. Note that there will be multiple variants for these laptops, to be announced later, and the flagship Lenovo Legion 7i will be coming later this year.
Lenovo Legion 5 (15ARH05)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6
- RAM: 8GB DDR4
- Storage: 256GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
- Display: 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) IPS 250nits Anti-glare, 120Hz
- Price: starts at RM3,599
Lenovo Legion 5i (15IMH05)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-10300H
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6
- RAM: 8GB DDR4
- Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
- Display: 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) IPS 250nits Anti-glare, 120Hz
- Price: starts at RM4,199
Lenovo Legion 5i (15IMH05H)
- CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6
- RAM: 8GB DDR4
- Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
- Display: 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) IPS 250nits Anti-glare, 120Hz
Lenovo Legion 5Pi (15IMH05H)
- CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6
- RAM: 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4
- Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
- Display: 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) IPS 300nits Anti-glare, 144Hz, 100% sRGB Gamut, Dolby Vision
- No webcam
- Price: starts at RM6,399
Pre-orders for the new Lenovo Legion line in Malaysia will open on June 1, which includes free gifts worth up to RM5,436, including Legion Y44w-10 Gaming Monitor.
Lenovo Malaysia also revealed new Legion desktop PCs and a new Ideapad Gaming laptop today.