Lenovo Legion 5 Upgrade Guide - Boost Performance!
I’ll show you how to upgrade the Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop, including battery, RAM, WiFi, M.2 SSD and 2.5” storage drive. I’ll also run benchmark tests before and after upgrading to see what performance differences this makes in games and applications.
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Everything used for the upgrade:
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop: geni.us/9gL5
iFixit Pry Tools: geni.us/eT3n
Intel WiFi 6e AX210NGW: amzn.to/385LvF5
ADATA RAM (2x 32GB): amzn.to/351Lct4
ADATA SX8200 M.2 SSD: amzn.to/2MsmCv1
Samsung 2.5” SSD: amzn.to/3hB4tGM
80Wh Battery (some options as often out of stock):
* Amazon: amzn.to/353VxVv
* Lenovo Replacement Parts: lenovo.encompass.com/item/125...
* This is the exact listing I bought from (L19M4PC1): www.storebattery.sg/l19m4pc1-... it’s a Singapore site, but there is also an international version of the site here that offers the other model: www.laptop-parts-shop.com/l19... they shipped me L19C4PC2, which worked.
You can check compatible parts for the Legion 5 here: pcsupport.lenovo.com/au/en/pr...
I’m using the 15ARH05H model in this video.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Legion 5 specs
0:25 How to open Legion 5
0:44 Internal hardware layout
1:20 2.5” SSD/HDD upgrade / removing drive tray
2:28 2nd M.2 SSD upgrade
3:16 80Wh battery upgrade
5:14 RAM upgrade
6:19 WiFi upgrade
7:23 Thermal paste upgrade
7:35 Which upgrades were worth it?
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I have a question Is 16gb of ram enough for gaming or should i buy 32 gb of ram?
Kinda wish you did the tuf a15 also this way I didn't like the case for the legions 5's case.... worried me if something happened.
another question is 6cores cpu is now obsolete for gaming?
@@aaronpingol1566 I think you should bring these questions to another Jarrod video and try to throw them out within the first few hours of the video being uploaded or put it into a thread where alot of people have commented
@@aaronpingol1566 I think 16 is enough but I would recommend you try to upgrade. Maybe do 24 if you can in the future because some games are starting to push past the 16 for their recommended specs. Returnal is apparently gonna need 32 to have smooth comfortable performance
Pro tip for those who are new to Lenovo laptops! If your laptop is plugged in most of the time, Lenovo has a function in their Vantage software called "Conservation Mode", which helps limit the battery charge to 60% when you're plugged in. This helps preserve your battery's health. My Legion 5 is now 3 months old and only has gone through 15 charge cycles!
currently using my 7 years old lenovo laptop and i never heard this before, thanks man
Asus has a similar feature. I chose 80% instead of the 60%, though. I don't know how many cycles, though.
@@bipbop3121 I would love it if Lenovo had the option to go for a higher percentage, though I’m sure they’ve done their research before coming to the decision of setting it to 60 by default.
Doesn't this mean your battery can only charge up to 60% while you're using it, why would you want this?
Reminds me of the Vaio Care battery life feature on my old i5 2011 Sony SvS15 dinosaur. Still kicking strong after 10 years.
Just one question: how do you ALWAYS manage to publish the RIGHT video at the RIGHT time?! Just how???!!! 🔝
I'm in your head 😎
trueeee though I already upgraded my RAM to 32GB it's still fun to watch someone do something similar with the same product 😅
I absolutely agree with you
Yeah i just wanna upgrade mine as well 🤣
@@JarrodsTech for real dude, i was just thinking these days to upgrade my ram....and this video pops up
Great video! I just got the Lenovo Legion 5 and this was very helpful. One question if anyone in the comments knows: I just upgraded my RAM by taking it to a shop nearby. I went from 8GB to 32GB. Now I keep getting BSOD with kernel security check - which after googling shows me that it is a RAM issue. Is there any way to fix this? Or do I have to go back to the shop and get a replacement?
Given you had someone else install it for you, I'd probably go back to them and get them to fix it. Make sure to confirm it boots before you take it back.
@@JarrodsTech Hey, thanks for this reply!! The trouble is, it boots fine and then sometime around 20-30 minutes later it crashes. So, it didn’t crash until after we brought it home. The type of RAM he installed was V-Gen. Anyway, thanks again and I am on my way back to the shop now.
4:56 - the longer cable version is from the 17" Legion 5. It will fit into 15" version, as seen in your video. But the shorter cable 15" version will NOT fit into the 17" version, be noted.
Nice pfp
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
Please suggest me a battery for ideapad gaming 3
@@traderbear6518 That was just your trypophobia kicking in. lol
You are the best laptop reviewer of all times. Your content is so rich, organised, and useful. I hope your channel becomes as giant as they get, because you absolutely deserve it for the amount of quality work you push. A massive thank you.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Everything I search, Jarrod has something for it. Little bit scary haha!
Your videos have been so insanely helpful to me. I recently upgraded my setup, and I have been out of the gaming world for over 15 years.. In that time, things have changed a LOT, and I had no idea how user friendly it is to customize, overclock, and otherwise set up a computer to truly take advantage of its hardware. Your videos along with a few other KZheadrs have given me a crash course in getting the most out of my PC, and it has exponentially improved my experience. Thanks for doing what you do! Great content.
Thx Dude. It's a really good laptop, and I"m happy with it so far.
he deserved a crown, whole vid without any ads 👑
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
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An addendum for the 2.5" drive bay: If you want to add a HDD in there, make sure that it has a 7mm thickness to it. Any thicker, you won't be able to close the bottom panel. Speaking from experience
Good point, thanks.
Thanks
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@@JarrodsTech Can you help me? How to put a HDD in Dell G5 SE? There's space there but no connector. Or a similar video for the G5 SE would be great
Thank you for sharing this. Really appreciate the help.
Just upgraded my legion 5 with your help! Thank you. 1tb goes a long way!
Your content is so incredibly good! Well researched and clearly explained. Thank you.
Before changing any hardware, you need to remove the battery cable, so the laptop stays without power. Besides that, very instructive video. Like it every second of it.
Wdjm ?
@@masterrahool4774 You could damage your components or yourself if you start up your laptop on accident during the upgrade, the other thing you could do is to disable the battery in the bios before opening your laptop.
Tip for those of you planning on doing this (which is well worth it!): Take your time when prying the laptop open. There are tiny clips on the inside which are pretty fragile and I snapped one when opening. Not a huge deal, but still best to be careful.
And dont forget to unplug the battery first.
Will i void my warranty if i only just wanted to add a 2,5" HDD by myself?
additional recommendation: pry the sides and front first, the back section are hooked onto the ports and comes off more easily once the other 3 sides are loose
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
After watching so many videos of this laptop on your channel, decided to pick one up. Here it comes with 2 TB SSD RTX 3060 and 165 hz screen, ryzen 7.
Just picked mine up a couple weeks ago and the only difference is mine has a 1 TB SSD. So far I'm really loving it. Hope you like yours as well.
@@baguetteengineer It's doing fine, for both editing videos and games.
I'm picking up the same laptop too
yea i saw amazon is shipping lenovo legion 5 rtx 3060 with 2 tb of m.2 ssd. its pretty good i must say
Hey bro Sourav Joshi Vlogs Had A same laptop. he had some problems. so please be aware buying this model of lenovo
So glad Jarrod's taking his content to another level hope he gets the amount of subscribers he always deserved but never got
Thanks!
Because, everyone has not brain to understand deep knowledge 🤭
@@JarrodsTech is Legion 5 Pro 2021 upgradable to 64GB RAM like Legion 5?
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
@@JarrodsTech Try to work on your pronunciation buddy, I think that's what missing you! Verbal communication is key, that being said the quality of your videos is what makes me come back. Looking forward to seeing you grow ;)
This is how everybody must do upgrades videos! BEST I VE SEEN! Thank you and congrats!
Just a note to people upgrading brand new Legion 5s. the newer ones (like the one I purchased) have different motherboards installed meaning a 2.5inch SSD or HDD can't be installed into it, an M.2 SSD can still be installed in the same way. Another thing to watch out for is the RAM, the motherboard in the newer ones isn't XMP based meaning XMP ram (what's commonly sold) won't work at full speed.
It should be in the TOP of comments! Very very important information. I am waiting new 82NW0037 and fear that cannot plug 2.5 HDD!
So I wasted $50 for nothing 😑
same here, can't add 2.5" ssd, only nvme
what's the version number of your legion 5? unsure which version your referring to
@@megaberu honestly unsure now, I sold it over a year ago now
Sometimes in this life you find the exact video you were looking for and this is one of those rare examples. I love this laptop. Best bang for buck ever. Also this channel is great. Subbed.
Loved how clear and detailed this was. I will be doing some of these upgrades. Thank yoy.
You helped me decide which laptop to buy and now you are helping me to upgrade it. This is why I'm subscribed
Always love your videos! Keep up the excellent work Jarrod! By any chance do you plan to do a similar video for L5Pro? That would be immensely helpful. Viewing this video I now feel like buying the L5 instead of the L5P for longevity sake... without knowing if the L5P is also up-gradable in those 5 components.
Maan I've been following your work for quite some time, thank you for your honesty and advice. You're a Rockstar!
Your content is literally the best. I can't understand how you don't have over a milion subs!!!
Just when I'm about to buy my Legion 5, this gets recommended to me edit: My Legion 5i is finally here! Got the i7 10th gen + rtx 2060 config with the 144hz panel and 16GBs of ram. It runs beautifully!
Sometimes KZhead works!
It's an amazing laptop, I love it
My man get ready to wait for a long time, mine has been stuck in customs for quite some time (still waiting...)
@@JarrodsTech I guess you can say that! Really looking forward to receiving it since it's my first gaming laptop ever :)
My Legion 5 gets here tomorrow!✌
Doing it right now.... Nerve cracking, thanks for keeping me company with your video 😉👍
I’d love to see more upgrade videos like this!
The inner design and expandability look quite good together with massive heat pipes. It reminds me of an old laptop from Dell that my cousin bought many years ago.
I love how you did an hommage to Laiho with that COH tshirt !
rip :( actually filmed this the day before it
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Thank you so much man. Been looking for 2h+ on how to install NVME on my legion 5 and this is the only one that helped!
Literally just ordered one based on your other GPU reviews (with the rtx 2060) on sale - you seem to have a video for everything I need and no bs. A thankful sub for you!
How's it treating you?
thanks a lot man, really helped me with choosing the legion 5 1660ti over the 2060 with your comparison video. now with the 100 bucks saved im going to upgrade the battery and boom here you are again helping me out.. appreciate you brother jarrod!
Good Jarod, never fails to add subtitles. It really helps many deaf people
U deaf bro?
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
@@itszain6317 No, my friend is. And he introduced this channel to me
Added 500GB M.2 SSD successfully with the help of your video. really appreciate it mate. thanks
This is great man, I've been thinking about upgrading my legion 5 and this was a really detailed guide. Thanks for the help 🙂
Is lenovo legion 5 for 4600H 1650 time gooddl
Going to purchase my first Lenovo Legiong ever. Do you guys suggest Legion 5 2020 vs 2021?
I think the 2021 version. Becuase it will get cheaper if im not mistaken
@@ammaraazri536 Awesome! Thank you AMMAR for your time.
I'd probably wait a few more weeks for news on the 2021 unless you need something immediately.
@@JarrodsTech I Appreciate you and what you do for the KZhead Tech community Jarrod 🙏. I shall wait for the Legion 5 Pro 👊
@@xcH1NOx1 when will it came out? The legion 5 pro
You just offer so much information in just 8 minutes. Thanks!
You need to disconnect the battery before ripping metal shields off the motherboard, because you can short the powered rails and the laptop would be dead. Despite that good and short video showing on what needs to be done to upgrade these things :)
I know someone is going to ruin their laptop if they just watch this video without doing further research,
lol - that's like saying you need to dismantle the laptop's screen before doing any upgrade to the laptop.
@@xibeon Disconnecting the battery is ALWAYS the first thing you should do when taking apart something. I know you will probably say that nothing's happened to you, and I've never had any issues with it either, but that does not make it safe in the slightest. Also good job responding to a 1 year old comment, really showed em
@@ActualRealKayamariOfficialVEVO Yeah nothing bad happened to any laptop I've ever opened and they were quite a few. I don't even know anyone who somehow damaged any laptop by not disconnecting the battery. Im sure you don't either. The thing with damaging the laptop by not disconnecting the battery is a internet myth. Sure, it can happed to someone somewhere, but same goes with lightning strike or lottery winning.
@@xibeon Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it's not a risk that should be taken. Disconnecting the battery takes three seconds to do and means the risk (even if it's as low as you think) is put to 0. that's better odds than leaving it connected. Why do you want to keep the battery plugged in in the first place? Also, if I'm working on something that's worth multiple hundred dollars you bet I don't want to take any risks in the slightest about frying it.
That 80wh battery upgrade is absolutely impressive! I thought that it would be a little better than the Omen 15, but I didn't expect that huge of a battery lfie increase.
How much of an increase did you experience?
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
Feels like you are fed up with the Short Circuit video about not being able to upgrade ram. I am too.
WHAT'S THIS METAL PLATE? GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW
@@JarrodsTech Jarrod, I'm sure that the Legion 5 is only limited to 32GB of ram not 64GB of ram
@@nexomii4187 it works actually
@@nosc0pe oh okay, I remember a tech KZheadr said it's only limited to 32GB thanks for the info
@@nosc0pe are all laptops like that? That you can go higher than specifications?
This was exceptionally useful - I used it to upgrade my RAM and storage. Cheers Jarrod, such a legend as always :)
Good to hear!
sorry i'm late 9 months... my legion 5 support max with 16gb totals, can i upgrade more? (ex 32gb ram)... Thanks
@@LyDaiPhatB thường là sẽ upgrade lên tận 32gb (16x2) nha, nâng mà dùng cho đáng tiền
@@GWTB_Kly ok bác
@@LyDaiPhatB Did you find an answer for this?
I was concerned about the space but saw it was easily upgradable and bought it thanks 🙏🏾
Love how I found this video 3 days after putting in my 2.5 ssd. First time I've taken apart a computer and did any kind of installs. It went great, but fantastic content nonetheless!
Hey man quick question. When upgrading storage will you need to transfer the storage from the old one into the new SSD?
@@hectormendez8587 if by "transfer storage", you mean transfer windows to the new ssd, you dont.
Thanks for including the 80 Wh battery upgrade section! The Legion really became the best overall gaming laptop of 2020 with these upgrades. Would've been nice to see if RAM with better timings and tuning further improved the experience.
Yeah faster timings would have been fun, but this is all I had access to without buying expensive memory just for the video 😁
Included RAM is CL22. There is no XMP supported on Legion 5, and better RAM is only CL20. The performance difference is really small, like 1-2 fps, if exists at all. CL20 HyperX Impact RAM kit is about 150-180$, totally not worth it, IMO.
@@mrgndx I see 3200 cl 16 modules gskill ripjaws sodimms that are 1.2v on newegg though. The absolute fastest sodimms are 3600 cl 16 and they are expensive as well as higher voltage at 1.35v.
@@JarrodsTech I wana buy 80wh laptop Can anyone help me I couldn't find it Or the model don't exist at all..? Spec req : 4800h 1660ti 144hz 300nits 80wh
I just wanna say thank you, you're the reason i bought legion 5 before and with your guide i was able to upgrade the storage myself,i always just pay someone to do ut cuz im scared of breaking anything lol but now that I've done it imma do everything myself if i have the tools
You might be able to use the M.2 drive as well as a 2.5 inch SATA SSD at the same time if you take apart the 2.5 inch SSD by removing it's plastic housing. Inside that there's a high chance you'll have a small circuit board which is the SSD. After that you might even be able to have all three options, larger battery, SATA SSD, M.2 SSD(As long as that M.2 isn't the same port though, shouldn't be if the M.2 is NVME).
I guess those second drive ports (sata and nvme), share the bus. that's why you shouldn't connect both drives by force.
@@visitor404 I've had the drives connected this way for over a year and I haven't noticed any drops in performance
so you have 3 drives on your legion 5 ? thibming to try that aswell@@macbuntu7506
I like that Lenovo included the four SSD screws even though they are very much standard screws that are likely to come with the SSD as well. And their decision to specially design a piece of plastic to hold them is so smart as well. They could have just gone lazy and put them in the plastic bag with other accessories, which the user is unlikely to remember or even notice. It's details like this that make me approve of a product that much more.
Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that it could be maxed out at 64GB RAM. Amazon's page seemed to indicate that it was already maxed at the 16GB included.
That's what I saw also, and was dismissing this laptop prior.
im about to buy it, please tell me that the model shown on Amazon is the same and I can upgrade it haha
I felt like I am doing a surgery I got nervous af! Thank you!
Thanks this really helps for future upgrades! I appreciate this video being made!
No problem!
I'm definitely going to do the battery upgrade as it nets an extra 2 hours and 30 minutes. I wish it was like the older days where I could, with one flick of a switch, add on another battery on the fly, as was the case with my IBM Thinkpad T60. Ravi Peiris M.D.
This is a beast of a casual gaming and full time dev laptop. 8-cores and 64GB of ram. You can't go wrong with that.
Actually, you shouldn't add more memory than you'll need. It actually proves to hinder performance. Using these faster nvme drives really makes more ram unnecessary. Check benchmarks with more vs less RAM online.
Thank you, your video is so helpful for me to upgrade my LEGION 5. 👍
Really like your organisation of information, a pleasure to listen.
Suggestion: At 0:28 maybe you could continue with the black background theme and the wooden table. Would look class. Solid video as usual
I will, I'm just in the process of setting up the new filming space, so for now while getting set up some things are still happening in the older room.
If the color is just right the laptop will be invisible.
@@JarrodsTech I agree that the wooden table and black background looks better, but the white table gives better contrast especially when you're working with parts and taking things apart. Anyways thx for the video I literally just bought the same model (same specs even) cuz of your videos a week ago. My biggest concern after GPU and Screen refresh rate was thermals. I live in a hot climate so, thermals was a big concern for me, your videos played a huge part in making my decision and buying the legion 5 1660ti Ryzen 7 4800h / 16 gb/ 512 SSD. 😊
Huge respect for sporting that COB t-shirt. RIP Alexi.
kon h bhai ye?
I don't usually, but +100
Bro your video is really useful, thx for that and keep it up
Great content thank you - just upgraded the RAM on mine.
So upgrading laptop is basically LEGO adult version
Are these suggestions valid on the Legion 5 2021 too? Ram speed is slower too in that model? Wifi card can be upgraded too or has a better one now in this new model? (Talking about the ryzen 5 5600h and rtx 3060 model)
thank you so much for this video. as a DJ and producer, I have been looking at if it is possible to upgrade this laptop. Thank you for everything!!
Thank you man for every effort .. This not the only video I watch for you ❤
Also, if you experience micro-stuttering in-game, I suggest to turn off processor boost in power settings. The boost in my example caused thermal throttling (clearly visible in HWINFO64).
how do i do this
I just bought a legion 5 yesterday from your reviews, next step was to upgrade ram and memory as it only came with 8gb and 256gb. Thanks a lot for your content!
Hey, is it 6gb or 8gb? 6gb must be the gpu vram I'm guessing.
Sorry 8 gb ram.
How is it after upgrading? Did you notice a difference/was it worth it?
hi bro... i want to know that can i upgrade more ram with max support 16gb totals ? (ex: 32gb ram)
Just did all the upgrades like on your video! All working great thanks for the guide!
is the laptop in the vid the 2020 model?
Such a professionally done video. Very well done and very helpful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Massive respect for sporting a Children of Bodom tshirt. Alexi Laiho will always be remembered as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Could u do a similar video for the omen and compare them side by side with an m1 macbook
Fantastic informative video with links to all parts! This helped me in upgrading my newly purchased Legion 5 with i7 10th gen/Nvidia RTX 2060/16GB Ram/ 256 m.2 NVME & 1TB SSD Hard Drives/240hz Screen/500nits brightness ... all for $1088. I will upgrade to the 80W battery and an M.2 NVME WD Black 1TB, thank you again for all the informative links and video.
Were you able to get the right battery? I'm having trouble getting one that works
@@anirudhnair558 I ordered my 80W battery from Lenovo as an OEM 2yrs ago, though I checked today & they only sell the 60W battery. Guess I got lucky with an 80W battery in my Legion 5. 🙂
Just ordered this, waiting. Definitely gonna do the ram thing. Appreciate the info
Every Legion 5 can get up tu 64 GB of RAM or at least 32GB? or depends on the configuration? mine has R7 and GTX1650ti
finally a straight forward tutorial on this sort of thing. Thank you so much.
I got this laptop and it's awesome. I have the intel version and i've never had a problem with it. It dosen't overheat or anything like that. But the biggest downside is that it only has 3 modes which sucks, other than that everything else is just perfect.
man... you should become a surgeon! Thanks for all the help amazing video keep it up dude!
Upgrading this October. Thanks man!
Good. i recommend disconect the battery before any manipulation.
im thinking 82% of people here dont have a legion 5 and that 18% does.
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
@@traderbear6518 It's cheese
I have bought the Lenovo Legion 5 17 with Ryzen 7 5800H eight cores and 16 threads, RTX 3060 115+15W TDP, 17,3" 144Hz 1080p, White colored backlit truestrike keyboard, 16Gb DDR4 3200MHz CL22. I got it for 11990 SEK or 1449.19 in USD. And it's a high end beast. I have so far maxed all my games with good fps. Warzone maxed out with RT and DLSS on gives me a constant 100+ fps. Love it!
@@aiden5573 The 5 pro model has much better grill design.
@@traderbear6518 I will take this time to recommend the legion 7! It has no air filtration, and a sort of mesh instead. It has the same bottom intake system, causing it to vacuum anything under the computer!
Just ordered a 32gb ram kit and 1tb m.2 SSD. Super stoked, thank you for the guide ❤️❤️
My legion 5’s internals did not look like yours, at all. My HDD orientation was flipped, the m.2 drive didn’t have a place for me to screw in, and my battery was fucking massive and ran the whole way across the bottom. Like what the fuck
@@Birdo720 Ahaha lol, I hope mine is like the video. I'm putting a second m2, do you know if I can install windows in it? And use as main m2? Thanks!
Really solid video. Thank you for this! :)
Great tutorial! Can you confirm that the M.2 form factor is 2280 and whether the slots are PCIe 3 or PCIe 4? Thanks for the quality info!
PCIe 3. It will accept PCIe 4 though it will run at PCIe 3 speeds. Though you will be able to upgrade to 4tb single sided PCIe 4. You're limited to a maximum of 2 tb single sided with PCIe 3. The dual sided 4tb PCIe 3 cards won't fit properly. They have to be single sided or they rub on side and overheat.
COB frontman just passed. RIP Alexi 😭💔
Just upgraded my Legion's SSD partially thanks to your video. Thanks. The store sent me a Western Digital SSD instead of the Samsung one I ordered, but whatever, I'm glad to have one more terabyte of space.
thanks for this. also big win for the COB shirt
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Tip: Disconnect the battery first so that you don't destroy your motherboard, because if by chance any screw fell on yhe motherboard it's going to destroy your Lappy. Remember guys better safe than sorry. 🙂🙂
I was looking exactly for this comment! he did not switch off battery!
Please do one for the Dell G5 SE.
Saw a Bodom shirt and Lenovo brand computer; instant like. You're a man of great taste 👍🏻
Thanks, as always, helpful !
Hmm it looks like 64gb RAM doesn't really add much value over the 16gb RAM.
Depends if you need the capacity or not, if you're doing a ton of stuff and editing big files it will matter more.
@@JarrodsTech (edit this is due to the application not being able to use the ram I had properly, I have 32gb of sodimm ddr4, and the *32 bit* application could only use about 4) Take the following with a grain of salt. And if your playing old titles on high settings, I was playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) and it crashed and gave an error similar to "Memory Exceeded." when I flew over Newark Liberty International.
Upgrading RAM isn't for higher framerates, it's so when you get a memory leak it doesn't completely crash your computer, and you can run 800 chrome tabs. It's also extremely useful for audio editing as you can run a lot of VSTs simultaneously, on 16GB you would get an instant crash on a complicated track. Also, let's say you build a program that's large like a video game, you may need more than 16GB just to build. Or if you want to rewrite a large Git history. Or if you're a scientist and you want to analyse a large dataset. I got 64GB last feb and since then my computer has never stalled and I am constantly running unity, photoshop, fl studio, resolve, bitbucket, rider, 100 tabs in firefox, thunderbird, filezilla, google sync, playstation and xbox devkit tools. Often streaming on slobs, have excel open in the background, a bunch of copies of ms paint with screenshots open, everything, my music editor, my vpn, steam, avast, parsec. I have never gone above 40GB even during memory leaks. I used to max 24GB all the time.
@@AlexRoseGames damn you make me want 64gigs of RAM.. I use mad tabs and run multiple browsers, vpn, wallpaper engine, games, video, photoshop etc
@@suzukaziodyne9723 64gb is the truth
Hello Jarrod, Thank you for the insightful video. I was able to buy the Lenovo Legion 5 Ryzen 7 Nvidia RTX 2060 80W version based on your videos. The only compromise was the ssd was 500GB which is certainly not enough for heavy users. I actually purchased the same m.2 you recommended for the second slot on the motherboard. I just wanted to let people know that with the 80w version as it doesn't come with the HDD bay with spare screws, there is one actually placed where the second m.2 slot is located. Since the M.2 card purchase doesn't come with a spare screw i thought it would be best to let people know. My laptop model is the 15ARH05H. Thanks for your grand videos Jarrod and may God bless you and keep you and your loved ones safe especially during these times.
I just got one, ayyy! Will need this for the future
Awesome vid. Buying this laptop tommorow
Your Lenovo videos are always first rate. That said, I am a lifelong ThinkPad user and whenever I see what Lenovo has been selling since the overpriced but cheaply made T440 I wonder if we shall ever see true quality again. Obviously key components have become more powerful but the loss of so many ports, dumping of optical and penny pinching on SD bandwidth (where SDs are even fitted) has shown Lenovo's current management to be trading on a once great and distinctive pedigree. Actual machines are in fact little better than things costing 50% less. Dell also had a bad quality patch but seemed to learn from crashing sales. HP are mostly bad with the occasional machines being at Elitebook and Probook standards of a dozen years ago. Many of us in the area of education IT are going back to Clevo base models honed and finished by specialist companies and having so-called 'gaming computers' modified to serve our middle term needs. We also note that some ASUS models a few years old are more accessible and upgradeable than the Big Three. We think it possible that Framework and firms like it could herald the future because many models yet too narrow a range is the reality of the big three non-Mac companies. Their greed and laziness could sink them rather quickly.
As an owner of this machine, I feel like some important topics were missed here. Upgrading RAM isn't just about capacity. Sometimes it is about performance. What will this machine do with tighter timings? What are the actual limits it will accept? Is there a 3400MT/s or faster kit available that will work? Can the cooling be upgraded? I know in the past, Lenovo has different cooling for different SKUs. I also own the 1660Ti version. Is the 2060 cooling module better? If so, would it be possible to upgrade to the 2060 cooling kit to improve temps? If you can, does that improve performance in any meaningful way?
Make a video or link a source to switching the cooling kits I never heard of that.
@@SeudXe I was asking as the "upgrade guide" was missing the upgrades that appeared to be worth doing. It is common practice to have different cooling based upon the build. First I ran into that, was with the W520. Upgrading from a dual core to a quad core included a cooling upgrade. Upgrading from the low end to high end GPU involved a cooling upgrade. And you could purchase, and install that upgraded cooler yourself if you wanted to lower temps on parts that weren't maxed out for the platform. I assumed the same would apply to the Legion 5 - given the upgraded parts available. However, that topic was never approached by the author.
the way they provided the sata screws and cable is very creative indeed.
I know this video is a year old but I have to say that I really appreciate people who make videos like this
for anyone watching this, dont change the thermal paste for any of the legions, they use a phase changing thermal pad and its very good in laptops
Does this mean the thermal paste never has to be reapplied on it? my current lenovo ideapad 520 is thermal throttling and I think the reason is that the thermal paste is dried out. If thats not an issue with the legion Ill be even more sold on it then I already am right now
@@deadfox5489change it then but pick a good brand thermal paste not mx4 or mx5 they are not good after testing
With the larger battery installed, will the second m.2 SSD still be an option if I want 2 drives?
Those holes on the back looks scary as fuck. It's like, the thing is staring at me. That's freaking me out.
Yes
I love your videos and really appreciate the work you put in. The only thing I kept asking myself while you did this though was "at this point wouldn't you just get a whole new laptop?"
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, you're amazing. Loving your channel man
If you know what you're doing, I strongly recommend changing stock thermal paste for liqud metal (Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut in my case) Temperatures dropped from 98C° to ~75C° on CPU in full load, which is a nice improvement for longevity and performance of your HW.
utterly retarded idea. Liquid metal is a compound which includes galium. it is meant to seal die and shielding. it is not meant to go on the shielding as it will corrode the metal (gallium!). surefire way to kill your hardware. "improvement for longevity" my ass.