For aspiring competitive gamers, situational awareness is crucial and Nahimic 3D works well and there’s a handy software app as well for fine-tuning. It’s serviceable for gamers who are looking to get decent virtual surround sound on budget headsets. The Legion Tower 5i does offer Nahimic 3D as a standard audio driver. Therefore, gamers looking for more esports performance standards can rest easy that the Legion Tower 5i can handle Fortnite, Apex Legends, PUBG and Rocket League without breaking a sweat whether played through the SSD or HDD. High frame rates take precedent over visual fidelity in competitive gaming anyway. As mentioned above, gamers are going to have to pay more for the RTX 3060 if they want to utilize newer technology like ray tracing and DLSS. Other games with greater visual fidelity like Gears 5, Resident Evil Village and Doom Eternal performed adequately as well on comparable settings and resolution. During the first beta-test weekend for co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood, the Legion Tower 5i stayed locked at 60fps on mid-to-high settings at standard HD resolution. Older games like Total War: Three Kingdoms and Metro Exodus maintained an average framerate in the 40s on Ultra settings at 1080p. The Legion Tower 5i offers solid 1080p on high-to-mid range settings. Total War: Three Kingdoms: 172 fps (1080p, low) 47 fps (1080p, ultra) Here’s how the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i performed in our suite of benchmark tests:ģDMark Time Spy: 5,998 | Fire Strike: 14,484 | Night Raid: 40,681 That should definitely be enough for a basic keyboard, mouse, headset and webcam set up. In the rear, there are four USB-A ports, one USB-C, 5.1 Channel audio out and an ethernet port. There are two USB-A ports alongside headphone and microphone jacks in the front, though it would be nice to have at least one USB-C port there. Front and rear ventilation keeps the Legion Tower 5i cool with a total of five possible locations to maximize cooling. Those looking to showcase the desktop’s innards will appreciate the transparent glass side panel. The bold front-facing Legion logo and fans behind it feature RGB lighting that’s customizable through the Vantage app. Out of the box, the Legion Tower 5i provides an attractive raven-black tower chassis. Lenovo Legion Tower 5i at Best Buy for $999.99 (opens in new tab).Ports (rear): 2 x USB-A 2.0 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 3 x Audio out (5.1 Channel) 1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) 1 x Power ConnectorĬonnectivity: Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.1 Ports (front): 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 1 x Headphone 1 x Microphone Storage: 256GB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD 7200RPM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB GDDR6 Here is the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i configuration sent to TechRadar for review:ĬPU: Intel Core i5-11400F (6C / 12T, 2.6 / 4.4GHz, 12MB) If you have a little more extra cash on hand, you can bump RAM up to 16GB, upgrade to 1TB SSD, upgrade to 2TB HDD or get the more powerful RTX 3060. Others may prefer options as the 512GB SSD offered on the Aurora R10 and Trident 3 10th. Having a full 1TB of HDD space available is a reasonable way to compensate for the smaller 256GB SSD on the Legion Tower 5i. Though performance specs are somewhat indistinguishable, storage preference may vary. Plus, upgrading the Legion 5i isn’t difficult when the time eventually comes.Īvailable now at Best Buy, the Legion Tower 5i sits pretty well against similar budget-friendly gaming PCs including the $999 (£690, AU$1,240) MSi Trident 3 10th, $1,189 (£1,249.00) Alienware Aurora R10 and the $1,029 (£,1299) HP Omen Desktop. However, it’s more than enough for today’s biggest esports games like Fortnite, Rocket League and League of Legends. SSD storage is fairly low at a time where game sizes are increasing as well. For example, the budget-friendly GTX 1660 Super included doesn’t offer ray tracing or DLSS capabilities. This hardware may not deliver the absolute greatest performance for AAA-titles.
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