Lenovo Legion Tower 7i MSRP $3,350.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “The Lenovo Legion Tower 7i makes one big mistake, but it gets almost everything else right.” Pros Cons It can be hard to find a good value when searching for the best gaming desktops, but the Lenovo Legion Tower 7i hits that mark. It’s still expensive at over $3,000, but it offers flagship components and performance for less than the competition.
Unsurprisingly, that means the Lenovo Legion Tower 7i is more expensive as a result. What used to be a desktop that topped out around $2,100 now goes for $3,350. You get a much more capable GPU, as well as a big bump to the CPU. However, I would have liked to have seen an option for Intel’s Core i7-13700KF, saving some money without changing much about gaming performance.
You’re getting a standard mid-tower design, which is elevated by some subtle curving around the edges. The sandblasted finish feels classy, and you get a full view into the machine with the tempered glass side panel. For components, everything is standard in the Tower 7i, so you’re free to swap components out, including the motherboard. The case also has two drive sleds in the basement and two mounts for SSD in the back of the case. Even better, Lenovo has SATA connections prerouted to the drive sleds so you can easily expand your storage.
That’s because of RAM speed, not the processor itself. Lenovo advertises that the Legion Tower 7i comes with 5,600 megatransfers per second memory, and that’s true, but the memory only runs at 4,400 MT/s. I was able to confirm the memory is validated for the higher speed, so it’s bizarre that Lenovo doesn’t have that speed enabled out of the box.
Full RTX 4080 power Even with slower RAM, the Tower 7i doesn’t hinder your gaming performance. The RTX 4080 is able to fully stretch its legs, matching and sometimes even outpacing the results we gathered in our RTX 4080 review.