Great deal: Quality laptop with 24-core i9-14900HX, top-notch display, and Nvidia graphics discounted by 3 thousand!

A gaming laptop for forty-five thousand today is the gateway to solid gaming on the go. The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX10 is available on Alza with AlzaPlus+ for 42,989 CZK, which is a pleasantly aggressive price for the parameters it offers. The question is whether the compromises Lenovo has made suit you.

Quick summary:
✅ Makes sense if you want a top processor, a premium display, and a solid metal build for a reasonable price.
⚠️ Consider if you need maximum graphics performance – for similar money, you can buy a competitor with an RTX 5070, albeit with a weaker chip.
💡 For 42,989 CZK, you get one of the best price/performance ratios among 16″ gaming laptops, where Lenovo has bet on the processor and display, not on graphics numbers.

How to get a discount with AlzaPlus+

The price of 42,989 CZK applies to users with an active AlzaPlus+ subscription, which costs 59 CZK per month or 299 CZK per year. If you shop regularly on Alza, it’s worth keeping the membership for unlimited free delivery and access to exclusive promotions. For a one-time purchase to get this discount, you can activate AlzaPlus+ for 59 CZK, make the purchase, and then immediately cancel the subscription in your account settings – it will remain active until the end of the paid period.

Why the Legion bets on processor and display

In today’s 43 thousand price range, you can indeed find laptops with an RTX 5070, where the graphics card has 12 GB of memory and higher TGP. Lenovo chose a different path – the Intel Core i9-14900HX with 24 cores and a boost up to 5.8 GHz is a processor a class above what competitors offer in this price range (usually Core i7-14650HX or i7-13700HX). For playing modern AAA titles, this means less CPU-side bottleneck. For creative work (video editing, code compilation, 3D models), processor performance is more crucial than a few extra FPS in graphics.

The second main argument is the display. A 16″ PureSight panel with a resolution of 2560 × 1600 (WQXGA) in a 16:10 aspect ratio, 240Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 coverage, 500 nits brightness, and factory-calibrated X-Rite is a level you won’t regularly see in the rest of this price range. Add NVIDIA G-SYNC, Dolby Vision, and an anti-glare surface, and you have a panel that wouldn’t be ashamed next to a MacBook Pro. The NVIDIA RTX 5060 with 8 GB VRAM and 115 W TGP, combined with DLSS 4, can handle all current games at 1600p with high details.

What reviews and users repeatedly criticize

The main point that appears across reviews: the speakers are simply bad. Lenovo equipped this model with Harman 2W stereo with a smart amplifier, but the result is flat sound, lacking bass and with limited dynamics. For gaming with headphones or external speakers, this is easily solved. The second recurring problem – a brightly lit power button, whose brightness cannot be adjusted or turned off. It will disturb you in the dark, similar to the cooling mode indicator. Third point: in turbo mode, the cooling is noticeably loud, which is to be expected from a gaming laptop, but it’s good to know in advance.

Practical details: an SD card reader is missing – if you take photos, expect to use an adapter. The weight of 2.4 kg places the Legion among standard gaming bricks, not ultrabooks. The battery life of 7.1 hours in reality means 4–5 hours for office work and 1–2 hours for gaming – a gaming laptop without a power outlet is not a portable work tool.

When it comes to a gaming laptop, do you bet on stronger graphics, or rather on a better display and processor?