Labor Day sale preview: Save $200 on Lenovo Legion 5 Pro with RTX 3060 graphics

Labor Day preview — save on Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX 3060 gaming laptop
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Lenovo's Labor Day sale preview takes up to 56% off select Lenovo laptops. During the sale, you can save big on our favorite AMD Ryzen-charged RTX 3060 gaming notebook

One standout deal is the 2021 Lenovo Legion 5 Pro with RTX 3060 GPU for $1,499. Normally, this gaming laptop would set you back $1,699, so that's a $200 discount. This is its biggest discount yet and one of the best gaming laptop deals of the summer.

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro deal

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro: was $1,699, now $1,499 @ Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro: <a href="https://lenovo.7eer.net/c/221109/218864/3808?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenovo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fp%2Flaptops%2Flegion-laptops%2Flegion-5-series%2Flegion-5-pro-16ach6h%2Fwmd00000468" data-link-merchant="lenovo.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was $1,699, now $1,499 @ Lenovo
For a limited time, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is $200 off. It earned our coveted Editor's Choice award for its bright 16-inch (2560 x 1600) 165Hz display and excellent overall performance. In terms of hardware, it packs a 3.2-GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB of dedicated memory handles graphics. 

Besides gaming, the Legion 5 Pro is also one of the best laptops for photo and video editing. The laptop configuration we recommend has a 16-inch (2560 x 1600) 165Hz display and houses a 3.2-GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8-core CPU with 8GB of RAM. Rounding out its specs are Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB of graphics memory and a 512GB SSD. 

In our Lenovo Legion 5 Pro review, we were floored by its 16-inch (2560 x 1600) 165Hz display which delivers 500nits of brightness. We were also impressed by the laptop's excellent productivity and gaming performance. The Legion 5 Pro earned an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars and our Editor's Choice award.

During multitasking tests, the laptop's AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU and 16GB of RAM hardware performed well. We bombarded it with 32 Microsoft Edge tabs, four of which played 1080p YouTube videos and a pair were streaming Twitch. With these running in the background, the laptop quickly loaded up websites. Even when we added a soccer game stream into the mix, there was no sign of slowing down.

Weighing in at 5.4 pounds and measuring 14 x 10.4 x 1.1 inches, the Legion 5 Pro is more portable than its main competitors. It's lighter than Acer's Predator Helios 300 (5.5 pounds, 14.3 x 10 x 0.9 inches) and Asus' ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition (6.6 pounds, 13.9 x 10.2  x 1 inches).

Simply put, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is a wise choice if you're looking for a PC to handle heavy productivity and gaming. 

Hilda Scott

Hilda Scott uses her combined passion for gadgets and bargain shopping to bring you the best prices on all things tech. She has a bachelor’s degree in film and media studies from Hunter College and 11 years of tech and entertainment journalism. Her work has been featured on Tom’s Guide, iTechPost, Examiner.com, Parlemag, Enstars, and Latin Times. When she's not scouting for the best deals, Hilda’s catching up on her favorite TV shows and pro-wrestling matches.