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| The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080, 240Hz OLED) has received a substantial price cut |
After weeks of seeing solid discounts on more budget-friendly machines like the Legion 5 and Legion Pro 5 OLED, Lenovo fans finally have something to cheer about at the top end of the market. The reputable electronics retailer B&H Photo Video has just slashed the price of the coveted Legion Pro 7i, and the timing couldn’t be more surprising given the ongoing memory shortage that’s been driving up component costs across the board.
If you’ve been shopping for a gaming laptop lately, you’ve likely noticed that RAM and SSD prices have gone through the roof. That makes this deal all the more noteworthy. The New York City-based online shop is now offering the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU (16GB VRAM) for just **$2,499 with free shipping**. Considering the usual retail price hovers around $3,499, that’s a cool $1,000 in savings – nearly 30% off.
For that kind of money, you’re not getting some stripped-down entry-level SKU. This particular variant comes loaded with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and perhaps most importantly, a stunning 1600p OLED panel that runs at 240Hz. The display covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and hits 500 nits of brightness in SDR mode – though, as we’ll get into, it can go much brighter with HDR content.
What our review says about the RTX 5080-powered Legion Pro 7
Before you rush to grab your credit card, it’s worth doing a bit of homework. We recently published a detailed review of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 and an accompanying YouTube video breakdown that goes through every benchmark, thermal test, and real-world gaming session. The configuration we tested is almost identical to the one on sale at B&H, so nearly all of our findings apply directly to this deal.
The short version? This laptop absolutely flies. The combination of Intel’s latest Core Ultra 9 and the RTX 5080 means you can crank settings to maximum in demanding titles like Forza Horizon 6 or the newly released 007 First Light and still enjoy buttery-smooth frame rates. But raw performance isn’t the only highlight.
We came away genuinely impressed by the keyboard – it has deep, tactile travel that feels closer to a desktop mechanical board than a typical laptop chiclet design. And then there’s the OLED screen. While Lenovo officially rates it at 500 nits for standard use, we measured peaks of nearly 1,000 nits when playing HDR games and watching movies. That kind of brightness on an OLED panel makes highlights pop in a way that few gaming laptops can match.
The catch? A power brick that doubles as a dumbbell
Of course, no machine is perfect, and the Legion Pro 7i has one glaring downside that frequent travelers will want to note. The included 400-watt power supply is an absolute unit – it’s bulky, heavy, and frankly a nuisance to pack alongside an already substantial 16-inch chassis. If you’re the kind of gamer who lives out of a backpack, flying between LAN parties or working remotely from coffee shops, this might not be the laptop for you.
That massive PSU isn’t there by accident. Under full load – think gaming at max settings while running Discord and a browser in the background – the Legion Pro 7i draws a ton of power and gets noticeably hot. The cooling system does its job (no thermal throttling in our tests), but the fans ramp up to a level you’d expect from a high-performance desktop replacement. This is, plain and simple, a machine that prioritizes performance over portability.
Should you buy it at $2,499?
If you’re a gamer who mostly plays at a desk and only occasionally moves the laptop from room to room, the trade-offs are entirely worth it. For $2,499, you’re getting a future-proof RTX 5080 system with one of the best laptop displays on the market today. To put that in perspective, similar RTX 5080 laptops from other brands often start north of $3,000 even before you add a high-refresh OLED.
You can check the current deal at B&H Photo Video here , but given the $1,000 discount and the ongoing memory shortage that’s making DIY upgrades more expensive than ever, we don’t expect this inventory to last long.
Other Lenovo deals worth a look
If the Legion Pro 7’s size or price is still a bit too much, B&H and other retailers have also been running promotions on slightly more modest configurations. Just last week, we covered a Lenovo Legion 5i gaming laptop drop to under $1,200 , and our roundup of the best 16-inch gaming laptop deals includes a few other OLED-equipped models worth comparing.
But for gamers who want flagship-level performance without the flagship-level price tag, the Legion Pro 7i at $2,499 is arguably the best high-end deal we’ve seen since the RTX 50-series launch. Just make sure you have a sturdy desk – and maybe a separate carry-on bag for that power brick.