GoKawiil8.4 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 Pros Excellent overall performance
Stylish looks
Mighty 4K gaming
Runs quietly Cons Ever-confusing pricing
Subpar storage speeds
Poor dust protection
The Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 (34IAS10) is a good-looking and powerful gaming PC, and Lenovo has a knack for making sure its systems can deliver highly competitive performance against similarly configured PCs. In several respects, that means the Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 can go toe-to-toe with even brilliantly designed systems such as the Velocity Micro Raptor Z95A.
The downside is that Lenovo's nebulous pricing leaves value a bit of a question mark. On one day, the Legion Tower 7i might dramatically undercut competing PCs; on another, it could be just as expensive. When prices are on the higher end of their range, the system's drawbacks stand out more. For example, Lenovo's dust filtration is borderline nonexistent, it uses the dullest memory modules available, upgrades are possible but likely challenging for inexperienced builders and Lenovo's choice of CPU holds it back significantly with 1080p gaming. In all, though, it's quite a compelling gaming PC.
Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 (34IAS10) Price as reviewed $4,749 Size 42 liter (18.8x8.3x16.3 in/478x211x415 mm) Motherboard Lenovo Z890 ATX CPU 3.7GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Memory 64GB DDR5-5600 Graphics Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Storage 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD (boot) (WD SN740), 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD (WD SN740) Networking 2.5GbE, Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 802.11AX, Bluetooth 5.3 Connections USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (x2 rear, x4 rear), USB 2.0 Type-A (x2 front, x1 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (x1 rear), Thunderbolt 4 (x1 rear), 3.5mm audio connector (x1 front, x5 rear), SPDIF, 2.5Gb Ethernet, HDMI 2.1 (x1 on motherboard, x1 on GPU), DisplayPort 1.4a (x1 on motherboard, x3 on GPU) Operating system Windows 11 Home
Lenovo continues to be a true challenge to pin down on pricing. Our review unit has the specifications above, but is not available configured as such from Lenovo. The closest option includes all of the above, but with just 32GB of memory. At the time of this review, that version isn't on sale and has a regular price of $4,550. However, Lenovo regularly cycles through discounts and will list an "Est. Value" price with a sale price alongside it, which can be vastly different than the everyday price.
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