Deal | Popular Lenovo Legion 5 17 laptop on sale for $649 USD with AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, GeForce GTX 1650 graphics, and 256 GB NVMe SSD

Walmart is currently offering the budget Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop for only $649 USD. The deal is notable for its large 17.3-inch screen size and 1080p IPS panel with >95 percent sRGB coverage relative to the low asking price. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H has also proven to be comparable to the Intel Core i7-10870H commonly found on gaming laptops almost two times the price of this particular Legion 5 configuration. In comparison, most other budget laptops in this price range would typically come with slower Core i5 CPUs or cheaper 1080p panels with shallower colors.

The main drawbacks to the deal are the limited 8 GB of system RAM and measly 256 GB of NVMe storage. You're going to want at least twice the RAM and storage if you intend on playing games with this machine. Furthermore, the bottom panel on the laptop can be tricky to remove when compared to most other gaming laptops and so simple RAM or SSD upgrades can be tedious.

Users should also be aware that the GeForce GTX 1650 is a relatively low-end GPU for a gaming machine. Though sufficiently powerful for most games at the native 1080p setting as of early 2022, this particular configuration risks being outdated in just a year or so. The low price may be enticing, but users may want to consider investing in the GTX 1660 Ti or higher instead for longer legs. Users can check out our full review on a similar Legion 5 17 configuration here to learn more about what the model has to offer.