Lenovo LOQ | Ryzen 7 7840HS | RTX 4050 | 15.6-inch | 1080p | 144 Hz | 8GB DDR5 | 512GB SSD | $1,099.99$699.99 at Best Buy (save $400) When I reviewed this exact Lenovo LOQ laptop I wasn't totally blown away because at the time it was retailing for full price.
At $1,100 it's a lot of money for such a machine. At under $700, however, it's a bit of a bargain. I can overlook the 8GB of RAM considering it's simple to upgrade, and the same goes for the 512GB SSD when there is a spare M.2 slot inside.
That 95W RTX 4050 compares surprisingly well with the RTX 4060, and the AMD Ryzen CPU is excellent. This is a great little budget machine at this price.
The Legion LOQ range of gaming laptops was meant to be Lenovo's take on the budget side of the market, except when we got our first look at this RTX 4050-powered machine it was anything but budget.
At its initial $1,100 sticker price there was no way I could realistically recommend it as a genuine purchase, but now the Legion LOQ is just $700 at Best Buy today.