Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 Pros
Great 1080p and 4K efficiency
Some fast and straightforward improve choices
Good seems to be and considerable lighting
Quiet operation alongside sustained speeds
Cons
Lenovo’s nebulous pricing leaves some uncertainty
Could use extra USB-C ports
Limited mud filtration
While constructing your individual PC can typically be essentially the most cost-effective solution to get a strong gaming PC, it comes with its personal share of hurdles. Some PC makers, nevertheless, have pre-built computer systems that may come near the worth of a home-built system. Lenovo’s Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 is a kind of, providing a good array of highly effective {hardware} packed in, wired up and cooled for under a small premium over what you’d pay for those who tried to DIY. While typically nice, the Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 generally is a little shaky with pricing. It typically sits round $2,549 for the configuration examined right here, which is nicely beneath the worth Lenovo suggests the machine is value. Overall, although, it proves a superb gaming machine with each fashion and substance. There are just a few methods Lenovo may have improved it additional, nevertheless. Unsightly and non-overclocked reminiscence, disappointing I/O and minimal mud filtration are small letdowns in an in any other case compelling system. However, the Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 shines the place efficiency is anxious. Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 Price as reviewed $2,549Dimension 34 liter ATX (8.3 x 18.26 x 19.44 in/211 x 464 x 494 mm)Motherboard Lenovo Z790CPU 3.2GHz Intel Core i9-14900KFMemory 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-4400Graphics 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4080 SuperStorage 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD (boot) (Samsung MZVL21T0HCLR-00BL7)Networking 2.5GbE, Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 802.11AX, Bluetooth 5.3Connections USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (x2 entrance, x4 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C (x1 rear), USB 2.0 Type-A (x2 entrance, x2 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (x1 rear) 3.5mm audio connector (x2 entrance, x5 rear), SPDIF, 2.5Gb Ethernet, HDMI 2.1a FRL (x1 on GPU), ShowPort 1.4a (x3 on GPU)Operating system Windows 11 Home Note: On our take a look at pattern the DDR5-4400 was truly 5,600MHz UDIMMS however restricted to 4,400MHz. We have been in a position to repair this within the BIOS.The Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 is completely a high-end, high-performance desktop gaming PC. There’s no “budget” configuration. The system begins at $2,899, together with an Intel Core i9-14900KF, RTX 4070 Ti Super, 32GB of reminiscence and 1TB of PCIe 4.0 x4 storage. If you desire a bit extra gasoline, the worth bumps as much as $3,149 for our take a look at configuration, which swaps in an RTX 4080 Super. A 3rd configuration doubles the storage on prime of that graphics card improve, elevating the worth to $3,249. Mark Knapp/CNETBut this is the catch: These are principally nonsense costs. Lenovo lists “Est[imated] Value” costs for its numerous merchandise, however they’re just about by no means the worth you pay. Or ought to I say, do not pay these costs ever. Lenovo itself has fixed reductions, and there are sometimes hordes of coupon codes obtainable that may decrease the costs even additional. As I write this, the bottom configuration I discussed sits at $2,249, and our take a look at configuration has seen its value fluctuate between $2,345 and $2,549 within the time I’ve spent reviewing it. Meanwhile, the highest configuration, which has only a $100 uptick over the estimated worth of our take a look at configuration, truly sits at $2,849, that means {that a} 1TB storage improve prices $505. Which is to say, look carefully at the true costs when procuring.Lenovo is not the one place you should purchase these desktops, however it’s the most secure wager for guaranteeing you are trying on the proper product and getting the proper specs. Amazon can obscure related particulars (like actual mannequin names), whereas some retailers would possibly cost nearer to the “estimated value” pricing. Alternately, for those who do not thoughts turning your individual tiny wrenches, I used to be in a position to configure an analogous DIY construct with a value of about $2,300 in PCPartPicker. So the pricing varies significantly, however Lenovo is not outrageously overcharging for its construct. No slouch with these parts Mark Knapp/CNETWith an Intel Core i9-14900KF and RTX 4080 Super, it stands to motive that the Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 can be a efficiency beast. And guess what? All-around efficiency is beastly, with the system scoring 9,720 in PCMark 10. I do not know if I’ve ever seen a pc cross the 10,000-point threshold, and few come shut. For video games, the Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 exhibits its stuff, readily attaining over 250fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at its highest settings and even reaching a 136fps common with the decision bumped as much as 4K. It achieved equally spectacular ends in Guardians of the Galaxy, operating the sport at 1080p High graphics with a median of 207fps or at 4K High graphics at 148fps. Mind you, these are the outcomes with none decision scaling or DLSS options enabled. If you reap the benefits of these, these body charges can leap up dramatically. The system additionally stays calm and secure all through. Running 3DMark’s Steel Nomad stress take a look at, which runs the benchmark 20 instances in a row, the system maintained 98.6% constant outcomes, with scores starting from 6,641 to 6,737 factors. The CPU would not battle to maintain cool with its 360mm radiator, settling at round 30 levels Celsius within the take a look at. And although the RTX 4080 Super is receiving warmed air from the radiator, it leveled out beneath 70 levels Celsius. (The take a look at does hit the GPU tougher than the CPU.) Mark Knapp/CNETWe have not examined many techniques that may compete with Legion Tower 7i Gen 8. Of these, solely the Dell XPS 8960 (which is principally an Alienware gaming PC in a enterprise go well with), and the HP Omen 35L come shut. As you’ll be able to see within the charts beneath, the 7i Gen 8 comes out on prime in practically each take a look at. In the few the place it did not, it was a detailed second or, at worst, third. Those techniques additionally had an RTX 4080 Super, although their processors and different specs have been completely different.These spectacular speeds have been achieved utilizing the Lenovo Vantage Balanced profile, which truly leaves some efficiency on the desk. So whereas a lot of its 3DMark scores sit barely beneath the typical for equally configured techniques, that may rapidly change with the Performance profile enabled. The Steel Nomad take a look at, as an illustration, went from a below-average 6,636 factors to an above-average 6,756 factors. Port Royal equally bumped from 18,139 factors to 18,325 factors. It’s received seems to be however may use just a few further touches Mark Knapp/CNETMuch just like the Lenovo Legion Tower 5 mannequin I examined, the Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 will get a classy case with a flashy entrance grille, a tame however elegant prime grille and a big glass aspect panel. The 7i has a bigger, 43-liter case designed to snugly match an ATX motherboard with only a bit of additional room for cooling and extra drives. The CPU is linked as much as a tall and shallow 360mm radiator connected to the entrance of the case, the place three RGB LED-lit followers pull air into the case and push it via the radiator. Just just like the Legion Tower 5, mud filtration is not on deck right here until you depend the radiator fins, so there’s liable to be some mud accumulation over time. In addition to the followers pulling air in via the radiator, Lenovo consists of two extra followers exhausting air out of the highest of the case and one sending it out the again. This might create some adverse stress contained in the case to assist pull recent air via the radiator fins, however it could actually additionally pull air in via the underside of the case, which fortunately has some filtration. Lenovo went onerous on the RGB lighting too. The pump on the CPU bears a rainbow mild ring and all the 120mm followers within the system embrace rainbow lighting. “Legion” is written on the entrance of the case, and that additionally glows with rainbow lighting. Dominating the inside of the case, the RTX 4080 Super additionally has splashes of this rainbow lighting, with its title illuminated, in addition to a glowing border round a cooling pass-through radiator. A strip of lights alongside the highest fringe of the glass aspect panel additionally offers a cool white glow to light up the case inside. While a lot of the lighting defaults to a biking rainbow, it will also be custom-made within the Lenovo Vantage software program with a number of completely different zones: entrance followers, prime followers, rear fan, CPU pump, Legion emblem and graphics card. Helpfully, the water pump LEDs can present responsive lighting to signify the CPU temperature. Mark Knapp/CNETLenovo has performed a good job conserving the cables tidy, although there’s one bundle close to the rear exhaust fan that is simply bunched up and nearly touches the fan blades in our unit. Popping off the metallic aspect panel, a chamber on the backside offers house for a few onerous drives, and there are mounting factors for 2 SATA SSDs. Modifications on this house might be powerful, although, because it’s extremely tight, and the cabling is jam-packed. Thankfully, Lenovo pre-wired two SATA information cables to this aspect, although their right-angle connectors won’t work so nicely for SATA SSDs connected to the mounts. There might need been a bit more room if Lenovo had eliminated a number of the cables from the modular energy provide and left them within the field, however it seems they’re all wired up as an alternative. While Lenovo has performed good work on fashion, it isn’t all nice. I used to be shocked to see essentially the most primary single-sided RAM sticks right here, with inexperienced PCBs uncovered and no warmth spreader in sight. While the system consists of loads of ports (notably USB-A), it comes up barely missing for USB-C, with only a single port on the rear. It’s not nice to see a high-end mannequin in 2025 lack a USB-C connection on the entrance panel. At least the one USB-C port helps as much as 20Gbps. Lenovo does go above the fundamentals with a 2.5GbE port and the Wi-Fi 6E proved lots quick and secure in testing. So in all, the Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8a is a strong, enticing system with a (normally) respectable value. Geekbench 6 (single-core) Alienware Aurora R16 3092Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 3062Dell XPS 8960 2948Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 2833HP Omen 35L 2656Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 2427Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 2273 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Geekbench 6 (multi-core) Alienware Aurora R16 19924Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 18735Dell XPS 8960 18699Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 16959HP Omen 35L 12745Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 12091Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 9947 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Cinebench 2024 GPU Dell XPS 8960 27034Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 26537HP Omen 35L 25725Alienware Aurora R16 18063Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 11444Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 10474Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 10038 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Cinebench 2024 CPU (multi-core) Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 1896Alienware Aurora R16 1806Dell XPS 8960 1554Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 1431HP Omen 35L 961Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 783Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 749 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
3DMark Steel Nomad Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 6636HP Omen 35L 6445Dell XPS 8960 5239Alienware Aurora R16 3659Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 2878Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 2366Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 2335 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 17565Dell XPS 8960 17525HP Omen 35L 16426Alienware Aurora R16 9927Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 7277Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 6232Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 6007 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
PCMark 10 Pro Edition Alienware Aurora R16 9778Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 9720Dell XPS 8960 9539HP Omen 35L 8732Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 8533Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 8128Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 7531 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Guardians of the Galaxy (High @1920 x 1080) Alienware Aurora R16 219Dell XPS 8960 213Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 207Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 184HP Omen 35L 146Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 144Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 129 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
The Riftbreaker GPU @1920 x 1080 Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 560Dell XPS 8960 550HP Omen 35L 523Alienware Aurora R16 354Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 269Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 243Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 235 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Highest @ 1920 x 1080) Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 255Dell XPS 8960 250Alienware Aurora R16 226Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 174HP Omen 35L 174Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 148Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 142 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
3DMark Port Royal Dell XPS 8960 18402Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 18139HP Omen 35L 17936Alienware Aurora R16 10736Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti 7868Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) 6186Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) 5985 Note: Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Systems configurations Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRR9 (90WY0000US) Microsoft Windows 11 Home; 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-144400F; 16GB DDR5 RAM; 8GB Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics; 1TB SSDDell XPS 8960 Microsoft Windows 11 Home;3.4GHz Intel Core i7-14700Okay; 21GB DDR5 RAM; 16GB Nvidia RTX 4080 Super graphics; 1TB SSDMinisforum AtomMan G7 Ti Microsoft Windows 11 Home; 2.2GHz Intel Core i9-14900HX; 32GB DDR5 5,600MHz RAM; 8GB Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics; 1TB SSDHP Omen 35L Microsoft Windows 11 Pro; 4.2GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8700G; 64GB DDR5 3,600MHz; 16GB Nvidia RTX 4080 Super graphics; 2TB SSD + 1TB SSDLenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 34IRZ8 Microsoft Windows11 Home; 3.2GHz Intel Core i9-14900KF; 32GB DDR5 4,400MHz RAM; 16GB Nvidia RTX 4080 Super graphics; 1TB SSDLenovo Legion Tower 5i 26IRB8 (90UT001AUS) Microsoft Windows 11 Home; 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-144400F; 16GB DDR5 5,600MHz RAM; 8GB Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics; 1TB SSDAlienware Aurora R16 Microsoft Windows Pro; 3.2GHz; 3.2GHz Intel Core i9-14900KF; 32GB DDR5 5,600MHz RAM; 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics; 1TB SSD