Starting from May 1st, the Lenovo Legion 5 has been available for pre-order on Lenovo’s official US website. Recently, Lenovo’s laptop product manager shared several internal photos of the Legion 5. In this article, we will take an in-depth look at the upgrade possibilities for the Legion 5’s SSD and memory.
The internal design of the Lenovo Legion 5 has similarities with previous Legion products, but the changes are still significant. The top area is equipped with a cooling module, and this model uses a dual-fan cooling solution. A long heat pipe runs through the CPU and GPU areas, and two shorter heat pipes conduct heat to the CPU and GPU separately. Additionally, the storage supports either dual M.2 SSDs or an M.2 SSD paired with a 2.5-inch SATA drive.
What’s even more considerate is that its memory is still covered with a heat sink. This laptop has two memory slots, which are not directly visible due to the heat sink. According to Lenovo’s official information, it supports up to 32GB of DDR4 3200MHz memory, so you can install two 16GB DDR4 3200MHz memory modules.
On the right side, there is a silver heatsink, beneath which are an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 wireless card and an M.2 2280 solid-state drive. On the left side, there is an M.2 2280 slot and a 2.5-inch mechanical hard drive bay. But unfortunately, the two conflict with each other. Users can only use one of the slots, but two M.2 SSDs are enough to meet the needs of most users. If you need to install a 2.5-inch SSD or mechanical hard drive, an additional SATA data cable and HDD caddy are required. It is currently unclear whether Lenovo has reserved a SATA data cable and an HDD caddy for this laptop.
Additionally, the Lenovo Legion 5 features a 60Wh lithium-ion battery with model number L19M4PC0.
Can the NVMe SSD and SATA M.2 SSD on the left be used together? Or can only one of the two be chosen?
No. You can’t. Because I only have one SATA cable on that part.
Can you fit the 5GB 2.5″ HDD there? That’s thicker than the 2TB HDD.
Sorry. I have not tried to install a 5TB HDD on it, but based on this article, it may be more suitable for a desktop.
“Unfortunately, while the BarraCuda ST5000 is a 2.5-inch drive, it’s also 15mm thick, which makes it primarily an option for desktops. Fortunately, Seagate also announced the BarraCuda ST2000LM015, which has a smaller 7mm thick casing used by the majority of today’s laptops but tops out at a comparatively paltry 2TB of storage.”
-https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2016/10/19/13329232/seagate-barracuda-st5000-5-tb-hard-drive
The motherboard provides the SATA cable and HDD caddy, along with the required fixings. I just installed the Crucial MX500 SSD, and it is working fine after the initial hiccup where I didn’t clip the SATA cable properly. Just take note that if you purchased with 8GB RAM, they will only add one 8GB RAM, so the RAM processor will run half of the RAM capacity.
So I can use 2 SSDs for this laptop?
I have one from Lenovo itself, and I also bought one from the local store. Can both be NVMe?
Yes, your plan is working.
Can you please confirm if it can hold 32GB of RAM and also swap a 60Wh battery with an 80Wh battery?
Thanks
Is it possible for me to add a 1 TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD to the 256 GB SSD internal storage that is already available?
In my configuration (1TB HDD and 256 m.2 SSD), you can swap out the 1TB HDD for a 1TB SSD, but it depends on what model you have. Do you have the model with an 80Wh battery? Then, you can not put in a 1TB SATA SSD because the battery takes up the extra space of the 2.5-inch slot.
But you can definitely add a second NVMe SSD when having the 80Wh battery, right?
Can I add a 1T HDD to a 17-inch Legion 5 with an 80Wh battery?
I can confirm I have successfully upgraded memory to 64Gb(2x32Gb) using Crucial DDR4-3200 DODIMMs.
One question: I have the NVMe slots. The documentation states that one is v4 capable and the other is only v3. Does anyone happen to know which one is v4 capable?
Can it support a 2TB M.2 SSD?
So, I’m trying to upgrade (by addition, not replacement) my RAM and SSD. I presume adding another 8GB of RAM alongside my current one is feasible. Can I also add a 1TB M.2 SSD into the second slot alongside my 512GB one in the first slot?
There is no doubt that adding two SSDs is possible.