Lenovo’s most powerful RTX 5090 gaming PC just dropped to a record-low price

That's basically free RAM!

· Rock Paper Shotgun

Lenovo's highest-spec variant of its Legion Tower 7i Gen 10, gaming PC packs in some real top-tier components to the point it reads more like a veritable wishlist for most folks - an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processsor and an RTX 5090, plus 64GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD, which probably make up more of the cost of this machine than you might expect in the current climate.

Usually, this powerful PC carries a hefty $6899.99 retail price, although with coupon code GAMEON10, it knocks over $2000 off the list price, making it $4657.49 from Lenovo directly. It is still a hefty cost in any case, but if you want to configure a PC yourself using similar components, than you're looking at nearly $6000 - the 5090 and the RAM make up around two-thirds of the price of the configured spec here, and cost nearly as much as the entire pre-built PC. In the UK, this PC is still nearly £5000, and not on any form of discount, unfortunately.

The important thing to note also is that you shouldn't click the 5% off clickable coupon on the product page, as it removes the auto-applied coupon we want, meaning you'd end up paying more for the same prebuilt.

Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 (Core Ultra 9 285K, RTX 5090, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD)

Now $4657.49 (was $6899.99, with auto-apply code GAMEON10)

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As expected, this PC isn't short of power, with the RTX 5090 inside being the beefiest GPU you can pick up today. In James' review, he noted just how powerful this card is, being the first to smash the 100fps barrier at 4K in Cyberpunk 2077, plus showing clear performance gains over the RTX 4090 in Horizon Forbidden West and F1 24, among other titles, although you might expect card that currently costs over $3000 on its own to provide potent gaming performance on all fronts.

Of course, moving to a current-gen Nvidia cards also yields the benefits of DLSS 4, which is a better upscaler than the older variants with a better Transformer model and multi-frame-gen tech. The move to DLSS 4.5 adds a new 6x multiplier and a dynamic option that allows you to set a target FPS figure for a game in the Nvidia app, and the upscaler will scale the multiplier needed to hit that target frame rate based on the FPS figure you're getting in-game. It's clever stuff. Of course, remember that MFG, like all forms of frame gen, best work in games that can run well without it - it's not a replacement for 'true' performance, although you aren't exactly short of raw grunt with a 5090 in your system.

On the other side of things, you've got an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor inside, complete with its ridiculous 24 cores and a max turbo of up to 5.7GHz. Admittedly, this isn't the best gaming CPU in any guise (Intel's own new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is cheaper and faster), but it's still a beefy CPU for both gaming and content creation workloads if you need all of its power. It's paired with 64GB of DDR5-5600 RAM to provide decent headroom and speed, plus a 2TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD for storing all your games on.

This Legion 7i Gen 10 uses a 360mm AIO for cooling the Core Ultra 9 285K procssor, plus has a further three 120mm fans inside for pushing air through it, and boasts a hefty 1200W PSU to keep everything running. If you do want to change anything around in the future, this should also be easier to deal with than other prebuilts, as Lenovo traditonally doesn't use proprietary components, which is always a pleasant touch.

If you've been wanting a top-tier gaming PC with a hefty discount, this Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 in the current climate is a surprisingly excellent deal.