Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 7

5 lbs. 9/10.

The Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 7 (starts at $1,839; $2,859 as tested) is without doubt a high-end gaming laptop. Its all-AMD hardware proved highly competent in our gaming benchmarks, yet it still lasted an amazing nine hours in our battery test. The new Legion 7 is complemented by a bright AMD FreeSync sc...

High preset: 1920*1080 - 87fps/62fps, 1920*1200 - 85fps/62fps, 2560*1600 - 69fps/52fps. Overall I am happy with the laptop, not just because of the performance but it also feels robust this time, there is no better screen on the market, temps and noise are alright and all this is coupled with a fair price and excellent warranty options.

The new Lenovo Legion 7 is a very good gaming notebook that, despite its comparatively compact compact 16-inch case, does not have to do without the most powerful components. Thanks to good cooling, no compromises are made in terms of performance. Both the Core i9-12900HX and the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti...

5 lbs. 9/10.

5 lbs. 9/10.

I got the Lenovo Legion 7 a month ago. Amazing laptop, overall very pleased with it.

* [Lenovo updates the Legion 5 Pro to a 16:10 display, AMD Ryzen 5000 APUs and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 * [The new Lenovo Legion 7 debuts with a flagship display, up to AMD Ryzen 9 APUs and NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 30 * [Lenovo unveils the Legion Slim 7 with AMD Ryzen 5000 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX * [AMD announces Ryzen 5000 mobile lineup, new HX series led by the Ryzen 9 5980HX available in overclockable 45 W+

MacBook is no option because it can't game well (despite the price point which is just ridiculous). The options are either a Alienware X17, Lenovo Legion 7 or MSI GE76 Raider. You can't go wrong on either of them but since you said your son will only keep it on his desk and for streaming he'll likely have multiple monitors just get him a desktop.

Edit:I am starting to pinpoint the Lenovo Legion 7, as that seems to be most bang for buck + i had previous experience with Lenovos and loved them back in the day.It also doesn't seem tooooo gamey on the outside. The specs are as follow:. Legion 7 16ACHg6 (82N60009BM).