The Lenovo LOQ 15 with an RTX 5060 is positioned to be the best budget gaming laptop of 2025 with a relatively affordable price (if / when it goes on sale), solid build quality and a bunch of other good things. But under the LOQ 15's hood here's also some very serious battery life reductions and a few other limitations that you absolutely NEED to know about.
Buy the LOQ 15 from Lenovo here - https://lenovo.vzew.net/LOQ15
(RTX 5060 version coming sometime at the end of November)
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Budget Laptop Expectations
0:39 - Their "Cheapest" RTX 5060 Laptop
1:06 - REALLY Good Build Quality
2:37 - Keyboard & Trackpad = So Good
3:45 - Port Location RANT
5:11 - LOQ 15 Upgrade Options
6:13 - Single Channel Memory is OK
6:38 - LOQ 15 Pricing Options
7:12 - Old CPU & 16:9 Screen Testing
8:13 - TERRIBLE Battery Life :(
9:37 - Our Benchmark Problems
10:59 - Gaming Benchmarks
13:08 - Thermals & Noise
14:27 - Real World Application Benchmarks
16:33 - The Good, Bad & Price Problems
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