Legion 7i i9-14900HX Vs Pro 5 Gen 8 AMD R9 7945HX

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I had almost finalised Legion 7i 14th gen with i9-14900 HX (Part Number: 83FD000XIN) until I came upon the intel chip instability issue.

Saw Wendell & Gamers Nexus videos on yt regarding the same and decided to instead go with Legion Pro 5 gen 8 with AMD R9 7945HX (82WM00FFIN). This AMD version of laptop is a bit downgrade from 7i in terms of screen, thunderbolt port etc.

So what do you think between 14900 HX vs 7945HX in terms of instability & chip degradation?

Which laptop should I go with?

There is also a i7-14700 HX version of legion 7i.

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If you need the IO (= ports), you need the IO.

If you don’t, coin toss, I’d say.

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from the reports the chip degradation is only on the desktop intel chips. The laptop chips would have different voltage regulation (because power efficiency is more important).

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Isn’t it a problem on all intel processors operating over 5.0 GHz? Laptops with i7 & i9 processors are running above 1.5V & high temperatures (around 100C).

If I am not mistaken (correct me if wrong) the desktop series K, KS & KF are similar to the laptop HX series chips slightly under powered.

Also, degradation takes time and so the i7s & i9s in laptops can take sometime to show up as mobo failures.