Lenovo LOQ 15 (Ryzen 7)

The short version

Short answer: the LOQ chassis with a Ryzen 7 7735HS and an RTX 4060-class GPU, at around 4,899 AED. The GPU step up from 4050 to 4060 is the real purchase here, and it is the first laptop on this page that comfortably handles 1080p at high settings. The 512GB SSD is stingy at this price.

Is it worth it in the UAE?

This is the point where budget gaming stops and mid-range gaming starts. Everything cheaper on this page is a 3050 or 4050-class machine making sensible compromises. This one has enough GPU that you stop thinking about settings sliders quite so much, which is worth more day to day than any benchmark chart suggests.

Performance, realistically

The Ryzen 7 7735HS is an 8-core chip and a clear step above the i5-13450HX in the standard LOQ. More importantly it is efficient, which in a laptop translates directly into less heat to move and better behaviour under sustained load.

The RTX 4060-class GPU is the headline. Against the 4050-class cards in the TUF and Nitro V, this is a real gap rather than a marginal one: 1080p high settings with room to spare, medium-to-high at 1440p on an external monitor, and ray tracing that is at least worth switching on to see. Paired with the 144Hz panel, this is the first machine here where the display and the GPU are properly matched.

16GB of DDR5 is adequate. The 512GB NVMe drive is not, at this price. Three or four current games will fill it, and budgeting for a second drive or an external SSD is realistic rather than pessimistic.

The screen

15.6-inch FHD IPS, 144Hz, around 300 nits, roughly 100% sRGB. Identical to the standard LOQ, and a good panel. But at nearly 4,900 AED, a 1080p 144Hz screen starts to feel like the weak link, particularly with the Legion 5 offering an OLED panel in the same family. You are paying mid-range money for a budget-tier display.

Cooling and the climate

Dual fans and copper heatpipes, the same proven LOQ system, now with a more efficient CPU feeding it. That combination should hold performance well under sustained load, which matters in warm rooms. The ~60Wh battery is unchanged and still irrelevant for gaming; this stays plugged in.

At roughly 2.4kg this is a desk-first machine. The build quality is the LOQ line at its usual standard, which is to say better than the price bracket it started in.

What you are giving up

Storage, and screen ambition. No Thunderbolt or USB4. A 720p webcam that looks increasingly out of place at this price. And the value equation is genuinely tight here, because roughly 4949 AED separates this from the TUF A15, which is a lot to pay for one GPU tier and a better CPU.

Should you buy it?

Buy it if you want 4060-class performance in a chassis with cooling you can trust, and 1080p high settings without compromise is the goal.

Do not buy it if value is the priority. The TUF Gaming A15 does most of what this does for substantially less. And if you are already spending close to 5,000 AED, look hard at the Legion 5 before deciding, because the OLED panel and 32GB of RAM change the conversation.