Gamers Nexus | Tearing Down the Lenovo Legion Go: Cooling Comparison vs. ASUS ROG Ally & Steam Deck @GamersNexus | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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Following up our Lenovo Legion Go review, now we're tearing down the device to compare some of the internals (like the heatsink) to the ASUS ROG Ally and Steam Deck devices. The Legion Go was overall impressive for design, despite having some downsides, and particularly deviated in the additional thickness of the unit. This largely aligns with the choice to use separable controllers, which take away some of the horizontal area that internal components can spread to. As a result, the cooling solution is significantly different in some ways from the Ally. We've found all of these devices relatively easy to disassemble thus far.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Tearing Down the Legion Go
01:58 - Device Walk Around
03:57 - Removing the Backplate
06:56 - Disconnecting the Battery & SSD
08:20 - Removing the Heatsink, Speakers, & Cables
13:40 - Legion Go APU & Motherboard
14:47 - Go vs. Ally & Deck Heatsink Design Differences
20:53 - PCB Layout Basics
22:13 - Conclusion
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Following up our Lenovo Legion Go review, now we're tearing down the device to compare some of the internals (like the heatsink) to the ASUS ROG Ally and Steam Deck devices. The Legion Go was overall impressive for design, despite having some downsides, and particularly deviated in the additional thickness of the unit. This largely aligns with the choice to use separable controllers, which take away some of the horizontal area that internal components can spread to. As a result, the cooling solution is significantly different in some ways from the Ally. We've found all of these devices relatively easy to disassemble thus far.
Buy a GN Modmat for your own builds & tear-downs! store.gamersnexus.net/products/large-modmat-gn15-anniversary
Or one of our solder mats! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-soldering-mat
Watch our in-depth Legion Go review! youtube.com/watch?v=I37mxlDqLrk
Watch our Steam Deck OLED tear-down! youtube.com/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Tearing Down the Legion Go
01:58 - Device Walk Around
03:57 - Removing the Backplate
06:56 - Disconnecting the Battery & SSD
08:20 - Removing the Heatsink, Speakers, & Cables
13:40 - Legion Go APU & Motherboard
14:47 - Go vs. Ally & Deck Heatsink Design Differences
20:53 - PCB Layout Basics
22:13 - Conclusion
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Steve Burke: Host, Tear-Down
Video: Vitalii Makhnovets
