Lenovo’s new LOQ lineup delivers tech from Legion to more affordable gaming PCs

What you need to know

• Lenovo just launched a sub-brand called LOQ that focuses on delivering a solid gaming experience at a more affordable price.
• The company unveiled Lenovo LOQ 15 and 16-inch laptops as well as the LOQ Tower desktop PC.
• The laptops will be available with either Intel or AMD CPUs and NVIDIA RTX 40-Series GPUs.

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Lenovo has a new sub-brand that features affordable gaming PCs. The first LOQ (pronounced “lock”) systems are a 15-inch laptop, 16-inch laptop, and a desktop gaming tower. The laptops each have options for the latest AMD or Intel processors. Those CPUs will be paired with NVIDIA RTX 40-Series graphics.

The new PCs mostly launch in April and May of this year, though the Lenovo LOQ Tower won’t ship until fall 2023.

All of the Lenovo LOQ devices come with three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Lenovo’s Legion Arena app and Lenovo Vantage are also on board. Legion Arena helps save games on different devices while Lenovo Vantage can be used to optimize performance.

Lenovo LOQ laptops

While the new LOQ laptops have lower prices than their Legion siblings from Lenovo, the company included some of the same laptop tech in the LOQ lineup. For example, the LOQ 16 and LOQ 15 laptops have an MUX switch that lets the integrated GPU to be bypassed, which allows the NVIDIA graphics card to interface with the display of the laptop directly. This results in higher frames-per-second and reduced latency. Flipping the MUX Switch the other way swaps the laptops to integrated graphics to optimize battery life.

The 16-inch LOQ laptops have 16:10 displays with a 165Hz VRR display. They also support NVIDIA G-SYNC.

All of the Lenovo LOQ laptops have Lenovo LA AI Chips that also appear in Legion laptops. These power the Lenovo AI Engine+ that optimizes wattage and thermal performance dynamically.

The laptops all feature full keyboards as well, including number pads. The keys have 1.5mm of travel and 100% anti-ghosting technology.

Lenovo LOQ Tower

The Lenovo LOQ Tower is a gaming desktop with a 17L chassis. It runs on up to a 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700 CPU and NVIDIA RTX 40-Series graphics. The desktop can have up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM.