This is.... about the best deal out there currently on spec for price.
You get:
Skylake i7-6700HQ processor
8GB ram (single stick DDR3L, buy another for £25 and this is 16GB)
1TB hybrid hard drive (while not an SSD this... does ok at faster boot/use. Spare slot for a M.2 sata ssd - see one of my other deals for a cheapish SSD to go in it)
960M 4GB graphics card (this imo is about the lowest "decent" gaming graphics card on a laptop.)
1900x1080 IPS panel (there's 2 panels go in this, even the "bad" one is decent, most are now sporting the better panel).
Backlit keyboard, 3 USB3.
I bought one of the these last time the deal came around for them. It's been excellent so far and personally I can highly recommend. £700 for the spec is amazing, considering the heat laptops get on here for £500 with an i5 and no/weak graphics this one really is a steal at the price. Cooling is also much improved over previous generations of inspiron.
It's a single screw to remove all the bottom plate for improvements (like the extra memory stick or M.2 SSD) as needed/wanted.
Full spec:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core (2.6GHz, 6MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost Up To 3.5GHz)
Screen 15.6" (1920x1080 Full HD Resolution)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit
RAM 8GB (DDR3)
Hard Drive 8GB SSD + 1000GB (Hybrid)
Optical Drive Not Included (Designed To Be Thin & Light) - External Optical Drive Available Seperately for £29.99
Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M with 4GB GDDR5 Dedicated Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11ac Wireless)
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated HD Webcam with Microphone
Card Reader 2-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC )
USB Ports 3x USB 3.0
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
Speakers Integrated Sound System
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI Port 1 x HDMI Port
Backlit Keyboard Backlit Keyboard
Battery Life 3-4 Hours (up to 4 hours with power management)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.6 Kg)
Product Type Gaming Laptops
Keyboard Type Laptop Keyboard
Colour Black + Dark Red highlights.
Bought this a couple of months ago, chunkier than some laptops but a lot more durable than the thin Lenovos we have already. The only problem we have is the display switches off if pushed fully back, suspect cable is either damaged or partially dislodged.
Typey1
30 May 16#3
Did you use the guarantee to sort it?
I purchased it around the same time from dell- no problems, but I'm not a heavy user.
There was a good thread on here, I believe for the same machine!
Heat - I'm potentially looking for a gaming laptop but unless something mind boggling cheap comes along will probably wait for Polaris / Nvidia's next gen mobile solutions to hit.
slayermatt
30 May 161#6
Just wish the i5 versions were sold in the UK. Would probably bring the price down a bit.
mercutio98uk
30 May 16#7
I've seen the i5 version appear on ebay but it was only a... £30 saving, something like that. It all helps (If you want bang for buck for gaming) but for £30 I'd probably still have talked myself into the i7 :smile:
slayermatt to mercutio98uk
30 May 161#32
Yeah at that difference so not worth it. Shame really as I imagine the RRP would be about £70 or so less which would be a bit more appealing :stuck_out_tongue:
khuang
30 May 16#8
My friends get its i5 edition today. only 500 pounds.
mercutio98uk
30 May 16#9
That sort of difference I'd have gone for :smile: Find out the deal and post it, that'll do very well on here.
Marko69
30 May 16#10
Picked this up myself a couple of months ago from the same dealer. Excellent buy at this price.
khuang
30 May 161#11
He is in China
Farhan007
30 May 16#12
Is this good enough for CS:GO?
I've no idea if this is any good for it.
khuang
30 May 161#13
If you have friends in China, you can ask them to bring one for u
khuang
30 May 16#14
You can use it to play GTA V at very high graphic option
deals_on_wheels
30 May 16#15
looks to be a lot of fan hardware inside - underneath the keyboard !
CampGareth
30 May 16#16
IPS display so not the best for pro gaming (this wouldn't be used in top end tournaments) but for casual play the GPU is perfectly capable of good framerates at decent settings.
tl;dr yes.
Farhan007
30 May 161#17
Thanks
xela333 to Farhan007
30 May 16#20
Perfect. CS is a very easy game to run so this will have no issues
Mihir95
30 May 161#18
any good laptops on amazon uk?
Sproggy
30 May 161#19
Just bought one. Thanks OP! I had some hassle with the credit card payments, tried two and both declined but later realised I needed to confirm the fraud check text message and retry 5 mins later.
montana78
30 May 162#21
Can op add GTX on the title. Makes a huge difference
mercutio98uk
30 May 162#22
Done :smiley:
brendinho
30 May 161#23
excellent!! cheers!!
jai47
30 May 161#24
This is a fantastic laptop, I picked one up from the Dell Outlet a month or so ago... same price but with 128GB SSD and 16GB of RAM as standard.
Not much of a gamer but it runs Forza 6:Apex Beta very well.
montana78
30 May 161#25
I got the Asus one with similar spec but with 4k screen and a primary ssd drive. Fallout 4 and street fighter v plays amazing on it. I've set the screen res to 1080p as icons look toon small on 4k mode
MrPuddington
30 May 16#26
Designed to be thin and light - 2.6kg?
Otherwise a very nice laptop. If the quality is good, the price is right.
benjammin316
30 May 164#27
Great price, don't need one though. Heat added
manicmidlander
30 May 164#28
Dell will beat this price (just) if you open a chat session with them before buying it.
buttonpushervic
30 May 16#29
Great laptop. Bought one back in Jan... stuck another 8gb memory in and it is a beast for the price. Happily use it for video editing with Lightworks where it blitzes through multiple tracks of video and audio. The battery is also surprisingly good and even when editing I've got over 3 hours heavy use out of it without it being completely flat.
liamf12
30 May 16#30
Yet to get time to sort it, it's annoying as I could probably sort it myself but don't want to invalidate the warranty. Only a problem when pushed open to the max
adam45417
30 May 16#31
Yeah I don't understand how these deals get heat when you can buy it from dell like you said for a better price.
bazzac
30 May 16#33
would you have a price or link for the Asus? thanks
dezontk
30 May 16#34
Wish you could get these specs and this price but with 11-13" form factor. Still hot, keep my eye on these dells.
nekoangel
30 May 16#35
Grabbed a perfect refurb on eBay for 600 a month or two ago so keep a look out on there.
Great machine great price. Added an ssd but no ram to mine as 8gb is probably enough.
Colour representation isn't perfect if you get the chappy screen version so artists beware.
Battery is great on surfing etc but not great on games as you would expect.
All in all I really can't fault it.
Warnic05
30 May 161#36
Argh decisions this or a ps4! Already got an xbox one
Shadow_of_Intent
30 May 16#37
Looking for around this spec but ideally DDR4 RAM and a screen that's rated better.
Not bothered if it has a small mechanical HDD either, I'd probably swap it out for a 1TB SSD.
Any suggestions? Also open to waiting for a hardware refresh if the upgrade from current gen stuff would be worth it.
mercutio98uk
30 May 16#38
DDR4 doesn't bring... THAT much to the table. You'd honestly be surprised.
This DOES have 2 panels that appear in it too, 1 is a bit poor, the other is quite highly regarded. You could abuse distance selling regs to ensure you have the better panel****
(* maybe :stuck_out_tongue: )
mercutio98uk
30 May 162#39
Totally this. Even this laptop will wipe the floor with the consoles for: graphics, games prices, total cost of ownership and it's a laptop so it's completely portable. The laptop has an awful lot more uses too.
I think the console folks usually come back with "exclusives" - ok, but if you look at some of the excellent stuff that only appears on PC + modding support....
I'll get off my soapbox :smile:
Picard123
30 May 16#40
I really think people would be better off finding the extra wonga and going for the XPS15. Slimmer, lighter, more premium, whereas this is a heavy and more 'brick like'.
mercutio98uk
30 May 16#41
Hmmm, cheapest one of those is about £1200.
It's got a better screen and an SSD with it, otherwise same or weaker spec.
Same CPU, same memory (though 2 sticks so you'd have to ditch them both to go to 16GB), weaker graphics card, SSD (cheap, easy upgrade here) better screen, lighter, thinner.
It depends what you're after. For price vs performance you'll struggle to beat this. the XPS15 is trying very hard to be a mac in PC clothing (ultrabook market segment).
People that want a laptop that looks nice first and runs nice second would be "better off" but... that's a relatively small market sector.
colganraz
30 May 16#42
Not even sure what difference the 4K display would make, even if the laptop is powerful enough to run games at 4K which I doubt, then there wouldn't even be really any benefit seeing it on a 15/17" screen
Picard123
30 May 16#43
They're not that much. They start at upwards of £733 from Dell Outlet for the 9550.
Well... fair enough, these can probably be had for quite a bit less on dell outlet too. It's not really comparing like for like though is it? :smiley: one's new, one's open box. Don't get me wrong, I'd happily buy open box but, I'd buy better spec'd open box. Looks is definitely a secondary thing.
HugoLuca
30 May 16#45
Bought this a few months back, same price same place.
Really happy with this Dell.
Only one criticism the track pad scrolls with your finger held on the left mouse track button. So if holding the left mouse button - wiggle your thump up or down the Internet page varies in speed moving up or down.
Sorry to both either of you but when starting a chat with Dell do you literally just mention and provide a link to where it is cheaper?
slayermatt
30 May 16#48
Two words. Battery life.
Those XPS things are insane.
CampGareth
30 May 16#49
Let's see... for starters they'd probably not be using a laptop but assuming they are they'd want a 144Hz TN panel probably with gsync. They'd want the panel to be hooked directly to the dedicated GPU so laptops with SLI and therefore no optimus would be a good bet. I know Clevo do laptops that fit the bill and other manufacturers probably would do.
Worth mentioning that pro (as in competition grade) gamers often make choices that don't make sense for anyone else, like playing CS GO on lowest settings at a resolution of 800x600, using TN panels for fast response times but naff colour reproduction. Case in point the above ideal laptop would have very little battery life.
fishmaster
30 May 16#50
A pro gamer wouldn't go anywhere near this laptop, the GPU performance is nowhere near even a modest desktop GPU.
eraldo
30 May 16#51
Hes asking if it can play csgo he obviously doesnt play in a csgo tournament and no this laptop could handle csgo at max settings at max resolution at very high frame rates not decent rates.
jai47
30 May 16#52
It's pretty simple to add more memory to a system, I assume you have 8GB installed and you are looking to add another 8GB to make a total of 16GB.
All you need to do is unscrew the bottom of the laptop, click the memory back and then screw the base back on.
When you boot the laptop for the first time the BIOS will pop up a message to say the memory has been changed to 16GB and it will prompt you to press F1 to continue.
Don't get me wrong either - each to their own! :smiley: It's just for my money I'd go for the slimmer/lighter form factor of the XPS15.
montana78
30 May 16#54
I agree with you. Even when I make the desktop icons bigger the writing under them stays little and unreadable. It will be good for graphics editing and people doing stocks and shares maybe. But I need to find a way of making it more readable before I move from 1080p mode
mercutio98uk
30 May 16#55
There's 1 screw to undo then lots of push/snap fit plastic tabs that come apart with a gentle tug.
The bottom ends up looking like this:
In the middle there, another memory stick clips in below/over the old one. Push the bottom cover back on with all the plastic tabs, screw it back up. As above, just need to "ok" the hardware addition when the bios spots it and you should be done :smiley:
maff90
30 May 16#56
Found one of these on the dell outlet for £634 should be coming tomorrow... I guess if you keep looking another may appear at some point.
Warnic05
31 May 16#57
Ok well I've taken the plunge and gone for it! Just hope it's alright. Read a few reviews after and good specs for the price just lacking in keyboard quality and some aspects of the build of it.
adam45417
31 May 16#58
No I don't think its necessary to provide a link. Just simply say you want a discount on the laptop and they will offer you one. Most likely the first discount they offer wont be the best so try to haggle with them, should be around 7% they can give.
muzzydark
31 May 16#59
Skylake + ddr3 ???
andreasuk
31 May 16#60
i don't think there are many pro gamers amongst us
if u are a pro gamer u don't care how much u spend on a PC anyway
Edgeman13
31 May 16#61
You could keep the resolution at 4k and then under display settings choose to have text, icons etc appear at 200% (or whatever suits you). That way you get the benefit of the sharp image and can still see what's going on.
abaxas
31 May 16#62
That would depend on the game they were playing.
AshMcConnell
31 May 16#63
I would definitely recommend replacing the 30gb m.2 "cache" drive with a proper 256-512 m.2 ssd drive. It made all the difference in my XPS version. It was constantly grinding and slow with the cache + 1TB, but now it completely flies with the SSD.
I have the 4k version of this laptop and love the uhd screen. As I mention above, you can adjust the appearance of all text to a suitable size in display settings (I use 175%, but that might be too small for some). This way you can still have a comfortable viewing experience and also benefit from the crispness that a 'retina' style screen gives. It increases screen real estate, allows easy side-by-side windows, and, for me, felt like a massive step-up from an old 1366x768 screen.
I bought my 7669 from Dell Outlet. Originally I was going to get the FHD screen, but the sales rep kind of persuaded me to get the UHD variant, even though it was listed as a scratch and dent. I decided that if it looked bad I could always send it back, but when it arrived I couldn't find any mark on it. It was only when the sun caught the top in a particular way that I noticed the scratch. Bought in conjunction with a monitor and an offer they were doing it cost me £520. There are no guarantees of quality I guess, but it's worth looking at the Outlet to save some money.
yomanation
31 May 16#65
Bought the exact same laptop for the exact same price this x-mas. One of my best purchases ever, its performance is fantastic.
Laptop screens should not be opened right back so it is level with the keyboard, this is bound to pull out graphic cables, camera connectors and wifi antenna's that are located around the screen :man:
anewman
31 May 16#70
Any tips on how to get hold of £700 by the time the deal ends? :man:
GmodLUA
31 May 16#71
Using this laptop you will be global elite in no time :wink:
wackojacko99
31 May 161#72
Any good as a photography laptop?
saeedp
31 May 16#73
good deal. but I was impressed enough just by the effort poster put into intro
i almost ordered. but now will wait for dell to bring this down to a similar price mark.
adam3582
31 May 16#75
Would this run GTA 5 smoothly?
stfagos
31 May 16#76
For some reason the OP photo made me think of this:
nomnomnomnom
31 May 161#77
You don't need to wait - just strike up a chat with them and they'll discount it.
Have a search for this laptop on here, many of us have done this without any issue.
myusernameunavailable
31 May 16#78
Just Tried 2 different sales advisors. Best they offered was £759. Politely refused.
myusernameunavailable
31 May 162#79
What's people's experience with the screen on this laptop when bought from some other seller than dell? Thanks
jcrider
31 May 16#80
By using Hotukdeals for things you want.. or more likely don't need, you will save yourself money.. do this enough and you will have £700.
Genius at its best
nekoangel
31 May 16#81
It's fine. Just some colours are a little washed out. Use the software to adjust it some and it gets better.
If your going to use it for art and photography unless You have an external monitor I would avoid and that's coming from an artist ( I have an external to work from so all not lost).
It's only very bright colours that are affected like the green bars on this site or the blue of Facebook. But the games I play I can't tell.
niconelove
31 May 16#82
be warned, customer service is the worst I have ever come across, avoid at all costs
myrealusernameunavailable
31 May 16#83
thanks for your reply. mainly for web development and gaming.
Ipswich772
31 May 16#84
Just got offered one for £744 via web chat, too declined.
Ipswich772
31 May 16#85
Do I wait for the new MBP or do I buy this?!
myrealusernameunavailable
31 May 16#86
yeah, i have tried a few now. they seem to have this exact figure of £743.06 which they say is what they can offer as final price.
dont want to go with saveonlaptops. never tried them and not sure of the customer service. reading online, this particular laptop seems to develop problems a bit too frequently for my liking.
Shokz
31 May 16#87
I'd suggest unless you need a laptop with a reasonable graphics card right now to wait for the new lineup with Pascal and Polaris cards in late summer. They'll be much more efficient (therefore cooler and/or thinner) and obviously you'll also get a little more performance at the same pricepoint.
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#88
Yup, the keyboards a bit "meh" the trackpad... depends how you normally use a trackpad, it's a full surface tracking one with left and right mouse "under" the tracking surface at the bottom. Can feel a bit weird :smiley:
If you'll be gaming on it I highly recommend you get yourself a free steam account (pretty much a no brainer, regardless for PC gaming these days) and do a search for free games. There's plenty that are excellent and some that probably exceed the stuff you've been paying £50 a game for on the console. (e.g planetside 2 - out on PS4 as well but an excellent shooter, path of exile which is like a deep/beardy diablo 3, there's loads - I'm at work at the moment so can't check for recommended ones).
Sound is perhaps a _bit_ average as well.
nomnomnomnom
31 May 16#89
Damn, looks like they've got a bit more strict on the discounts then :disappointed:
I know some of the newer ones have a better screen and trackpad, so maybe it's down to that.
HOT!!!
Recently bought a Dell XPS 15 9550 for just over £800 (normally £1200) with pretty much the same specs, albeit with a 256gb ssd, larger battery, thin bezel, great speakers and aluminium/carbon fibre build. This is a good deal.
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#92
While the very.co.uk offer is on, I'd actually completely agree. Deserves MUCH heat. I just pushed you over the magic 100c :stuck_out_tongue:
My dad bought this the other day when it dropped to £729. So far been quite solid. I added the extra RAM and an M2 very easily.
Cloned the Main HDD to the M2 using the free version of Macrium Reflect, then wiped the old HDD for spare storage.
DanielClarke
31 May 16#96
that's brilliant - trying to decide on a replacement for my np550 p7c - within a reasonable budget!
ajpwright
31 May 161#97
I spent FOREVER trying to find the best spec combo for my Dad who had a strict £750 budget. For the Specs it is hard to beat. I was desperate to try get a 970m but his budget wouldn't stretch. Current gen i7, DDR3 vs 4 - not massive difference. HD panel is fine for that the GPU can drive. Overall a decent spec at a reasonable price.
Preying_Eyes
31 May 16#98
From where you purchased this? I am looking to buy the same model but struggling to find anything cheaper than 1000£
happenstance
31 May 16#99
I've had this for 6 months at this price. Great laptop although the graphic driver keeps crashing when using Firefox and you scroll.
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#100
In my case I used "mini tool partition wizard". It allowed me to leave the recovery partition on the old/slow drive rather than wasting space on the SSD :wink:
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#101
Did you download NVidia experience+drivers? I stuck that on as one of the first things and not had issues.
alien5
31 May 16#102
Hi m8,
Is the screen ok for photo editing ???
mercutio98uk
31 May 161#103
The screens good and bright etc but... it's probably not got the RGB range to be VERY accurate for photo editing. I'd have a hunt around for additional guidance if that's your main purpose for it.
ajpwright
31 May 16#104
I did leave the recovery on there to begin with - but it had issues with boot manager hitting that and trying to recover. Was very strange. How did you overcome that?
alien5
31 May 16#105
Thank you m8. It would be a mix of both really. It would be for the missus for both work, and photo editing.
Warnic05
31 May 16#106
I'd probably be hooking it up to my TV for the most part if I decide to play games on it and using a wireless mouse/keyboard and or xbox controller.
Should be here tomorrow so I'll get setting up a steam account now. Gonna be a bit of a difference going from an old acer 5542 to this.
Typey1
31 May 16#107
I've been getting occasional crashes too but didn't know why so I've done as you suggested with nvidia.
How do you establish what caused a crash by the way? Thanks
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#108
Hmmm, right-click somewhere on "my computer" and "manage" have a look in event viewer it might be there. If not I think NVidia used to write a log in C:\nvidia by default.
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#109
For many things the controller is fine, you'll... probably find yourself rather disadvantaged with a controller for multiplayer on PC. Keyboard and mouse will take a bit of getting used to but it's WAY faster :smile:
Grab a cheap mouse with a good few buttons, the keyboard will do ok for gaming.
The screen on it might be small too but you'll get a lot more detail than on a TV (probably).
happenstance
31 May 16#110
I've got the nvidia stuff that optimises for games, it seems to be the onboard graphics that crash. Often with Firefox and sometimes with after affects.
happenstance
31 May 16#111
Does is say onboard driver stopped responding and windows has recovered?
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#112
well, NVidia optimus controls when the dedicated card kicks in and deals or if it's left to the onboard. I'd imagine if the NVidia driver install is goosed it'll mess with everything :smiley:
But definitely get the full driver package/updater installed, it's been working sweetly since around April for me (well for the missus, I'm on a slightly more "full bodied" desktop setup but she games on it plenty)
mercutio98uk
31 May 16#113
I'll admit I've not tried to USE the recovery partition yet :stuck_out_tongue:
If that's not what you meant... pass. I cloned the... "first" partition (usually hidden system) and the main windows partition over, left the recovery exactly where it was and after fighting with the bios a bit got it to boot without issue.
Typey1
31 May 16#114
I've been transferring files to external HD when the process stops and reverts to desktop but I'll be checking events manager next time. Maybe nothing to do with graphics drivers!
Skiptonarea
31 May 16#115
Thanks! I really appreciate all the comments regarding the laptop e.g. extra memory, new SSD, games it will play. I woudn't have spent all this money without you!! Curses on Hotukdeals (love it really)
Warnic05
1 Jun 16#116
I'll probably only be using the controller for games like gta and forza apex/assetto corsa (no money left now for wheel) and use the keyboard and mouse I have for fps and the like. Just got confirmation that it's arriving tomorrow hopefully it's good enough as don't fancy returning it ;-)
I wouldn't of said they'll be much in it tbh. The cpu is a bit worse and the graphics card has 2gb less but probably wouldn't notice that either or the fact the Asus has 4gb more. The ssd, optical drive and free external subwoofer is nice tho
magsywagsy
1 Jun 16#119
Yeah, I'm not too fussed about an i7. Prefer the ASUS one because of the SSD... would the 2GB difference in graphics cards make that much difference? Only other worry is ASUS laptops are usually full of bloat ware.
Manimal
1 Jun 16#120
Don't think that one has a backlit keyboard which is a shame.
definition
1 Jun 16#121
Indeed. You don't have to spend vast amounts of money to be a pro :smiley:
Warnic05
1 Jun 161#122
I think the ssd would more than make up for the difference in the 2gb gpu ram. I've had a look on some benchmarks and only benificial to have 4gb gpu ram for maybe a handful of titles
mercutio98uk
1 Jun 16#123
Sometimes (in laptops) the bigger memory on the same card points at more features probably being turned on (the 8GB 980m in particular is a good bit ahead of the 4GB one) but it tends to be down to if the card is soldered/built into the mainboard or is actually a full MXM laptop graphics card. I think in this case it's still soldered so the difference will be tiny but's it's one that's worth considering in future :smiley:
mercutio98uk
1 Jun 162#124
For gaming, there's not going to be much in it at all. You can throw an SSD in the dell for £40 that'll get you equal. The i7 isn't particularly needed for gaming (there's a couple that can make the most of it though, most MMO's like bigger processors but it tends to be the speed per core which is the same here) but it's often a "nice to have" for other uses/general performance.
If there's anything else that's pushing you towards the Asus, it's a perfectly good laptop to go for, there's little in with this as far as gaming goes (backlit keyboard is always nice though :stuck_out_tongue: )
magsywagsy
1 Jun 16#125
Thanks for this, much appreciated!
Neobrown
2 Jun 16#126
Yeah, but how much would Dell beat the deal by? Just a tenner?
Or would they throw in a SSD card for free?
adam45417
2 Jun 16#127
Hmmm, Don't know what a "SSD card" is but turns out I was wrong and Dell cant beat this price. I didnt realize dell had changed the price to £800 meaning you can only get it for around £750 using dell chat.
jasonto
2 Jun 16#128
I'm pretty sure all the 7559s have backlit keyboards
Ipswich772
3 Jun 16#129
Finally ordered this morning after a lot of deliberation. Anyone got theirs yet?
dahat
3 Jun 16#130
hi anyone who bought this put in 32GB? 2x16? Thanks
jasonto
3 Jun 16#131
Just got this for £576 off the dell outlet - checking this regularly really does pay off :stuck_out_tongue:
That one is £678, but its the 4k touchscreen version (amazing price really)
I only wanted a 1080p screen anyway
porridge
4 Jun 16#134
I could buy a gtx1080 gpu for that price pffff.
Mihir95
4 Jun 16#135
Man I really want this but I have to sell my custom built PC first
Kalaey
4 Jun 16#136
great spec for that price
Dove1981
6 Jun 16#137
it is £749.97 now
Warnic05
6 Jun 162#138
Had mine for 6 days now and flies through most things. Can play gta on very high settings with some ultra. Suprised by the capabilities of this laptop at the price. Touch pad is a bit pants but don't mind the keyboard too much. Bit gutted I seen it for £549 on the dell outlet earlier tho. But still happy at the price I paid
mercutio98uk
6 Jun 16#139
The missus has had it playing fallout 4 with little issue. It's not absolutely stunning performance, but for a laptop of the price it's certainly quite capable.
Ipswich772
7 Jun 16#140
Just updating the dell and nvidia drivers for it. Anything else I need to do? Been so long since I owned a Windows pc
jasonto
7 Jun 16#141
How are you finding the screen quality?
Ipswich772
8 Jun 16#142
It's good but can notice a bit of bleeding when watching something dark. You?
jasonto
8 Jun 16#143
Got an email yesterday saying it has been shipped, so haven't actually got it yet- il report back if I see any light bleed
I hope I get the one with supposedly better screen though
liamf12
6 Mar 17#144
Bought this laptop, now found the warranty expired only 9 months after I bought it. Dell say it was sold to a company for business use in January 2016. The case began to pull apart when opening the lid as the hinges had free play. Long story short, dell didn't want to know unless I paid £220 for the repair. Having contacted the CEO I've been accused of dropping the laptop. Case is unmarked, have given up, opened the case to find missing and loose screws. Have used a screw from a less critical position temporarily, all is fine. Never buying a Dell again. I suggest you look at reviewcentre and other sites before buying one, the ratings are 99% one star. Rather buy from Dellboy, better after sales support.
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Opening post
You get:
Skylake i7-6700HQ processor
8GB ram (single stick DDR3L, buy another for £25 and this is 16GB)
1TB hybrid hard drive (while not an SSD this... does ok at faster boot/use. Spare slot for a M.2 sata ssd - see one of my other deals for a cheapish SSD to go in it)
960M 4GB graphics card (this imo is about the lowest "decent" gaming graphics card on a laptop.)
1900x1080 IPS panel (there's 2 panels go in this, even the "bad" one is decent, most are now sporting the better panel).
Backlit keyboard, 3 USB3.
I bought one of the these last time the deal came around for them. It's been excellent so far and personally I can highly recommend. £700 for the spec is amazing, considering the heat laptops get on here for £500 with an i5 and no/weak graphics this one really is a steal at the price. Cooling is also much improved over previous generations of inspiron.
It's a single screw to remove all the bottom plate for improvements (like the extra memory stick or M.2 SSD) as needed/wanted.
Full spec:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core (2.6GHz, 6MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost Up To 3.5GHz)
Screen 15.6" (1920x1080 Full HD Resolution)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit
RAM 8GB (DDR3)
Hard Drive 8GB SSD + 1000GB (Hybrid)
Optical Drive Not Included (Designed To Be Thin & Light) - External Optical Drive Available Seperately for £29.99
Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M with 4GB GDDR5 Dedicated Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11ac Wireless)
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated HD Webcam with Microphone
Card Reader 2-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC )
USB Ports 3x USB 3.0
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
Speakers Integrated Sound System
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI Port 1 x HDMI Port
Backlit Keyboard Backlit Keyboard
Battery Life 3-4 Hours (up to 4 hours with power management)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.6 Kg)
Product Type Gaming Laptops
Keyboard Type Laptop Keyboard
Colour Black + Dark Red highlights.
Top comments
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Non-ECC-SODIMM-204-Pin-Memory/dp/B00CQ35HBQ
And pick your size preference in SSD's for the M.2 slot:
120-128GB: http://www.ebuyer.com/734358-sandisk-business-class-z400s-128gb-m-2-2280-ssd-sd8snat-128g-1122
240-256GB: http://www.cclonline.com/product/204257/SD8SNAT-256G-1122/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/Sandisk-Z400S-256GB-M-2-2280-SATA-Solid-State-Drive/SSD0413/
480-512GB: http://www.ebuyer.com/743762-sandisk-x400-512gb-m-2-2280-ssd-sd8sn8u-512g-1122
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Non-ECC-SODIMM-204-Pin-Memory/dp/B00CQ35HBQ
And pick your size preference in SSD's for the M.2 slot:
120-128GB: http://www.ebuyer.com/734358-sandisk-business-class-z400s-128gb-m-2-2280-ssd-sd8snat-128g-1122
240-256GB: http://www.cclonline.com/product/204257/SD8SNAT-256G-1122/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/Sandisk-Z400S-256GB-M-2-2280-SATA-Solid-State-Drive/SSD0413/
480-512GB: http://www.ebuyer.com/743762-sandisk-x400-512gb-m-2-2280-ssd-sd8sn8u-512g-1122
I purchased it around the same time from dell- no problems, but I'm not a heavy user.
There was a good thread on here, I believe for the same machine!
I've no idea if this is any good for it.
tl;dr yes.
Perfect. CS is a very easy game to run so this will have no issues
Not much of a gamer but it runs Forza 6:Apex Beta very well.
Otherwise a very nice laptop. If the quality is good, the price is right.
Great machine great price. Added an ssd but no ram to mine as 8gb is probably enough.
Colour representation isn't perfect if you get the chappy screen version so artists beware.
Battery is great on surfing etc but not great on games as you would expect.
All in all I really can't fault it.
Not bothered if it has a small mechanical HDD either, I'd probably swap it out for a 1TB SSD.
Any suggestions? Also open to waiting for a hardware refresh if the upgrade from current gen stuff would be worth it.
This DOES have 2 panels that appear in it too, 1 is a bit poor, the other is quite highly regarded. You could abuse distance selling regs to ensure you have the better panel****
(* maybe :stuck_out_tongue: )
I think the console folks usually come back with "exclusives" - ok, but if you look at some of the excellent stuff that only appears on PC + modding support....
I'll get off my soapbox :smile:
It's got a better screen and an SSD with it, otherwise same or weaker spec.
Same CPU, same memory (though 2 sticks so you'd have to ditch them both to go to 16GB), weaker graphics card, SSD (cheap, easy upgrade here) better screen, lighter, thinner.
It depends what you're after. For price vs performance you'll struggle to beat this. the XPS15 is trying very hard to be a mac in PC clothing (ultrabook market segment).
People that want a laptop that looks nice first and runs nice second would be "better off" but... that's a relatively small market sector.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-xps-15-9550-733-42-dell-outlet-2448598
Really happy with this Dell.
Only one criticism the track pad scrolls with your finger held on the left mouse track button. So if holding the left mouse button - wiggle your thump up or down the Internet page varies in speed moving up or down.
How easy would it be to install diy this: "Add a stick of this for 16GB:"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Non-ECC-SODIMM-204-Pin-Memory/dp/B00CQ35HBQ
Have you done it yourself?
Hot vote.
Those XPS things are insane.
Worth mentioning that pro (as in competition grade) gamers often make choices that don't make sense for anyone else, like playing CS GO on lowest settings at a resolution of 800x600, using TN panels for fast response times but naff colour reproduction. Case in point the above ideal laptop would have very little battery life.
All you need to do is unscrew the bottom of the laptop, click the memory back and then screw the base back on.
When you boot the laptop for the first time the BIOS will pop up a message to say the memory has been changed to 16GB and it will prompt you to press F1 to continue.
Check out this page for help:
http://www.windowscentral.com/how-add-ssd-ram-upgrade-dell-inspiron-15-7559
The bottom ends up looking like this:
In the middle there, another memory stick clips in below/over the old one. Push the bottom cover back on with all the plastic tabs, screw it back up. As above, just need to "ok" the hardware addition when the bios spots it and you should be done :smiley:
if u are a pro gamer u don't care how much u spend on a PC anyway
Here is a guide on how to "split" the drives (for XPS, but I think it should work for this) http://xps-15.wikia.com/wiki/Upgrade_32_GB_mSATA
I bought my 7669 from Dell Outlet. Originally I was going to get the FHD screen, but the sales rep kind of persuaded me to get the UHD variant, even though it was listed as a scratch and dent. I decided that if it looked bad I could always send it back, but when it arrived I couldn't find any mark on it. It was only when the sun caught the top in a particular way that I noticed the scratch. Bought in conjunction with a monitor and an offer they were doing it cost me £520. There are no guarantees of quality I guess, but it's worth looking at the Outlet to save some money.
Source: game-debate.com
Laptop screens should not be opened right back so it is level with the keyboard, this is bound to pull out graphic cables, camera connectors and wifi antenna's that are located around the screen :man:
i almost ordered. but now will wait for dell to bring this down to a similar price mark.
Have a search for this laptop on here, many of us have done this without any issue.
Genius at its best
If your going to use it for art and photography unless You have an external monitor I would avoid and that's coming from an artist ( I have an external to work from so all not lost).
It's only very bright colours that are affected like the green bars on this site or the blue of Facebook. But the games I play I can't tell.
dont want to go with saveonlaptops. never tried them and not sure of the customer service. reading online, this particular laptop seems to develop problems a bit too frequently for my liking.
If you'll be gaming on it I highly recommend you get yourself a free steam account (pretty much a no brainer, regardless for PC gaming these days) and do a search for free games. There's plenty that are excellent and some that probably exceed the stuff you've been paying £50 a game for on the console. (e.g planetside 2 - out on PS4 as well but an excellent shooter, path of exile which is like a deep/beardy diablo 3, there's loads - I'm at work at the moment so can't check for recommended ones).
Sound is perhaps a _bit_ average as well.
I know some of the newer ones have a better screen and trackpad, so maybe it's down to that.
Recently bought a Dell XPS 15 9550 for just over £800 (normally £1200) with pretty much the same specs, albeit with a 256gb ssd, larger battery, thin bezel, great speakers and aluminium/carbon fibre build. This is a good deal.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-6700HQ+%40+2.60GHz
My dad bought this the other day when it dropped to £729. So far been quite solid. I added the extra RAM and an M2 very easily.
Cloned the Main HDD to the M2 using the free version of Macrium Reflect, then wiped the old HDD for spare storage.
Is the screen ok for photo editing ???
Should be here tomorrow so I'll get setting up a steam account now. Gonna be a bit of a difference going from an old acer 5542 to this.
How do you establish what caused a crash by the way? Thanks
Grab a cheap mouse with a good few buttons, the keyboard will do ok for gaming.
The screen on it might be small too but you'll get a lot more detail than on a TV (probably).
But definitely get the full driver package/updater installed, it's been working sweetly since around April for me (well for the missus, I'm on a slightly more "full bodied" desktop setup but she games on it plenty)
If that's not what you meant... pass. I cloned the... "first" partition (usually hidden system) and the main windows partition over, left the recovery exactly where it was and after fighting with the bios a bit got it to boot without issue.
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/N551VW-FW258T-ASUS-N551VW-FW258T_1868709.html
If there's anything else that's pushing you towards the Asus, it's a perfectly good laptop to go for, there's little in with this as far as gaming goes (backlit keyboard is always nice though :stuck_out_tongue: )
Or would they throw in a SSD card for free?
£718?
I only wanted a 1080p screen anyway
I hope I get the one with supposedly better screen though