Dell - Inspiron 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - 256GB Solid State Drive - Black

Briefly, I do 3D modelling/rendering and software development, I use laptops heavily and almost all day long. I watched and read lots of reviews before going for this laptop and I can say that this is the best PC purchase I've ever made and here is why: - SCREEN, IPS panel is day and night different than the previous TN panel, viewing angles are great, color accuracy is respectable and contrast ratio is amazing. DO NOT go for the cheaper $799 that comes with TN, plus the cheaper model does not come with PCIe SSD drive and 1050 not 1050Ti. - SIZE and WEIGHT; not the lightest but it is portable, I used it once while I was commuting size is fine if you wanna use it on you lap on a train and I can't feel the weight of it in my backpack considering that I don't carry the charger anymore, and here comes my next point. - BATTERY, I cannot believe that Quad Core laptop with dedicated GPU can last that much, of course NVIDIA optimus play a big part in this, but I literally hit 11 hours on a single charge with 50% brightness and WIFI on all the time. I surfed, downloaded couple apps and compiled using Android Studio and MS Visual Studio. If hardcore looks do not matter to you this is better than the business style XPS15, and for me XPS15 do not have the 2.5" bay for models that come with 97WHr battery. Bottom line, this laptop will give you full day of battery life, if you carry it to your work and use it in realistic way not (25% brightness with WIFI off) or having to use Edge instead of chrome to save battery life. Just charge it at night and leave the brick at home. - GPU; this has the 1050Ti which is faster than the 1050 in the cheaper model and way way faster than my last 860M in my Lenovo Y50. I render using CUDA a lot and I have a desktop with GTX1070, so this will be for light stuff and on the go and it is really good enough for my needs. - CPU; here was my only concern, I really wanted Bestbuy to carry the 7700HQ just for having 8 threads vs the 4 threads in the 7300HQ, but since I do my heavy lifting on GPUs nowadays, I don't mind having the i5, plus it consumes less power and thus will give you little bit better battery life. - HEAT & NOISE; The two fans are quiet, they produce less noise than my Macbook Air when the fans kicks in, and less than my old Lenovo Y50. Heat is quite good, it’s ice cool compared to the Y50 and to the MBA. HERE IS WHAT I DID: - I added 500GB 2.5" SSD EVO Samsung that I bought from Bestbuy for $149 a while ago, and now I have enough storage without having moving parts HDD that will consume more power from the battery. - I installed 32GB (16X2) memory sticks (LOW PROFILE ONES) I tried the Patriot Viper with heat sink and they did not fit because they are too thick for the slots. - I uninstalled all the bloatware from dell and the free subscription McAfee that comes with it, updated the windows and registered the laptop using Dell website (INTERNET EXPLORER ONLY). And I forgot to mention that it comes with 20GB 1Year dropbox subscription, and for me this was great news since I am a heavy dropbox user. - Shoutout to Bestbuy! This configuration is cheaper than if you wanna get it online from Dell, I don’t know how! But they did it. Plus, for me having to go to a store and picking it up the same day is priceless! GOOD: Stellar battery life. Great value. Matt IPS screen is awesome. 1050Ti, great for this price point. 256GB PCIe SSD, great for this price point. BAD: Looks, not so great. Keyboard, not the greatest but above average. Touchpad not the best (I am a mouse user anyway). Stock software, just get rid of it. Finger print magnet. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

For $850, this is probably the best entertainment/gaming laptop you'll find at Best Buy. It's pretty fast, the video playback doesn't stutter or anything, the keyboard feels good, and it doesn't run very hot or noisy (although I still recommend getting a cooling pad or something for it if you game a lot). Some cons, the audio works well with the internal speakers and headphones, but it didn't work very well with the external speakers I had - the loud noises were way too loud and the quiet noises (dialogue, mostly) were way too quiet. There's a mixer in there with MaxxAudio, but it didn't help me much with the external speakers. I really wish this thing came with Dolby Atmos or beats instead. The display is pretty decent on this model with the IPS panel instead of the TN one. Granted, it's not amazing like a 4k, but it's still pretty good for the price. Keep in mind that when you first unbox this laptop, the display is going to be dark and it's going to have a really warm color temperature to it; that's just how they set it in the factory, I guess. But you can fix this by right-clicking the desktop and clicking Intel Graphics, going to Display, then Color Settings, and going under Color Enhancement and changing the contrast and brightness values of each color (red, green, blue). Personally, I set my red to 0 brightness and 50 contrast, my green to 5 brightness and 50 contrast, and my blue to 10 brightness and 52 contrast. I didn't touch the hue or the saturation. I also went to the search bar and typed 'calibrate display color,' and in the window that popped up, I increased the gamma a bit, and that's all. Now, you may end up having to do display settings that are different from mine, so my advice is to load some videos from Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and/or Amazon and just sort of pause the videos on the different services, and keep a close eye on how the colors in the videos change as you adjust the display settings. Also, keep in mind, like I said, color reproduction on this laptop's display isn't amazing, but if you mess with the display settings a bit, you can make a huge improvement from how the display is out of the box. Final note, other people have mentioned system crashes and BSODs...I've had one system crash after the initial set up, but after I ran all my updates - windows updates, dell updates, and of course, driver updates via device manager - I haven't had any system crashes since then (fingers crossed, knock on wood). Make sure you especially update the driver for the wireless adapter, because for me, that's what caused my system crash. Overall, good computer, good price, and I definitely feel like I'm getting my money's worth with this computer.

The Dell Inspiron 15 7567 laptop is an excellent laptop and is a good value for a gaming laptop, considering that other laptops of comparable power are significantly more expensive and less aesthetically pleasing. With the Intel Core i5-7300HQ processor, I have never once experienced a lag or slowdown, even when running multiple processor intensive programs, such as Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Steam's Big Picture Mode, and videogames all at the same time. Even with multiple web browser tabs open in the background, a stutter is never seen. I can easily play my games at 1080p60fps and record/stream them at the same quality without any noticeable problem or stuttering from the cpu or gpu. The cpu has, in my experience, reached up to 3.45GHz, so the i5 core processor is more than capable at doing what I need as an Art & Design student, a Research Methods & Statistician and as a gamer. The Integrated Intel HD 650 Graphics, however, are just okay and leaves something to be desired. Luckily, the crown jewel of this laptop is the discrete graphics card. With Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050Ti graphics card (with 4gb dedicated RAM), my games, on average, all play at 60fps and rarely drop lower than 50 frames per second. I personally have ever so slightly overclocked my laptop's GPU, because even though the 1050Ti has a base clock speed of 1493Mhz with an Nvidia boost clock speed of 1620Mhz, the GPU, according to Nvidia themselves, can (safely) reach a max speed of 1911Mhz. I didn't want to push my GPU to the limit. There's a reason parameters and base clock speeds are set, but this laptop can handle being pushed. I've stressed tested it and I'm comfortable with a soft GPU overclock of 1700Mhz (from 1620Mhz). This laptop, thankfully, comes with an empty internal slot for a 2.5" Hard Disk Drive, Solid State Drive, or Solid State Hybrid Drive, which is nice, because the preinstalled SDD being 256GB is completely insufficient for a gaming laptop (in my opinion), when most modern games are at least 10GBs, not to mention that video processing and graphic design programs take up a lot of space too. Luckily, I had a 466GB external SSHD, so I was able to install it and increase total storage to 689gb between the base Samsung SDD and newly installed SHDD. Though 256GB may be plenty storage for casual gamers who still need the hardcore power of a 7th Gen Intel core processor and an Nvidia GTX GeForce GPU, in my case, this was a necessary addition, as I have too many games to store on my system and not enough space with a 256 SSD alone. And Intel has a handy tool built-in to the laptop that allows you to "combine" the storage of your SDD and an installed second drive to create a single volume that acts as "one big hard drive". Though it does not affect pc performance, my video editing, audio processing, and game playing does tend to consume significant RAM, so I added a 4GB stick of GDDR4 RAM to compliment the 8GB that come with the 7567 configuration. This was a personal preference, however, because the GTX 1050Ti comes with 4GB of dedicated VRAM so that graphics intensive stuff doesn't end up dipping right into system RAM, so I could have done without 12GB of RAM, but I like to have my bases covered just in case. Besides, this laptop is built to handle what the future will throw at it and you never know. With a GTX 1050Ti GPU and an i5-7300HQ 7th gen Intel processor, this Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptop is an absolute powerhouse and in the dark, this dynamite notebook looks absolutely amazing with the soft black material and the red keyboard backlight.

First, a little background about myself as a tech/game geek: 1) I built my own budget gaming desktop some 3 or 4 years ago which is still going strong. 2) I own a Macbook Pro, iPhone, and iPad, and prefer the macOS environment, but I understand its limits when it comes to gaming, and I don't consider myself a fanboy of one particular environment over another. 3) I prefer slower/casual/indie games (Blizzard titles, League of Legends, Citites: Skylines and other city builders, Age of Empires, Civ, etc.) but I sometimes dabble in more "intense" AAA titles. I bought this laptop a couple days ago and here are my first impressions on playing around with it for a bit. PROS - Price is too good to pass up especially on a laptop with a 1050ti card. Most of the laptops I looked at around this price only has a 1050 card. - It has a 256GB SSD, and even though it's not that big of a drive in terms of storage, most around this price only has a HDD (hybrid if you're lucky), which I'll never ever going back to as a main drive. - As others have stated, this is ridiculously easy to open up. There's literally just one screw to open up the bottom, pry off the panel, and you're inside. I put in a 500GB HDD I had lying around (I used a piece of foam to hold it in place since I don't have a mount) in the empty drive bay. It literally took me a minute. I booted up the laptop, formatted the disk, and it's now storing my Steam games. - Build quality/aesthetics is pretty good/excellent. It plastic throughout, but it feels like it can hold up pretty well. It reminds me of a bunker or tank when closed, as opposed to other gaming laptops that look like spaceships. The hinge seems quite solid, and there’s a bit of flex to the display panel which is nice. - Sound and speakers are excellent for a laptop. The little subwoofer on the bottom is cute and delivers quite a punch for what it is. NEUTRAL - Display is a bit weak in terms of brightness and color, but I'm not sure if this is only because I've been spoiled by my Macbook's Retina display. It's good enough when I'm playing games, but I'm not sure if it'll be good enough if you were to use it for photo/video editing. BUT, calibrating color helped significantly, using both Windows color calibration and Intel’s graphics settings. If fact, doing this is essential, I think, to get the most of the display. - Out of the box, it crashed for me a couple times when trying to set it up, but I think it's more of an issue with Windows rather than the computer itself. After updating through Windows and the Dell app, though, it's been running smoothly. - 8GB of RAM might not be enough for hardcore gamers, enthusiasts, or content creators, but for the most part, it should be enough for moderate to moderate-heavy use. - It’s a bit beefier at almost 6lbs (5.8ish as stated on the specs) so it might be a bit cumbersome for some people. I’m super buff though so it’s not a problem for me =) I would give this a 4.5 rating overall, the only cons being the few hiccups I had during initial setup and the display. But for what it has for the price, I have to bump up the rating to 5. I have already recommended this to several people looking for budget gaming laptops.

So I had the 7559 with the 960M and I absolutely loved it. This laptop was on sale for $200 off and I couldn't resist since I had such good experiences with the 7559. This laptop has the 4GB 1050Ti in it which is about 50% better than the 960M and the upgrade absolutely shows. First game of Overwatch I played I was blown away by the performance of the 4GB GPU. I love addition of the red backlighting on the keyboard, the 7559 had just standard white glow keys. Just like is predecessors, the build quality is top notch. Nice and sturdy with a modern yet low profile look to it. Yes it's on the heavier side but its performance laptop, you should expect that. I had no hesitation about staying with the i5 as opposed to the i7. If you do video editing, I'd go ahead with the i7 but if you are strictly using this for gaming (which is what I do) your 100% ok with the i5. I am able to run my games on High-Max AND have all my lighting going on my external keyboard, mouse and mousemat without losing any performance. (CUE & Synapse running while games are running. I couldn't do this on the 7559 with the i5). Comes with the SSD, which for me, is a must now-a-days. Won't even touch a machine that doesn't have an SSD. Boot up time including launching apps that run on start is under 15 seconds. DD8GB R4 Ram, perfectly fine for gaming on this machine. No complaints here. Lets get to the stuff I wasn't to fond of: Just like the 7559, this one's trackpad is just garbage. For me, not a big deal cause I use a mouse but if you need a good trackpad don't get this laptop. The fans. Oh my god the fans. They are perfectly find with browsing the internet or not doing intensive things. But man, when you are gaming the fans are very loud. I use headphones when I play so I don't really care but I'm telling you, they are loud as anything. You will think you got a broken machine and will want to take it back cause you think something is wrong. Nothing is wrong. After looking into it and calling Dell this is normal when the computer is running at high performance. To Dells credit, it stays impressively cool. I've never felt this thing overheat but it comes at the cost of a jet engine sound. The speakers, once again like the 7559, aren't great. Like I mentioned I used headphones so I don't care but sometimes but sometimes I watch twitch on this while I am working on my other computer and yea, the sound isn't that great. If any of you want frame data, here some popular games I play and the FPS I get: Overwatch - High Settings - 60 to 80 FPS. Ultra - 60 FPS Fornite - High Settings - 60 to 70 FPS - Ultra - 60 FPS WoW - Ultra Settings - 60 FPS (runs to smooth, never done High) TLDR: This thing is a monster for the price. Buy it. PROS: The i5 processor is better than expected The 4GB 1050 Ti (amazing performance for a laptop) SSD Build Quality Looks and Design CONS: The trackpad The Fans. My god the fans.... The speakers are meh. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this and it will hold me over just fine until the prices of GPUs go down so I can build my own rig.

The Dell 7567 hits all the marks to satisfy a portable PC gaming enthusiast, squeezes into a sleek package, and satisfies a very attractive price point. The GTX 1050Ti GPU is great, so far I've only played Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Guild Wars 2. Neither of them are graphics-intense games, but other reviewers tested newer AAA titles and this computer did great. The fans on the back of the device are stylish and keep the heat directed away. The speakers sit up front of the device and there is a small subwoofer on the bottom. Music playback on this laptop is great, you'd think it was plugged into a Bluetooth speaker. The keyboard is awesome and has red backlighting. It has two different brightness options, and you can turn it off. The WASD keys have a red border printed on them to reinforce the gaming focus. Typing on the keys feels as satisfying as a laptop could feel. The track pad is good and has satisfying clicks. No separate buttons for the track pad, which I like. The screen is nice. It's 1080p and it has good viewing angles. Earlier models had a TN panel with terrible viewing angles. It got a lot of criticism in initial online reviews, so they updated it to an IPS panel. Make sure you're getting an IPS display! The laptop is a little heavy, but it's to be expected with a gaming laptop in this size bracket. The sleek nature of the design helps. Other company's laptops have angled designs and look like ridiculous space ships. Other than the Dell logo, fans, speakers, and keyboard (all of which are red), you wouldn't really be able to tell that this laptop is for gaming (that is unless you pick up the model with the all red finish). The Dell Inspiron 15 7000 (7567) is a great gaming laptop that fits under a good price point.

I was looking for a laptop that I could use for both work at the office and gaming at home. I didn't want to spend too much, and got this model on sale for $750. It came with a 256GB SSD, which I upgraded to 1TB HD. I had BestBuy install it for $40 and the technician looked like he stripped the screw and didn't even screw it all the way in. I asked him to fix it and he said thats just the way it is. I told him it wasnt, and he went into the back and fixed it probably 85-90%. I said Okay. I went home and the hard drive was not recognized. I drove back to the store and waited an hour for the technician to tell me "something must have gotten unhooked." He got the hard drive recognized and I went home. The computer worked great at home, pushing the few games I tried close to max settings. Don't expect to get the highest frame rate possible at the best quality in most games. It still looks decent though and recommend to those that are on a budget. I went to work and the wifi was terrible. It says it was connected with internet but it seemed to stop transferring data repeatedly. I researched on the web and saw that there were a huge amount of people in the past that have had problems just like myself. I tried everything that was recommended and nothing succeeded. I then returned the laptop to BestBuy and received the same exact model again. I brought it to work and had the same exact problems. I then called Dell for about an hour and I finally fixed the problem. It comes either pre-installed / or installed with Dell Updates that install a program called "SmartBytes". I uninstalled this program and everything has been great. I also installed a 512GB SSD drive myself instead of the 1TB HD (which was very easy, and ensured none of my screws were stripped by someone else... You need a special small screw driver to ensure the screw does not get damaged. I also had to purchase the SSD mount ($9.99 at BestBuy) to get the screws for this [the computer or SSD do not provide screws needed for mounting]). The 1TB HD seemed to make the computer boot much slower (even though the OS was installed on the original SSD), than the Samsung 512GB SSD that I installed myself with the second computer. Overall after everything is said and done, I love the computer I have now. I hope this information helps anyone else looking to purchase this computer.

Excellent performance range capability laptop able to run demanding high end games at +60 fps (Ultra High Quality Settings) to 120 fps (Medium to Low Quality Settings) with its Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB dedicated graphics card at just 75 Watts power consumption. Keyboard is smooth and nicely laid out with smooth, quiet and low impact keys and adjustable back lighting that does not become unpleasantly hot even while playing demanding games. RAM can be upgraded from the default 8 GB up to 32 GB providing ample room for additional memory improvement. Its high-powered 7th generation core i5 quad-core processor with 6 MB cache combined with an internal 256 GB SSD with an additional slot for an additional SSD allows for massive amounts of storage while making boot-up, creating and using documents and surfing the web a breeze, yet can be throttled down to battery saving mode yielding +14 hours of battery life on low power settings. The 1920 x 1080 full HD screen brings graphics to life with excellent viewing angle ability. The matte black exterior finish complements the red keyboard lighting well with a solid quality construction feel, good fidelity speakers/sub-woofer and all at around 5 pounds in weight. All-in-all this is an excellent every day and gaming laptop that at US$899 (excl. tax) is extremely competitive and hard to match for its performance level!