Is This The Best Gaming Hardware Deal Right Now?

I have a look at a gaming laptop that has been heavily discounted, to see if buying a new laptop right before the next gen release is a good idea.
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[@IcebergTech]

It occurs to me that, one day, Nvidia will have a model in their range called the RTX 5050. I live for the day I get to hear you say that model name out loud.

[@UsgBifJgpwltA]

An RTX thiddy thiddy is what I'd like to hear him say😫

[@DTG4844]

I'm waiting for the 3030 to release 🤣

[@jbritain]

That assumes they'll be consistent with their naming scheme, considering the 1650 exists I don't think you can count on it!

[@Rhmtsky]

Then I'm gonna wait for RTX 6090 ...

[@mattBLACKpunk]

I guess it will be fifty fifty on whether it is good

[@BarryTGash]

Microcenter: "We're Not Newegg!" Best marketing slogan.

[@cheebsgod]

Yes indeed

[@_archer7101]

what did newegg do again?

[@ryogaming4771]

It's cool because in Canada it's pretty much the only online retailer with stocks.. Amazon etc sucks and you need to live a big city to have access to a Canada Computer or Memex (local pickup of most stuff)

[@buggerlugz6753]

@@_archer7101 - Scam customers

[@marcogenovesi8570]

everybody liked that

[@youssefhany6555]

Dell released a bios update for this laptop which improved the fan curve and temps and added mux switch option in the bios ... i highly recommend that you update the bios if you purchase it

[@asianflex]

You can add a mux switch from the bios? Thought it was a hardware feature

[@colinw1692]

@@asianflex it is but it wasn’t enabled typical lazy laptop manufacturers

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

The laptop forced the update right after I started using it. The fan noise tests I did in the video was after the bios update. 👍

[@sihanbenny]

Good to know. Gotta get into BIOS later to check it out.

[@CreeVal]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff And it didn't brick the PC? How non-Dell like :O

[@Boax69]

Dell is amazing, it has made me alot of money repairing them over the years.😌✅

[@Kinsky_isbored]

Bruh you work at dell as repairs man

[@justsuppa8333]

Lmao

[@edbeagle7929]

Dell just had it's best quarter ever they are charging ppl more cuz they can

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@edbeagle7929 do you want an extended warrenaty for your extended warranty? Just in case

[@Max_Mustermann]

Funnily enough, the most reliable laptop I had so far was a Dell Lattitude. The thing is basically bulletproof.

[@joeconti2396]

I work in a mill and we switched over from HP to Dell hardware probably five or six years ago. I've never seen so many batteries bulge. I have an entire collection of Dell laptop batteries that have turned into spicy pillows. It's unbelievable.

[@megan_alnico]

Mmmmm spicy pillows.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

that's more or less the time everyone switched to using soft pillows (lithium polymer) instead of oversized AA (lithium ion, using cylindrical 18650 cells). HP and Lenovo aren't a whole lot better

[@COASTER1921]

Same here. HP's enterprise stuff feels cheaper, but it's amazing how many batteries bulge with the newer Dell systems. I bet they have somewhat concerning data internally on just how common it is that will never be released. Luckily companies usually purchase an extended warranty anyway, so this hasn't been a big issue to corporate in my experience.

[@MrMCDiggles]

Used to be on the IT support for the largest mortgage company in the US. We also used Dell pcs and we also had issues with battery bulge and overheating issues.

[@STORMFIRE07]

That’s cuz you didn’t bought their extended warranty for the extended warranty, yep, completely your fault, not dell’s fault in any way possible (this is sarcasm)

[@CoreySchon]

I got that Legion 5 17" on a promotional error from Lenovo back in Fall of last year that they were kind enough to honor anyways (they had the base model with the 5800H/3060 on sale for $1100, and then their website just... forgot to add to the price as you upgraded the hardware.) So I got the upgrade to the full-power 3070 and extra storage in it for the same price. Screen's pretty sub-par (similarly weird color accuracy, no adaptive sync options) but it works great when plugged into an external monitor and the overall experience using it has been very positive.

[@mrducky179]

dang youre one lucky bastard

[@eddited]

Yea I bought the same one a few weeks back but with the 3060! Works pretty well. Found it used for $700 and had to grab

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s great to hear. That is an amazing deal!

[@rgb2296]

Damn

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"That is a very usable gaming experience." By the standards of contemporary Dell stuff, that's actually high praise.

[@DraftySatyr]

Dell laptops are fine; they don't dominate the corporate space for nothing.

[@annurissimo1082]

The budget for the intro was about a GT 710s worth of graphics card.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

nah it's OK if you just dry it soon after. Electronics die only if they are soaked in water while powered on OR if they are left wet for a while and can corrode

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@Ur Display These damn boys have been going ham on my channel the last couple days. I keep reporting them and deleting the comments but they just keep pop in up.

[@yubinator7455]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Try using ThioJoe's YT Bot Annihilator.

[@DraftySatyr]

@@yubinator7455 Is that a client-side tool, or creator-side?

[@yubinator7455]

@@DraftySatyr I don't remember but it nukes all the spam comments on a single video and anyone can do it so there is no need for the creator to do it so I think it is client-side?

[@JakeBilling]

That intro was brilliant! I spat my Costa coffee out when the shower scene played 😂

[@cptrelentless80085]

I think most people would spit Costa coffee out

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hopefully you didn’t lose too much coffee. 😁

[@DraftySatyr]

Clearly someone has an exceptionally low 'spit coffee out' humour threshold

[@JakeBilling]

@@DraftySatyr Just a good sense of humour

[@Varmint260]

Yup, an RTX laptop can be bought for around the same price as the equivalently-named RTX desktop GPU if you shop carefully. Sure, it'll be a less powerful GPU, but it comes with an ENTIRE PORTABLE COMPUTER.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

The laptop and desktop 3060 are actually quite comparable because for some weird reason the laptop version has more cuda cores

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I know right! Seems like such a good deal in these times.

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

@@jesusbarrera6916 probably to offset power limits and underclocking

[@videogamefreak221122]

@@jesusbarrera6916 just wish the laptop 3060 had more than 6 gigs of vram

[@STORMFIRE07]

@@videogamefreak221122 there's actually a laptop version which has 12GB of VRAM

[@sjorsridderhof8158]

I have had the exact same one for a month. And i to have been having Alma visits in updating crashes and stutters when closing or opening games. My wife calls the laptop a drone because of the noise and it almost lifts up. But for the vr gaming and 3d modeling it has been amazing. I only bought it because it was for sale. But happy with it.

[@olraknaig4653]

I love this guy and his content. It’s really refreshing to see someone so passionate and funny make interesting entertaining yet relevant and informative content on tech. I always enjoy it when Dawid posts, there’s not many like him out there.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the videos.

[@Nerd9301]

Hi, I'm from Japan and I'd like to share my experiences(parents) with Dell laptops -Inspiron(2004) HDD failure (Seagate 100GB) -Inspiron(2010?) HDD failure (Probably a Seagate 500GB) -XPS 14(2012) HDD failure (Seagate 500GB) The moral of the story here is: DON'T buy Seagate HDDs! (They'll probably fail)

[@killersberg1]

Depends on the model. The enterprise grade and nas grade 3.5 Inch drives seem to be reliable. I have some that are around 8 years, still running.

[@Nerd9301]

I guess the 3.5" HDDs (Iron Wolfs, etc) are magically built immortal, whereas the cheapo 2.5" models are built to die...I don't know what the deal is here, but every person that I know who has had Dell laptops w/ Seagate HDDs almost always experienced HDD failure within a couple of years.

[@edwardtan1354]

@@Nerd9301 its just that Seagate sent Dell... crap drives -_- I have an HP and Western Digital Drive died in 2 years...

[@killersberg1]

@@Nerd9301 Many companies have quality problems in some products but not others. Maybe they are just not good at building small drives.

[@kyoudaiken]

Good that I only buy SSDs.

[@potatodude5327]

every time i see the thumbnail i think, "what is that graphics tablet?" and then i'm disappointed to find that it isn't a graphics tablet..still good content!

[@anno5936]

I can't express how deeply grateful i am for my Dell laptop, still working up to this day, almost flawless... It's a D430 from way back in the day, maybe 2007 ?

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s amazing to hear. I’m really glad it’s held out that long for you. 👍

[@dustinschings7042]

That line of laptops were built like tanks though. Great machines.

[@Moonscrafting]

I can't thank you enough for including how the hardware handles Tarkov. Also I really think you Have to promt up the back of the laptop even in "normal" mode, otherwise the intake vents are just suffocated under it. Love your content, keep it up!

[@Jay_the_Caffeinator]

I love your videos Dawid. I can honestly say, in all my years of PC (whatever from 1995 on), I have always stayed away from Dell. I understand that they have to make a profit somehow. But they really cut corners in some of the oddest areas.

[@RamblyBear]

Personally for consumer laptops (non gaming) Dell are my go to recommendation simply because you often get amazing fetch repair return warranties for up to four years on them. I just don't want family and friends calling me to do repairs and stuff. But they're usually only priced about 5% more than I expect for the spec, I consider that a worthy trade off for the warranty. This advice has served me well and people have been happy with their laptops for 15+ years. HP meanwhile always have weird hinges that break.

[@Omar-kl3xp]

Dell are pretty good for laptop, for pc I would recommend to stay away from it but for laptops dell are pretty good .

[@SamarthCat]

I have been watching you for a while now and I can tell that your video editing skills have improved. Your content is getting higher quality. Keep up the great videos!

[@startedtech]

3:03 The current sale price of $8,200 seems on the pricey side 😂

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Thats cheap, just sell your first born to chutullu

[@mattBLACKpunk]

@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 jokes on chtulhu if youll never have kids anyway

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

Dell's laptops are indeed superior to their desktops.

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

@@mattBLACKpunk then chutullu will make a baby with you

[@mattBLACKpunk]

@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 mmmhhh tentacle pron

[@shawnelmi5133]

I've had this laptop as a side rig for when I trave for about 6 months now and I can't emphasize this enough, I had low hopes for this thing but it's blown me away. It's great and glad I made the decision to go with it. Yes fans get loud but I have headphones so it's whatever .

[@wheeze1892]

Good job with the videos man! I love all that you post!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thanks!

[@ryanrudd855]

I bought a 6 month old used twice dell 5510 off eBay for £730 or $970 fitted with a core i7 and RTX 3060 and 16 GB of RAM 1tb nvme ssd and I love it I originally had a MSI laptop with a GTX 1060 TI installed and can honestly say have seen massive improvement only thing I miss going from was 17 inch screen down to 15 Apart from that the Dell I love

[@I_am_ENSanity]

Honestly looking at a MSI GL66 for $1,259. 3070, i7-11800h, 16GB 3200mhz, and 144hz display sounds really nice.

[@gamingterrain3703]

Wow. All that for 1200? Thats actually a pretty good deal

[@iihamed711]

That 3070 only goes to 85w I believe

[@frankmv]

May i ask where?

[@finished502]

The Lenovo with the 3060 is a better deal since it’s a max p 3060 while the msi has a 85w 3070

[@gamingterrain3703]

@@finished502 true. If they can get one with a full powered 3060 for a similar price that would be an even better deal

[@VRJacky]

for laptops you gotta use OBS replay buffer with crossfire/SLI compatibility turned on, cos regular windows uses the integrated graphics but games use the discrete GPU

[@InfectedChris]

I've been building PCs for quite some time and I'm actually typing this from my gaming laptop that is useful for....something. I haven't traveled with it. My desktop is on the other side of my desk. Back in 2006ish, I had a top of the line Dell Inspiron 19" laptop that was one of the OG 1080p displays and could run Crysis high at 60 fps 1080. I replaced the GPU with the upgraded version as well. I used that for quite a few years in between desktop setups. That was my only Dell laptop experience but also from about 15 years ago. Oh no....I'm not in my 20s anymore...

[@do365nic]

there was no computer in 2006 that could run crysis at 1080p 60fps. Even the 8800 from Nvidia struggled to get at 30fps. you might remembering things trough some pink glasses I think... ;-)

[@jabezhane]

Had two Dell Laptops. Bought one new in 2009 when Win 7 came out. Great little Intel/Nvidia 13" laptop with a double capacity battery. Would do 9+ hours which was amazing back then. About 7 years ago I bought a ex corporate Lattitude E6410 for someone for £50! They didn't need it in the end so I upgraded all the bits I could and I'm still using it for router configs etc. Am currently waiting for a framework laptop to be delivered.

[@hiramabiff604]

I snagged this for around 980 before sales tax in this exact configuration from Dell's website a few days ago. (After a simple phone call had them "refund" McAfee and credit my card an additional 50 dollars on top of 5 percent off with financing I'm going to immediately pay off anyways). For that price I just couldn't see how I could go wrong, even with all the lukewarm reviews. They even shipped it next day for free. Only issue I've ran into is not being able to use any Chrome browser without screen flickering; thankfully Firefox exists though so its a minor gripe thus far.

[@John-iv6ih]

I can’t believe people would even consider DELL in 2022! I mean come on guys we should have higher expectations in 2022! In all honesty when you’re buying a laptop you want to get the best laptop you can because it’s gonna be outdated in no time and then you’re gonna have buyers remorse guaranteed!

[@rickbrookes9491]

I still can’t figure out why Dell has a line of “Gaming PCs” when they have the Alienware line. It’s just needlessly confusing for most consumers, IMHO.

[@mithatcantimurcan9775]

I got the g15 ryzen edition model of this laptop (5600H/3050) for like 850$ and i'm really happy with that. Planning on upgrading the ram though. It only has 8 gb on single-channel. It's really nice to see you reviewing this laptop. Great content!

[@Sudarshanwadhwan3457]

Your content is awesome:). Keep it up

[@MTN1601]

Yes

[@Sh3rr1ff]

The "It's Adelle" thing was genius

[@pezz1232]

The last time I had a problem screen capturing with GeForce was on a 2014 imac running windows 😂

[@harrkev]

I got a G5 back in the beginning of 2020. Temperatures were insane (as expected). When I opened it up I found that there was a piece of thin adhesive foam that was supposed to cover the gap between the fans and the heat sink. One of these strips of foam was folded over and blocking almost half of the air flow. Their quality control was unimpressive. After fixing that, using some Conduconaut, and running ThrottleStop, I get reasonable performance for not too much noise. Pro tip: Get a laptop cooling base that blows up, and also get some black air filter foam (Walmart has it for about $3 in the hardware section). Cut a strip of foam to go under the laptop cooler pad, and another to go between the cooler and the laptop itself. It might impact thermals a little bit, but a lot less than a heat sink clogged with dust and pet hair.

[@GeorgeRoweUK]

Consumer targeted Dell laptops do seem to be pretty crap. Their business laptops are usually very solid though and tend to be my preferred option at work. May be worth putting a Latitude through its paces in a future video?

[@Cosmin1213]

Are there any Latitudes with good GPUs available? I thought they only come with iGPUs or low-end stuff. Though, I can say I've been pretty happy with my work Latitude as well.

[@GeorgeRoweUK]

@@Cosmin1213 That's a great point actually, I hadn't really thought about it. All I can find after a vague look on Dell UK is a Latitude 5521 with a shitty Nvidia MX450 option. Otherwise they all seem to be iGPU only.

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

Every consumer dell I've had has failed shortly after warranty ended, but my 2014 that was made for the "pro-sumer"/buissnes market is still fine

[@Deexeh]

I've been working at a place for almost 10 years now that's been a Dell House and I worked their Support for those systems for about 6 years. - The WD15 Docking Stations launched with a sub par power brick. More Power users would overload it and it would blue screen the system. - The higher end machines we had would have random GPU issues after about 1-2 years of use. - The SSDs they use die quite frequently. Not sure why but they're very unreliable. The positives are that it's easy to push a BIOS update, which does relieve alot of weird issues. They're generally easy to get into to upgrade RAM and swap out Drives. They're pretty cheap sometimes on their website as long as you don't buy their extra non-sense they like to shuck. On a personal level, the base 1 year support saved my SIL when the Dell I got for her had a dead battery in sub 12 months but they sent a tech to her house to fix it with no charges. It was very easy and painless to submit since the laptop pushed a QR code and it just essentially auto fires it to Dell to get it fixed.

[@powercomesfrommotivation]

nice twin brother

[@coffeemakerbottomcracked]

You should benchmark these laptops by editing your video about them on them

[@b_man-25]

Dawid: I just want a graphics card :'( Also Dawid: Props up the laptop with a graphics card

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

😅

[@HooyahBalls]

I've had a Dell G7 since 2018 with a 1060Max Q. It has been awesome! I am getting a new Dell G15 SE 5521 with a 3070Ti and 240hz 1440p this week and am looking forward to it! Thanks for the review!

[@bahjinelson3986]

I don't own a Dell laptop and, yes, I love the performance of not owning a Dell laptop!

[@raven4k998]

he's crying in the shower with a potato🤣🤣🤣

[@aidenpierson8272]

Dawid your videos never miss.

[@Philboh8]

I got a 2060 laptop at an ok price during the literal worst time of the GPU shortage last year. And it's been great so far ngl

[@ImperiaGin]

Yeah gaming laptops nowadays are very great.

[@danielmikhail2701]

I've been looking for reviews on this laptop. I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you so much!

[@lancedang2047]

This may be the definition of * I like ya cut G*

[@gideonArt]

I'm an old Inspiron 15 user(base model 7567 with an i5 and GTX 1050 4GB) and it's been treating me well. Only thing that frustrated me to the point of giving up was an audio driver update that fixed some crackling issues in the sound, but it disabled the internal subwoofer. I'm moving over to ASUS soon though, and I'm excited to not have the typical Dell issues anymore👌

[@songofdistantmemories]

I really love your sense of humor lmao, you're definitely definitely the most entertaining tech youtuber imo

[@Moduz66]

The best part about finding your channel late in the game, is that I have been able to binge watch all your uploads!

[@donnieweston3249]

I've had my G15 5515 Ryzen w/ a 3060 for 2 years now. It has been fine as my desktop replacement and gaming rig. Did do a clean Win11 install. The only issues I've had were with the Ryzen drivers, switched back the Dell drivers and the issue went away. Currently waiting for my X14R2.

[@iMind-Juris]

I regularly use a Dell G5 SE 5505 and I've had very few issues after a fresh windows install, blocking automatic graphics driver updates, and manually installing the newest Adrenalin drivers from AMD's site. Weird issues exist out of the box (my 144 Hz monitor couldn't use freesync initially), but after some online queries I found ways to fix them quite easily. Thermals aren't even that bad after repasting and purchasing a good cooling pad.

[@RogueCannon.]

I have a 15 year old dell laptop Good to know that the Elma situation has worsened with time

[@theober555]

In terms of gaming laptops, I have the 2021 Lenovo Legion 7i 3080 and it is amazing! Would love to see Dawid cover the legions too.

[@abdullahhashmi7671]

Just bought two week ago with the AmD processer and I experienced no issue working like a charm tho I agree with the fan noise and temp that's almost always high

[@JGComments]

I got an AMAZING deal on an Omen gaming laptop on clearance with a real 1070 inside when the 16 and 20 series came out. i7 and 16 gigs of are still serving me well. It runs as a hot as a pig roast, though.

[@jeffreypaul9428]

Dell - I won't hit you anymore baby. Dawid - ok, move back in with me.

[@90lancaster]

I use number pads every day for every day things, they also work nicely for more slow paced games to map functions too as well. Heck you can even ditch the Keyboard entirely and use just the mouse and a number pad and you can even have them on the couch with a bit of effort. For those who think gaming at a desk is a tad inconvenient.

[@alpha3836]

Do a Shorts video about this laptop sitting on one of those laptop coolers! :D

[@mrclean3088]

Thx 4 the new upload!

[@skatingbozo]

I have this exact dell laptop for about 3 weeks now. Not a single issue. Games really well and I'm happy.

[@AnxiousDavid]

can't help but think buying a laptop and converting it into a semi-desktop with like an aio jerry rigged onto it and normal peripherals might be a sweet spot for gaming performance per dollar in the current market.

[@ceph042]

I got the 11400H and 3050ti version of the G15 5511 during Black Friday sales for £644, and using it for a few months I have to say it's been perfect, especially for the price where at the time similar prices were offering 1650s. I've had no problems with Geforce Experience, and the CPU/GPU temps were around 70-80C during gaming, though mine is a lower spec. I was hesitant on buying a Dell Laptop but I'm so glad I went for it.

[@alexwingo8094]

I had a Dell g3 (3590), the predecessor to this laptop. Within a few months of owning it, one of the fans failed because it got a rubber stopper stuck between. I only realized when I got a new laptop, but the thermals on it suck too. Without doing anything super intensive, it gets quite warm underneath. Finally, in BIOS, they disabled legacy boot which made it much more difficult to simply replace my ssd when I wanted to. These are pretty serious gripes, but I did get what I paid for so I can’t complain too much. Good price

[@eukalyptusbonbon2983]

My only experience with a Dell computer was my dad's old 2002 Dell Laptop from his work that i got. I must say it worked pretty well, played Age of Empires 1, 2 and 3 without too many problems.

[@uG0TRobbed]

So your videos inspired me to build my own gaming PC for the first time. Damn you Mr. Tech Stuff, you are a bad bad man!

[@Da40kOrks]

I bought my son a Dell Insprion 3880 desktop refurb last year for under $300. i3-10100. Added in an m.2 drive and his existing GTX1050. I did have to have dell replace the motherboard once because it just spontaneously died one day but that was only a couple days down with the onsite warranty. I immediately reinstalled windows using the Dell image and it's been fantastic and glitch-free.

[@ColonelDeMoss]

Alright man you got another sub! Been watching your stuff for a good month or so. Love the energy, you could talk about rocks and make it funny somehow👌

[@2.0taccord]

I have this laptop, currently undervolted and liquid metal'd and temps are much, much improved!

[@DTG4844]

Dawid if you haven't already, try running the scammer bot purge script on your channel

[@cppctek]

I have an msi gp66 laptop I got last year and it’s held up super well. I7 10750 / 3070 max p / 32gb 3200 cl16 / 2tb nvme / 144hz Fans get loud stock but with some cooling mods I was able to get the temps down and fans down as well

[@Kai-Made]

@Dawid...I use to work in IT, several years(4 or 5) I worked for a company that strictly sold Dell as our solution to Business and Enterprise clients. Most often their server stuff, but also a lot of desktops and laptops. I have a long laundry list of complaints, first off, about 2 years ago Dell changed the way certified partners can interface with them...previously we had a Dell rep we could go through when we had warranty repairs or problems, but as time went on they stopped offering that, and would send a repairman from somewhere else to do the work even though the company I worked for at the time was full of advanced level IT pros. It was hilariously terrible. Often times the problems we had in the upper levels of gear from Dell was battery/screen related...I will say Dells product line for business and enterprise customers is mostly better than their consumer grade...but with that said, there were still times when I and my fellow IT tech were left scratching our heads. Like the time they repackaged a desktop into a slim case named it the same a full desktop but it had completely different hardware and no manuals or anything for it. These later all started failing because of popped capacitors on or near the South Bridge...due to the fact there was literally only one CPU blower(not fan)...squirrel cage which did nothing for the heat in the case. I ran various tests which all pointed to temps well over 100 just sitting idle on the desktop. Later we warrantied most of them and got a similar shaped/spec'd desktop for the client that bought them...no one was happy. Overall Dell ain't terrible in business/ent level stuffs, but again they do stupid things...and that pisses me off in general. Propriatary cases tick me off the most...followed by propriatary connectors and boards. The reason for this is clear. Tie the customer to that form factor and they have to come to dell store to buy replacement parts and those are almost always marked up at such a steep markup you get stiff neck looking at the graph. A motherboard at the time of one repair that would more than fix the problem was 120. BUT it would not fit in the case...nor would anything other than the hard drive interface with it. So off to dell we went to spend 480 to get a replacement. Total sham. Anyway, cheers on the quality videos man. Stay cool.

[@motherchuckair404]

I have one of these exact Dell G15 laptops, and this was my Christmas gift! I am typing on it as well as of writing this comment. Best computer I have owned in the 9 years I have been in computers and technology.

[@BasedEMT1776]

I have a laptop that's basically identical to this one, and I love it. It was roughly the same price too($1250 after tax on amazon), and it's the Acer Predator Helios 300 with the i7-11800H, RTX3060 6GB, 16GB 3200mhz ram, 144hz display, etc. Functionally identical, and I adore it. My only gripes with it was 1) In stock form 512GB was not enough, so I added another 1TB NVMe drive in the expansion bay. It would occasionally have a weird problem after gaming where the audio would crash and not work with youtube. After some testing, I updated to 32GB of 3200mhz ram, and it completely fixed every bit of the slight stuttering on battery power, and the weird audio issue too. It has the full RGB keyboard(which I love, don't @ me), it's full metal construction, easy to take the bottom panel off, and the fans work incredible. Temps never get above 80* even at full 1080p high settings and torture testing. With a "cooling mat" they stay around 68-72*C. I'd give it a shot. Tons of great laptops out there right now, and they've testing the 3060 mobile chipsets against a dedicated 3060 card, and honestly you're not losing much power with the laptop GPU. There's like 5-10FPS difference at most. Love the work Dawid!

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

I have the g7 with an 8th gen i7 and 1060 max q. This laptop was always stuttering on windows 10. It would even be choppy while playing youtube. After installing Manjaro Linux, no more stuttering. I am actually happy gaming on it now.

[@denvera1g1]

As a backup for screen recording you should be able to use OBS, and then the intel integrated graphics for the transcode engine

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

Yea, Intel(R) QuickSync[TM], it offloads decoding to the iGPU

[@denvera1g1]

@@theforerunnerreclaimer All CPUs with integrated GPU support transcoding, With Intel, its called QSV, with AMD its called VCE, Nvidia will be called NVENC, or Video Encoder(depending on if its a Geforce card or an ARM based APU like the Jetson line or Shield) with Apple its called VideoTookBox(also exists for some Intel based Macs where you can use Intel QSV or Apple Video Toolbox) i today used OBS+AMD VCE to capture a funeral stream for the son of the deceased (because the church didnt have the ability to save the stream) I use an Nvidia Jetson TX2 NX to transcode videos i've recorded(if the camera doesnt already record in H265 like my A7iii)

[@how2pick4name]

Best secondary use of a plectrum I have ever seen.

[@kylev1996]

I've had a dell g7 with a 8750H and a 1060 max-q for the past 3-4 years and it's served me well enough gaming and productivity side. I use solid works/inventor in college yet, and it powers through that, but my only gripe (besides the lack of adequate cooling) is that the only way to make it usable when not gaming is to disable the "turbo mode" either in bios or with throttle stop. I printed a stand for it and use it as a mobile desktop using a separate monitor and have backed head phones so the noise doesn't normally bother me. At somepoint in the past 1.5 years, it no longer goes above base clock (2.3 GHz I think) but games the same with "better" temps so I don't know whether to call that a plus or minus. I think I spent

[@frugalfun2.07]

I had a Dell laptop back in 2006. It wasn't a gaming laptop but it did what I asked of it and it was myain PC for a while. It was so easy to upgrade, with little panels dor the Hdd, memory. I had for a long while until time caught up with it. My latest laptop is an Acer and thinking it would be as easy as my previous laptop to upgrade was a mistake. Just upgrading the memory meant removing the whole back panel (14 screws) and then the motherboard because the memory slots were on the otherwise.....and I had to do it all again when I had to change the thermal paste for the CPU. Good old days....😪

[@boburanus69]

@ Dawid does tech stuff don't forget to talk about the Dell™ DB_PROCHOT error that always creeps up when your laptop overheats, throttling you to base clock speed...

[@irukhan07]

Please make a video of this laptop where you show changing the thermal paste for the CPU and GPU and test out thermals in gaming later. Thanks!

[@hrayz]

This week I picked up a laptop on sale. Acer Nitro 5, Ryzen 5800H, RTX 3060 mobile, 16 GB ddr4-3200, 512 GB M.2 drive. ca$1699 (us$1334) First new laptop I've had in 6+ years! I love it.

[@TheDarthChungus]

A couple years ago I bought an MSI GP75 10SEK for about $2300 Canadian dollars after tax. It has an RTX 2060 and i7 10750h in it. I've loved using it ever since. The only problems I've had with it are the bottom panel is extremely hard to take apart and I did break some plastic clips whilst doing so. And the battery I think is 45 watt hours, which I didn't know until after I got it. It lasts maybe 2 hours on battery saver mode not doing anything. But it's played all the games I've thrown at it, including BF2042.

[@couriersix2443]

I picked up an older Dell Inspiron 7567 last year for about $300, cause I'm poor and just needed something for work that can also handle some games. It's thankfully a non-TN panel, but only 60hz 1080p. Also has a *7th gen i5-7300HQ* which I didn't think would be *too* much of a problem, seeing as a lot of 4c/4t CPUs can still be fairly capable. It's all-core turbo is only 3.1Ghz, but it's paired with a 4gb 1050 Ti so only the really demanding games are CPU-bound vs being held back by the GPU. The previous owner did me a solid and had already added an extra 8gb stick of ram (stock config is 8gb only) so I got it with that sweet 16gb ram goodness. It uses a 256gb nvme for the boot drive and I added a 1tb hdd to give it some room to breathe with storage. All in all, it's almost 5 years old now, uses some older gen parts, and isn't anything to write home about. But it handles everything I need it to just fine. Although I've noticed that when gaming or doing anything intensive, it will sound more or less like the one in this video. And that's with lower power components lol.

[@CK47CD]

I love how inconsistent you're with abbreviating 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider' in your videos. 10/10

[@parson7260]

I moved over to a gaming laptop about a year ago. Got a 8 core i7.....32gb ram...dual m.2 drives...2070 gpu.....144hz monitor...etc for the price of a 3080. I've been pleased with my Asus Strix purchase ever since.

[@dgwdgw]

The last Dell laptop I used had a removable battery and a _3.5" floppy drive_ built in. Yeah. 384 MB of RAM, too. Early-teen me was pretty traumatized by the bad hinges on that machine. Sent it in for warranty service and the casing was cracking again within a few months.

[@BitESs]

Hey David, when using a monitor as your secondary display, your laptop display remains on. when put into 2nd display mode, you would have insane input lag and frame drops. 2nd display mode increases fps alot as you would know. to combat that lag and fps drops, disable fast startup mode in device settings, put it in 2nd display mode and restart. should work and helps alot! the issues might come back at some times but just restart for that, should be good to go 😉

[@twothermal]

I remember for years I always wanted an Alienware Laptop and saved up for months to buy one, finally was able to get it and was plagued with issues from day one. Within the first week I had to send it back to be fixed because of raid issues and the switching between integrated and dedicated gpu was not working properly. After about 2 to 3 weeks got it back and faced the same problems. I reinstalled everything from scratch myself but the overall experience I honestly did not enjoy and ended up boxing it up and putting it in the cupboard and sold it years later and have never bought a Dell device since then and never will. Eventually I bought myself a Lenovo 7i and am loving it so much, hands down one of the best Laptops I've ever owned.

[@RussianColluder]

Had me a dell gaming laptop. It’s now used to get kinks out of my back since the battery bulge is the right size and curvature to roll one’s spine on.

[@tanksor]

Couple of years ago I had purchased a Dell G3 17.3 laptop with a I5 8300H and GTX 1060 Max-Q and right out of the box it was slower than molasses in January due to the 1TB HDD had to buy a 240 GB SSD and another 8 GB stick of ram go figure. After doing that reinstalled the OS to be rid of any bloatware it was a alright laptop was able to offset cpu voltage with the intel extreme tuning software just to keep temps under control until a bios update then it would run hot all the time with no means of helping it. So I sold it and purchased a MSI GF65 laptop with a i5 10500h and a RTX 3060

[@rockysams7780]

Funny thing, in South Africa, Dell is a great company with the best warranty services i have ever encountered. I use to sell dell laptops a few years ago, got a return, claimed it, next day they sent a repairer to change the motherboard and customer got his laptop back with no issues, same with my dell gaming monitor, claimed it, got a replacement sent 3 days later.... i have had nothing but great experiences with Dell and always recommend their laptops when asked...

[@MatoVuc]

Haven't run any gaming dell laptops, but i did love all the business latitudes I used

[@gregmiller3132]

I shopped around a lot for a new laptop recently and ended up buying the HP Omen 16. Intel i7 11800H, nvidia 3070, 16gigs of memory, and 165hz screen for around $1300 USD. I almost went with a Dell, but couldn't find anything comparable within my price bracket. I honestly love the HP and don't regret the decision at all!

[@TheSaxman210]

Oddly enough, I had a G7 for a while and I" got really weird instances where the GPU would just massively down clock to 300mHz for no reason. Even with the thermals being well within reason for a laptop. I have an Alienware now (I know still a dell product) and honestly it is the best preforming laptop that I have ever personally used. No software issues and the performance is incredible.

[@zeronin4696]

Tbh theres no big reason to hate usb on the right side. Many laptop users i know use wireless mice so they always have a small usb dongle for the mouse on the right side and nothing will interfere there

[@edbeagle7929]

So glad and happy i built in 2019 i59600 2060super rig and just been so sick of companies over charging and scalpers

[@szs44130]

I'd recommend NEVER BUYING A DELL, customer service should always be reported to the FTC, other than that the only thing dell is good for is keeping a couple of there laptops in your tunk in the winter incase you get stuck in the snow. Then place each 1 by each tire and wow your not stuck. works the same as cat litter. Try it lol

[@experiment35]

I'm on an old MSI at the moment which dose me just fine. Performance mode has it's own dedicated button, which I only need to use when it starts to melt, and the rest of the time it's pretty quiet! Re: the melting though, unfortunate speaker placement (bottom front) meant that their plastic grates got very brittle, pieces broke off and now one speaker is fully exposed. The bigger problem is that some bits fell back into the machine, and got caught in the fan. So for a while, it was also a smoke machine lol very spinal tap very fire hazard

[@dan1996DO]

This might come as a surprise, but my daily machine is the Dell Inspiron N7110 and it runs just fine apart from 1 stuck pixel on the screen. Sure, it can't play any modern games, but for browsing, writing and watching movies it gets the job done considering it's from 2011 - maybe Elma wasn't that into laptops at that time? I have the i7-2630QM variant with 8GB of RAM and upgraded the drive to an SSD.

[@imglidinhere]

1:45 got that Mattie Maguire blasting in the background eh? Good music choice. :D

[@Tomabyte]

If I were you, I would go with the Ryzen version of the laptop

[@Otg1234]

Fr same.