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Dell Inspiron 15 5575 Laptop: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Quad-Core, 15.6" 1080p Touchscreen, 16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, Radeon Vega 8, Type-C, Backlit Keyboard, DVDRW, 3-cell, Win 10 (Platinum Silver)
$499
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Model: li5575-A347SLV-PUS
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- TN screen is fine.
- Bezels and heft though...
- installed 512gb NVME and clean install of Windows and it's like a different beast. Very capable.
*** Oh you need to install the video drivers from AMD's website for better performance and it installs the graphics control panel. OEM blows.
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- TN screen is fine.
- Bezels and heft though...
- installed 512gb NVME and clean install of Windows and it's like a different beast. Very capable.
*** Oh you need to install the video drivers from AMD's website for better performance and it installs the graphics control panel. OEM blows.
I'm putting in 16GB RAM for $80, a 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, and I'm still undecided on whether to keep the hard drive or replace it with a SATA SSD. I've been setting it up for a couple hours now and with the stock RAM and HD it's painfully slow, especially if you've been accustomed to running Windows 10 from at least a SATA SSD all along. Reports are that putting in the SSD, especially an NVMe model, makes a night and day difference.
I'd get just the RAM and M.2 SSD and wait for a really irresistable deal for the HD replacement but unlike the way laptops used to be, this unit is a pain to open up. You have to remove a LOT of screws and then pry open the plastic like a phone. In fact, the tools they sell for cell phone repair are well suited to this. So I may settle for just a 500GB SATA SSD to do all three upgrades at once and not have to open it up ever again. At least not before the battery craps out.
Update: I had the time to connect a cheap HDTV this morning. The difference for playing the game is huge. The screen is definitely the greatest weak area of the unit and something that cannot be easily replaced. You could still have plenty of fun with the right kind of game but something heavily dependent of subtle contrast is going to be difficult at best.
Reviews say it's quite heavy so it may be more suitable for at home use or schoolwork.
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I imagine the USB C port would've gone where the DVD drive is.
This is not a gaming laptop.
More like a laptop with high end integrated graphics that can do low end gaming...
I'm putting in 16GB RAM for $80, a 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, and I'm still undecided on whether to keep the hard drive or replace it with a SATA SSD. I've been setting it up for a couple hours now and with the stock RAM and HD it's painfully slow, especially if you've been accustomed to running Windows 10 from at least a SATA SSD all along. Reports are that putting in the SSD, especially an NVMe model, makes a night and day difference.
I'd get just the RAM and M.2 SSD and wait for a really irresistable deal for the HD replacement but unlike the way laptops used to be, this unit is a pain to open up. You have to remove a LOT of screws and then pry open the plastic like a phone. In fact, the tools they sell for cell phone repair are well suited to this. So I may settle for just a 500GB SATA SSD to do all three upgrades at once and not have to open it up ever again. At least not before the battery craps out.
Don't think the m.2 is takes SSD. I tried two different ones and it wouldn't recognize them. NVME showed right up...
PLEASE clean install Windows. It's night and day different and OEM drivers blow. AMD driver for processor/graphics is a must!