Dell Inspiron 15.6" 5000 Laptop: Ryzen 5 4500U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Win 10

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11-27-2020 at 10:42 PM #46

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For anyone out there, i bought this laptop a week ago with listed price as(Ryzen 7 assuming it is better than Ryzen 5, thanks to Suryasis) $617 minus Cap1 coupon, brought it down to $546+(before tax). Raku +10 won't identify it as a txn, working with their support, not sure if it has to do with Cap1 coupon. I received the laptop within 3days. It feels awesome, premium as exterior is aluminum. Screen is okay, even in dark room or so colors are not okay. But it is good enough. Overall Happy with the purchase but still debating about the price and whether I should return it and get Ryzen 5. Any thoughts?

I went with ryzen 7 with similar price. It's only been 4 days, I ordered it. I hope it shows up soon. I still think that 70ish difference between R5 n R7 is worth the future proofing. I prefer it because I want to use it for programming.

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11-27-2020 at 10:47 PM #47

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I went with ryzen 7 with similar price. It's only been 4 days, I ordered it. I hope it shows up soon. I still think that 70ish difference between R5 n R7 is worth the future proofing. I prefer it because I want to use it for programming.

Likewise. And this is why I went ahead with R7, as I don't want to change laptop in next 3-5 years. And while using it, build quality makes me feel like a premium laptop, that should hold it together. Should I just get one 16GB RAM and make it 24GB or get 16*2? Asking again, can i upgrade the RAM without voiding warranty?

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11-27-2020 at 10:53 PM #48

Could anyone tell me if it's really hard to see the backlit keys on this? My laptop has dark keys, so I'm clueless. I was between this and one of the HP deals going on, but the HP seems to have light keys, too.

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11-27-2020 at 11:16 PM #49

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Likewise. And this is why I went ahead with R7, as I don't want to change laptop in next 3-5 years. And while using it, build quality makes me feel like a premium laptop, that should hold it together. Should I just get one 16GB RAM and make it 24GB or get 16*2? Asking again, can i upgrade the RAM without voiding warranty?

Upgrading ram doesn't void warranty but you'll want 2 matching identical sticks of ram in size, speed, brand, everything so that your ryzen processor can use it properly. Matching dual ram in a ryzen processor allows it to work faster

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11-27-2020 at 11:24 PM #50

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Upgrading ram doesn't void warranty but you'll want 2 matching identical sticks of ram in size, speed, brand, everything so that your ryzen processor can use it properly. Matching dual ram in a ryzen processor allows it to work faster

Awesome Dr! You were able to provide right prescription. Do you think, i should just get another 8GB matching what is already installed? Or spend another $100 to get 16*2? I feel I might get away with another 8 (16 total) for another year.

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11-27-2020 at 11:25 PM #51

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Could anyone tell me if it's really hard to see the backlit keys on this? My laptop has dark keys, so I'm clueless. I was between this and one of the HP deals going on, but the HP seems to have light keys, too.

It is alright. Not bad but if you have used Lenovo thinkpad, you'll find difference but it is definitely better than none.

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11-27-2020 at 11:28 PM #52

Dell's website is scuh a mess tried to order the other one, got a order number and it does'nt show up on the invoice and doesn't look like cc was charged + on the checkout page they charged $560 instead of $490

https://www.dell.com/en-us/member...hwodyfYMxw

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11-27-2020 at 11:30 PM #53

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Awesome Dr! You were able to provide right prescription. Do you think, i should just get another 8GB matching what is already installed? Or spend another $100 to get 16*2? I feel I might get away with another 8 (16 total) for another year.

Depends on what you are doing with it but adding another 8gb ram with the same speed and timing would be a great improvement on a budget.

If you want to spend the money on the 32 gb kit there's a crucial ram kit posted here for $93 that should work but you'll want to check with crucial website to confirm compatibility

https://slickdeals.net/f/14630962-crucial-32gb-2x16gb-so-dimm-ddr4-3200-laptop-memory-93-free-s-h-92-99?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1

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11-27-2020 at 11:33 PM #54

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Dell's website is scuh a mess tried to order the other one, got a order number and it does'nt show up on the invoice and doesn't look like cc was charged + on the checkout page they charged $560 instead of $490

https://www.dell.com/en-us/member...hwodyfYMxw

Dell doesn't charge cc until it ships. You might want to chat with them to sort out the price difference if you're worried about it

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11-27-2020 at 11:37 PM #55

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Dell doesn't charge cc until it ships. You might want to chat with them to sort out the price difference if you're worried about it

It doesn't show up under my purchases either nor did I even get a confirmation email. Their reps are all based in india or phillipines somewhere and barely understand or have access to orders. Sent an email instead.

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11-27-2020 at 11:44 PM #56

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It doesn't show up under my purchases either nor did I even get a confirmation email. Their reps are all based in india or phillipines somewhere and barely understand or have access to orders. Sent an email instead.

It might take a little bit for it to show up in your orders. I placed an order yesterday and it took at least an hour to show up. Today I placed an order with hp and it took at least 2 hours to show up

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11-28-2020 at 12:10 AM #57

Can I put 2666mhz ram in this or does it only work with 3200mhz?

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11-28-2020 at 01:15 AM #58

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If you have an Amex Platinum card, you can get $100 statement credit with a purchase of this laptop.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/a...ts-at-dell [dell.com]

Looks to be the Intel PC only.

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11-28-2020 at 01:53 AM #59

1. Confirmed that the keyboard is backlit.

2. How bright is the screen?
No official info from Dell.
User questions/answers are conflicting.
Consensus is 220 nits :-(

3. Is the Dell Inspiron 5000 build quality better than the HP Pavilion series?

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