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- Check this AAA Dell 10% off coupon: https://www.dell.com/en-us/member/lp/aaa
- Goto sales page, choose this deal: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/memb...etail/d07z add to cart. or you can choose variety of different game laptops: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/memb...-ascending
- If you have Dell Financial account or you can get one with credit approval same day. there is another 5% off on top of the price using coupon: DPA5. other than 12 months interest free, there is 3% more dell rewards.
My reason to recommend this sku:
- Dell fixed mux switch and cuda cores on 3070, TGP boosted to 130w with BIOS update.
- RTX 3070 is better to use with QHD screen, G-sync and Advanced Optimus gives you more battery life on the go w/o switch Mux switch to reboot.
- QHD screen come w/ IR camera support windows hello, it have variety of usage not only for login authentication.
- 1TB ssd and 16G DDR both are swappable, x15 or m15 r4 before can't swap memory.
- Intel 11/12 gen have better performance in 1080p games but Ryzen is almost a match for QHD game.
Total will be $1424.42 plus 6% Dell rewards.
If you don't use Dell Financial, Dell rewards is reduced to 3%, and 5% discount also forfeit. but you can use Amex offers and split payment if you have.
ps1: I can't utilize the next day free shipping, it add $48 on total price, check your final price carefully.
ps2: don't buy that
1080p 3070 version [dell.com] for face value of $100 saving, that one doesn't have windows hello support and SSD is half the size.
ps3: if you absolutely want a 1080p screen check that
11800h version [dell.com] for it have better 360hz screen w/ advanced optimus and G-sync, plus it also have mechanic per key RGB keyboard. And intel 11gen is better in performance in most games on 1080p.
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The big problem with the zephrus and the alienware is their slimmer, lest robust chasis is bad thermals *AVERAGING* 97 or 100C in demanding games and hitting thermal limit/throttling, at least with cpu boost clocks on.
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I sat in production for 10 days on the M4 model and delivery was 5 days late, got $50 credit after refusing a $50 coupon twice.
Also for those that are forgetting, there are usually Dell promo codes for AMEX cards that give ~$120 off purchases of $599 or more. You'll just need to do split payments between DPA financing and AMEX. Overall it leads to more savings.
Any particular amex card or all?
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The big problem with the zephrus and the alienware is their slimmer, lest robust chasis is bad thermals *AVERAGING* 97 or 100C in demanding games and hitting thermal limit/throttling, at least with cpu boost clocks on.
I have a 17 r4 with i7 6820hk and gtx 1080. I repasted with gallium and the thing is soooo much better. Encoding video with all cores at 100% and the cpu rarely goes over 75 and is almost silent. Gaming at high settings bumps temps up a bit overall, and obviously fan noise levels, but it doesn't throttle. Haven't experimented with undervolting yet.
Also, do they have a 17" model with these specs, or possibly the 5900? Anywhere near this price and I'm sold.
Also for those that are forgetting, there are usually Dell promo codes for AMEX cards that give ~$120 off purchases of $599 or more. You'll just need to do split payments between DPA financing and AMEX. Overall it leads to more savings.
Also, do they have a 17" model with these specs, or possibly the 5900? Anywhere near this price and I'm sold.
Gaming with cpu boost enabled (for max cpu Hz/performance) should max the fans during cpu and gpu demand on performance mode for the highest fps possible, so they won't be silent. It's a hot gpu and cpu in a small chasis. None of the top three or 4 in this class of gaming laptop will be silent during that kind of load. You can turn off boost and fiddle with custom settings per game etc but you will probably lose some frame rate. The reviews who's temp quotes I linked stress tested at max performance and they were averaging very high.
I had my legion 5 gaming last night with no undervolt and no fiddling around and it was running about 76 - 82 with a spike of 86 max at one point. I think that 86 it hit briefly was when I had blocked the exhaust fan on the left side port at that point with my hand while messing with my tablet. Idle it's 36C. Those temps were with it on an active low rpm cooling tray. While it was under stress the laptop fans were revving pretty loud but nothing I can't deal with for the performance. I would never call it silent when gaming. All of the reviews show the three I linked at near and over 50 dB when at max stress+performance.
I don't think the thermal paste is a big issue on the legions so idk if I'll bother re-pasting but I'll consider it whenever I install the 32gb ram kit and 2tb secondary ssd I bought to upgrade it.
You can massage a little lower dBA fans and a little less heat but you will prob get a little less performance. The legion is 5 - 10+ fps faster with 140w gpu and the alienware is also relatively high power at ~ 125w. That and the hot cpus at their boost clocks = high heat, high fans, and the thinner chassis and lest robust cooling solution models will throttle unless their performance is tempered.
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