Dell XPS 17" (9720) regularly $3049 for $2204 + tax
https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/fa04
Currently, they are $600 off for a limited time, stackable with coupons.
For simply $100 off, you can use this:
100OFF1499 - could not stack with the newsletter coupon
For $244.90 off, sign up for the newsletter on a new email:
10% off Newsletter Signup -
https://www.dell.com/preferences/signup
(they emailed my unique 10% off code within an hour)
Bonuses:
- $66 back in Dell Rewards
- Free 2-day shipping
- 12 months 0% APR if financing through Dell
- Use a 2-4% cashback extension
Proof of price:
I have been tracking this XPS 17", RTX 3060 model for a while now, and this is by far the best price I have seen to date. Finally pulled the trigger. While I wanted the i7 / 32GB version, RAM can easily be swapped up to that for under $200 and sell the16GB sticks. I plan on getting these later:
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-48...B09S2PNYTY
The next best deal I almost bought is this Costco one:
https://www.costco.com/dell-xps-1...23956.html
The Costco deal is $2,699 (300 off), double the RAM but only i7-12700H processor, and is still $500 more!
BestBuy has a similar model to Costco but only 16GB for $2799:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell...Id=6504383
Processor
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900HK (24 MB cache, 14 cores, 20 threads, up to 5.00 GHz Turbo)
Operating System
Windows 11 Home, English
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060, 6 GB GDDR6, 60 W
Display
17.0" UHD+ (3840 x 2400) InfinityEdge Touch Anti-Reflecitve 500-Nit Display
Hard Drive
1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Memory
16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR5, 4800 MHz, dual-channel
Primary Battery
6 Cell, 97 Wh, integrated
Wireless
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 1675 (AX211) 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2 Wireless Card
Just thought I would take the time to share, hope someone benefits!
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4 Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB Type-C™) with DisplayPort and Power Delivery
1 eDP port with max +3 USB Type-C
1 Universal audio jack
No type A, HDMI or Ethernet… 😳
RTX 3060 is 60w 😳
I'm convinced all these oems put old gpus with new 22th gen because the cpus are too power hungry and hot to cool with any higher of a gpu… Plus a laptop battery has to last at least an hour to sell…
This is way too expensive for not top of the line everything.
I hear that, mixed in with supply and demand too. If someone is going go the full blown gaming route, they likely will just get a desktop and save the money.
I'm looking for a premium business laptop with a side of gaming and video processing... To me, the only somewhat comparable (professional design first, then great specs) is the Razer Blade 15/17. They'll sell you a nice looking laptop with an i9 / RTX 3080 Ti... for $4,299 though!
https://www.razer.com/gaming-lapt...3PEF3-R3U1
Also just a note for anyone planning on upgrading the components. I upgraded to 64 gigs of RAM and also put in a second 2 TB hard drive. All of which was very easy to do. The battery also looks like it is user replaceable, which further extends the life of this laptop.
But just a word of caution when opening up the laptop. I found that I was having random issues with the mouse touchpad. It was registering clicks when there were no clicks, or pushing down on the palm rest was causing the laptop to think I was clicking on the touchpad. Eventually I figured out it was because I had over tightened the screws when replacing the bottom panel after I opened it to add the RAM and the hard drive. Turning the screws a couple of turns looser prevented it from happening again.
I saw a lot of reviews on YouTube mentioning the unpredictable behavior of the touchpad. I think some of it can be attributed to over tightened screws.
Also just a note for anyone planning on upgrading the components. I upgraded to 64 gigs of RAM and also put in a second 2 TB hard drive. All of which was very easy to do. The battery also looks like it is user replaceable, which further extends the life of this laptop.
But just a word of caution when opening up the laptop. I found that I was having random issues with the mouse touchpad. It was registering clicks when there were no clicks, or pushing down on the palm rest was causing the laptop to think I was clicking on the touchpad. Eventually I figured out it was because I had over tightened the screws when replacing the bottom panel after I opened it to add the RAM and the hard drive. Turning the screws a couple of turns looser prevented it from happening again.
I saw a lot of reviews on YouTube mentioning the unpredictable behavior of the touchpad. I think some of it can be attributed to over tightened screws.
And battery, yeah, no matter what I tweak I can barely get 4-5 hours of basic work without AC. Far cry from the 8-10 hrs advertised. Feeling good about the 12th gen helping here too.
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decided to grab Samsung Book Pro 15.6 -i7-11thgen/16gb/1TB SSD/OLED for $550
excellent laptop
how you get the 66 dollar rewards? can you do that with other xps laptops?
decided to grab Samsung Book Pro 15.6 -i7-11thgen/16gb/1TB SSD/OLED for $550
excellent laptop
Can you share a link to that price?