Dell G16 Laptop: i9-13900HX, 16" QHD+ 240Hz, RTX 4070, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD Expired

Have this, have had it for 2 months. Added another ssd drive and put in Samsung 990 evo plus. It was supposed to run hot. This laptop comes with a cover in the extra ssd slot with laptop heatsink, the new high performance drive runs cooler than the boot drive ssd according to tests. But the boot drive is a 30 size and the extra slot I put an 80 size in. Solid build returned a few before settling in this one. Do note power by usbc seems to be not available. I have a thunderbolt dock hooked up and the pass through is super low like 60w. It just gives me warnings about it on boot up and doesn't charge a bit. I've heard even the higher wattages won't power it. Have seen nothing in bios about it. The power brick is a big mother farker. Wish it charged thunderbolt. Solid build, I have a laptop stand fan under it for extra support, solid would buy again at this price right now

Who is the target audience for these Dell G15 and G16 laptops? Is it mainly gamers? But gamers who game at home or gamers who travel? Many people said these laptops are huge and like bricks and so is the charger. So taking it when traveling is not convenient right? So it's basically a desktop replacement? If that's the case, why not get a desktop instead? I assume it's because of the convenience of using It as a laptop when using it around the couch or in another room or occasionally traveling with it? Can't imagine someone bringing it to a coffee shop regularly for this?

I can't answer all your questions, but yea, probably gamers. I've carried around huge labtops and gigantic towers. Still prefer a laptop. If I happen to want to move to the couch to surf while I watch TV, I can. If I go to a LAN, unless I want to bring my show desktop, It's totally easier to bring a laptop. I've taken my old huge laptop overseas even, because then I could still game while I travelled. Or work. Sometimes my work takes some serious power to get through.

So yea...work and Engineers, I would say? I've brought a huge one to the coffee shop and school quite a bit. But that part it was kinda a pain, and I wished I had something smaller to work with.

It should be 1070 after the 10% discount. And the the cherry mx keyboard is not included in this configuration, though it says so in the description

Who is the target audience for these Dell G15 and G16 laptops? Is it mainly gamers? But gamers who game at home or gamers who travel? Many people said these laptops are huge and like bricks and so is the charger. So taking it when traveling is not convenient right? So it's basically a desktop replacement? If that's the case, why not get a desktop instead? I assume it's because of the convenience of using It as a laptop when using it around the couch or in another room or occasionally traveling with it? Can't imagine someone bringing it to a coffee shop regularly for this?


The thing is the specs are very similar to the older XPS 15 laptops and current XPS 16 laptop right?. Thus processor is same as i7-H or i9-H and 32gb ram and 1tb ssd. The difference is these would have RTX 3060/3070 or 4060/4070 compared to XPS 15 which the 3050 or 4050 usually. The other similarity is the battery is both 86 Whr. However, people say the battery drains extremely fast on the Dell G15 and G16 laptop?


Can someone explain how this is the case if say the processor is similar to the XPS 15? Say with the XPS 15 9520 with i7-12700h processor and 32gb ram and 1tb ssd and RTX 3050 and 86 Whr. If both laptops are streaming the same YouTube video and playing it nonstop, the Dell G15 or G16 laptop battery will go out faster than the XPS 15? So web browsing would be still worst battery? If so why? Because when you are doing these things, you are using the Intel xe Graphics card with both laptops right and not the RTX so shouldn't battery be same? I know people say gaming laptops have horrible battery but the XPS isn't a gaming laptop though yet has similar specs?

I have the prior gen version of this laptop (i7/3060), but all of your points still hold true. The laptop is an absolute tank, and the charger is a huge brick. It's definitely meant to be mainly for your workstation. I got tired of lugging it in my backpack to work.

Another point - battery life is extremely poor. Approx 1.5 -2h of casual light web browsing, and thats on minimum brightness, 60 Hz, and using iGPU. Maybe I got a defective one, who knows. Also, the fans randomly turn on even when not hot. When the laptop does get hot (and it does, often), it gets VERY hot.

The pros - definitely robust build and can handle almost any gaming you want. Screen is very good. If you are between the XPS 15 and the G16, I enjoyed my XPS 15 more, but if you need it primarily for gaming, this laptop is better.

1170, right?

Who is the target audience for these Dell G15 and G16 laptops? Is it mainly gamers? But gamers who game at home or gamers who travel? Many people said these laptops are huge and like bricks and so is the charger. So taking it when traveling is not convenient right? So it's basically a desktop replacement? If that's the case, why not get a desktop instead? I assume it's because of the convenience of using It as a laptop when using it around the couch or in another room or occasionally traveling with it? Can't imagine someone bringing it to a coffee shop regularly for this?


The thing is the specs are very similar to the older XPS 15 laptops and current XPS 16 laptop right?. Thus processor is same as i7-H or i9-H and 32gb ram and 1tb ssd. The difference is these would have RTX 3060/3070 or 4060/4070 compared to XPS 15 which the 3050 or 4050 usually. The other similarity is the battery is both 86 Whr. However, people say the battery drains extremely fast on the Dell G15 and G16 laptop?


Can someone explain how this is the case if say the processor is similar to the XPS 15? Say with the XPS 15 9520 with i7-12700h processor and 32gb ram and 1tb ssd and RTX 3050 and 86 Whr. If both laptops are streaming the same YouTube video and playing it nonstop, the Dell G15 or G16 laptop battery will go out faster than the XPS 15? So web browsing would be still worst battery? If so why? Because when you are doing these things, you are using the Intel xe Graphics card with both laptops right and not the RTX so shouldn't battery be same? I know people say gaming laptops have horrible battery but the XPS isn't a gaming laptop though yet has similar specs?