forum thread
Open Boxes: Dell XPS (2026): 13.4" QHD+ IPS 120Hz Touch, Intel Core 5 320, 8GB LPDDR5, 512GB SSD $519.99
$520
$800
35% off
Best Buy
Best BuyDeal Details
Open Boxes [bestbuy.com] (YMMV) available:
Dell XPS 13.4" 3K Touchscreen Laptop Intel Core 5 Series 3 320 2026 8GB Memory 512GB Storage Sky - Open Box - Best Buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/d...ition=fair
- Excellent - $563.99
- Good - $535.99
- Fair - $519.99
Dell XPS 13.4" 3K Touchscreen Laptop Intel Core 5 Series 3 320 2026 8GB Memory 512GB Storage Sky - Open Box - Best Buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/d...ition=fair
Community Notes
About the Poster
Deal Details
Community Notes
About the Poster
Open Boxes [bestbuy.com] (YMMV) available:
Dell XPS 13.4" 3K Touchscreen Laptop Intel Core 5 Series 3 320 2026 8GB Memory 512GB Storage Sky - Open Box - Best Buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/d...ition=fair
- Excellent - $563.99
- Good - $535.99
- Fair - $519.99
Dell XPS 13.4" 3K Touchscreen Laptop Intel Core 5 Series 3 320 2026 8GB Memory 512GB Storage Sky - Open Box - Best Buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/d...ition=fair
Community Voting
Deal
Score
-7
Good Deal
Bad Deal
Community Reviews
This open box Dell XPS stands out for its premium build, backlit keyboard, and 13.4 inch QHD plus 120 hertz IPS touch display, making it appealing for light productivity and media. The Core 5 320 and fast LPDDR5 storage setup are framed as enough for everyday office work, browsing, and streaming at this price. The main concern is the 8GB RAM, which is repeatedly described as tight on Windows 11 and prone to high memory use or sluggishness. The fair open box condition also makes the value harder to justify for heavier workloads, a better fit for modest use than demanding multitasking.
The deal price is argued to be more reasonable than paying above $600, especially for light office work and media consumption.
The XPS chassis and keyboard are described as premium-feeling and backlit, which can improve everyday typing comfort.
The 1600p 120Hz IPS touch display is described as hard to find at this price, which can make media use feel smoother.
The Core 5 320 is described as more power-efficient than older higher-wattage comparisons, which can help justify the open-box configuration.
The 8GB RAM configuration is criticized as insufficient for Windows 11 workloads, with reports of high RAM usage and stuttering during video calls.
Dell is criticized for pairing a premium-feeling build with only 8GB RAM, which can undermine the overall experience for buyers expecting a more complete spec set.
The laptop is reported to idle at about 85% RAM utilization right after boot, which can leave little headroom for multitasking.
The Core 5 320 is criticized as weak for the asking value, with a benchmark comparison to an older i3-class CPU and concerns about component value.
Common Questions (3)
AI-generated summary based on comments from the community. Updated ago
Join The Conversation
Share your experience with the Slickdeals community
Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!
21 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
My work laptop averages 12~14GB of RAM usage with Firefox, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook open. It still stutters and has performance issues during video call meetings. Task manager reports 100% ram usage.
I want IT support to give me a laptop with at least 24GB of ram so I wont have to close applications before meetings.
Dr.W posted it like it was a deal = MEGA WTF.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Dr.W posted it like it was a deal = MEGA WTF.
A lot of things are being overlooked and need to be taken into factor. Firstly, it's an XPS which means superb build quality and keyboard (which is backlit unlike the Neo), to start with. Secondly a 1600p 120Hz IPS Touch display which is now impossible to be found at this price. You may find a product (probably a refurb) offering either of these at this price but not all of these things together. Just like the Neo was aimed towards students and your general consumers, so is this. Anyone looking for a laptop to do some light productivity on as well as consume media and also without sacrificing esthetics and build quality, would be happy with this purchase.
I used a Intel 11th Gen 8GB QHD+ IPS Acer Spin 3 for 3-4 years (that I bought for $750 in 2022), opening multiple windows, posting deals here on SD, making presentations, word documents, etc., and it served me perfectly without any hiccups until the battery gave out and I had to switch to a different one at the start of this year.
As long one knows their use case scenario and are practical with their requirements, this laptop/deal can and will serve one well mainly because there isn't any other device at the moment around this price that can.
A lot of things are being overlooked and need to be taken into factor. Firstly, it's an XPS which means superb build quality and keyboard (which is backlit unlike the Neo), to start with. Secondly a 1600p 120Hz IPS Touch display which is now impossible to be found at this price. You may find a product (probably a refurb) offering either of these at this price but not all of these things together. Just like the Neo was aimed towards students and your general consumers, so is this. Anyone looking for a laptop to do some light productivity on as well as consume media and also without sacrificing esthetics and build quality, would be happy with this purchase.
I used a Intel 11th Gen 8GB QHD+ IPS Acer Spin 3 for 3-4 years (that I bought for $750 in 2022), opening multiple windows, posting deals here on SD, making presentations, word documents, etc., and it served me perfectly without any hiccups until the battery gave out and I had to switch to a different one at the start of this year.
As long one knows their use case scenario and are practical with their requirements, this laptop/deal can and will serve one well mainly because there isn't any other device at the moment around this price that can.
If this was an Android device, 8gb of memory is fine for most use cases and 16gb is super premium for the power users. With Windows it is completely different.
I have a very light Windows laptop with 8gb of memory. I can still use it as a travel laptop but I basically use it for about 1-4 tabs on Chrome and that's about it. Even then it is quite sluggish. I can't imagine buying a new laptop over $500 to have the same sluggish experience.
As for Apple, well that's not a fair comparison. Besides it being a different OS like I stated above, there are other factors:
1. The rest of their laptops are much more expensive than comparable Windows units.
2. The Neo thus becomes their least expensive unit (and the least expensive way for people to buy an Apple laptop). There are far cheaper Windows laptops than this XPS with 8gb.
3. It's Apple. They can basically do anything they want and sheeps (I mean people) will buy it. Dell and Windows does not have that marketing power.
Let's put it this way. Be honest, are you seriously considering buying this for yourself or family member? Be honest. Pretty sure the answer is no.
A lot of things are being overlooked and need to be taken into factor. Firstly, it's an XPS which means superb build quality and keyboard (which is backlit unlike the Neo), to start with. Secondly a 1600p 120Hz IPS Touch display which is now impossible to be found at this price. You may find a product (probably a refurb) offering either of these at this price but not all of these things together. Just like the Neo was aimed towards students and your general consumers, so is this. Anyone looking for a laptop to do some light productivity on as well as consume media and also without sacrificing esthetics and build quality, would be happy with this purchase.
I used a Intel 11th Gen 8GB QHD+ IPS Acer Spin 3 for 3-4 years (that I bought for $750 in 2022), opening multiple windows, posting deals here on SD, making presentations, word documents, etc., and it served me perfectly without any hiccups until the battery gave out and I had to switch to a different one at the start of this year.
As long one knows their use case scenario and are practical with their requirements, this laptop/deal can and will serve one well mainly because there isn't any other device at the moment around this price that can.
👀Look at price 🆕️ plus tax!
Is there a bay for additional Ram/Memory Upgrading?
More importantly, as far as your last question goes. Yes, I will definitely consider this laptop for my family member, or even myself (had I not bought a new laptop at the start of this year), if I know that this would only be used for the usual office work, emails, web browsing, media consumption; because imo there isn't a laptop out there as of now that would do all those things better than this here at this current price. The MRSP of course i ridiculous, and this above $600 would be less of an option then.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
My work laptop averages 12~14GB of RAM usage with Firefox, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook open. It still stutters and has performance issues during video call meetings. Task manager reports 100% ram usage.
I want IT support to give me a laptop with at least 24GB of ram so I wont have to close applications before meetings.
Join The Conversation
Share your experience with the Slickdeals community
Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!