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Also, what do you think of the XPS 13 i5-8250U?

Excellent laptop, if you don't mind the bottom placed webcam

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So far I have been looking into purchasing the Inspiron 13 7000 (7370) i7-8550U varient:

http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/inspiron-13-7370-laptop/pd?oc=a520972au&model_id=inspiron-13-7370-laptop

 

I will probably be using this mostly for word processing and general 3D model viewing for 3D printing. I will use the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on this machine as well but do not expect exceptional performance.

 

Are there any better options with 16GB of RAM?

My ideal laptop would be an i5-8250U with 16GB of RAM and 256-512GB SSD (NVME) storage.

 

What are your thoughts on this laptop overall? Design, features, price? Thanks in advance!

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1 minute ago, Mathsnerds said:

So far I have been looking into purchasing the Inspiron 13 7000 (7370) i7-8550U varient:

http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/inspiron-13-7370-laptop/pd?oc=a520972au&model_id=inspiron-13-7370-laptop

 

I will probably be using this mostly for word processing and general 3D model viewing for 3D printing. I will use the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on this machine as well but do not expect exceptional performance.

 

Are there any better options with 16GB of RAM?

My ideal laptop would be an i5-8250U with 16GB of RAM and 256-512GB SSD (NVME) storage.

 

What are your thoughts on this laptop overall? Design, features, price? Thanks in advance!

Hey check out the Dell xps line of laptops

If you need more laptop options check dave2d on youtube

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check dave2d on youtube

Yeah I've watched his videos but the models are either above $1800AUD which i'd rather not buy or are not available. 

Although there might be some I have missed, thanks for the prompt.

2 minutes ago, Hari S said:

check out the Dell xps line of laptops

 Yeah their good but way out of my price range and offer up to 8GB of RAM. The only reason I consider this laptop is because its on sale here.

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// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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Yeah I've watched his videos but the models are either above $1800AUD which i'd rather not buy or are not available. 

Although there might be some I have missed, thanks for the prompt.

 Yeah their good but way out of my price range and offer up to 8GB of RAM. The only reason I consider this laptop is because its on sale here.

the dell xps can be easly upgraded

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Just now, Hari S said:

the dell xps can be easly upgraded

Good point. But I feel that its still to far out of my price range.

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// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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1 hour ago, Mathsnerds said:

Inspiron 13 7000 (7370)

No battery life, personally I'll avoid

 

Look for laptops with KB-R CPU (8250U,8550U) or HQ CPU and with decent battery life. Maybe you can take a look at Zenbooks. RAM can be upgraded after purchase.

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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Just now, ZM Fong said:

No battery life, personally I'll avoid

 

Look for laptops with KB-R CPU (8250U,8550U) or HQ CPU and with decent battery life. Maybe you can take a look at Zenbooks. RAM can be upgraded after purchase.

Yeah im definately in the game for those kaby lake refresh CPUs but im struggling to find something with good battery life as well, Dell has a good offering but they all seem a bit too pricey.

 

Thanks for your help

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// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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3 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

No battery life, personally I'll avoid

 

Look for laptops with KB-R CPU (8250U,8550U) or HQ CPU and with decent battery life. Maybe you can take a look at Zenbooks. RAM can be upgraded after purchase.

Also, what do you think of the XPS 13 i5-8250U? I could upgrade the ram after: http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?oc=a511090au&model_id=xps-13-9360-laptop

 

1 hour ago, Hari S said:

the dell xps can be easly upgraded

 

KRONOS:

// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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Just now, Mathsnerds said:

Also, what do you think of the XPS 13 i5-8250U?

Excellent laptop, if you don't mind the bottom placed webcam

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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Just now, ZM Fong said:

Excellent laptop, if you don't mind the bottom placed webcam

That could be the one for me! Thanks for your advice, its really helped.

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// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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1 hour ago, Hari S said:

the dell xps can be easly upgraded

Just reopening this thread, it is not upgradable unfortunately. The RAM is soldered to the board...

 

This is a real set back for my decision, what other options do I have?

KRONOS:

// AMD FX 8350 // ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z // G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 2x8 1866Mhz DDR3 // ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 OC // CORSAIR SPEC-03 // Kingston SSD v300Now 120GB, 1TB WD Blue // Cooler Master V750 750W // 1x BENQ GL2760H 1080p 60hz 2ms // Corsair H75 CPU Cooler // Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Battlefeild 4 Collectors Edition\K70 RGB Lux Cherry RED // Razer Deathadder Chroma // Logitech G213 Speakers // ASUS ROG MARS GTX 760 X2 (Retired) // Windows 8.1

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