[US] Dell G3 15 gaming laptop for $799 (normally $1099)

[Mira Yurizaki]

Walmart is selling the top (or near-top) end configuration of Dell's G3 15 gaming series laptop for a pretty substantial discount: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-15-6-Intel-Core-i7-8750H-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050Ti-4GB-1TB-HDD-128GB-SSD-8GB-RAM/822934571 ( not sure how long this will last though )

Specs:

• Core i78750H
• GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
• 8GB RAM
• 1TB Hard drive
• 128GB SSD

Poking around online for reviews, the laptop gets great battery life and holds itself well in performance, but where Dell cut corners was a bland display (it looks like it's still IPS though) and lacking a USB Type C port.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Nice. Only real issue I see is no Thunderbolt/Type C but that's no big deal.. . also walmart

[Techicolors]

can you access the bottom and swap out parts?

[Mira Yurizaki]

21 minutes ago, Techicolors said:

can you access the bottom and swap out parts?

Yes, the laptop is user serviceable

[dizmo]

Pretty good price. I'd still wait for the Back to School sales, usually Dell gets some awesome discounts. The 1050Ti makes me sad.

[dizmo]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

For like less than 100 more you can get a 1060 3gb/970 tier gpu in there, but you'd nerf the CPU.

What makes you think a 8750H couldn't handle a better GPU?

[dizmo]

28 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

No, I mean you'd get a 6 or 7th gen i7 instead.  Or, an i5 even.

Ohhh yeah I see what you mean. The G7 laptops come with a 1060, and they aren't much more. I'd just wait for a sale on those.

8th gen was such a blessing for laptops. I wouldn't spend money on new products with 7th or earlier gen, unless they were reeeeal cheap.