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42 minutes ago, SPineapple said:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/507458/g3-15-3579-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

 

Can you guys tell me if this laptop for $749 is good? It has a 1060 6gb and a 8300H for only $750 so I'm thinking about getting it. Any advice?

 

Sorry if this is a bad format, I'm kinda new here.

Based on looks and specs, that appears to be similar to my laptop (But with 8th Gen i5 and 1060 instead of 7th Gen i5 and 1050* Ti). If it's anything like mine:

-Build is sturdy enough, but not very rugged. Screen is wobbly and bends easily.

-Cooling is decent, but not great. 84C avg on i5-7300HQ while gaming, and 75C avg on the 1050 while gaming

-My model is easily to maintain. 1 screw pops off 85% of the bottom; fans, RAM, SATA port, and M.2 slot are all easily accessible.

-Price is great. Mine cost me $600 and came with 8 GB RAM and just a HDD. I've added in another 8GB RAM and a 500 GB 960 EVO since purchase.

Amazon for my model: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-5000-5577-GamingLaptop/dp/B06XFG7157

 

Edit: $750 for the one you linked is a fair price compared to my laptop. You move up a generation and get a better GPU. Small detail, but you also get a SSHD. It's not an SSD, but they are faster than a traditional HDD by a longshot.

 

*Slight disclaimer. My model is labeled as a 1050 4GB, but it's performance matches a 1050 Ti rather than a 1050 4GB. 

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OK-good build quality, OK-mediocre cooling, low sRGB IPS. $749 for 1060 is a bargain though

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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42 minutes ago, SPineapple said:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/507458/g3-15-3579-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

 

Can you guys tell me if this laptop for $749 is good? It has a 1060 6gb and a 8300H for only $750 so I'm thinking about getting it. Any advice?

 

Sorry if this is a bad format, I'm kinda new here.

Based on looks and specs, that appears to be similar to my laptop (But with 8th Gen i5 and 1060 instead of 7th Gen i5 and 1050* Ti). If it's anything like mine:

-Build is sturdy enough, but not very rugged. Screen is wobbly and bends easily.

-Cooling is decent, but not great. 84C avg on i5-7300HQ while gaming, and 75C avg on the 1050 while gaming

-My model is easily to maintain. 1 screw pops off 85% of the bottom; fans, RAM, SATA port, and M.2 slot are all easily accessible.

-Price is great. Mine cost me $600 and came with 8 GB RAM and just a HDD. I've added in another 8GB RAM and a 500 GB 960 EVO since purchase.

Amazon for my model: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-5000-5577-GamingLaptop/dp/B06XFG7157

 

Edit: $750 for the one you linked is a fair price compared to my laptop. You move up a generation and get a better GPU. Small detail, but you also get a SSHD. It's not an SSD, but they are faster than a traditional HDD by a longshot.

 

*Slight disclaimer. My model is labeled as a 1050 4GB, but it's performance matches a 1050 Ti rather than a 1050 4GB. 

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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If you're looking to actually play games on it good luck. Had it for a week and took it back.

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1 hour ago, SPineapple said:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/507458/g3-15-3579-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

 

Can you guys tell me if this laptop for $749 is good? It has a 1060 6gb and a 8300H for only $750 so I'm thinking about getting it. Any advice?

 

Sorry if this is a bad format, I'm kinda new here.

What are you looking to do on it play games or what?

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40 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Based on looks and specs, that appears to be similar to my laptop

Inspiron 5577 is based on Inspiron 7559. G3 is an entirely new model

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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2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Inspiron 5577 is based on Inspiron 7559. G3 is an entirely new model

I see. Still seems quite similar, despite the differences

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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