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Screaming deal (Office Depot via Rakuten). $699, but with 10% back in Rakuten points (so $69.90 of credit at their store) bringing it to an effective price of $630 once you find a way to spend that credit. Advisable purchases with that credit are:
You could opt to get it from Office Depot directly, but you'd sacrifice the 10% perk:
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9649805/Dell-Inspiron-G3-15-3579-Laptop/
You can verify the specs for this specific unit using the UPC number. It is the GTX 1060 6GB Max-Q variant. Microcenter offers the most informative specs page. They sold this exact same unit for $950 before it went out of stock:
https://www.microcenter.com/product/507458/dell-g3-15-3579-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
Also observe Amazon prices for comparison on this same 3579 model. The lowly GTX 1050 variant comes with a 256GB SSD instead of 1TB HDD, and sells for $728. There is no GTX 1060 Max-Q variant available which is the one being sold by Rakuten/Office Depot:
https://www.amazon.com/d/Traditional-Laptops/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-G3579-5965BLK-PUS/B07C9J1PY6
Notebookcheck review of this model's GTX 1050 Ti variant. However, the one being sold by Rakuten I'm flagging here is the GTX 1060 6GB Max-Q variant. These Dell G3 units have been the line stealing a bit of the Asus Helios's thunder for budget gaming laptop recommendations over the past 6 months with online reviewers:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-G3-15-3579-i5-8300H-GTX-1050-FHD-Laptop-Review.318308.0.html
Dell Inspiron G3 3579
This Redditor indicates it has a free DIMM slot (it supports up to 32GB RAM), so you can easily add a second 1x8GB stick, or even install 2x16GB. He also mentions it has a free m.2 slot if you wish to install an SSD for top-level performance, but know with Windows 10 Home, instead of Windows 10 Pro, you can't transplant the OS from the SSD before wiping the HDD. You'll have to freshly install it to the SSD yourself.
Finally, he attests that he reached a peak 96fps overclock of his panel with CRU.
- a second 8GB 260-pin DIMM stick of RAM
- an m.2 SSD
You could opt to get it from Office Depot directly, but you'd sacrifice the 10% perk:
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9649805/Dell-Inspiron-G3-15-3579-Laptop/
You can verify the specs for this specific unit using the UPC number. It is the GTX 1060 6GB Max-Q variant. Microcenter offers the most informative specs page. They sold this exact same unit for $950 before it went out of stock:
https://www.microcenter.com/product/507458/dell-g3-15-3579-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
Also observe Amazon prices for comparison on this same 3579 model. The lowly GTX 1050 variant comes with a 256GB SSD instead of 1TB HDD, and sells for $728. There is no GTX 1060 Max-Q variant available which is the one being sold by Rakuten/Office Depot:
https://www.amazon.com/d/Traditional-Laptops/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-G3579-5965BLK-PUS/B07C9J1PY6
Notebookcheck review of this model's GTX 1050 Ti variant. However, the one being sold by Rakuten I'm flagging here is the GTX 1060 6GB Max-Q variant. These Dell G3 units have been the line stealing a bit of the Asus Helios's thunder for budget gaming laptop recommendations over the past 6 months with online reviewers:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-G3-15-3579-i5-8300H-GTX-1050-FHD-Laptop-Review.318308.0.html
Dell Inspiron G3 3579
- 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS display (overclockable to 95Hz)
- i5-8300H
- GTX 1060 6GB Max-Q
- 1x8GB DDR4-2666 RAM
- 1TB HDD
- 802.11ac WiFi (1x1 class) + Bluetooth 5.0
- 720p Webcam & SD Card Reader
- Stereo Speakers
- Windows 10 Home
This Redditor indicates it has a free DIMM slot (it supports up to 32GB RAM), so you can easily add a second 1x8GB stick, or even install 2x16GB. He also mentions it has a free m.2 slot if you wish to install an SSD for top-level performance, but know with Windows 10 Home, instead of Windows 10 Pro, you can't transplant the OS from the SSD before wiping the HDD. You'll have to freshly install it to the SSD yourself.
Finally, he attests that he reached a peak 96fps overclock of his panel with CRU.
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