Great review Theje !!!! I got the i5 8300H and 1060 Max Q version from Micro Center at a whopping $749.99 plus tax!!! Now that's a super BANG for you BUCK!!!
It working great so far! I cloned the HDD into a 250gb SSD PCIe and boy is it fast now! That was the only problem with the laptop -- the slow HDD. But now I have no complaints thus far.
but how's the thermals? I got the i7 8750h with 1050ti and it does get up to a max of 50-60 C when doing some gaming. And that's some light gaming, haven't dared tried pushing with higher settings.
You can upgrade the panel to a brighter, lower latency , 120hz, better color reproduction screen for around 100 bucks too. Upgrade is easy as included in the link below. www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/8kffll/120hz_panel_for_dell_75677577_or_similar_g_series/ th-cam.com/video/qXy2Q3vr9J4/w-d-xo.html
Wow this is a great computer, as a cheap gamer who has always been gaming on console, I can see a great start with this gaming laptop, I don't care about graphics as much but being able to play modern triple A games on a PC is all that matters.
Fantastic review, one of the most thorough and well structured ones I have come across for this model! Thank you very much! I'm on the look-out for an respectable laptop with good decent hardware performance like this for Illustration purposes. So that means running some of Adobe applications like Photoshop, Illustration as well as a few other art applictions like Blender. With a budget of less than $900 (still a student) this fits the bill perfectly. I just need to ask a few quick questions, how has editing experience using this laptop been like for you? More specifically photo-editing and video-editing have you ever experience constant thermal throttling on this device when editing large media files? I can also tell that the screen looks pretty dull and color accuracy would be an issue, especially for video editing and photoshopping. In your opinion do you think this laptop gets a pass for use in media files editing? I use mostly Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for my work. hope to hear from you thank you so much!
Nicholas Tcs For student use I would value performance over color accuracy. It's also not impossible to recalibrate the screen, a service I would look into. And don't forget to use an SSD for your boot drive.
Just got mine. I7-8750, 8gb DDR4, 128gb M.2 SSD and 1tb 5400rpm, 1050 ti, 15", for $729 from Walmart. Swapped out the 128gb with an Adata SX8200 480gb. Read/write scores went from about 550/420 to 1900/1700. Second 8gb stick is on its way, for a nice total of 16gb. Total investment is $948 for a pretty sweet laptop. Looking at replacing the screen with the $90 120hz N156HHE-GA1 - the original one is a bit dark, but usable, for now. Will eventually swap out the 1tb drive with an SSD. I've had the same I7-2640m Lenovo T510 laptop for almost 5 years. I was overdue for an upgrade. Lol. Note for replacing the M.2 drive, with an NVMe drive: You will need to create a special Dell USB recovery drive, from their website. It has the Windows OS and drivers and Dell software on it. It was pretty easy once I figured out what I was doing. I'm very happy with my purchase. Even taking the bottom cover off is a piece of cake. I've done it like 8 times now. Lol. Great performance, looks nice, and I haven't had any problems with heat. :)
Make sure that 120 Hz panel is the Chi Mei display, not AUO. When connected to a Dell G3 the AUO screens have a poor color bit depth resulting in sharp color gradients that are painfully obvious.
I got an i7-8750H 16GB memory 1TB HHD + 256GB SSD and a GTX-1050ti 4GB. I’m not getting it until Christmas, but I can wait. I’m super excited and got it for 850 on Walmart on Black Friday
Love the speakers and the build quality. I don't like the screen bezels and had to add an SSD to make it feel fast and usable, and even though the laptop is thin the weight is more than you expect
Great video! Fantastic review! Is this the black or the Recon Blueversion ? I'm very confused about those collors in Dell's website. Does the black version have red details?
This is the black color, which was the only one available to buy at the time. It seems that their color options change from time to time and vary based on what parts are available.
The one I bought from a dell store came with only 4gb of RAM, i5, and 1tb hard drive. I tried to use Adobe premiere pro cc and it's lagging and would say 'not responding'. I also noticed that it takes about a minute or two to boot up, and even just by right clicking the desktop, the box where i can do refresh takes 2 to 3 seconds. I'm not very techy and I just want to do video editing (not 4k stuff) What do I need to do to make this laptop faster? Appreciate your help!
Petra Paulina Emotera This is why you don't spend money on base model laptops I got the same Laptop, but with everything pretty much fully decked out. CPU: i7 8750H 6 cores 12 threads @4.1GHz RAM: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz GPU: GTX 1050Ti 4GB SSD: 256GB TOSHIBA HDD: 5400rpm 1TB Should of got something like that, but with the i5 8300H instead and a 128gb SSD if you're on a budget, but RIP anyway.
First of all 4GB of ram is not enough so you can upgrade to 16GB of ram pretty easy. To prevent the lag, upgrade to an SSD and your computer will boot up in seconds.
Josh Wendeln If you plan on installing a few games I would still want to replace the 2.5" HDD with at least a 512GB SSD. Gaming on that old platter hard drive is going to be frustrating.
Theje thanks for the quick response, I'll definitely do that, I watched your instruction video and it seems pretty straightforward, I definitely need to be careful with a pry tool though as I tend to get a bit zealous,and break things, especially plastic.
herd u cane do editing on dell g3 still dude lol I'm buying this I wants gona buy dell g5 or dell g7 but I herd dell g5 mous pad has a clicking sound when pressing down dell g 7 sounds like a airplane lol when over heating I got copun for this laptop today from a dell empler 100 % off till September 22
Should run fine I had an Asus GL53vd which had the 1050 4 gb ram and still got good fps on low settings. But I recently upgraded to the newer g3 with a gtx 1660ti xD
Can you put up a guide or something for upgrading to an ssd? Im getting a great deal for this laptop but cant add the ssd while ordering. Will have to put it in later myself. What difficulties did u face.
Best to get an NVMe SSD and slap it in the M.2 socket, then clone and wipe the HDD to use as additional storage. A bit more expensive for the M.2 but you will get the benefit of faster transfer speeds, additional storage space and an easier cloning experience. You will have to give the NVMe a drive letter, before rebooting or it will boot back to the HDD, in my experience.
@@goryetsap1901 There is s sizeable difference between the 1050 and the 1050 Ti. So here's how it breaks down: Dell G3: -Higher FPS -Better speakers -Better projected reliability Hp Omen -Better screen (greater color definition, less motion blur) Memory and hard drives are always upgradeable down the road. I would get the Dell if gaming was king. I would get the HP if I game a little bit but mostly consume video media and browse the web. If I game a lot and don't have a powerful desktop to fall back on I would save my money and get something with at least a 1060.
@@Slap_Tech okay thank you for your reply I want to do both gaming a little bit and for study and general stuff so what do you recommend me the omen or the dell?
Should be easy to swap out the 2.5" storage drive with an SSD. After the swapping is done, go into Disk Management, find the unallocated partition and give it a drive letter. I also upgraded this G3 post-review with an 8 gig stick of Crucial DDR4 (PC4) 2666 memory. It was the cheapest RAM I could find and it works great!
Gamontute Studio It'll be fine. CPUs are designed to take the heat. The fans will wear out before the CPU ever gets damaged. And if the fans do wear out, the built-in thermal protection will downclock the CPU automatically.
If temps are your concern, just disable TurboBoost in your BIOS. This alone got my temps @ 73c GPU & 80c CPU after 1 hour+ of Battlefield 4 at High settings. I undervolted the CPU -.09V and disabled TurboBoost and got max temps of 71c GPU & 77c CPU (I'm running an i5 8300H and 1060 Max Q in my G3)
Disabling turbo boost will clock the CPU at a max of 2.3 GHz. And after gaming with the turbo boost disabled, 3dMark Fire Strike benched at about 6300 (not bad) and Witcher 3 gameplay was virtually unaffected. The temps had a maximum of 74 degrees after playing Witcher 3 for about half an hour. Loading times were also unaffected. I give gaming with turbo boost disabled my full endorsement.
wohoooo! :) I've been getting great temps with great performance! Although I know gaming at the higher stock temps is safe....I like knowing I have 20-25c lower temps on average. Thanks Theje!
Fantastic review, thank you! I'm heavily considering this one now. I'll most likely get the i7 and 1050ti version. I can pick it up for £850 with a student discount so i'm more than happy with that Quick question. I'm not interested in playing insanely demanding games like bf1 or gta v, so will I be okay with this laptop? I'm most likely to play Smite, Guild Wars 2, FFXIV and SWTOR. Will this be suitable?
What do I have to do to make demanding games like doom eternal, metro exodus, battlefield v, GTA V, The Witcher III run at smooth 60 FPS? Will reducing the resolution to 900p work?
Keeping the detail settings at medium or medium/low depending on the game should allow you to game at 60fps in 1080p for the most part. But if you really do like those high detail settings then yeah you'll have to drop that rez like it's haut, maybe even lower than 900p.
@@Slap_Tech Is it possible to lock framerate to 60 FPS (assuming I otherwise get 70-80 FPS) and if I do that how it affects CPU-GPU usage, CPU-GPU Temperature, Noise and Battery?
I have the same config. I5, 1050Ti, 8GB RAM single stick, 1TB hybrid HDD. Temps go upto 100 degree easily. I tried undervolting the CPU to -0.140V but do not feel any difference I temp drop perhaps after BIOS update. I will try disabling turbo boost. What else can be done? It's a brand new laptop and I dont wish to open it and mess around.
I'm not sure anything short of liquid metal/IC Diamond repasting will help this system. just picked up an i7 1050ti and the first thing I do after some testing will probably be kryonought pasting it
@@garrettduplechain5442 I am not comfortable opening a brand new laptop. Any other recommendations will be helpful? Does changing to an SSD drive help reduce temps? Disk usage on the Seagate HDD get 100% utilized easily.
@@manuj303 an HDD vs SSD won't have any difference in temperature, but possibly undervolting and limiting CPU usage in the power mobility settings would work. Considering even if you get an i5 8300h you have 8 threads, limiting it to 75% would leave you at a good core/thread count while keeping temps lower but I have not tested this yet
@@garrettduplechain5442 What undervolt value should I use for an i5 8300h? I am using Intel XTU and changed core voltage offset to -0.140V. Should I also disable turbo boost?
@@manuj303 it might help to disable turbo, but you'll have to run tests, pretty much if you are running over 90 it isn't good for the life expectancy of the board and components
of course while gaming the system has to put in a lot of work as as a result a lot of heat is released but not that much that it might burn your fingers but a ok amount. If you are worried about heating try undervolting the cpu
All Soccer Fortnite will run 60fps in High (not Epic) details most of the time, will dip when the magic missiles hit the fan. PubG is best left to medium-ish details at 1600x900.
If the Dell G3 has an equal or slightly slower GPU or CPU I'd still go with the Dell. Overall the Dell has a better keyboard, speakers and touchpad period so it's much more comfortable to use. But of course if your job or hobby has you doing CPU intensive tasks and a relatively cheap Acer has a better CPU or GPU you need for it, I can't fault you for going with the Acer.
@@Slap_Tech i actually bought a dell g3 but many ppl criticized it for some reason and honestly buying a laptop at this point requires some sacrifices....... i am really happy with my purchase and its been 6 months i bought!
If you're looking at only numbers and read/write speeds you're not getting the whole story. SATA HDD's read/write at about 230MB/sec (if that) while SATA SSD's read/write at around 550MB/sec, which is only 2X faster. But that's only half the story. The real beast is in the seek time, where SSD speeds really shine and is about 13X faster and THAT is what makes the HUGE difference.
Theje ok thanks, I think I’m just going to look for a different laptop bc I don’t trust myself to install an ssd. If you have any suggestions would be gladly appreciated.
@@Bardium If money is no object, get a Dell XPS 15. If you're on a budget and don't game, Lenovo IdeaPad S340 (I just reviewed it). If you're on a budget and game, get something used with a GTX 1050 Ti.
I have a dell g3 15 with 1050 and i7 8750h, I recommend to undervolt with intel XTU the CPU with -0.140 and the GPU to -0.100 and ur throtelling problems will be solved, the performance hit is negligible "around 7 percent for me but degrees are 70s for the gpu and 75 to 80 for the cpu at maximum load with almost no thermal throttling" yet bare in mind the fans are before and after adjustment soooooooooo loud, loudest fans i have ever heard in a laptop yet even with my cool temps u think u gonna burn ur hand when u touch the back of the laptop just by hearing the fans.
There is a way actually using power shell commands but would be too much of a hassle I am to lazy to do :p , I use my laptop for DaVinci resolve and after effects and it is really really good for the price I really recommend it but u really need to undervolt, i heard also from a friend who works in a repair shop the liquid metaling this laptop got his temps down 16 degrees, so maybe worth it "please if any non experienced person is reading this Don't do it ur self cuz u might fry ur computer"
@@Shakeryousof2005 Well thats all to it. For the screen, Its normal 1080p and 60hz. But tbh the Throttling issue is quite serious for me, I am getting 40-50 fps in csgo (very low settings) 😂. I will have to let the Dell Team handle it.
Sayak Mishra ive had the laptop for a while now and as long as you don’t block the vents it’s completely fine, a little noisy when gaming but otherwise it’s perfectly fienn
Sayak Mishra no prob also make sure you get one with an ssd and also lol for sales, got mine for $850 when normally $1100 Also make sure to contact dell after you get it for the tomb raider code
Espero when I got mine (don’t know it they are still doing it) it came with the game as like a deal or something, you would have to ask dell if they are still doing he deal
Manilal Nediyazhikam even i m interested in knowing about it.. hp pavilion gaming cx0141tx , pls compare the screen with g3, as i m a graphic designer, i need good color contract and reproduction
@@ausf7294 the performance even worst than my outdated Asus laptop. I suggest to consider HP Pavilion gaming laptop. It's got b&o audio and i7 processor. The design also more attractive compared to G3. These 2 HP and Dell laptops are around the same price in Malaysia.
Jia Yih Lim I've had 3 HP laptops through out my life time all of them were shit and fell apart after a year and half. I've had many dells as well still working to this day.
at 5:50 you scared the shit out of me i thought my screen was falling over.....
Great review Theje !!!! I got the i5 8300H and 1060 Max Q version from Micro Center at a whopping $749.99 plus tax!!! Now that's a super BANG for you BUCK!!!
Bryan Miranda hey! I just saw that and thinking about it.. how is it until now? Did you change the hybrid HD?
It working great so far! I cloned the HDD into a 250gb SSD PCIe and boy is it fast now! That was the only problem with the laptop -- the slow HDD. But now I have no complaints thus far.
but how's the thermals? I got the i7 8750h with 1050ti and it does get up to a max of 50-60 C when doing some gaming. And that's some light gaming, haven't dared tried pushing with higher settings.
You can upgrade the panel to a brighter, lower latency , 120hz, better color reproduction screen for around 100 bucks too. Upgrade is easy as included in the link below.
www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/8kffll/120hz_panel_for_dell_75677577_or_similar_g_series/
th-cam.com/video/qXy2Q3vr9J4/w-d-xo.html
Hi, where can I buy the version "i5 8300H and 1060 "? or do it yourself?
Wow this is a great computer, as a cheap gamer who has always been gaming on console, I can see a great start with this gaming laptop, I don't care about graphics as much but being able to play modern triple A games on a PC is all that matters.
Same here
Yep
Fantastic review, one of the most thorough and well structured ones I have come across for this model! Thank you very much!
I'm on the look-out for an respectable laptop with good decent hardware performance like this for Illustration purposes. So that means running some of Adobe applications like Photoshop, Illustration as well as a few other art applictions like Blender. With a budget of less than $900 (still a student) this fits the bill perfectly.
I just need to ask a few quick questions,
how has editing experience using this laptop been like for you? More specifically photo-editing and video-editing
have you ever experience constant thermal throttling on this device when editing large media files?
I can also tell that the screen looks pretty dull and color accuracy would be an issue, especially for video editing and photoshopping. In your opinion do you think this laptop gets a pass for use in media files editing? I use mostly Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for my work.
hope to hear from you thank you so much!
Nicholas Tcs For student use I would value performance over color accuracy. It's also not impossible to recalibrate the screen, a service I would look into. And don't forget to use an SSD for your boot drive.
btw, walmart is selling this right now on rollback for $699. 1050ti and i5 8500H
@@Slap_Tech That's the 4th Time OMG
The camera is actually pretty great
i ordered this for daily produxtivity work, like use photoshop premier, illistration and casual gaming. what you think ?
Really good detail on the speaker/ sound side have not seen that
on other Dell g3 reviews
It's expensive to put good speakers in a laptop, something that's easy to overlook when compiling a price/performance analysis.
Underrated YT reviewer. Very Good Job.
Can i get 60 FPS at 720p Highest settings?
Gurjinder Singh play 1080p highest settings 40fps in offline games
Just got mine. I7-8750, 8gb DDR4, 128gb M.2 SSD and 1tb 5400rpm, 1050 ti, 15", for $729 from Walmart. Swapped out the 128gb with an Adata SX8200 480gb. Read/write scores went from about 550/420 to 1900/1700. Second 8gb stick is on its way, for a nice total of 16gb. Total investment is $948 for a pretty sweet laptop. Looking at replacing the screen with the $90 120hz N156HHE-GA1 - the original one is a bit dark, but usable, for now. Will eventually swap out the 1tb drive with an SSD. I've had the same I7-2640m Lenovo T510 laptop for almost 5 years. I was overdue for an upgrade. Lol.
Note for replacing the M.2 drive, with an NVMe drive: You will need to create a special Dell USB recovery drive, from their website. It has the Windows OS and drivers and Dell software on it. It was pretty easy once I figured out what I was doing.
I'm very happy with my purchase. Even taking the bottom cover off is a piece of cake. I've done it like 8 times now. Lol. Great performance, looks nice, and I haven't had any problems with heat. :)
Make sure that 120 Hz panel is the Chi Mei display, not AUO. When connected to a Dell G3 the AUO screens have a poor color bit depth resulting in sharp color gradients that are painfully obvious.
Can someone help me whether can we off this keyboard light while playing ?
Yes
I got an i7-8750H 16GB memory 1TB HHD + 256GB SSD and a GTX-1050ti 4GB. I’m not getting it until Christmas, but I can wait. I’m super excited and got it for 850 on Walmart on Black Friday
Same
In my country there's only 8GB memory can I upgrade it later?
Thanks for the great review!
Can u help me with the fan noise plzzzzz
Don't play games. Then the fans won't make any noise.
Love the speakers and the build quality. I don't like the screen bezels and had to add an SSD to make it feel fast and usable, and even though the laptop is thin the weight is more than you expect
The best review!!!!! I am going to buy the model with i5 1050ti ssd128gb 1tb $749.99
Is it still worth buying it in 2020 or any other better option available?
Great video! Fantastic review!
Is this the black or the Recon Blueversion ?
I'm very confused about those collors in Dell's website. Does the black version have red details?
This is the black color, which was the only one available to buy at the time. It seems that their color options change from time to time and vary based on what parts are available.
Is It Safe to play games in 100°C ??
Hi!...nice vid ...i have the same laptop by the way...and i just want to know if it can run heavy games...like valorant,,,apex legends e.t.c
I have one and sadly my microphone wint work for it any fixes?
Unfunny drivers?
The one I bought from a dell store came with only 4gb of RAM, i5, and 1tb hard drive. I tried to use Adobe premiere pro cc and it's lagging and would say 'not responding'. I also noticed that it takes about a minute or two to boot up, and even just by right clicking the desktop, the box where i can do refresh takes 2 to 3 seconds. I'm not very techy and I just want to do video editing (not 4k stuff) What do I need to do to make this laptop faster? Appreciate your help!
You got a different laptop, how much did it cost and what is it called? Also, you need an SSD and at LEAST 8GB of RAM
G3 15 3579
Yeah, you'll want an SSD and 16 gigs of RAM for video editing. You should be able to get a 512GB NVMe SSD for about $150.
Petra Paulina Emotera This is why you don't spend money on base model laptops I got the same Laptop, but with everything pretty much fully decked out.
CPU: i7 8750H 6 cores 12 threads @4.1GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz
GPU: GTX 1050Ti 4GB
SSD: 256GB TOSHIBA
HDD: 5400rpm 1TB
Should of got something like that, but with the i5 8300H instead and a 128gb SSD if you're on a budget, but RIP anyway.
First of all 4GB of ram is not enough so you can upgrade to 16GB of ram pretty easy. To prevent the lag, upgrade to an SSD and your computer will boot up in seconds.
The ones I see in a store (JB HI-FI) has the I7 8750H and GTX 1050 TI
did u get it? i was planing to get the i7 but also looking at the i5
Just got this pc with the 128 gb ssd for 650 from a dell doorbuster deal. Anything I should do other than upgrade the ram in the shorterm?
Josh Wendeln If you plan on installing a few games I would still want to replace the 2.5" HDD with at least a 512GB SSD. Gaming on that old platter hard drive is going to be frustrating.
Theje thanks for the quick response, I'll definitely do that, I watched your instruction video and it seems pretty straightforward, I definitely need to be careful with a pry tool though as I tend to get a bit zealous,and break things, especially plastic.
Pls Suggest me mate between dell 7577 (ti version) or dell g3 i5 for video editing ?
herd u cane do editing on dell g3 still dude lol I'm buying this I wants gona buy dell g5 or dell g7 but I herd dell g5 mous pad has a clicking sound when pressing down dell g 7 sounds like a airplane lol when over heating I got copun for this laptop today from a dell empler 100 % off till September 22
Thermals?
I'll tell you... I have this laptop and THEY are SH¡¡¡T
have you undervolted? because i was thinking of getting the g3 but everyone's saying the thermals are bad...
thanks for the review!
Great review man!
Just bought it last month and loving it, except the screen.
Plus point is the battery life and back-lit keyboard
Is it good for gaming? Such as the latest COD MW?
@@ugolattanzio9152 IDK mate. Haven't played it yet. But played PUBG, GTA V and R6S and they run smooth
MTtreats full hd high settings?
Should run fine I had an Asus GL53vd which had the 1050 4 gb ram and still got good fps on low settings.
But I recently upgraded to the newer g3 with a gtx 1660ti xD
@@ugolattanzio9152 PUBG on ULTRA + HIGH mixed
Awesome review!
Can you put up a guide or something for upgrading to an ssd? Im getting a great deal for this laptop but cant add the ssd while ordering. Will have to put it in later myself. What difficulties did u face.
Rehan Ahmed Already put up a guide, check out my channel for the video.
Best to get an NVMe SSD and slap it in the M.2 socket, then clone and wipe the HDD to use as additional storage. A bit more expensive for the M.2 but you will get the benefit of faster transfer speeds, additional storage space and an easier cloning experience. You will have to give the NVMe a drive letter, before rebooting or it will boot back to the HDD, in my experience.
How much ram did you put in it
Gtx 1050 4gb is 1050ti ?
can it play sims 4 on high settings with lots of custom content ??
Yes.
Can you help me ! What is the best an Omen 2018 with i7 8750H, 16 GB Ddr4 , 144Hz , gtx 1050 or Dell G3 i7 8750H , 8GB ddr4 , gtx 1050 ti, 60Hz ?
Dell G3 is best. Can't beat those speakers.
@@Slap_Tech for gaming with the spec above is it good?
@@goryetsap1901 There is s sizeable difference between the 1050 and the 1050 Ti. So here's how it breaks down:
Dell G3:
-Higher FPS
-Better speakers
-Better projected reliability
Hp Omen
-Better screen (greater color definition, less motion blur)
Memory and hard drives are always upgradeable down the road.
I would get the Dell if gaming was king.
I would get the HP if I game a little bit but mostly consume video media and browse the web.
If I game a lot and don't have a powerful desktop to fall back on I would save my money and get something with at least a 1060.
@@Slap_Tech okay thank you for your reply I want to do both gaming a little bit and for study and general stuff so what do you recommend me the omen or the dell?
@@goryetsap1901 Dell G3. When in doubt, go for better gaming performance.
I have bought the G3 with 128GB ssd. Can I just replace the HDD? And upgrade the ram?
Should be easy to swap out the 2.5" storage drive with an SSD. After the swapping is done, go into Disk Management, find the unallocated partition and give it a drive letter. I also upgraded this G3 post-review with an 8 gig stick of Crucial DDR4 (PC4) 2666 memory. It was the cheapest RAM I could find and it works great!
Awesome! So you only bought one stick and added it to the empty ram slot and kept the other in?
CODNEWSUPDATES Yep, now there's 2x 8GB sticks for a total of 16GB.
Awesome!
I tried playing fortnite and it was laggy but Im pretty sure it was playing the game on the intel graphics so ill change that and see how it goes
I'm worried about the temps. when gaming for 2-3 hrs. Will it be just fine??
Gamontute Studio It'll be fine. CPUs are designed to take the heat. The fans will wear out before the CPU ever gets damaged. And if the fans do wear out, the built-in thermal protection will downclock the CPU automatically.
If temps are your concern, just disable TurboBoost in your BIOS. This alone got my temps @ 73c GPU & 80c CPU after 1 hour+ of Battlefield 4 at High settings. I undervolted the CPU -.09V and disabled TurboBoost and got max temps of 71c GPU & 77c CPU
(I'm running an i5 8300H and 1060 Max Q in my G3)
Theje Will disabling the turbo-boost affect the gaming performance?? Because it wont increase above 3Ghz,since turbo-boost is disabled.
Disabling turbo boost will clock the CPU at a max of 2.3 GHz. And after gaming with the turbo boost disabled, 3dMark Fire Strike benched at about 6300 (not bad) and Witcher 3 gameplay was virtually unaffected. The temps had a maximum of 74 degrees after playing Witcher 3 for about half an hour. Loading times were also unaffected. I give gaming with turbo boost disabled my full endorsement.
wohoooo! :) I've been getting great temps with great performance! Although I know gaming at the higher stock temps is safe....I like knowing I have 20-25c lower temps on average. Thanks Theje!
Fantastic review, thank you! I'm heavily considering this one now. I'll most likely get the i7 and 1050ti version. I can pick it up for £850 with a student discount so i'm more than happy with that
Quick question. I'm not interested in playing insanely demanding games like bf1 or gta v, so will I be okay with this laptop? I'm most likely to play Smite, Guild Wars 2, FFXIV and SWTOR. Will this be suitable?
Yes, it will be suitable.
Perfect, thanks :)
Great Review.
Thanks for review :3
What do I have to do to make demanding games like doom eternal, metro exodus, battlefield v, GTA V, The Witcher III run at smooth 60 FPS?
Will reducing the resolution to 900p work?
Keeping the detail settings at medium or medium/low depending on the game should allow you to game at 60fps in 1080p for the most part. But if you really do like those high detail settings then yeah you'll have to drop that rez like it's haut, maybe even lower than 900p.
@@Slap_Tech What about older Games like Battlefield 4, Skyrim, GTA IV, Bioshock?
The Most important Question:
Can it run Crysis?
Thank You for answering my question?
@@gurjindersingh3843 Those older games will run just fine in high details in 1080p.
@@Slap_Tech Is it possible to lock framerate to 60 FPS (assuming I otherwise get 70-80 FPS) and if I do that how it affects CPU-GPU usage, CPU-GPU Temperature, Noise and Battery?
I have the same config. I5, 1050Ti, 8GB RAM single stick, 1TB hybrid HDD. Temps go upto 100 degree easily. I tried undervolting the CPU to -0.140V but do not feel any difference I temp drop perhaps after BIOS update. I will try disabling turbo boost. What else can be done? It's a brand new laptop and I dont wish to open it and mess around.
I'm not sure anything short of liquid metal/IC Diamond repasting will help this system. just picked up an i7 1050ti and the first thing I do after some testing will probably be kryonought pasting it
@@garrettduplechain5442 I am not comfortable opening a brand new laptop. Any other recommendations will be helpful? Does changing to an SSD drive help reduce temps? Disk usage on the Seagate HDD get 100% utilized easily.
@@manuj303 an HDD vs SSD won't have any difference in temperature, but possibly undervolting and limiting CPU usage in the power mobility settings would work. Considering even if you get an i5 8300h you have 8 threads, limiting it to 75% would leave you at a good core/thread count while keeping temps lower but I have not tested this yet
@@garrettduplechain5442 What undervolt value should I use for an i5 8300h? I am using Intel XTU and changed core voltage offset to -0.140V. Should I also disable turbo boost?
@@manuj303 it might help to disable turbo, but you'll have to run tests, pretty much if you are running over 90 it isn't good for the life expectancy of the board and components
What do you think about the dell g3 15 3579- i7/ 8th gen/ 8gbram/1td hdd/128ssd/gtx 1050ti?
Angelou Vidal very similar to mine. I just got a i5 core 8th gen and changed the HDD to a SSD
I bought Dell g3 (i7,gtx 1050 to,8gb ram,128ssd) today.is it good?
Rahul das yes, but if I were u I would have either got the 1050ti or 1060
@@Shakeryousof2005 1050 ti
Performance is better but while playing games laptop becomes very hot.i have to buy cooling pad from amazon
Can we add both ssd and hdd on this laptop
yes there is an NVMe slot.
This laptop Can it be added to HDD?
If I'm not wrong, the base version has an HDD
playing Elden ring on high setings 30with 35fps. i5 8300h 8gb ram Dell g3
Well, you can undervolt and repaste it to get better temps.
Im having trouble with charging, when plugged in keeps switching on and off
Vithesh P return it
can you turn the blue keyboard lights completely off?
Cabo Wabo Yes.
@@Slap_Tech how?
Cabo Wabo U you can do it from the bios
@@nischalsubedi4213 i got it ty, I have a question when you play guys and u are using the charger is it become very hot?
of course while gaming the system has to put in a lot of work as as a result a lot of heat is released but not that much that it might burn your fingers but a ok amount. If you are worried about heating try undervolting the cpu
Will this run pubg and fornite at high graphics and if so what is the highest and lowest fps u get
All Soccer Fortnite will run 60fps in High (not Epic) details most of the time, will dip when the magic missiles hit the fan. PubG is best left to medium-ish details at 1600x900.
Theje should I get g5 then
All Soccer I think you'd better, yeah. Make sure it has a GTX 1060 in it.
Theje ok how much would that cost?
All Soccer Should cost around $950.
best of the best
is it better than the nitro 5 8th gen
If the Dell G3 has an equal or slightly slower GPU or CPU I'd still go with the Dell. Overall the Dell has a better keyboard, speakers and touchpad period so it's much more comfortable to use. But of course if your job or hobby has you doing CPU intensive tasks and a relatively cheap Acer has a better CPU or GPU you need for it, I can't fault you for going with the Acer.
@@Slap_Tech i actually bought a dell g3 but many ppl criticized it for some reason and honestly buying a laptop at this point requires some sacrifices....... i am really happy with my purchase and its been 6 months i bought!
@@Slap_Tech really great review! Responding to subscribers is always a great thing and is appreciated lot!!! Loads of love from INDIA🙏🏿🙏🏿❤
Hp pavilion cxo144tx good or g3 please tell me bro
Dell G3 no doubt.
Theje sir why g3 is good
@@ronyroy3287 Good speakers.
Theje and sir why hp pavilion is bad
@@ronyroy3287 The HP isn't bad. The G3 just has better speakers.
Is it really worth it to switch to ssd?
If you're looking at only numbers and read/write speeds you're not getting the whole story. SATA HDD's read/write at about 230MB/sec (if that) while SATA SSD's read/write at around 550MB/sec, which is only 2X faster. But that's only half the story. The real beast is in the seek time, where SSD speeds really shine and is about 13X faster and THAT is what makes the HUGE difference.
Theje ok thanks, I think I’m just going to look for a different laptop bc I don’t trust myself to install an ssd. If you have any suggestions would be gladly appreciated.
@@Bardium If money is no object, get a Dell XPS 15. If you're on a budget and don't game, Lenovo IdeaPad S340 (I just reviewed it). If you're on a budget and game, get something used with a GTX 1050 Ti.
I have a dell g3 15 with 1050 and i7 8750h, I recommend to undervolt with intel XTU the CPU with -0.140 and the GPU to -0.100 and ur throtelling problems will be solved, the performance hit is negligible "around 7 percent for me but degrees are 70s for the gpu and 75 to 80 for the cpu at maximum load with almost no thermal throttling" yet bare in mind the fans are before and after adjustment soooooooooo loud, loudest fans i have ever heard in a laptop yet even with my cool temps u think u gonna burn ur hand when u touch the back of the laptop just by hearing the fans.
I love the effectiveness of Intel's XTU. I wish the settings would stay put after rebooting.
There is a way actually using power shell commands but would be too much of a hassle I am to lazy to do :p , I use my laptop for DaVinci resolve and after effects and it is really really good for the price I really recommend it but u really need to undervolt, i heard also from a friend who works in a repair shop the liquid metaling this laptop got his temps down 16 degrees, so maybe worth it "please if any non experienced person is reading this Don't do it ur self cuz u might fry ur computer"
ammr alhalabi I just use throttlestop I think it works a bit better.
Great review! Do you know if the SSD slot is SATA or NVMe?
That is a PCIe slot so getting an NVMe drive will suit you just fine.
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That's awesome. ☺😊😀👌✌
Watching this on my DELL G3 3579 😎
Vivek Banzade how is it. Do you like it?
@@Shakeryousof2005 Currently I am facing Throttling issues with it.
Vivek Banzade is that it. Or is there other issues. And how bad is the screen?
@@Shakeryousof2005 Well thats all to it. For the screen, Its normal 1080p and 60hz. But tbh the Throttling issue is quite serious for me, I am getting 40-50 fps in csgo (very low settings) 😂.
I will have to let the Dell Team handle it.
Vivek Banzade lol. Yeah. U should go get it checked out
I will probably get the g3 with the regular 1050 in it
I got one with a i7 6 core model and now I’m worried about heating
Sayak Mishra ive had the laptop for a while now and as long as you don’t block the vents it’s completely fine, a little noisy when gaming but otherwise it’s perfectly fienn
Sayak Mishra no prob also make sure you get one with an ssd and also lol for sales, got mine for $850 when normally $1100
Also make sure to contact dell after you get it for the tomb raider code
@@lagercat5916 Huh, why do you get a tomb raider code?
Espero when I got mine (don’t know it they are still doing it) it came with the game as like a deal or something, you would have to ask dell if they are still doing he deal
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HP Pavilion Gaming????
Manilal Nediyazhikam even i m interested in knowing about it.. hp pavilion gaming cx0141tx , pls compare the screen with g3, as i m a graphic designer, i need good color contract and reproduction
This is a lousy laptop. The build quality is bad, the sound quality is bad and the screen is also bad. Don't buy.
@@ausf7294 the performance even worst than my outdated Asus laptop. I suggest to consider HP Pavilion gaming laptop. It's got b&o audio and i7 processor. The design also more attractive compared to G3. These 2 HP and Dell laptops are around the same price in Malaysia.
Jia Yih Lim I've had 3 HP laptops through out my life time all of them were shit and fell apart after a year and half. I've had many dells as well still working to this day.
@@briskxd1093 SECOND THAT.... HP didnt do well for me as well.
what about acer for long term ?@@briskxd1093