Dell Inspiron 15R Core i3-380M with Radeon HD5650 Graphics £339 @ Dabs + Quidco

Dell Inspiron 15R Core i3-380M with Radeon HD5650 Graphics £339.00 @ Dabs + Quidco

clarkermfound 1 year, 9 months ago

First time poster, so don't bite my head off....

I know this laptop has been on here before, but dabs now have it for £339. There is 4% Quidco (not 8% as the cashback is ex VAT), so it comes to £327.70. Seems like a steal.

◦Intel® Core i3-380M 2.4GHz processor
◦Genuine Windows® 7 Premium 64-Bit
◦3GB Memory
◦320GB Hard Drive
◦Radeon HD5650 Graphics
◦Hi-def content on the 15.6" HD widescreen LED display (1366x768)
◦Built-in webcam and microphone to connect with family and friends

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sigma[mod]1 year, 9 months ago #1 Show comment toolsReply
Thank you for taking the time to participate on the forums. The price has been amended as the listed deal price should be the price you have to actual pay the retailer to purchase the item before any retrospective discounts/cashbacks are applied, thanks again.
I_SHOULD_COCO1 year, 9 months ago #2 Show comment toolsReply
Advise you to put the cracking GFX card and full price in title too
Cheaper than Saveonlaptops

COCO
clarkerm1 year, 9 months ago #3 Show comment toolsReply
Better?
pedro1231 year, 9 months ago #4 Show comment toolsReply
I picked this up for £470 from the outlet good as new.

Inspiron 17R - N7110 Laptop
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core)
640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
6 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHZ (2 DIMMs)
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 inch High Definition+ (1600 x 900) LED Display with TrueLife
Graphics: 2 GB nVidia GeForce GT 525M - Quad Core
6 Cell Primary Battery, 48W
LCD Back Cover : Diamond Black Cover with matching palm rest
Wireless: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
clarkerm1 year, 9 months ago #5 Show comment toolsReply
Thanks Sigma. Will remember for next time.
pedro1231 year, 9 months ago #6 Show comment toolsReply
Meant to say there were 2nd gen i5's for £350 odd.
Ruscoe211 year, 9 months ago1 Like #7 Show comment toolsReply
pedro123
I picked this up for £470 from the outlet good as new.

Inspiron 17R - N7110 Laptop
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core)
640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
6 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHZ (2 DIMMs)
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 inch High Definition+ (1600 x 900) LED Display with TrueLife
Graphics: 2 GB nVidia GeForce GT 525M - Quad Core
6 Cell Primary Battery, 48W
LCD Back Cover : Diamond Black Cover with matching palm rest
Wireless: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)

Have a cookie :D
clarkerm1 year, 9 months ago1 Like #8 Show comment toolsReply
pedro123
I picked this up for £470 from the outlet good as new.

Inspiron 17R - N7110 Laptop
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core)
640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
6 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHZ (2 DIMMs)
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
17.3 inch High Definition+ (1600 x 900) LED Display with TrueLife
Graphics: 2 GB nVidia GeForce GT 525M - Quad Core
6 Cell Primary Battery, 48W
LCD Back Cover : Diamond Black Cover with matching palm rest
Wireless: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)

That's £130 more (excluding the quidco discount) and the 2 laptops aren't really comparable.
clarkerm1 year, 9 months ago #9 Show comment toolsReply
realblender
It wouldnt be hotukdeals without someone bragging about their unrelated one-off purchase from dell outlet.

Thought as much.
skipster30001 year, 9 months ago #10 Show comment toolsReply
I paid £450 for a similar spec Samsung a few months ago (but with 4GB RAM), so this seems incredible value to me, heat added.
ieffluo1 year, 9 months ago #11 Show comment toolsReply
Awesome Deal
Joe90_guy1 year, 9 months ago2 Likes #12 Show comment toolsReply
I got the Dell 15R (with the i3-370M) four weeks ago when it was £329.99 from Comet (was posted on HUKD).

For the money, this machine is fantastic especially if you like gaming. The ATI 5650 runs like a dream.I am currently playing Crysis in 1366 x 768 with the settings on a mix of High/Very High with 2x Anti-Aliasing and the game has no lag whatsoever! I have also tried out Alien vs Predator (the DirectX 11 version) and it looks & plays so much better than the Dx 9 version I had to play on my old lappy. Far Cry 2 also looks incredibly good.

A couple of things to take note of if you are thinking about buying this machine...

First, adding a bigger hard-drive is a big job (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ-tuEFjips ) & even if you're up to it, it probably invalidates the warranty. Also the 320GB HDD is a Western Digital 3200BEVT which is comparatively slow. Note too that there's no ExpressCard so you can't add USB3.0 for fast external drive access.

The keyboard is also quite rattly (but functional). Also the fan is full on when you're gaming but if like me you wear headphones, you won't notice anything.

Overall, great value for money! Hot from me.
Joe90_guy1 year, 9 months ago #13 Show comment toolsReply
Huh! The trade-in value of my Medion P6620 was £39!! So much for 'upto £150'!
clarkerm1 year, 9 months ago #14 Show comment toolsReply
Joe90_guy
Huh! The trade-in value of my Medion P6620 was £39!! So much for 'upto £150'!

Well, that is upto £150....just a hell of a lot below!
pedro1231 year, 9 months ago #15 Show comment toolsReply
Realbender, Clarkem not bragging merely pointing out laptops with better processors are available for a similar price.

In the space of a day I found this model with a 2nd gen i3 (£320) i5 (£350) and finally plumped for the i7 (£470).

A one off?

Glad I could be of help to you.
Joe90_guy1 year, 9 months ago1 Like #16 Show comment toolsReply
As regards the LCD screen, I have always had laptops with matt screens and have long been put off by glossy screens like the one on the 15R. However, having played on the 15R, I am now a 100% convert to glossy. Colours look full and vibrant, metallic sheen effects looks incredibly life like and all sorts of details so much more noticable. The reviews of the 15R talk about the screen having poor contrast with blacks looking like greys. Maybe they do but to be honest, I haven't noticed.

Maybe you should take my wife's opinion of the screen into account. I showed her the opening sequence to Assassin's Creed II (saw it for £2.49 on HUKD and just had to have it!). She hates anything techy but even she was very impressed at what she saw.
Joe90_guy1 year, 9 months ago #17 Show comment toolsReply
If you are looking for a review of the i3 Dell 15R with ATI 5650, here's the best one I found. Yes it's in Russian but your browser will be able to translate it for you into readable English. It has some decent gaming benchmarks to look at...

http://retera.ru/reviews/dell-inspiron-n5010-2.html
marcusherbert1 year, 9 months ago #18 Show comment toolsReply
hi guys i am looking to buy a pc for the normall thing and some gameing and really dont have much to spend is this worth buying or are there better ones for about the same money also is it worth buy a 3 year garuantee?
sleepingwonder1 year, 9 months ago #19 Show comment toolsReply
is it me or do inspirons go red hot really quickly??
pot_belly1 year, 9 months ago3 Likes #20 Show comment toolsReply
realblender
It wouldnt be hotukdeals without someone bragging about their unrelated one-off purchase from dell outlet.

It wouldn't be hotukdeals without hypocrisy for predicatble behaviour.