Dell Precision 7560 & Precision 7760 pre-release discussion

Has anyone heard any recent speculation on when the 7760 will be available for order?

 

That can't come soon enough.

 

that's a great news, I hope their gonna stick to the same form factor...

 

with a lot of grain in the salt I heard a "mid June" - but since they seem to have massive problems with parts supply* it might get even later...

* = if you want an latitude 5520 with 400 nits display -> first week september if you order today, 7520 first week of august if order today

 

I was afraid of that. That's a long time to wait and I'm feeling already feeling impatient about getting a faster machine.

 

I am keen on this because of Ampere, but i am sick of power + TB cable for docking. if USB 240W is going to happen only in next gen and simplify the cable from 2 to 1, then I might as well wait for that.

 

Any idea on order delays for the 7750?

I ordered mine on 4/30/2021 and it still hasn't been produced according to the Dell order details
I have the i9, RTX 5000, UHD display, and least amount of ram and storage, so very custom config.
Is this normal considering it has been over a month and the order has already been pushed back once (and it will likely be pushed back another time if the unit isn't produced tomorrow).
Should I contact Dell about this?

And any thoughts on whether I should just cancel the order and wait for the 7760? Would there be a $3200 spec with the same RAM and GPU that is as good or better than the one that I ordered? I am thinking about maybe the 8 core i7 and RTX A3000, UHD display, but I'm not sure how much that would cost. Based on previous pricing, could anybody give a rough estimate for that spec (i7, rtx a3000, UHD display)

Note: I'm not in a hurry for a new computer since I have an XPS 15 7590 that is still usable

 

Why does the Alienware X17 R1 get the i9-11980HK (presumably with a TPD of 65W) and the RTX 3080 with a TPD of (up to) 165W while the 7760 only gets the i9-11950H (TPD 45W) and the RTX A5000 with 115W TPD (according to a post from @Dell-Mano_G a few pages back)?
It seems to me if you don't need the configurability of 7760, the business features or the Quadro, the Alienware is the better deal. Probably cheaper, too. And more quiet due to new cooling tech.
The only downside to me is the design and maybe the keyboard.

 

I would think the answer is straightforward: they have different use cases.

The Alienware X17 R1 is a gaming notebook through and through, and meant to push maximum performance at any cost—mass and portability be damned. The CPU is likely to boost to 90 W or more (even if it's Tiger Lake), and if the GPU maintains 165 W or more, this means a solid 250+ W of power draw and hence thermal dissipation by the CPU and GPU alone.

The Precision 7760 is a mobile workstation, and generally meant to be used at a workplace or moved around in a backpack/briefcase; hence there are mass and hence thermal limits that the AW notebook doesn't have. Also need to look 'businesslike', which the X17 R1 decidedly doesn't. Finally, the Precision needs various certifications which the Alienware doesn't.

This remains to be seen. You can configure current Alienware systems to hit 5000 and above. As for quieter: also remains to be seen. 165 W and 90 W GPU + CPU is no mean feat for any notebook, and I'd imagine would need some pretty powerful fans to move that much air through the heatsinks.

 

I have to disagree. Both are performance notebooks.
If you have to do CPU and/or GPU intensive workloads you want the fastest performance you can get (within the limits of your budget). If your computer need to be mobile you pick a laptop. The nature of those workloads is irrelevant.

I have a M6700 with a I7-3920XM and a K5000M and a 7720 with a E3-1535M and a P5000 at home. At the time when I bought them, those were the fastest CPU/GPU options available in any contemporary notebook (with a mobile cpu). Some other manufacturers may etched out a couple percent more performance from these options, but nothing to write home about. But in the past top performance was reserved for the top-tier business notebooks.

So, for me, this is the first time I have to resort to a non-business notebook to get the best performance. And it annoys me. I'd rather get a Precision. Although disappearance of the dedicated docking port and advent of Thunderbolt docks makes things easier when you pick a non-business notebook (I have two external 30" monitors connected to my docks at work and at home).

Also, X17 has 2.5 Gb Ethernet, while 7760 has 1 GbE? WTF, Dell?

The 7760 will surely be more expensive when configured with a RTX A5000 because Quadro premium. And the A5000 doesn't even come with twice the memory compared to the 3080, as Quadros usually did in the past.

As for the noise: The X17 uses a 4 fan configuration with a massive copper heatpipe and a new thermal interface material (PCWorld article). While the 7760 might have improved cooling as well, if images from the new 5760 are an indication, but nothing as sophisticated as the Alienware from the looks of it. I wouldn't be surprised if the X17 ran cooler and quieter, at least at comparable power levels.