Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

Does anyone know if a touchscreen option on a UHD 7520 screen will be available?

 

Am I crazy for thinking of getting the 7720 for gaming purposes?

I just got a 7510 a couple months ago, really happy with it but I think I want more oppmf in the GPU department for games. I considered the Alienware 15 R3 but even the 2017 version still has that flawed heatsink design and the 7520 won't be getting the new gen GPUs.

 

I have a M6700 for personal use. At the time that I got it, it was my "home" and "work" machine (the place where I worked at the time wouldn't pay for a fancy laptop). However, I went ahead and purchased the K5000M GPU (highest available... somewhat expensive) simply for gaming. It is equivalent to the GeForce 680M (best mobile GeForce of the day), however I do have to overclock it to get the same performance, because for some reason they ran the Quadro at a lower clock speed by default. (This has not been the case for newer Maxwell and Pascal Quadros, they run at the same speed as the corresponding GeForce.)

It still holds up well today, but some of the newer more graphically-intensive games I run at 900p or 720p in order to boost the framerate. I plan on replacing it with another 17" Precision in a few years.

I think the Precision is one of the most solid laptops that you can get; it is a really good build, it is easy to get inside if you want to swap RAM or drives or whatever, and it has top-of-the-line cooling, and business support from Dell is great. If you don't mind the cost, it would make a fine gaming system, though you could get ones with equivalent power for cheaper. The mobile Quadro P5000 is about the same as a mobile GeForce 1070, but it does have double the vRAM. (Quadro P3000 = GeForce 1060 with Quadro P4000 somewhere in between; too bad there is no GeForce 1080 equivalent.)

 

I've owned both an Alienware 15 r1 and a M6800 (with firepro m6100), and I'd say that as long as you don't mind paying a bit more, the precisions make great gaming machines. The build quality, reliability and styling of the precisions are much better than Alienware IMO.

 

I'm interested in getting a precision 5520. Any ideas when there might be a good sale or coupon? Since I already have an SSD, I figured I can buy with cheap HDD and small battery, then buy the 97whr from Dell directly, once I have the service tag. Gets the price down a couple hundred

 

You can contact team LHz for a flawed heatsink fix.


I am in the NY area and accept local service or main in repaste services.

 

You will need to check the prices: The 97Whr battery might be a small additional cost over the standard battery which might more than offset the cost of the smallest SSD on offer and be less that the cost of the 97Whr battery as a separate item. Also, if you get an SSD then you can be sure that any optional parts to make the SSD fit will be included.

John

 

If you want a 17" system, you are not crazy at all. The 7710 has a much better footprint and is lighter than the new Alienware. 7710 fans are also MUCH quieter. The 7720 appears to have the same footprint, but much more graphics power with the Quadro equivalent to the 1070 gpu.

 

I am thinking to purchase 7720 mainly for programming and scientific computation. Does it support 3 external monitors via thunderbolt-3, mDP and HDMI?

 

I asked Dell support and they said yes.