276°
Posted 20 hours ago

Dell XPS 15 9520 15.6" FHD+ Laptop, Intel Core i5-12500H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 11 Home (Silver)

£0.5£1Clearance
ZTS2023's avatar
Shared by
ZTS2023
Joined in 2023
82
63

About this deal

That 4K panel also gets brighter, something to consider if you plan to use your laptop outdoors or in bright environments, as this OLED is only 400 nits and will struggle in those conditions, especially when considering the glare produced by the Gorilla Glass that’s on top of the display. However, in in-between conditions, I often find it hard to tell the keys apart, to the point where I had to manually disable the backlighting quite often. So based on that information, is there a PC intel laptop you can recommend that feels snappier without the trackpad issues the XPS 17 has and hopefully has a number pad? Size aside, Dell gives you the option to choose between two color schemes for this XPS 15 generation, the same that have been offered for years now: silver exteriors and either a black or a white interior, with a woven carbon-fiber-like finishing.

The XPS 15 9520 is more than fast enough for the most demanding productivity users while being reasonably speedy in creative tasks. D To join Dell Rewards, sign into your Dell Account (or create one) and select the box to join the Dell Rewards program.The hardware is slower than on the other laptops you've considered, but I think it should be fine for your needs. Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Intel Evo, Intel Optane, Iris, Itanium, MAX, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi, Xeon Inside, Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U. I’d still love for Dell to address them on a future revamp of this XPS lineup, but that’s not coming this year. I haven’t noticed it on my unit, but some XPS 15 users have reported a higher-pitch fan sound on theirs, noticeable with daily use loads, and we’ll discuss that in the Emissions sections further down. I'm a bit conflicted though because the previous gen is significantly discounted at the moment, a similar configuration can be had at 30-40% cheaper, quite tempting.

XPS configurations badged with Creator Edition* have been carefully selected for those wishing to cultivate their content creation skills—be it photography, graphic design, music production or beyond. I’ve included the Core i7 XPS 15 9510 for comparison, which shows the significant YOY gains in multi-threaded CPU performance. Given the prevalence of manufacturer utilities that allow the user to choose between modes that tune the fans and CPU speed to run cooler, more quietly, or faster, I’ve started reporting both “balanced” and “performance” mode benchmark results. Hard drive retention: Hard drive retention is not available on models with a soldered hard drive, including XPS 9315 2in1, Chromebooks or Venue tablets, except the Venue 11 Pro.

Our test model is a mid-specced variation of the Dell XPS 15 9520, built on an Intel Core i7-12700H processor with Iris Xe graphics and an Nvidia RTX 3050Ti 35-45W dGPU, 16 GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and 1 TB of fast gen4 SSD storage. I also noticed that some of the Performance cores do run hotter than the others in this test, such as Core 3 and Core 5. They will occasionally kick on with multitasking, and they are rather annoyingly high-pitched when they do at their lower rpms; that aside, it will also take a while for them to turn back to idle, as a result of the lazy fan settings explained above. For the other panel options, as mentioned earlier, the 4K IPS panel is a brighter and more hassle-free option, and the one I’d get for creative use and programming. By using our site you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance your site experience and for analytical purposes.

The Dell XPS 15 is the first-ever laptop featuring Waves Nx 3D audio for speakers tuned by multi-Grammy Award winning producer, Jack Joseph Puig. If it helps I'm getting around 5-6 hours of battery life with last year model but same specs as yours (11800H, OLED, 3050 Ti) for web browsing at around 40-50% brightness. The fans are perceived a little louder in this case, at 39-40 dB at head level, due to the increased space on the bottom of the laptop that allows for the noise to escape out easier. Against the Lenovo Legion 5i Pro gaming laptop and the MSI Creator Z17 in performance mode, the XPS 15 9520 caught up in its single-core scores but couldn’t keep up in multi-core.You'll experience incredibly long battery life - up to 13 hours, 20 minutes on a FHD+ model with 86WHr battery when streaming your favourite shows. In the new version, the XPS 15 9520 with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti scored 760 in balanced mode and dropped to 729 in performance mode.

Asda Great Deal

Free UK shipping. 15 day free returns.
Community Updates
*So you can easily identify outgoing links on our site, we've marked them with an "*" symbol. Links on our site are monetised, but this never affects which deals get posted. Find more info in our FAQs and About Us page.
New Comment