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postheadericon Dell Inspiron 17R-1316MRB Review: A Budget Desktop Replacement

The Dell Inspiron 17R 1316MRB-is a budget desktop replacement, it seems that this could be an oxymoron. After all, how a laptop that is designed to replace a desktop computer to be, well, cheap ($ 650 list, to be exact)?

The answer is simple: it can not be really cheap if you intend to replace a lounge shared PC, not compete with high-powered gaming systems like the Alienware M17x or Asus R4 G75VW. Under the hood is just a regular old-ish cheap to do everything machine that does not have a discrete graphics card.

Our review model features an Intel Core i5-3210m ProcessorA???? A dual-core processor clocked at 2.5GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Mode) â?? And about 3 MB of shared L3 cache rather small. It is also equipped with 6 GB of RAM, a 750GB hard drive, a DVD-RW optical drive and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n. The 17.3-inch LCD panel offers a resolution of 1600 by 900 native and is based on Intel integrated high-definition graphics, which means that there is a great media center. OS tasks are managed by the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium.

performance

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Tests

s WorldBench performance 7, the Inspiron 17R 1316MRB 86-below the average of 100. 17R This means that the Inspiron is 14 percent slower than our reference model, which features a second generation Intel Core i5 desktop and 8GB of RAM. This result is particularly low in the desktop replacement category. Indeed, it is safe to that if the Inspiron 17R can seem part of a desktop replacement due to its huge 17.3-inch size, is very far from the league of most desktop replacements we've reviewed recently.

Inspiron 17 7 relative WorldBench

For example, the Alienware M17x scored 146 in WorldBench R4 PCWorld 7, whereas the Samsung Series 7 Gamer scored 123. Of course, the Asus G75VW scored only 97, but remember that all three of these laptops are much more impressive than the Dell in other forms of performance WorldBench score of 7. In other tests, the Inspiron 17R really showed his weaknessesâ???? He scored 1627 in our office productivity tests, which is not all that the 6045 category leader, the origin EON17-S marked. In performance tests of our website, managed 13.5 frames per second (originally managed 21.3).

Inspiron 17 records office productivity

While the overall performance of the Dell Inspiron 17R is a little weak, the graphics performance is where it gets possessed. The Inspiron 17R has no discrete graphics card, but it is based on the Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics. Most laptops desktop replacement size have discrete graphics cards (because, really, what is going to get a laptop of 17 inches?), And it makes a big difference when it s 'These graphics performance.

In our tests graphics of Crysis 2, the Inspiron 17R reaches speeds of 13.8 (between the parameters of high quality, 1366 by 768 pixel resolution) and 32.7 (low quality values , 800 by 600 pixels resolution) frames per second. In comparison, three laptops we've tested in the replacement rate category average office between 70.7 and 96.6 fps in the same test. This is rightA? Other desktop replacements are five times faster than the 17R in a higher quality. It should also be noted that the 1366 by 768 pixel resolution is not the highest resolution that other laptops can Reacha???? All screens 1080p sport. It's just that the 17R is limited by its display of 1600 by 900 pixels.

Inspiron 17 games

On a positive note, the Inspiron 17R is a little better battery life than do most of its competitors. In our tests of independence managed to win 3 hours, 42 minutes, which is not great, but not terrible for the desktop replacement category. The last three laptops we've tested in this category with an average of 3 hours, 39 minutes, and the leader of the group (the origin EON17-S) managed only two hours and 33 minutes.

Inspiron 17 Battery

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