Dell - Inspiron Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 1700 - 16GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 580 - 1TB Hard Drive - Recon Blue

I was hesitant to make this purchase, but i am so glad i did! I have had this computer for over a month now and felt it was time to write a short review. This thing is a powerhouse! I work from home and have a billion windows open at the same time, this computer can handle the work load. I have yet to feel any sluggishness or struggle from the machine. The boot-up time is super fast. and the tower itself has that awesome blue light, looks pretty futuristic especially when the lights in the room are off. I am loving this computer. There are enough USB ports on this thing to charge a Tesla! but seriously... 10 USB ports! Plenty screen outputs to handle 4 monitors. I usually game on an Xbox, but now i am contemplating trying out some PC games, possibly even some VR, I know this computer can handle just about anything, and well worth the price compared to way more expensive towers that do basically the same thing. I think this computer was a bargain for the power. If it was stolen tomorrow, i would buy it again.

I've built many PC's from scratch, the "modding" of cases etc.; well Dell has done one better, yet not gone too outlandish. The Dell 5675 is built beautifully, and it runs exceptionally quite and fast, but it can still be improved. The case is about 50% open, with several sets of blue LED's to illuminate the interior, shining through the the part of the exterior that is transparent. The LED's can be turned off via Dell's light bar utility, it you want to hide the beauty of the box. The box has 6 USB 3,0 ports (4 back 2 front) & 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 back 2 front) and one USB 3.1 port and SD card reader and headphone jack on the front. The Dell 5675 came with a single 16GB of 288-Pin DDR4 2400MHz (PC4-19200) UDIMM, which is a good thing as upgrading to 32GB only requires the addition of one more stick (had it had 2x8GB both would have to have been discarded to upgrade to max memory as the system only has 2 memory slots), but it's also a bad thing as system can't fully benefit from dual channel memory (which must be used in pairs to get the full speed out of it). It also has the AMD RX580 video card which supports 1 HDMI output and 4 display port output (no in theory you could drive 5 monitors) and the video card has 8GB of dedicated video memory (GDDR5), a very capable modern graphics adapter, about the equivalent of the GTX 1060, but with an extra 2GB memory. A great place to build from. Now for a minus and a plus, the Dell 5675 comes with a 1TB 7200 RPM HDD - obsolete by my standards - but the system does have 2 empty M.2 slots one has a PCIe (NVMe interface), the other a SATA interface. Plus there is space for one 2.5" SSD and a 3.5" drive bay open. So I guess Dell is figuring you can easily clone and upgrade from the HDD to a SSD when your ready, and obviously moving to the M.2 PCIe (NVMe) would provide the best performance (more on that option later). But the real power to this puppy (besides the 460W P/S) is the AMD Ryzen 7 processor which has 8 cores, and should be the equivalent to a current i7 processor. Once the system was set up, with the HDD, boot time to completed load was 1 min 55 sec (115s). Not impressive but fixable. The system also comes with a 30 day trial of McAfee installed - this I removed before any further testing. The basic system came with a std keyboard and mouse, which I upgraded to a Dell Alien gaming mouse and Alien Keyboard - both are an excellent improvement over the lightweight basic kbd/mouse. Now for a little gaming at 1080p (with a Dell Alienware AW2518HF monitor), first to check some frame rates on games, first Doom, where the average FPS topped an astonishing 150, beating my wildest expectation. On my "gaming" laptop core i7 950 i'd never seen over 100 - so a great start, very fluid graphics, and NO tearing, what-so-ever on the screen; whether this was RX580 or the 1ms Alienware monitor - color me very impressed. Next on Battlefield 1, again I was blown away by the smoothness and crisp transitions, the quality of the moving output was so much cleaner that I was accustomed to, FPS stayed above 80, and I heard the GPU fans kick into first and second gear. I took a quick look at Flight Simulator X; it was like a new experience. After playing a little longer I did start to notice the fan noise a bit more (both CPU & GPU fans) the longer I played, obviously the inner case heating up a bit. I hooked up a second monitor to double my monitor width (2160x1024) and pushed the graphic even further, and this caused the fans to rev up further where they were noticeable, but I kept looking at the screen quality going wow. But this far in I have to say this CPU graphic combination is a winner. AMD is back in the game, with the help of DELL and it's fine build quality. The con's, I think a modern system should come with a SSD, this system can easily be expanded to include one, but in the end I just felt it would cost a star. I did add a 512GB m.2 NVMe SSD (also note: Dell does not include the m.2 mounting screws), cloned the boot drive and the system now boots in just over 20s, it also loads everything much, much faster, it was a little over a $200 addition, but well worth it. The stock kbd/mouse are not worthy of this beautiful box. So Dell has a pretty great box to start with, but it needs a few additions: get a m.2 SSD, a better kbd/mouse and probably add another stick of memory to get full performance out of dual channel memory. One last note on the missing m.2 screws, the PCI expansion card slots also do not have screws in them, in a box that says upgrade me the screws should be provided as finding the right size quickly is often challenging.

This is a solid entry level gaming PC. If building a gaming PC is currently not an option, and you want an affordable gaming rig, than this system can deliver. Visually, the computer is stunning. The blue LED lighting emanating through the grills along the front and sides is visually pleasing. You will be very proud to place this unit on your desk, or in a place others can see it. But make sure you have a lot of desk room, like most gaming PCs, the unit is large and heavy. Out of the box, the system performs very well. I definitely recommend uninstalling McAfee Antivirus before launching into gameplay. Also, I highly recommend checking for any system updates through Window's Update, as well as any driver updates to the BIOS, Chipset, and Video card from Dell's Support website. After performing these updates, I launched straight into gameplay. The system didn't have any problem running Star Wars Battlefront I in Ultra mode. It's not the most demanding first person shooter, but it held its ground quite well. To really test the system, I ran a video game benchmark program called Superposition by Unigine 2. It renders real gameplay visuals and produces various measure such as frames per second, as well as a composite score. Overall, this system did very well. It was able to maintain a respectable 40 frames per second under the High setting, and a solid 57 frames per second under the Medium setting (see included image). It's important to mention here that most games currently use only 1 core to run all it's components. So while this Dell system has a native 8 cores, only one will be utilized for most current games. This is the situation with all high-end PCs. These systems have more cores than can be utilized for most games. But that trend is slowly starting to change; there are already a few games that utilize multiple cores. It will be awhile before this becomes the norm, but this system is well suited for future games. And in terms of non gaming use, the multiple cores within this PC handle photo editing and video encoding extremely well. For those looking to improve the systems processing power even more, AMD makes it very easy to overclock the processors with its AMD Ryzen Master Utility. Again, considering that this is a "budget" gaming system, it makes sense to save by buying the standard Ryzen 1700 processor and overclocking it to match the higher-end 1700X or 1800 processors. And for those that are dead-set on buying only Intel processors, it's worth noting that this new line of Ryzen processors are now on the same playing field as Intel's current line of 7th generation processors in terms of performance and power efficiency. Both are built using the 14 nanometer manufacturing process and both can push the limits of raw GHz speed. A couple of critiques include the lack of a solid state drive (SSD) and the basic keyboard and mouse included in the box. Rather than including a relatively small SSD, Dell chose to include a 1TB traditional hard drive. Considering the low cost of traditional spinning drives, it makes sense that an SSD was not a part of this build; it would have driven up the price of this PC. Again, as a budget gaming PC, a SSD can be purchased later at a much better price and added to the system as an upgrade. Regarding the included keyboard and mouse, they should not be used for gaming. They're most likely included to allow for basic setup and use. Of course they will work for any game, but if you eventually have the means to purchase a gaming keyboard and mouse, it is highly recommended. Overall, this is a solid entry level gaming PC. Out of the box it can run all the latest games with aplomb. And if you're the adventurous type, a little overclocking can produce even better results.

This budget friendly gaming rig is no slouch! The latest Ryzen 7 1700 is plenty fast for today’s latest games at 3ghz and 8 cores. It may not tout the alienware badge and outer case but the internals are what matters most. This setup is also equipped with AMD’s Radeon RX-580 video card. This video card is very close to what I would consider the latest and greatest. Pros: · Great video card with freesync · Very quiet cooling · 16gb DDR4 2400 RAM · USB 3.0 ports on the front · Internal LED lights that aren’t obnoxious · Fast processor Cons: · No SSD hard drive but still boots up in just a tad over a minute · Mediocre keyboard and mouse I highly recommend this computer if you’re looking for an off-the-shelf gaming rig that’s robust enough to handle today’s games on extreme or near extreme settings. FPS may drop a tad on full details but not enough to be noticeable outside of a benchmark tool. The case LED can be turned off and its remarkably quiet so you can have it in the bedroom with no issues of sound and light pollution. It does come with the latest 64bit windows 10 but im more surprised that its not loaded with bloatware. The setup was easy and its nice knowing that this rig will run as intended without the guess and check of building your own gaming rig. With the budget friendly pricing, the balance of your budget can be spent on a nice gaming monitor that can take full advantage of the new video card. This rig can also support VR gaming but I have yet to try that out. I would suggest a monitor that supports the new freesync adaptive sync technology and 240hz. The Radeon RX-580 also only supports HDMI and displayport only monitors. Some minor enhancements will further enhance your gaming experience but are not needed. I would suggest adding an SSD drive and upgrade your keyboard and mouse to your liking if youre wanting to upgrade/mod. Otherwise, its still awesome straight out of the box and I was gaming in no time. Game on!

For those who do not necessarily want to build their own computer, or would be put off by the tedious workload, the Dell Inspiron 5675 is an exceptional choice that deserves recognition by those who are looking for a gaming PC. As such, often times the out of box experience is often negated by an additional upgrade or two but surprisingly that is not the case with the Dell 5675. It plays as it should and carries insane performance as it was intended to do as well in other extensive computational tasks. The computer itself has a fairly decent compact size. The construction felt pretty solid and it also has a manageable weight to it. and I did like the slit style chassis that showed off its blue LEDs inside (they can be turned off with the installed Dell Light Bar Software). As for the inside, there are plenty of upgradeable features that it has to offer such as two free 22x80mm M.2 slots, each labeled accordingly for SATA and PCIe (NVMe) configurations. In addition, there is one a 2.5'' slot for an SSD and a 3.5'' slot for a secondary mechanical drive. There is also one free DIMM slot for more memory. In addition, the motherboard has 3 extra SATA 6 Gb/s ports available and one more free PCIe electrical 16x slot. The motherboard is based off the X370 chipset was identified by CPU-Z as manufactured by Dell with a model number 07PR60. Lastly, the power supply is rated at 460 Watts and has 18A on the 12V rail. For my gaming tests, I compared it to my five year machine that I built myself that houses a GTX 670 2GB card and a i7-3770K CPU. I will be using that machine to compare performance data. In addition, I used several software monitors including 3D Mark, Fraps, GPU-Z, MSI Afterburner, and HW Monitor. For the tests, I wanted to focus on how it played directly out of the box so I did not update any drivers before my performance tests. In addition, I tested three of the more demanding titles I own: Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016 PC), Crysis 3 (2013) and lastly Doom (2016). I focused on the presets in each game and disabled both film grain and motion blur where applicable. Everything was ran in full high definition at 1920x1080 resolution. I also set fan speed to 75%. On Rise of the Tomb Raider, the opening scene on the mountain has to be one of the most intensive sequences of any game I own. Using the Very High Preset and expanding upon that by increasing shadow quality, sun soft shadows, reflection quality, and hair quality to max, the RX 580 was able to reach around 55-60 FPS. As the weather effects kicked in, I saw dips to low 50s and the further I progressed, it hit around high 40s, but it still felt smooth and was more than playable. As the mountain gave way, the lowest I saw was around 43 but it moved almost back to 60 once you were able climb the ice. On my GTX 670, I would start out at around 35 FPS and it would progressively get worst as the weather effects came in. I would start to dip to low 30s and once the mountain gave way it had dip to around 26 FPS. Aside from these, I also ran the in-game benchmark and my 670 posted an overall score of 36.63 FPS on regular high preset without the modifications mentioned above and on the RX 580 it posted 64.11 FPS overall. On Crysis 3, the opening sequence on the ship is quite intense with rain effects and high detail. On my test, I ran everything on very high settings and left anti-aliasing on FXAA. Once you acquire your first weapon, the frame rate jumps from 44 to almost 60 FPS. Usually when my character is stationary, I noted around 53-58 FPS. Moving down the platform it dropped to around 48, but once I started for the bridge, I saw areas of 53-64 FPS and it would alter greatly from depending on how I looked around. It is also a great improvement overall as in the same area the GTX 670 would struggle around 35 FPS and would bounce around in upper 40s with some places barely hitting 50. Crossing the bridge, it would hover around 45 FPS or lower. Once you are inside the ship, the RX 580 really stretched its legs and I would get mostly 60-70. Occasionally, there would be some random spikes down to the 50s or higher 40s, but overall the performance is night and day from before.Lastly, I tested the newest Doom and its performance nearly exploded on to my screen. I set everything to Ultra preset and set the anti-aliasing to TSSAA 8x as well as the 16x Anisotropic filtering. The frame rate usually averaged around 70-80 FPS. During the first big nest fight, I never saw the frame rate dip below 62 FPS. Connectively, on my 670 it ran with large 18-26 ms latency spikes and would hover between 38-60 FPS. On the RX 580, latency spikes never occurred. On the in-game metrics, both the CPU and RX 580 always held consistent green latency all less than 11 ms and never once showed any red latency data or lagged in game play. In addition to games, I wanted to test out the multithreaded capabilities of the Ryzen 1700 and wanted to compare it to my i7-3770K. Specifically, I wanted to test video encoding. For this test, I used Handbrake 1.0.7 and ran two tests. The first was a 90 minute HD video encoded using the HQ 1080p30 preset. The second test was ran with a 24 minute HD video and this time I ran it using the Super HQ 1080p preset. This time I altered the reference frames from 4 to 5. I left the frame rate and the audio equal to the source and I ran the results: Ryzen 1700: 1 hour and 38 Seconds (36.33 FPS) /i7- 3770K: 2 hours and 15 seconds (18.19 FPS) Ryzen 1700: 24 minutes and 57 seconds (22.05 FPS) /i7-3770K: 47 minutes and 58 seconds (11.46 FPS) As you can see the multithreaded performance obliterated my older CPU. The results were pretty staggering as I did not think it would cut the task in half on both tests. On a single threaded task, decided to encode a 24 minute WAV file to MP3 using Lame 3.99. I used MusicBee 2.4 and used a constant bit rate of 320 KBPS with the highest internal algorithm setting set at 0 (-q command). The results were ran twice: Ryzen 1700: 125 Seconds/123 Seconds /i7- 3770K: 126 Seconds/126 Seconds The last test I ran was the 3D Mark Firestrike benchmark using the basic version. My first results mentioned they were invalid due to an incorrect driver version. Still, to keep with the out of box experience I recorded the results and then I updated the drivers for validity. All games though were still tested with the stock drivers as mentioned previously. Here are the results: Default Driver 16.11.5 - Overall: 10,890/Graphics: 12,522/Physics: 16,804/Combined: 4,248 Current Driver 17.7.2 - Overall: 11,044/Graphics: 12,885/Physics: 16,535/Combined: 4,299 My Computer: Overall: 6,309/Graphics: 7,021/Physics: 9,954/Combined: 2733 Overall, there is mostly an improvement, aside from a slightly lowered physics score and combined score. However, comparing the FPS from the default drivers, there was a reduction of 0.85 FPS on the physics score and a 0.22 FPS difference for the combined. One last thing I noticed during my tests with the default drivers, I noticed the RX 580 would frequently spike its memory clock between 300 MHz and 2 GHz on idle. Even after restarting the computer, the card temperature would still quickly rise past 60 Celsius. Couple this with a low default fan settings (25% @ 850 RPM) , the card could not properly idle. After I updated the drivers to 17.7.2, the spiking of the GPU memory was fixed and it held consistently at 300 MHz on idle. Afterwards, I monitored the temps at 25% fan after a cold boot and noticed that the temperatures were back within range around 28-36 Celsius . I strongly recommend to monitor your temperatures to make sure everything is alright. Despite the minor issue, it is easily fixed. Aside from the performance, I do have some minor gripes with the system overall. The first is that the 16 GB RAM was not properly configured for dual channel (2x8 GB). It would have been beneficial had they included two 8 GB modules for proper bandwidth. The next problem I noticed was that the radeon software and GPU-Z both reported RX 580 was running only on PCIe 3.0 8x. It was strange since it should support 16x and the BIOS did not have a setting to change PCIe lanes. Nonetheless, the performance should remain unaffected as the scaling between 8x and 16x typically reflects little change if any at all on single GPU performance. Another problem I noticed was the BIOS is pretty basic. I would have loved to see an implemented GUI for the UEFI BIOS as you would normally see if you had built your own. I also noticed that there is only one headphone jack; a 3.5mm microphone port is mysteriously missing. Naturally, this might be an issue for some. I also would have liked to have a Blu-Ray burner drive instead of the slim DVD drive, though they are cheap enough as an upgrade. Lastly, I noticed that the hard drive activity light is missing from the front as well. Despite these minor issues, the Dell 5675 still performs exceptionally. In conclusion, I would highly recommend the Dell 5675 to anyone who needs a fast computer but does not want to build their own or lacks the expertise to do so. The gaming performance out of the box is stellar and ran everything smoothly with no issues. Furthermore, it destroyed my i7-3770K in both multithreaded and in single threaded tasks. AMD has a real winner on their hands. Ryzen is workhorse, regardless of the criticism it has received for its single threaded performance. It is ridiculously fast and is a capable gaming CPU. I do not see a problem with sacrificing some IPC/single threaded performance for such a huge multithreaded gain, especially since games are slowly utilizing more cores. The gaming benchmarks at 1080p were top notch and it handled everything smoothly. At its price, I would say it is quite worth it, provided that you are content with the issues I highlighted above. With all else said, the machine is ready to perform to your needs.

The Dell - Inspiron Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 1700 - 16GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 580 - 1TB Hard Drive - Recon Blue is a beast when it comes to a high-end gaming computer on a budget! This computer over-performed my expectations for an AMD computer and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. There was tons of power and responsive performance from this budget option. Having had bad experiences with AMD's in the past, I wasn't entirely sure I would like what this desktop would offer. From a gaming perspective, I ran it through some old skool games of the past as well as current games to explore its possibilities and overall I was pleased. The only major hang up I have had with this system is that it is saddled to Windows 10 Home edition which seems to need to update and use the processor at the most inopportune times. Unfortunately, even with all the power this computer possesses, it could not overcome the pitfalls of the Windows OS and got burdened down a couple of times when I was trying to use it for a game. PROS - TONS OF POWER! - Amazing performance when Windows isn't being windows. - The AMD Ryzen 1700 (8-core) processor and independent AMD graphics card makes this very responsive - all on a budget friendly option. - 16 GB of DDR4 RAM right out of the Box so there isn't an immediate need to upgrade after purchase! - 1 TB Hard Drive provide sufficient HD space for most users - More inputs than most people will ever use... (6) SS-USB, (4) USB, (1) USB-C, (1) SD Card Reader, (1) HDMI, (3) DisplayPorts, about 5-6 audio output jacks, and more - Very expandable with room to grow in the tower and up to 32 GB (2-slot) RAM - A nice overall design and look CONS - Saddled to the Windows 10 Home OS - Comes with a basic Dell keyboard and wired mouse, not a gaming keyboard or mouse as one would like when purchasing a gaming computer. - AMD's reputation compared to that of Intel. - Hard Drive is not solid state - Optical Drive does not include Bluray Overall, this is an amazing desktop for gaming and will handle anything you play! I would recommend it to most people, however, it doesn't make 4 stars because of the few areas lacking listed above.

Let me preface this by saying I have built my last two computers. My previous one lasted me 6 good years and just went kaput (needed new power supply). I looked into replacing PSU and upgrading the motherboard, video card, etc, but took a look at Dell's line of gaming PC's just for giggles. Turns out there was no way I was going to be able to build a PC anywhere near the price I was able to buy this at. I was fortunate to find an open box in my local BB for 700 before taxes. This included everything except for the mouse and keyboard (I've read these are garbage anyways) and power cord, which the salesperson was kind enough to give me a new one. The machine itself runs great. Fans are a little loud, but I wear head phones most of the time so it doesn't bother me. I also spent another 120 to buy an nvm.e SSD drive to install windows 10 and use as my boot drive. My computer now boots in less than 10 seconds. This is a well balanced computer that will be able to handle any game you throw at it, and the 7-core processor can handle multiple tasks with ease. There is room to upgrade once this rig starts showing its age. You can eventually double the RAM to 32 gb, and you can also buy a second RX 580 video card and run it in SLI, though you'll need to upgrade your power supply to handle it, and the 580 is prohibitively expensive right now. I'll wait a couple of years where hopefully I can grab the RAM, card, and PSU for around $200. Sure beats buying a new computer!

I decided to buy, instead of build this time, a gaming system since my last one was 6 years old. I spent many months researching price vs components and kept running into a lot of overpriced/underwhelming systems in stores and on the web. So, I kept holding out hoping something would show up and happened upon this new Dell system. I hadn't used AMD processors in the past, read a lot of great stuff about Ryzen, and decided to dive in. Once this system went on "sale" for $100 off I drove out to the store and bought it. So how does function? For the price vs components you can't beat this. It has held up against everything I've thrown at it. As for 4K handling, I don't know. 1080P doesn't challenge the RX 580 GPU though. Games are smooth and the graphics are excellent! So my complaints about this system? 1) The cooling setup for this computer sucks. Do you need a space heater in the winter? If so, just sit next to this system and you'd think there was a heatwave. I did upgrade the CPU cooling to a a Noctua AM4 cooler, and then to a DeepCool AIO water cooler. The water cooling helped, but the box still gets hot. I also added a 92mm fan to the front interior of the case (the empty fan spot buried behind the GPU support bracket). Still, the temperature ran high. It comes down to the interior of this system is cramped with poor airflow. Had they added a 120mm exhaust fan to the top of the case (or a blue LED 120mm to the side) I would expect the temperature to cool significantly. So, do I recommend? Yes, if you are starting out in gaming systems this is a great entry point. Plus, down the road, you can always upgrade the case and motherboard (which I did) and reuse the GPU, CPU, RAM, and HDD. Oh... one recommended immediate upgrade. Take advantage of the M.2 NvME SSD slot and get a card for it. The HDD that comes pre-installed will only slow you down and shouldn't be used to run Windows.