Dell Inspiron 7577 15" "gaming" laptop

[custom90gt]

Dell just released their new 15" inspiron gaming laptops. It now has a 1060 Max Q video card. They are running a special where you get $100 in bonus rewards with purchase (good on a future dell purchase) and they have a 10% off coupon (Discover10). This works on their member purchase program. I also found out if you add the desired laptop to your cart and then use befrugal.com's cahsback link, you can get an additional 6% cashback. If you don't have a befrugal account you can use my link and earn an additional $10 signup bonus (https://www.befrugal.com/referral/?ref=IGMONOE) - note I get a bonus for you signing up but if you don't feel comfortable just register on their own site. Additionally if you are a military member I was able to get a 15% coupon instead of using the 10% above by using this link: http://www.dell.com/en-us/learn/purchaseprogram/military

Link to the laptop configurations:
http://www.dell.com/en-us/member/sh...on-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7577-laptop

The deal I got:
$979.99 normal price
-15% military coupon
Item Sub Total $832.99
Item Ship Charge $0.00
Item Tax $32.47
Total $865.46
-$100 bonus dell cash
-$25 dell advantage cash
-$50 befrugal cashback
Total with incentives = $690

Not too bad for what hopefully will be a decent gaming laptop to take to lans.

The following has been shamelessly ripped from the following slick deals post:
https://slickdeals.net/f/10568620-p...ll-advantage-reward-with-f-s?src=rcm_category

Configurations on sale (prices after DISCOVER10 code):

Configuration 1 $881.99
Specs:
Intel Core i5-7300HQ CPU (up to 3.5GHz)
15.6" 1920x1080 IPS Display
8GB DDR4
256GB Solid State Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics
2x USB 3.1 Type-A
1x USB 3.1 Type-C w/ Thunderbolt 3
1x HDMI
Backlit Keyboard
802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2
4-Cell Battery
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

Configuration 2 $1146.59
Specs:
Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU (up to 3.8GHz)
15.6" 1920x1080 IPS Display
16GB DDR4
128GB Solid State Drive + 1TB Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics
2x USB 3.1 Type-A
1x USB 3.1 Type-C w/ Thunderbolt 3
1x HDMI
Backlit Keyboard
802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2
4-Cell Battery
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

Configuration 3 $1190.69
Specs:
Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU (up to 3.8GHz)
15.6" 1920x1080 IPS Display
16GB DDR4
256GB Solid State Drive + 1TB Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics
2x USB 3.1 Type-A
1x USB 3.1 Type-C w/ Thunderbolt 3
1x HDMI
Backlit Keyboard
802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2
4-Cell Battery
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

 

[sw33tkill3r]

What have you done with this when it comes to overclocking?
Currently with MSI afterburner Im +235 MHZ Core and +139 MHZ Mem. Seems to have increased performance by about 5%. Just quick testing with Userbenchmark resulted with being about 63% of a GTX 1070. Much better than the 40% of the 1050 Ti Dell i had for less than a week... What I was looking for.
Any chance we could get to a point where we can adjust power, core and temp limits??? Bugs me that my limitation isn't the chip itself unless these are badly binned 1060s.

 

[custom90gt]

What have you done with this when it comes to overclocking?
Currently with MSI afterburner Im +235 MHZ Core and +139 MHZ Mem. Seems to have increased performance by about 5%. Just quick testing with Userbenchmark resulted with being about 63% of a GTX 1070. Much better than the 40% of the 1050 Ti Dell i had for less than a week... What I was looking for.
Any chance we could get to a point where we can adjust power, core and temp limits??? Bugs me that my limitation isn't the chip itself unless these are badly binned 1060s.

I was able to do +250 core and +300 mem (If I remember correctly). There isn't a lot of adjustment in it, but I don't recall being able to adjust power or temp limits with my MSI GS63VR and the full fledged 1060. I think these are actually really good 1060 chips that they run at a much lower voltage to keep the thermals down. My GPU never gets above 80C.