Dell Inspiron Gaming PC Desktop AMD Ryzen 7 - Shopifytech

 Dell Inspiron Gaming PC Desktop AMD Ryzen 7 - Shopifytech

The Dell Inspiron i5676 is a Gaming Desktop the system is available in either Intel and Nvidia or AMD and Radeon configurations, and I’ve got one of the higher-end AMD models here, so let’s first cover the specs we’re dealing with as they can differ based on your selection.

• For the CPU there’s an AMD Ryzen 7, which has 8 cores and 16 threads and can boost up to 4.1GHz.
• There’s 16GB of DDR4 memory running at 2,400MHz, which takes up one of the two slots so you can easily upgrade, 
• There’s a 1TB 7,200RPM hard drive, but the case can support up to 3 hard drives and a second M.2 drive. 
• For the graphics, there’s an AMD Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, and we’ll see how this performs later in the gaming benchmarks.
• For network connectivity, there’s both gigabit ethernet, and 802.11ac WiFi with Bluetooth 4.1 support.
• AMD Radeon RX580 graphics with 4GB of GDDR5 for faster, smoother gameplay. there’s an HDMI port and three full-sized DisplayPorts. Otherwise, the back also has the power supply down the bottom, three empty PCIe slots, and a small exhaust fan.
• The case is 45.8cm in height, 21.6cm in width, 43.7cm in-depth and the whole system weighs in at 13.74kg. I think the case looks pretty interesting, it’s sort of got this cutaway look on the front and left-hand side where there’s a bunch of air ventilation holes. There’s blue LED lighting inside which shines through these on the right angle, and also through the Dell logo on the front of the case, but if you’re not a fan you can turn them off through the included software.
• The IO on the front includes a 3.5mm audio combo jack, USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port, two USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and an SD card reader. 
• Above the IO is a DVD burner, with an empty drive bay below.
• The IO on the back includes PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, four USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A ports, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, gigabit ethernet port, and 4 audio outputs and mic input jack.
• On top of the case, there’s nothing other than the power button which lights up with a white LED. On the right side of the case there’s just a solid plastic panel, and underneath there are just four rubber feet.

Taking a look inside the case we can see that it’s fairly plain looking, but surprisingly there is a fair bit of upgradeability. For example, as mentioned we can see there’s a second RAM slot free if you want to expand the memory. There’s an M.2 slot in use towards the bottom of the board for the 256GB SSD, but there’s a second empty slot near the RAM. There are two 3.5 inch and single 2.5 inches hard drive bays down the bottom, and the 1TB disk is in one of the 3.5-inch slots. As for PCIe slots, there’s at 16x slot, two 1x slots, although the graphics card covers the first one, and an 8x slot.

I presume you could also upgrade the CPU if you wanted to as well as it’s just a standard socket, although I’m not too sure if the motherboard will be updated in the future for newer AMD AM4 based CPUs. The motherboard reports as having the X370 chipset, so overclocking is definitely possible here. Although it comes down to the silicon lottery, I was able to overclock the 1700X in this PC to 3.9GHz on all 8 cores.

With all of that in mind let’s take a look at some benchmarks, I’ve performed testing

both with the CPU and GPU at stock speeds, and also with the CPU overclocked to 3.9GHz and GPU overclocked to 1350MHz which was as good as I could get.

Gaming Reviews:

• Kicking things off with PUBG we need to use high or lower settings to average 60 FPS, and we’re getting just a little 3.4% boost from the overclock. 
• The Witcher 3 is showing similar results, with high settings needed to average above 60 FPS with the overclock just giving a small 2.4% push forward.
• Watchdogs 2 is a fairly resource-intensive game, and as long as you have a good minimum frame rate I think it runs well, you don’t need a high average here. 
• I’ve tested Rise of the Tomb raider using Direct X 12 with the built-in benchmark tool, and the frame rates reported are pretty good, with the overclock not really making a clear difference, overall setting levels on average it’s giving a 0.3% increase, and again I ran these tests multiple times and got the same results.
• Battlefield 1 generally plays well for me on ultra settings regardless of hardware level, and there’s no exception here, with the overclockable to get us 90 FPS at ultra settings but it’s only 2.5% better than stock speeds

So what did you guys think of the Inspiron i5676 gaming desktop from Dell? Overall I think it’s a pretty decent system, the specs are pretty good and it can easily play modern games at high settings. It’s great that there’s the possibility to upgrade so many of the components too. Let me know what you guys thought down in the comments if you found the information useful.