Today Dell is offering an Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 gaming laptop with RTX 3060 video card for only $1249.99, down from its original $1680 price point. That itself is a solid deal, but there's a 10% off coupon code "SMITEAW" that drops the price even further to $1124.99.
The RTX 3060 is more powerful than the previous generation's RTX 2070 video card (and more on par with the RTX 2070 SUPER). It's also more powerful than RTX 3060 video cards found in most other gaming laptops. Even if two different laptops have the same RTX 3060 video card, they don't necessarily perform equally well. How well an RTX 3060 performs is correlated to how much power it's given. Depending on heat and cooling limitations, the RTX 3060 found in 15" laptops have a TGP range from 140W to 65W. The Alienware m15 R4 boasts an RTX 3060 with a TGP of 125W. That's incredible considering the fact that you'll find few RTX 3060 laptop for cheaper than this config here.
The rest of the specs are good as well. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor is comparable to the Intel Core i7, and the laptop comes standard with 16GB of RAM and a 256GB M.2 SSD with plenty of USB 3.1 ports. It's a tad heavier and thicker than other 15" gaming laptops, but that is to provide ample cooling for the video card.
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The RTX 3060 is more powerful than the previous generation's RTX 2070 video card (and more on par with the RTX 2070 SUPER). It's also more powerful than RTX 3060 video cards found in most other gaming laptops. Even if two different laptops have the same RTX 3060 video card, they don't necessarily perform equally well. How well an RTX 3060 performs is correlated to how much power it's given. Depending on heat and cooling limitations, the RTX 3060 found in 15" laptops have a TGP range from 140W to 65W. The Alienware m15 R4 boasts an RTX 3060 with a TGP of 125W. That's incredible considering the fact that you'll find few RTX 3060 laptop for cheaper than this config here.
The rest of the specs are good as well. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor is comparable to the Intel Core i7, and the laptop comes standard with 16GB of RAM and a 256GB M.2 SSD with plenty of USB 3.1 ports. It's a tad heavier and thicker than other 15" gaming laptops, but that is to provide ample cooling for the video card.
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