Dell G15-5511 Gaming Laptop (11th Gen Core i7/ 16GB/ 512GB SSD/ Win 10/ 4GB Graph)

Dell G15-5511 Gaming Laptop (11th Gen Core i7/ 16GB/ 512GB SSD/ Win 10/ 4GB Graph)

 

Dell has got large number of products in India. Dell has been known to be a premium gaming laptop brand that comes under Alienware. It has been in the market for a long time but Taiwanese companies such as ASUS and Acer are giving out more value options for the same price.

It doesn’t mean Dell has lost its value among Indian customers. Dell is presently offering a good value. But let’s checks out if it’s enough for modern gaming standards to give us a comfortable 1080p gaming experience or not.

SPECIFICATIONS

·         Processor: Intel  5i-11260H(12MB Cache, up to 4.4 GHz, 6 cores)

·         Ram: 8GB DDR4, 2100MHz

·         Storage: 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

·         Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6(90W)

·         Display & Keyboard: 15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 120Hz 250 nits WVA Anti- Glare LED Backlit Narrow Border Display & keyboard for US English(Orange backlit)

·         Software: Windows 11 & Microsoft Office Home and Student 2021 & 3-Cell Battery, 56WHr (Integrated)

·         Ports: 1. HiSpeed USB 2.0 | 2. HiSpeed USB 2.0 with PowerShare | 3. USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port with DisplayPort with alt mode | 4. SuperSpeed USB 3.2 | 5. HDMI | 6. Power in | 7. RJ45 | 8. Headphones/mic

Design Build Quality

This Dell G15 5511 is made of plastic and its build is solid as well as bulky weighing around 26.5kg with a height of 27mm and width 35.7cm. It has same boxy design that you have seen in previous Dell G15 gaming laptops. But Dell is really good because of its logo, rear styling and good airflow with smart design elements.

Display

Here you have a 15.6-inch FHD display with and 16.9 aspect ratio with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels along with a 120Hz refresh rate. For most of the budget games this is a decent display for gaming having 250 nits of peak brightness. For regular use, it sometimes has low brightness and les color accuracy. In case of casual use, the display is good. Viewing angles aren’t up to the mark but the screen is WVA anti-glare one with a LED Backlit Narrow border display that helps during work in a bright environment.

Performance

It gives 11^th gen professor, Intel i5-11260H level of performance which is good if we consider budget gaming laptops. This Hexa-core CPU with 8GB DDR4 RAM with speed up to 3200MHz won’t give much trouble.  This Dell G15 5511 gaming laptop have 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD and does not hamper day-to-day work. If we consider the overall performance, then this 8GB RAM accompanied with 11^th Gen Core i5 processor does not perform well but won’t disappoint us while doing basic work, coding and running useful software.

Gaming

In terms of gaming, you might get skeptical about the Core i5 processor and the credit goes to NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3050 with 4GB GDDR6 dedicated memory at 1080p. In the games where you have DLSS, the performance gets a bump for free and without it in most of the games, you comfortably get 60+ FPS.

In battle royal games, you get good frame rates and can enjoy the fluency of 120Hz refresh rate. If you are an FHD gamer, you can really enjoy games at high resolution without any issues or in Medium/High to enjoy more FPS giving more fluidity while gaming.

Keyboard Trackpad

Being a 15.6-inch laptop and having an old design, this Dell G15 5511 is bulky and has a full-size keyboard having a lot of space at the sides. Sometimes typing becomes really difficult.

The keyboard is for causal use or for those who don’t types a lot, else the layout on ASUS TUF or Lenovo Idea pad gaming laptops is much better. The trackpad in this Dell G15 gaming laptop is on the shorter side, though the quality is good but very small in size for daily usage or gaming.

I/O CONNECTIVITY

Dell gives you no chance to complain on the port front as there’s enough options. On the left-hand side, you have an Ethernet port along with a 3.5mm headphone jack while on the right side, there are two USB Type-A ports and on the rear end, you have a USB Type-C port, another Type-A port, HDMI port, and power input.

Coming to the connectivity part, this gaming laptop has both Wi-Fi 6(2x2) Gig+ and Bluetooth 5.0, performing as expected, the network reception on it is great and better than many flagship laptops and gives incredible Wi-Fi speeds. 

Thermals Upgradability

Dell provides reliable laptops. The kind of ventilation and thermal package offered on this G15 is incredible. This laptop doesn’t get hot the 8GB RAM is upgradable and for storage, it can also be upgraded.

Audio Webcam

This Dell G15 5511 is not perfect in terms of budget option but is decent enough for daily use but could have been better.

On the webcam front, the 720p webcam is good and bright enough satisfy the video call needs along with game streams as well.

Battery Life

You can’t expect great battery here. It gives you an average of 2 hours of battery life with 3 battery cells. The additional weight of the charger and the laptop makes it heavy to carry and overall weighs around 3kg for sure. One good thing is the instant wake function that lets Dell G15 5511 power instantly soon as you open the lid.