PC World - USA (2020-06)

JUNE 2020 PCWorld 89

the only laptop to make it this easy, but it’s
one of the few that does so while staying
relatively thin and lightweight. Usually this
level of access is reserved for larger gaming
laptops with more room inside.
The thinner you get, the harder it is for
manufacturers to lay out the components while
keeping them accessible. Considering all that,
the Inspiron 15 7000 is pretty impressive. It’s
very clean inside, and I could get the bottom
panel off, the parts replaced, and everything
screwed back together in under 10 minutes,
easy. Maybe five minutes, if I rushed.
There are obvious benefits—particularly
when it comes to storage. When you need
more space, you really need it, and the
Inspiron 15 7000 makes it easy. While its
included 512GB is a respectable amount of
storage, it’s hardly impossible to fill. Throw in
a 2TB 2.5-inch drive or another M.2, and
you’ll have plenty of space to expand.

Having more memory is just generally

useful—as is filling out that second DIMM.

Your PC can only read and write so much

information to memory at a time. Two DIMMS

means effectively double the bandwidth,

especially with a Core i7-9750H that can take

advantage. Check out the results we saw

when we ran the Inspiron 15 7000 through

GeekBench 4 (see overleaf).

These angled screws are a bit of a pain. A
magnetic screwdriver helps with this step.

Fingers crossed.

Upgraded (RAID 0)

Upgraded hardware

Geekbench 4

GB/sec

24.8

30.2

Multi-core performance Single-core performance

27.3

30.9

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Stock hardware

12

14.2