You can’t work at your desk all the time. The Dell Precision 3520 uses discrete graphics in a workstation that’s small enough that you could carry it around. The Nvidia Quadro GPU and Intel Core i7 CPU make a potent mix for multitasking and graphics performance, and the optional six-cell battery lasted over 10 hours. I’ve been using mine daily for the past year and still gets 9-10 hours off a full charge.
The Precision doesn’t make much of a design statement. The lid is made of black plastic, except for Dell’s logo in the center, which is silver. The keyboard with number pad and a plastic deck (also black, but with a subtle, glittery finish). The only color in the computer is on the pointing stick in the center of the keyboard, which has a light blue circle surrounding.
I have found the build quality however not the best. I do travel a bit and this laptop I take with me I was in the US in February and the laptop was in my bag fell over from a little hight and the damage you can see. I got back and contacted Dell who came out and seen it was in a Dell bag they took it away leaving me another laptop to work on then just last week contacted me to say they would fix it. This was the 2nd time the last time it was just the screen and still not sure how it happened.
With its 2.9-GHz Intel Core i7-7820HQ CPU, 32GB of RAM, 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD and Nvidia Quadro M620 GPU with 2GB of VRAM, the Precision is excellent for multitaskers.
The Dell Precision 3520 offers strong performance, a discrete GPU that will pack a punch in rendering tasks, and long battery life. However, the laptop’s screen is dim and dull and the keyboard took a little to get used to. Overall, the Precision 3520 is a good machine that will handle the job you throw at it, but competitors offer this and for less.
Good
good complement of physical ports
pretty good Full HD IPS display
chassis designed for every-day use
good input devices
run times are decent even with the small battery
good performance
BAD
stress test performance not consistent
fan runs frequently and is too loud
Poor build quality
