By The large and powerful Dell G16 7630 can handle all of your favorite games. It has a very smooth media player with an amazing display. It is also reasonably priced. However, the gaming laptop isn’t very portable due to its massive size. This ripper is ideal if you want the desktop experience but don’t want to spend a lot of money on an 18-inch laptop.
Specifications
As of the time I wrote this review, there was only one device that shared the same specifications as my review unit. They are listed in the following order:
- Intel Core i9-13900HX as the CPU
- 32GB of RAM operating at 4800MHz
- RTX 4070 graphics GPU Display: 16-inch, 2560 x 1600 QHD+ LCD with Nvidia G-Sync, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 240Hz frame rate, and 3ms response time.
- 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD for storage
- Webcam: 720p HD camera with one digital microphone set up
- Connectivity: RJ45 Ethernet port, HDMI 2.1 port, Thunderbolt 4 port, 3x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 port, and 3.5mm audio jack
- Networking: Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6.
- 84 WHrs of battery capacity
- 14.05 x 11.37 x 1.01 inches in dimensions
- Weight: 2.99 kg (6.59 pounds)
- Cost $1,737 on Amazon
Design and build
Without shame, the Dell G16 7630 is a laptop designed for gamers who prefer having a huge gaming area. With its large 14.05 x 11.37 x 1.01-inch proportions, it feels like a desktop replacement. In comparison to laptops with solid CNC-milled aluminum chassis, the chassis has an aluminum shell that makes it more durable than if it were only composed of plastic. However, I did notice some giveaways. Comparably, the lid will bend under strong pressure but not under moderate pressure.
It’s impressive to see the exhibit. Despite only having a diagonal measurement of 16 inches, the laptop’s 16:10 aspect ratio provides more vertical room than its predecessors. It creates the appearance that you are using a larger laptop. Very small left and right bezels that make every square inch of screen real estate a treasure to behold contribute to it. Particularly the bottom bezel, which rests on a tall hinge, is significantly thicker than the sides. That fact made me quite delighted because it allowed me to gaze at the screen virtually directly without bending my neck.
In terms of design, the Dell G16 7630 forgoes gamer-centric elements like RGB logos or gaudy Tron lights similar to those found in Alienware laptops in favor of a straightforward Dell logo on the lid. That didn’t bother me much because it meant that the G16 7630 was one of those uncommon gaming laptops that I could use at work without anyone noticing.
That was the situation, at least, while the laptop was completely charged. When it came time to charge it, the massive 330W power brick—possibly the biggest and chunkiest charging brick I’ve ever seen—was kind of a dead giveaway. The sophisticated Nightshade Black color, which has a charcoal-like tone, was the one I was given to review. It fits in well with my workplace space as well.
Keyboard and trackpad
At first, the keyboard’s single-zone RGB backlighting was a striking blue, which was quite captivating to observe. With full-sized arrow keys and a row of media shortcuts down the right side, the keyboard is well-suited for gamers. It is also full-sized.
Additionally, the laptop has a Game Shift Key that allows you to adjust and increase the fan speeds for demanding work. The white border surrounding the ADSF keys gives the keyboard the appearance of a battle station, which is popular among gamers.
The keys feel a little mushy, which is to be expected for a laptop this compact, but they click quickly and with a pleasingly quiet sound. Additionally, they are a good fit for my medium-sized fingers; they are roomy without being overly large.
The little trackpad is one drawback. It could use an additional half inch in each direction and is only slightly larger than the keyboard of the G16 7630. It’s not entirely useless, though, because its clicks are quick and the trackpad tracks well.
Dell G16 7630 Gaming Laptop – 16-inch (2560 x 1600) QHD+ 165Hz 3ms Display,
Connectivity and audio
The G16 7630’s flanks are equipped with a helpful variety of ports that let me connect my usual range of accessories. There’s an Ethernet port for times I want the lowest latency in games and a Thunderbolt 4 port for quickly moving my important game files at up to 40Gbps.
Both the laptop’s Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth functions are quick; however, laptops such as the 2024 Razer Blade 16 now use the more recent Wi-Fi 7 standard, making Wi-Fi 6 quickly become outdated.
The Dell G16 7630 is a big laptop with excellent sound projection in a spacious area. The two speakers on the laptop have been adjusted to produce a pleasant, neutral sound for gaming. At greater volumes, I only detected very mild vibrations. Support for Dolby Atmos lends the audio a pleasingly immersive feel.
Display and webcam
The brightness of the laptop was also never a problem. I was able to maintain the display’s visibility in my house’s brightest rooms by making use of its measured peak brightness of 497 nits.
I was more amazed by the display than the 720p webcam. It works well for conversations and meetings, however, occasionally some of the images came out appearing a little yellowish.
In game discussions, a single microphone array also didn’t give my voice much credit. I sounded a little robotic because there were times when the sound lost some nuance.
Gaming performance
A swift, top-tier Intel i9-13900HX processor designed for gaming powers the Dell G16 7630. It is a member of the Raptor Lake family, with a maximum turbo frequency of 5.4GHz, 24 cores, and 32 threads.
This processor features larger caches and a more efficient P-Core microarchitecture than the earlier Alder Lake CPUs. It is also intended to perform exceptionally well in games because it supports faster DDR5 RAM (up to 5,600MHz).
I started by running the Cinebench Multi-Threaded benchmark to evaluate its performance. This test utilizes all of the CPU cores to show how well the processor performs when it is truly pushed to its limit.
In this test, my review laptop scored 10,658, which is good; however, a lot of laptops with 14th-generation Intel CPUs can now achieve a score similar to this. Nonetheless, the i9-13900HX is more than capable of handling your most taxing games for an Intel 13th-generation CPU.
In a customized test that makes use of the free HandBrake tool, the laptop’s CPU also fared quite well because of the large chassis’s ample thermal headroom. When encoding a 30GB MKV file to MP4, the CPU was able to control growing temperatures. It was completed in just 828 seconds.
Battery performance
To assess the laptop’s battery life, I began by fully charging the review unit. To manage the sound, a cheap pair of headphones was plugged in and the volume was set to fifty percent. In addition, I turned off the backlighting on the keyboard and put the laptop’s WiFi in airplane mode. Ultimately, the power cord was unplugged and a 4K movie was set to play repeatedly.
The 84WHr battery of the G16 7630 lasted for 5 hours and 35 minutes. That is the amount of time this laptop should last for a simple operation like playing a video. You should anticipate a battery life of roughly half that amount of time, or three hours, for gaming, which consumes more power. Although the laptop charges quickly when plugged in, that’s not ideal. The charging brick’s size is the main drawback—you won’t want to take it with you when you leave your house.
Should you buy the Dell G16 7630?
A very large laptop that truly fills a niche is the Dell G16 7630. That seems to me like gamers who want to switch from desktop computers to laptops for gaming, but they don’t want to spend the money on a more costly 18-inch model.
There’s a compelling case for why you would also want that. In comparison to the Razer Blade 18, which has a starting price of $2,599, the setup I reviewed costs just $1,899, which is a significant savings. That makes it an especially wise investment if you don’t need a lot of portability.
