 This is the Dell Inspiron 157559, a value gaming laptop. Excuse me, Linus? A Dell gaming laptop? Where's the Alienware at, son? While it's true that even a base model 15-inch Alienware would perform better than its Inspiron cousin here, it would also cost $1,200 US dollars compared to only $800 for this one. So let's find out how much portable gaming machine you can get for $800. The MasterCase 5 from Cooler Master gives you the freedom to make your mid-tower PC case your own with a variety of modular parts and accessories. Check out the link in the video description to learn more. So let me preface the video with this. The last Inspiron laptop that I ever used extensively was a mobile Pentium 3 based machine. I mean, we're talking pre-widescreen days here. And this is what I imagine the look on my face would be like if I was going to call someone up and tell them about how exciting it was to use. So to say that I was impressed as I went through my physical tour routine would definitely be an understatement. R7559 is the black and red accent model, so it should come as no surprise then that the top lid is black with a Red Dell logo. Moving on, the screen hinge is a definite gold star for the Inspiron. It opens smoothly with one finger and suffers from zero discernible wobble while typing. Screen flex is what I would describe as average, not impressive considering its thickness, but nothing that affects usability. The screen itself is a matte finish 1080p affair that didn't dazzle me with its brightness or anything, but thanks to the use of an IPS panel, it delivers very solid color and viewing angle performance. Then above that is a surprisingly decent 720p 30fps webcam with a dual mic array. I mean, between that and the screen, I'm actually kind of amazed at how much of an improvement this is over the commodity laptops of yesteryear, and what a difference that those little things make to being able to recommend them. But of course, without solid specs, a webcam is just a webcam. So first is I.O. On the right is a gigabit ethernet jack, an HDMI 1.4a output, a super speed USB 3.5 gigabit port, and an SD card reader. On the left is a headphone-microphone combo jack, two more USB 3.0 ports, a red accented exhaust vent, and the power input. Which leads us to the internal guts. We've got a base model here with a Core i5 6300HQ non-hyper-threaded 2.3 to 3.4-inch 3.2 gigahertz quad-core, 8 gigs of single-channel RAM, more on this later, a 1 terabyte hard drive with a built-in 8 gig SSD cache, a whopping 74 watt-hour battery rated at just under 10 hours on our config, AC Wi-Fi, and the thing that really made the Inspiron 7559 catch my eye, because lord knows it wasn't the name, a GTX 960M 4 gig video card. Now to be clear, the 960M is still not a top-tier gaming GPU, even for mobile. I mean, for context, a 970M is 60 to 70% faster. But my satisfaction with this GPU is also not random. Compared to previous value gaming offerings from tier one manufacturers like Dell, Acer, or Lenovo that would have like X40 or X50 class GPUs if you're lucky, this is a huge step forward. I mean, in terms of performance at the 7559's native 1080p resolution, Tomb Raider 2013, and Crysis 3 run in a manner that I would describe as playable at settings that would have been previously unthinkable and that I'd consider a reasonable experience in last-gen AAA games. Then, I mean, if you were to only play, you know, free-to-play games like League of Legends or even, you know, less graphically demanding paid games like Counter-Strike Global Offensive, you might start to question why you would even need anything more. And that's a good question that leads me pretty well into my next, well, negative and positive things about this machine. From a bummer standpoint, the GPU, like the vast majority of laptops, is not upgradable in any way, even from the factory. So if you're a pure gamer, an $800 desktop will still serve you better. But the cool thing is that there are a lot of other aspects of this machine that are upgradable. The 8 gigs of RAM is a single DDR3 low-voltage stick, so moving to two 16-gig sticks in dual-channel doesn't require you to discard any. There is an M.2 slot for a boot SSD to go along with your 2.5-inch hard drive, so with a couple of inexpensive aftermarket upgrades that can be performed with a Phillips head screwdriver in about five minutes, thanks to the thoughtful, single, self-retaining screw design on the bottom plate, for under $1,000 you can throw together a config that makes a lot more sense to me than the $1,000 config on the Dell site, where you're just paying a bunch extra for the Core i7. But what are you giving up then? I mean, so far, this thing sounds pretty much perfect, Linus. And yeah, there are definitely things. I mean, if you've watched a few of my laptop videos, you've probably realized by now that I had never mentioned the keyboard. It's not great. It's not terrible, and there's very little flex to the wrist rest and the keyboard surface itself, but the keycaps wobble more than I'd like, and the keystrokes are pretty mushy. And the touchpad is actually much worse than the keyboard, to the point where I'd call it more of a press pad. Very light touches can fail to register outright, making fine adjustments somewhat difficult. And there's more. The large battery means that the 7559, while reasonably thin, is pretty heavy for its size. The speakers are surprisingly loud, but don't sound very good. And the Intel 3160 1x1 Wi-Fi solution is literally one quarter of the speed in real world transfer tests of other more premium solutions we have here in the office. But, believe it or not, all of that still adds up to a recommendation here, because there are more things that they got right as well. Under gaming load, the 7559 stays shockingly quiet, and even runs passively while performing basic desktop tasks, thanks to its three heatsinks and the overall fit and finish. While not comparable to something like a Blade 14, is damn good, considering the price. Speaking of damn good, considering the price, you know what's a good price? Free! And TunnelBear is free for the first 500 megabytes. TunnelBear, if you don't already know, is the easy-to-use VPN app for mobile and desktop. It lets you tunnel through 16 different countries, which allows you to browse the internet and use online services as though you're in that other country. They've got apps for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac, and they also have a Chrome extension, and they make it easy to use, so you don't have to be like a super tech savvy, you know, oh, should I enable the AES 256 bit encryption and proxy ports, blah blah blah. 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