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Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series - Pentium N3710 Quad-Core + 128GB SSD - $319.20 @ Dell eBay

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Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series - Pentium N3710 Quad-Core + 128GB SSD - $319.20 @ Dell eBay
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Specs

Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Pentium ® Processor N3710 (2M Cache, up to 2.56 GHz)
4GB DDR3L 1600MHz RAM (4GBx1)
128GB SSD
11.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
Ports 1 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0, 1 HDMI v1.4a
Integrated Widescreen HD (720p) Webcam with Digital Microphone
Battery up to 10 hours 15 mins

Color Options
Bali Blue, Alpine White, Tango Red

Technical Documentation

Model Name
Inspiron 11 3162/3164

All Drivers and Firmware updates

All Documentation

Download service manual PDF — useful if you are a laptop technician or need help upgrading the memory or hard drive

Do you need more performance? Try the 6th Generation Intel Core i3 model!

While the Inspiron 11 3000 is out of stock, the Dell Outlet currently is selling refurbs for $499, but with a Skylake Core i3 i3-6100U (2.3ghz) processor which gives you much more performance, but of course the downside is that it's 180 dollars more and the battery life is considerably shorter as the CPU requires more power.

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  • PR0r on 15/08/2016 - 22:03
    +1

    Looks pretty good, cheers op
    Anyone know if the ssd can be upgraded? Same with RAM?

    • stellaaddicted on 15/08/2016 - 22:21
      +1

      I dare to say the RAM is upgradable http://ark.intel.com/products/91830/Intel-Pentium-Processor-…

      • ozhunter68 on 05/09/2016 - 12:29

        Yes, confirmed by someone who opened one up recently. See comment on second page.

      • ozhunter68 on 05/09/2016 - 12:31

        Dupe.

    • scrimshaw on 15/08/2016 - 22:28

      Here is the link to the Service Manual
      http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-11-3162-laptop_Servi…

      Appears that there is only one DIMM slot

    • wombok2 on 15/08/2016 - 22:55

      I believe you can upgrade the RAM, but not on this model for sale.

      Dell seems to have two versions of the Inspiron 11 3000.

      1. eMMC 32GB/128GB SSD Drive

      OR

      1. 500GB SATA Drive

      If you pickup the one with 500GB SATA drive then you can, but that model seems to be only for sale around the US.

      • scrimshaw on 16/08/2016 - 00:41
        +1

        If you download the Specs/ Reference Guide and turn to page 18, it mentions the SSD is a 2.5" inch drive.

        This is user removable.

        Unsure about the RAM though, as it says the DIMM slot is 'optional', which might refer to onboard soldered memory., might have to ask Dell.

        • wombok2 on 16/08/2016 - 01:27
          +3

          Thanks scrimshaw, you're right.

          According to this video @ 2.35, JDM models have the Samsung 128GB CM871 2.5" Drive therefore, I believe it would the same world wide.

          Read/Write Up to 140MB/510MB

          If it has a removable SODIMM slot aswell, then it's definitely the perfect sub 11" notebook :)

      • godofpizza on 16/08/2016 - 07:34

        edit wrong

    • littleannie on 15/08/2016 - 23:32

      I think for most use cases 128gb will be enough for this laptop - it works excellently for web and office but neither of those things take up much room. Other tasks would probably be pushing the machine further than its CPU can handle.

    • boomramada on 16/08/2016 - 12:28

      Its a expensive dead weight if ram is not up-gradable.

  • rdhupar on 15/08/2016 - 22:04

    Isn't the deal only for cameras?

    • scrimshaw on 15/08/2016 - 22:05
      +2

      No. The sale is called 'Gifts for Dad' — father's day sale.

      Categories that are included are

      home entertainment, laptops and comp, cameras and smartphones, home appliance, tools and HW, sport and outdoors, fashion, health/beauty & grooming and liquour

      Here's the landing page
      http://www.ebay.com.au/rpp/gifts-for-dad/

      • zeckem on 15/08/2016 - 22:09
        +1

        Gifts for Myself haha

  • CI on 15/08/2016 - 22:16

    What windows does it come with?

    • stellaaddicted on 15/08/2016 - 22:19
      +5

      did you even open the link?
      Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit English

      • CI on 15/08/2016 - 22:20
        +5

        Thanks. No I didn't.

        • Jackson on 16/08/2016 - 08:36

          Down voted for saying thanks and stating a fact

  • johnwinkle on 15/08/2016 - 22:31
    +2

    Anyone vouch for that 10 hour battery life? Seems sketchy

    • macrocephalic on 16/08/2016 - 10:34
      +3

      I have the Inspiron 3000 2in1 with the n3700. I have never run the battery flat, and I tend to use it on pretty low brightness; the battery goes down at about 10% per hour, so 10 hours seems reasonable.

  • tassieeagle on 15/08/2016 - 22:34
    +1

    Got one at the last sale, good unit, very happy

    • CI on 15/08/2016 - 22:35
      +1

      Battery life?

      • tassieeagle on 15/08/2016 - 22:37

        Seems pretty good, couldn't tell you exact numbers because I haven't used it a lot yet

        • scrimshaw on 15/08/2016 - 22:41
          +13

          You can create a battery report.

          Open a command promt with admin privileges and enter the command:

          powercfg /batteryreport /output "c:\battery_report.html"

          the file will contain some rough estimates of battery life and battery health

      • sinners007 on 15/08/2016 - 23:18
        +3

        Battery life is excellent. 10 hours is about right. Opening EPL night I streamed 3 matches (5+ hours) and had plenty battery spare (about 30%).

      • littleannie on 15/08/2016 - 23:28
        +4

        I got one last sale for my daughter for school. She has had no complaints about it (and she's definitely not one to hold back complaints). I would guess the battery has been lasting 7-10hrs for her (she often puts the brightness up to full).

  • Unrvl on 15/08/2016 - 22:42
    +2

    this is actually a VERY good deal. $320 in this range gets you a dual core celeron, 2gigs of ram and 32gb eMMc hdd (the base version of this model basically)

  • m2thez on 15/08/2016 - 22:43

    Nice little unit, getting one for the wife.
    Thanks

  • nuchalis on 15/08/2016 - 22:45

    I've never used a 11" laptop before… my GF wants something solely to write a book with while travelling, would this keyboard/screen be suitable?

    • zeckem on 15/08/2016 - 22:56
      +2

      I think it's up to personal preference. I think it will be fine, but she could go to local electronic store and try a similar size laptop

    • incipient on 15/08/2016 - 23:32
      +2

      For traveling I personally REALLY like my Asus transformer T100.

      • tablet for use on the plane for movies etc
      • rechargeable with my phone charger and external battery

      For writing a book I would find the keyboard a bit small (6ft male).

  • kpm on 15/08/2016 - 22:56
    +2

    Recent and thorough review for it here, for those who are interested.

  • deanylev on 15/08/2016 - 23:02
    +4

    This is an awesome deal. Once they start fitting 1080p IPS displays into these machines at the same price… Well, that's where the magic lies.

  • snvl on 15/08/2016 - 23:06
    +2

    do you get an invoice with GST? is AU warranty?

  • Hiphopopotamus on 15/08/2016 - 23:20

    Thanks for the heads up, too bad there's no black/grey.

    Stock right now is about 50 units of each colour, not bad really, if it's correct.

  • Yuun Yii on 15/08/2016 - 23:23

    Wish they'd had a 2-in-1 with touchscreen on sale like this.

    • scrimshaw on 16/08/2016 - 00:38

      The Two-in-One is currently 15 percent off on the Dell site ($508.99)
      http://www.dell.com/au/p/inspiron-11-3168-2-in-1-laptop/pd?o…

      However, only two color options: Red or Blue. Seems to not have SSD but a normal 500GB drive.

      • macrocephalic on 16/08/2016 - 10:36

        I got the older style 2in1 a few months ago with a 128gb ssd and n3700 from the dell factory outlet for $419.

        • Yuun Yii on 16/08/2016 - 19:05

          What do you think of it? I was hoping to get one with an i3 processor inside it, but none have popped up in the last few weeks on the outlet.

        • macrocephalic on 16/08/2016 - 19:39
          +1

          @Yuun Yii:I'm happy with it. it's not super speedy, it can run lightroom etc just fine, but chrome tabs take a few seconds to render completely. I'm not sure that it was necessary to get the two in one convertible. I bought it to go traveling so we'll see.

        • Yuun Yii on 16/08/2016 - 22:09

          @macrocephalic: Okay thank you.

  • NVidia Sucks on 16/08/2016 - 00:21

    how long should I wait till surface book drop 2 this price lv

    • railspider on 16/08/2016 - 09:48
      +2

      3-5 years…

      • chossenger on 16/08/2016 - 13:07
        +1

        Look at Mr. Optimistic over here with his 3-5 years!

  • tommy-darko on 16/08/2016 - 00:43
    +1

    Nice specs for word processing, retro or low end gaming, using as a media centre, hooked up to TV and things like Foxtel Go or streaming the EPL for free and boycotting Optus if you're so inclined ;)

    • bbourizk on 16/08/2016 - 01:10

      Optus streaming has been woeful. Cuts out more time then it works.

      Where you watching the EPL if you don't mind me asking.

      • tommy-darko on 16/08/2016 - 09:04
        +1

        I thought that would be the case with Optus.

        Livetv107 and usagoals are always good, using Firefox browser with the addblock plugin.

        • bbourizk on 16/08/2016 - 09:24
          +2

          Thanks mate, I'll give them a try this weekend.

  • Top G on 16/08/2016 - 01:12
    +1

    I don't understand how people can tolerate these things are coming from a quad core desktop processor(which is mainstream these days). Even my phones processor is more powerful than the cpu in this thing

    • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2016 - 01:43
      +1

      I bet you your phone isn't.

      The Quad Core Pentium is about the only entry level cpu I'd recommend others doing simple tasks and one task at a time kinda deal. I got my son a Dell Insprion N3451 with a Pentium N3540 2Gb ram, 500Gb hdd (though I did put in an ssd). For all office duties it's fine, some heavy media sites do chunk a little till it's loaded but I can fully put up with it than say a Celeron (never a celeron), it's certainly easy to tolerate. Stumbled upon it at Cash Converters for $220.

      Lowering game settings I can play CS:GO quite acceptably which surprisingly shocked me and the boy.

    • TRANCE on 16/08/2016 - 01:49
      +2

      This laptop does use a quad core cpu, it is essentially a phone cpu. Current phone cpu's may in fact be more powerful than the cpu in this laptop, which is at best equivalent to a Snapdragon 801. But it's only having to run 768p which helps, the biggest issue is having what is essentially a phone cpu running a full fledged OS like Windows 10, it's not a great idea, it won't be overly snappy, but will still be very usable, kind of like the old days of dual core phones running android 2.3, wasn't overly snappy but still completely usable. The problem is that intel isn't taking these low power cpu's seriously, they haven't changed the internal design of this Pentium for nearly 3 years, while phone cpu's are being heavily advanced year after year.

      • abctoz on 16/08/2016 - 09:31
        +5

        Marketing does a good job of obfuscating the true performance between mobile/desktop and even between mobile itself. I think many people will be surprised to know the true differences in performance, here are some single threaded benchmarks for performance:

        Current gen Skylake laptop CPU - Geekbench: 2782, Cinebench: 1.3
        http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-6200U-Notebook-Pr…

        iPad pro + iphone 6s CPU- Geekbench: 3139, Cinebench: n/a
        http://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-A9X-Tablet-SoC.150543.0.h…

        This budget laptop - Geekbench: 1068, Cinebench: 0.5
        http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Pentium-N3710-Laptop-Proc…

        Budget Windows 10 tablets - Geekbench: 786, Cinebench: 0.3
        http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Atom-Z3735F-Tablet-SoC.11…

        All these processors will handle basic internet/web browsing easily, but as previously mentioned you can definitely feel the difference of a faster CPU, there is literally a 2.5-4x difference in CPU speed after all, it's very hard to go back once you've tried something faster.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2016 - 13:52
        +3

        ARM vs x86 are 2 different architectures !
        ARM is designed to handle 'simple' tasks, but x86 handles simple tasks AND 'complex' tasks.

        And those ''benchmark'' results are a really weak way of making accurate real life comparisons.

        • abctoz on 16/08/2016 - 14:34
          +1

          Here is a good article on x86 vs ARMV8, there have been significant progress over the last 10-20 years:

          http://www.anandtech.com/show/9766/the-apple-ipad-pro-review…

          I'm happy if you can provide a more accurate "real life" comparison.

        • TRANCE on 16/08/2016 - 15:52
          +1

          Yeah your right on the different architectures, what I said wasn't accurate in essence, although I disagree about the benchmarks, they obviously demonstrate the performance/power of the cpu in said tasks, so even though the intel pentium is the more complex and flexible cpu vs an ARM phone cpu, there is no denying that the ARM cpu's do what they do better than what the pentium would at the same task, hence the benchmark results, and hence the pentium being demonstratively behind in tech/design due to intel rehashing the same cores for 3 years while ARM consistently improve their cores every year, ARM is using DDR4 while pentium is still on DDR3, that is just one of several examples of the pentium lagging behind ARM phone cpu's in tech.

    • dav3 on 16/08/2016 - 12:53
      -1

      So? Not everyone needs high power hardware, hell most people don't need the processing power found in mobiles these days. These are great for basic tasks and all a lot of people need or want in a device like this.

  • romants on 16/08/2016 - 05:12

    How well would this work for light gaming? (League of legends)

  • biltong2go on 16/08/2016 - 07:06

    I can't seem to figure out the screen size
    FYI the screen is "11.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display"
    Too small for me, but seems like a good deal

    • frugalbat on 16/08/2016 - 09:20

      I need a reason not to buy this laptop and this seems like a legit one. I used to have a 12 inch Acer laptop and I find it's quite a pain to read on that screen :) (again, that price though)

      • dav3 on 16/08/2016 - 12:20

        I grabbed one with the previous Dell ebay deal, the screen is small but resolution means it's very readable.

  • imtahir7 on 16/08/2016 - 07:39

    wont let me add to cart. get an error message

  • eunos on 16/08/2016 - 09:50

    Nice find, this was $399 a couple days ago :)

  • slipperypete on 16/08/2016 - 09:53

    out of stock and now $499!!!

    Had it in my basket and now gone!!!!

    Edit****

    Put it back in and price down again!!

    • slipperypete on 16/08/2016 - 10:01

      got it….thanks for the post.

  • snvl on 16/08/2016 - 10:04

    Thanks OP, got one

  • cabler365 on 16/08/2016 - 10:05

    Thanks, got one :)

  • snvl on 16/08/2016 - 10:05

    41 sold in 5 minutes!

  • jash on 16/08/2016 - 10:09

    Thanks OP. Got the red one.

  • Gojkins on 16/08/2016 - 10:33

    Thanks OP. Got the blue one :)
    White would've been the safe bet but eh.. yolo?

  • serin on 16/08/2016 - 10:59

    Thanks op. Got a blue one for my kid.

  • anonymoususer on 16/08/2016 - 11:36
    +1

    Any other alternative in $500 mark with bit bigger screen ~15inches preferably. No gaming use. Just basic use.

    • shazam7 on 16/08/2016 - 18:23

      Lenovo having a sale on their Thinkpad Laptop. I3 processor, 14 inch, cant recall RAM. Hdd is SATA. $499.

  • Sabs on 16/08/2016 - 12:12

    I was just looking at buying one of these for uni! Perfect timing, thanks so much OP!

  • mitty on 16/08/2016 - 12:27

    The white is now out of stock. Grrrr.

  • paulaus on 16/08/2016 - 12:58

    Thanks got a blue one

  • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2016 - 13:07

    Should I get one?
    I'm on a low budget and need a new basic laptop. I'm looking at second hand macbook pros 2010-2011 range (they actually want 500 for them, I only want to spend 350) or something like this. What do you think?

    • paulaus on 16/08/2016 - 13:20
      +2

      Buy it now or miss out.

  • ShipShapeRC on 16/08/2016 - 13:41
    +1

    I'm tempted, I dont mind the low screen res, but I would like a bigger screen. I find tiny screens a bit daggy. I have a 14 inch dell with same res and it's okay for what I use it for. I have had notebooks before and they just seem a tad too small. But much better than my phone of course!

  • mitty on 16/08/2016 - 14:19

    Decided on a blue one with the white out of stock. Looking forward to seeing what this machine can do, the specs mix is interesting.

  • blaze on 16/08/2016 - 15:20

    all gone

    • CI on 16/08/2016 - 15:22

      Hopefully they restock

    • scrimshaw on 16/08/2016 - 15:22

      Marked as Outta stock

      Check back every morning as it might come back in stock again

    • JH100 on 16/08/2016 - 15:52

      It's come back a couple times now in the last couple months.

  • mitty on 16/08/2016 - 17:19

    Looking at the Service Manual, the SSD is definitely replaceable and there's a possibility the RAM is upgradeable as well. Would it take 8GB? Googling the N3710 CPU it seems to indicate that it does, but I wonder if it would provide much benefit. Would definitely be worth wacking in a bigger SSD though.

  • Shiny Mew on 16/08/2016 - 18:00

    Great uni and work notebook if majority of applications relied on are internet browsers and MS Office, though I'd worry about typing ease.

  • jovi on 16/08/2016 - 18:51

    Thanks OP. Just purchased a blue one a few minutes ago.

  • TRANCE on 16/08/2016 - 19:08

    BACK IN STOCK

  • Shiny Mew on 16/08/2016 - 20:04

    What are these like to type on? Would they be good for uni work wherein I like many tabs open?

    • scrimshaw on 16/08/2016 - 21:03

      I think someone posted a link to a very in depth review above

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/3926869/redir

      There is also a core i3 variant for 499 but it is a refurbished unit and only via outlet

      • HomeAlone on 17/08/2016 - 00:02

        I think someone posted a link to a very in depth review above

        Different specs. 32 GB eMMC Flash, 2GB RAM & Celeron N3050. May be be other differences also like integrated GPU.

  • CheapCoffee on 16/08/2016 - 20:16
    +1

    Looks almost exactly like my Asus x205 which I'm using right now; but with slightly better everything!

    These sub-notebooks are great for general internet usage and word process in my opinion. Really fills in that gap between tablets and desktop.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2016 - 21:30

    Don't know why but I just bought one damn!

  • TRANCE on 16/08/2016 - 22:21
    -3

    This is a good option: http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/deals/current-offers/deals-of-t…

  • Redfall on 17/08/2016 - 00:18

    Timely deal, cheers!

  • haiprazzad on 17/08/2016 - 06:37

    Bought one. Thanks op

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