Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu Review

Every day we come across people who want to game to don’t want to spend a fortune on a gaming machine. For those people, a mid-range gaming desktop would be the right choice. Unfortunately, the market is flooded with desktops and it becomes hard for people to come to a decision. The Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu is the latest gaming desktop to join the troops.

In this Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu review, we are going to take a good look at this new gaming desktop from Dell and find out its best and worst parts. For a mid-range gaming desktop, this Dell PC does check out all the boxes. But How good is the real-life gaming performance of this machine? Can it play the latest games without compromising settings? let’s find that out.

Design

The Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu gives us an excellent first impression when it comes to design. It comes in a silvery blue color with fins present in more than half of the case. The fins do make the desktop look modern and sporty. But there is a risk of dust accumulation which can turn out to be a problem in the future.

When turned on, you can see the beautiful illumination behind the fins on the front. It gives a refreshing look and you can figure out that this one is a gaming desktop just from the looks of it.

On the front face, you get a few ports. There is a couple of USB 3.0 ports and a couple of USB 2.0 ports. In addition to this, you also get a headphone jack on the front as well. It is nice to see that Dell hasn’t compromised the front face of the desktop for the sake of design. The presence of these ports makes it easier to use them without having to reach out to the back which has been the case in many other desktops.

The cooling system on this desktop is made up of fans and vents. You can find the vents in a lot of places and they keep in letting the hot air out and thereby keeping the temperature inside optimal. Though there is no liquid cooling inside, this cooling setup is decent for the price.

The keyboard and the mouse are standard ones. The keys are classic Dell and offer you a decent typing experience. The mouse works as advertised. Overall, a neat design that pays attention to practicality.

Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu Specs

The Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu comes with an AMD Ryzen processor. The Ryzen 7 2700 is one of the latest chips to hit the market and is a high-end one as well. It comes with a base clocking frequency of 3.2GHz and a maximum clock speed of 4.1GHz. This is an octa-core processor and comes with 16 threads. It has a total L2 cache of 4MB and total L3 cache of 16MB which can be very handy at times.

This Ryzen processor is a powerful and efficient chip. It gets a CPUMark benchmark score of 15004 which puts it in the high-end category. The processor is a beast and with that in its helm, the desktop does an excellent job when it comes to handling games and applications. Everyday computing on this machine is a breeze and the same can be said for tasks that need some powerful processing.

With 16 gigs of DDR4 type RAM at your disposal, you can do a lot of multitasking without any problem. You can run multiple applications at the same time without facing a glitch in the performance of this desktop. Even running ten tabs of Chrome is possible with this memory (okay, that’s a bit much). You also have the option to upgrade this memory in the future as per your requirement. The maximum supported memory is 128 gigs.

One of the less attractive parts of this desktop is the storage. We get a 1TB hard drive disk which gives you a lot of space to play with. But the lack of an SSD is a bit of a disappointment. We can understand that Dell has to keep the price low, so this is one way to achieve that. However, the presence of an SSD would have made things worlds better.

Gaming on the Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu

The graphics card in the Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu is an AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU with a dedicated video memory of 4GB. This GPU is based on the Polaris 20 chip and is a high-end graphics card.

You can play pretty much all the mid-range games with this GPU. If you want to play the latest and the greatest AAA titles, then you have to bring down the settings in order to get a decent frame rate going. For the price, you get excellent gaming experience. If you need uncompromised gaming performance, then you should look at better alternatives.

Connectivity

The Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu comes with a decent selection of ports. We’ve already covered what’s on the front face of this desktop. At the back, you’ll find four more USB ports; 2 USB 2.0 and 2 USB 3.0 ports. There is also an HDMI port to connect with other high-end displays. You will find a regular VGA port for hooking this desktop to a gaming monitor. You can also see an Ethernet port which will allow you to get excellent internet speeds.

The desktop also supports Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. So if you’re someone who wants to remove the clutter of wires from your table, then this is one way to do it.

Bottomline

The Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu is a solid, mid-range gaming desktop that comes with impressive hardware. The everyday performance of this PC is more than satisfactory. When it comes to gaming, the desktop does really well. You can play most games without any issues. If you’re looking for a mid-range gaming desktop at an affordable price, then the Dell Inspiron i5676-A696Blu is a solid choice.