DELL Precision 5530 laptop i7-8850H 2TB SSD 8GB DDR4 15.6" UHD Touch

Precision 5530 mobile workstation

The Dell Precision 5530 is a 15.6-inch mobile workstation built around an 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8850H six-core processor. It ships with 8 GB of DDR4 memory and a 2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. The UHD IPS touch display delivers a 3840 x 2160 resolution with a 72% colour gamut. A dedicated NVIDIA Quadro P1000 with 4 GB of GDDR5 handles professional graphics workloads. Windows 10 Pro comes pre-installed.

Upgrading from integrated graphics

Moving to this six-core CPU and dedicated Quadro P1000 makes sense when rendering, CAD or simulation tasks stall on integrated graphics or dual-core processors. The jump is worth it if your current system cannot drive a 3840 x 2160 external display over HDMI 2.0 or lacks Thunderbolt 3 for high-speed peripherals. Buyers who need more than 8 GB of RAM or a second GPU should look elsewhere.

2 TB NVMe storage and 4 GB video memory

The 2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD provides ample space for large project files, datasets and operating-system images. The Quadro P1000's 4 GB of GDDR5 memory comfortably handles moderate assemblies, 4K video timelines and GPU-accelerated plugins. Complex scenes that exceed 4 GB of video memory or workloads requiring more than 8 GB of system memory will run into limits.