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Refurbished Grade A Dell Precision 5540 15.6" FHD/i9-9880H/64 GB/1 TB/Nvidia Quadro 2000/UK Backlit Keyboard/64-bit Win10 Home, w/code

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Refurbished Grade A Dell Precision 5540 15.6" FHD/i9-9880H/64 GB/1 TB/Nvidia Quadro 2000/UK Backlit Keyboard/64-bit Win10 Home, w/code

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Update 1 14th May

Price drop to £499 from £524.24!

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Grade A
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080)
1x Intel Core i9-9880H (8-Core, 2.30 GHz)
64 GB (2x 32GB)
1.00 TB (1x 1 TB)
Nvidia Quadro 2000 (1 GB)
No Optical
No LAN
Wireless 802.11 ac
Webcam Included
UK Backlit Keyboard
64-bit Windows 10 Home

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Dell Financial Services Limited Warranty Policy
You have statutory rights in relation to the Product(s) sold to you. For example, Product(s) shall be of satisfactory quality and conform to their Product Description. Those rights are not affected by this DFS Product Warranty. DFS warrants that a Dell Product shall: (i) conform to its Product Description, (ii) be free from material defects for a period of 180 days from date of delivery, and (iii) that spare parts shall be free from defects for 180 days from the date of delivery or for the remainder of the applicable Services (Limited Warranty) or statutory warranty period, if longer. Subject to reasonable conditions, DFS shall repair, replace or offer a refund on the Dell Product if it develops a material fault in the period of 180 days from date of delivery.

Every system we sell must pass stringent DFS refurbishment specifications at an authorised DFS refurbishment partner in accordance with monitored DFS processes and procedures. This includes an extensive functional test to ensure systems meet factory specifications and a thorough cleaning and wipe down. Refurbished systems may have some cosmetic imperfections, but they will not affect the performance of the system.

What is covered by this Limited Warranty?
This Limited Warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship in the hardware products sold by DFS on a part-by-part basis.

What is NOT covered by this Limited Warranty?
This Limited Warranty does not cover:

Software, including the operating system (if any), trial software (if any) and pre-loaded software (if any)
Problems that result from:
External causes such as accident, abuse, misuse, or problems with electrical power
Servicing not authorised by DFS
Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions
Failure to follow the product instructions or failure to perform preventive measures
Problems caused by using accessories, parts, or components not supplied by DFS
Products with missing or altered Service Tags or serial numbers
Products for which DFS has not received payment or are being disputed
Products damaged by misuse, abuse, riot, vandalism, theft, fire, flood, wind, lightning, freezing, power failure, power reduction, telephone failure or acts of God
Cost of installation, removal or re-installation of this product or any component of the product
Expendable items such as batteries, toner cartridges, projector bulbs and other operating supplies
Purely cosmetic scratches, dents or other similar damages
Vinyl skins applied to the product by DFS

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14th May

The description is WRONG this does not have the Quadro 2000 1GB that would be silly as that is a 2010 GPU. This has a 4GB T2000 which is a 2019 GPU >

i.dell.com/sit…pdf

techpowerup.com/gpu…434

Edited by sisqoboy, 14 May 2024

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14th May
I'm puzzled as to who this configuration was originally aimed at (which could possibly explain why it has been remaindered) - wifi only and "Home" OS. I thought this processor had Intel UHD Graphics 630 built in? Wouldn't that allow the added GPU to be powered down?

If it had come in under 500, I'd have quite possibly bought it. My i5 3210M can't go on forever. But I wanted something <500 that would last me that long ( 12 years old now). This processor appears to be only 4 - 5 years old...
14th May
It's aimed at semi pro and pro users because of the RAM size and OpenGL optimised GPU. It's meant for typical tasks such as 3D Rendering etc.

Also the GPU has the wrong description this has the Quadro T2000 and not a Quadro 2000. A Quadro 2000 is a 2010 GPU whereas the T2000 is a 4GB VRAM card with CUDA 7.5 and not 1GB and CUDA 2.1 with the old 2000.

i.dell.com/sit…pdf
20th May
This is an excellent laptop for the price. I received mine this morning. The battery is 97 Wh, so there is space for only one M.2 2280 SSD. I swapped the 1TB drive for a 2TB one. I enabled TPM 2.0 in BIOS and installed Windows 11 Pro. After updating all the drivers, I can say it was definitely worth the money. I am using it for side projects, development, and data analysis. This is a bargain. Thanks, OP.
17th May
Final update on this machine:
Pros
• delivered less than 48 hours after ordering
• perfect condition, no scratches or wear
• 4Gb T2000 GPU, fingerprint reader, 64Gb ram, 1TB drive
• everything works, blazing fast
• battery lasting 5 hours so far, looks like it will easily go over 6
• built like a tank, yet thin and quite light
• quiet fans

Cons
• the webcam is positioned on the bottom of the screen (unlike the pictures on dell site)
• no security processor, hence Win 11 reports it can not be installed
• supplied Dell power supply has an adapter, suggesting it wasn't originally intended for this model
• keys are somewhat small, though comfortable

Overall really impressed with it for the price but with the cam and Win 11 issues, it's going back.
20th May
I just had mine delivered this morning. I installed Win11. I only had to switch on TPM 2.0 in BIOS, as a standard, I reckon it is switched off on all of them. It came with the larger, 97 Wh battery.
15th May
Great deal

A quick re-paste and a 1 or 2TB NVMe SSD will turn it into a great laptop for a software developer or the like. Has a Thunderbolt 3 port, so easy to connect to an external GPU or double 4K 60Hz monitors.
15th May
Bought a similar one of these back in Dec (32gb RAM, 4K touchscreen) but had to return. Horrible throttling even with just one tab of Chrome open. Reinstalled Windows multiple times, no difference. Had a peak at the BIOS and found a log of numerous thermal shutdowns since 2021. Sent Dell Refurbished a pic of the BIOS log and returned for a full refund after 4 months. Personally won't risk again. (edited)
15th May
We had these at work on lease from Dell. My Xeon 5540 went through 4 batteries in 3 years (started to expand!) and I had to disable the discrete GPU as the CPU would throttle to 800mhz if I loaded up a graphics intensive application like Civil3D.

My colleagues had the same problems with theirs (edited)
16th May
For anyone interested in this particular configuration, I just received my service tag - the machine is dated December 2020 and apparently eligible for Win 11 upgrade. (edited)
14th May
5 year old GPU for over 500 quid , no thanks (edited)
14th May
Its not a 14 year old CPU. Its 5 years old & was a top tier Intel & has 64GB RAM

Yes, I think the price is still a bit steep but as people are posting used 8th gen i3s & i5s with 8GB RAM it doesn't sound that bad
14th May
Lack of Lan a bit weird on a pro machine
15th May
It is thinner than the Ethernet port - that is why, this is basically an XPS 15 (older shape, pre-2020) with a professional GPU. The similar but thicker Precision 75xx series does have LAN.
14th May
Too much for old tech
14th May
Great spec back in the days but would avoid being really old now, battery on it would likely be bad too given the age
14th May
Mechanical hard drive.

Appreciate the OPs justification for RAM, GPU, etc. but mechanical drives will destroy any chance of being effieicnet with this machine.
14th May
No lan as well. Lol.
14th May
The build quality on this will be great, but 5 year old specs and that weak gpu are never worth £500, I would pay £300 max for this.
14th May
For this money, nope
15th May
No LAN ? No great
15th May
Wife constantly complaining how her 13th gen i7/ 16gb is unbearably slow at running Word & Excel. So, when I saw an i9 with 64gb RAM and a real graphics card for under £500, I just couldn't not. Ordered. Thanks!
16th May
Yeah not sure if that’s the best course of action considering this is a whole 4 generations older than her i7 & I’m sure you could probably upgrade the ram on her machine for a lot cheaper than the cost of a whole new laptop.

Not to mention that I haven’t seen a single i9 laptop work well in my whole IT career
15th May
HDD
15th May
Very good for anyone studying engineering as this is one of the few supported graphics cards that the software they use works with (I forget what the software is called!). I had to pay nearly a grand for a new laptop with specs worse than these just to get a laptop with a supported 'commercial' graphics card.
15th May
Now i know how the 8gb M1 mac haters feel. My brain trying to compute why somebody would buy this outdated hunk of junk is probably only matched by their confusion as to why someone would drop a grand on an 8GB apple machine.
17th May
The long list of exclusions on the warranty are enough to put me off. No, thank you!
Does this mean that you would have to pay for getting any component part fixed under any circumstances?
"Cost of installation, removal or re-installation of this product or any component of the product"
20th May
The price seems to have increased markedly, even with the code. Am I missing something?
21st May
Grabbed these at £385 each , for some reason their 50% off applies more discount
21st May
All of them?
22nd May
yep
22nd May
I hope that you can live with yourself then. This is a site where individuals share deals to help out others, in a communal spirit. It is not for profiteers who already have more than enough money to make yet more. I'm a pensioner and had just scraped enough money together to buy this laptop, which I need, then I go to buy only to find that you've been unable to contain your greed and denied me the opportunity. Shame on you. (edited)