Dell Inspiron 17 7746 review

The i7 17-Inch Whose Gaming Axis Stays Low

The Dell Inspiron 17 7746 carries an i7 5500U with a GeForce 845M and 16 GB of memory — on paper the upscale variant of the 17-inch family. Its record disagrees with the pattern: gaming reads 23 in the low band, not the 71 of its siblings, and Far Cry 5 fails its bar at minimum settings.

Where it holds up

The sheet flags no top strength, but the working assets are real: Overwatch and Grand Theft Auto V clear their minimum bars, the 16 GB of memory doubles the 8 GB of the 5748/5749 twins, and photo design reads 18. Performance sits at 19.65 in the low band — consistent with the efficiency-tuned i7 rather than a performance part. The contrast with its siblings is the interesting part: the 5748 and 5749 read 71 on the gaming axis while this machine reads 23, on paper the better-specced configuration of the three.

Where it falls short

Reliability is the flagged weakness at 6 against a class median of 54. The gaming axis reads 23 — a low-band reading despite the 845M, and the measured Far Cry 5 failure explains why this record earns no high-band claim. Office reads 16.7, modeling 15, engineering CAD 19, portability 5.8, and the 3.29 kg weight sits in the desktop-replacement tier. The i7 badge does not translate into i7 numbers here.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded and no depreciation curve is modeled for this entry.

Alternatives to consider

The Inspiron 17 5749 in this batch posts the 71 gaming axis with three verified minimum-bar passes and the same chassis practicality. The G5 15 5587 (2018) at $245 is the modern-by-comparison gaming answer of this batch.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The data says: more memory, weaker gaming story than its siblings — an unusual trade the sheet records without apology.