Dell XPS 17 2022 with 12th Gen Intel CPUs and faster RAM | Price, Specs, and Features

March 28th 2022

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Dell XPS 17 2022 with 12th Gen Intel CPUs and faster RAM | Price, Specs, and Features

Along with XPS 15, Dell has also refreshed its XPS 17 with 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake-H CPUs. The laptop brings RTX 30-series graphics, up to 4K OLED display, DDR5-4800 RAM, and more. So, let's go through the specs, features, availability, and expected price of the Dell XPS 17 2022 in Nepal.

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Dell XPS 17 2022 Overview

Design and Display

Dell XPS 17 2022 features a 17-inch Infinity Edge Anti-Glare panel. You can choose between an FHD panel to 4K OLED touch panel. The screen-to-body ratio of the laptop is 92.9% and the brightness of the display peaks at 400 nits. Further, the display here is protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 6, and the device also features an Eyesafe technology that reduces the emission of blue light.

In terms of design, the laptop comes in an aluminum unibody along with a carbon fiber palm rest. It has a full-size backlit chiclet keyboard with on keyboard fingerprint sensor and 1.3mm key travel.

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Performance

Dell XPS 17 2022 gives the option for Intel Alder Lake-H 12th gen CPUs. You can either pick the Core i5-12500H (12 cores), i7-12700H (14 cores), or i9-12900HK (14 cores). The graphics on all the processor models are handled by NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 with 4GB GDDR6 VRAM and a 60W TGP. According to Dell, the RTX 3060 clad SKUs will be made available for purchase sometime in April.

The laptop supports DDR5-4800 RAM configurable up to 64GB while PCIe4 x4 SSD storage max out at 4TB.

Battery and Others

Dell XPS 17 2022 packs a 6-Cell 97Whr battery. There’s a quad-speaker setup with two 2.5W woofers and two 1.5W tweeters tuned by Waves MaxxAudio Pro and Waves Nx 3D audio.

Connectivity options on the laptop include four Thunderbolt 4, three USB Type-C, and an audio combo jack. You also get the wireless connectivity of Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1.

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Dell XPS 17 2022 Specifications

Display: 17-inch InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch / Touch (4K), Gorilla Glass 6 (on touch panels), Dolby Vision, Eyesafe, Display HDR (on touch panels)
Resolution: Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) | 4K (3840 x 2400 pixels)
Processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H | i7-12700H | i9-12900HK
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
RAM: up to 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Storage: up to 4TB PCIe SSD
OS: Windows 11 Home
Keyboard: Backlit chicklet, 1.3 mm key travel
Connectivity: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2 x 2), Bluetooth 5.1
Ports: 3x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, 4x Thunderbolt 4, 1x eDP port, 1x audio combo jack
Battery: 6-Cell Battery, 97WHr (Integrated)

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Dell XPS 17 2022 Price and Availability

Dell XPS 15 2022 starts at USD 1,849 for the i5 model with 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD storage. If the laptop launches in Nepal, we expect the price to start around Rs.2,80,000.