Inside Dell G3 15 3500 – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Dell G3 15 3500 - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 06 August 2020 / 01:45 1

Ultimately, this is a mild refresh over the Dell G3 15 3590 – same cooling, same battery, and pretty much the same upgrade options.

Check out all Dell G3 15 3500 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

1. Remove the bottom plate

There are 10 Phillips-head screws holding the bottom panel in place. Note that the back four of them remain attached, and act as a lever that lifts the plate after you unscrew them. Naturally, you want to start the prying process from there.

2. Battery

Next, there is the battery, which on our model has a capacity of 51Wh. However, there are units that are sold with a 68Wh pack.

3. Memory and storage

Although Dell’s official specs sheet shows, that the maximum memory supported is 16GB of DDR4 in dual-channel, we are pretty confident you can equip it with up to 32GB. As of the storage, our unit comes with a 2.5-inch SATA drive bay, as well as an M.2 2230/2280 PCIe x4 slot.

4. Cooling system

Looking at the cooling, we see that everything here comes in pairs. There is a pair of fans, a pair of heat sinks, and a pair of heat pipes. Both of them are used to cool down the CPU and the GPU, and there are further heat spreaders for the VRMs and the graphics memory.

Check out all Dell G3 3500 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

Author: Alex Iliev

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Matt Thompson

5 years ago

If I want to add a 2.5in ssd will it recognize it okay? I read some people had trouble with the computer not booting using a 2.5in ssd with the OS being on PCIe SSD