@@MrPaolosio Hi Paul, 32GB! Thermal throttling is still bad, just need to use it on low performance mode and the system will throttle the cpu automatically. a big issue i have had is with the safe shutter webcam, my webcam is unable to open any longer for >3 months and despite being on pro support etc, dell has been unable to fix my pc due to the shortage & supply chain issues. something to keep in mind when you get a laptop from dell with safe shutter
@@vishnt hiya, Sounds like experience with your 9420 hasn’t been great. I was hoping the bios update had solved/vastly improved the thermal throttling issue. Re webcam, surely if Dell can’t resolve they must replace the unit. No webcam, no MS Teams, no job! Thanks for sharing your experience. Reviews are great, but real life user experience over a relevant temporal scale is much sought after.
This is an awesome laptop. I just grabbed one from the Dell outlet with Quadhd, 16gb and 256ssd for less than $1200 USD with 3years pro support. Very happy with the 16:10 display vs my 7410’s… 16:9… I wished the SSD was 2280… I’m having a hard time finding an affordable 512 ssd with the 2230 size…
Wow you got this laptop for an amazing price!! I would have like to see the 2280 format available for the SSD too but internal real estate don't think made it possible. I think the 9520 will have the internal real estate for the 2280 size SSD.
For executives whom this laptop targets, the "most" compute intensive task would be online meetings with a VIRTUAL background or background blur. This is CPU/GPU intensive, and is known to make some poorly designed laptops to throttle so badly it becomes unusable.
Absolutely my thoughts @Laurence Liew as yours. I think I need to make a new custom or look for a benchmarking for usability in video conferencing alone to assess future computers that I get my hands on.
@BsianTech, thanks for fantastic and thorough review of this Dell ultra-premium laptop. It is a premium, solid-built quality laptop targeted for executives. One small disappointment is 720p HD IR webcam. I think, the quality of this webcam is OK, video is a bit blurry and it does not reach the "premium" level. For some reason Dell did not include 1080 FHD IR webcam with this premium model. I am ordering a one level down business 7420 business laptop model from Dell in aluminum finish, and they could not include the 1080 FHD IR webcam with that 7420 aluminum body either. Dell advised that 1080p FHD IR webcam is only available only for 7420 in carbon fiber finish (which is not my preference)
Great review. Thank you! Do you know when the 9420 was updated/released? Was it Jan 2021? I’m thinking about purchasing but not sure when an update might come out. Any insight? Thanks!
Glad the review was useful for you @Cedrik B. The hard drive speed could be improve if you want to upgrade it using another brand hard drive as Dell doesn't offer outside of the Class 35 NVMe on the 9420. Also remember this is a Gen 3 PCIe NVMe. As far as speed goes there is room for improvement but this is pretty average for a Class 35 NVMe.
@@BsianTech indeed. In fact I have today the 9430 that I bought last week. Despite the fact that it's meant to be a gen 4, performances are still ~3000 mB/s which is pretty disappointing . And m2 2230 vs 2280 considerably reduces the choice for a different drive as only (kioxia/Toshiba) seem to be available in that format as of today
This is bizzare granted the review of the the Latitude 7420 you had done has the same processor but was steady around 2.5ghz. Any reason for this? Did dell end up getting back to you about this issue?
If you have it can you do MSI Creator Z16 Hiroshi Fujiwara limited edition mini led review? Also if it has FALD bloom ( checking by small tiny square cube and black background- can be found those test on RUclips) and how is 1000 nits ( if colours are washed etc ) I saw anywhere or some one did the review MSI creator z16 hiroshi fujiwara here on RUclips.
The throttling was a concern but in all the other departments where I think the target market placed importance on it was right up there to have the ultra-premium tag.
@@BsianTech Of course the WLAN is soldered on the board - it is an Intel AX210. Only the WWAN isn't soldered, but you can't add it later, because when you order the Lat. 9420 without WWAN, it will have no WWAN antennas and also no SIM-tray. In this case, the internal WWAN port is useless. You can't install second ssd.
I believe the Dell screen privacy filter can't be switched off, if you could my guess would be pressing FN + F9 might be the button. Also look in the Dell Optimizer there is a new feature in configuring the privacy filter there too if you have that hardware in the screen.
I've been using this for 2 months now, fantastic machine
Great to hear your experience on the Latitude 9420 @V Thadani, were the speakers impressive?
@@BsianTech really impressive, there was a recent bios update about 2-3 weeks ago that solved the issues it had
@@vishnt Hi, Did the bios update solve the thermal throttling in your unit? Do you have 16gb or 32gb? Thanks :)
@@MrPaolosio Hi Paul, 32GB! Thermal throttling is still bad, just need to use it on low performance mode and the system will throttle the cpu automatically.
a big issue i have had is with the safe shutter webcam, my webcam is unable to open any longer for >3 months and despite being on pro support etc, dell has been unable to fix my pc due to the shortage & supply chain issues. something to keep in mind when you get a laptop from dell with safe shutter
@@vishnt hiya, Sounds like experience with your 9420 hasn’t been great. I was hoping the bios update had solved/vastly improved the thermal throttling issue. Re webcam, surely if Dell can’t resolve they must replace the unit. No webcam, no MS Teams, no job! Thanks for sharing your experience. Reviews are great, but real life user experience over a relevant temporal scale is much sought after.
As I told once you are the only guy who reviewed these machine. Thumb up and keep doing this fantastic job
Awesome review, I can´t believe why you don´t have 1 M of subs at least, please keep going on your amazing reviews.
Thanks very much @chichudox and best wishes. Helping others on giving information to make good decisions is comforting already for me.
Waiting for this to come with Intel 12th gen processors. That would be a great package
Oh yeah @Sumit Roy, can't wait to get my hands on that one and see how that performs in terms of thermals plus hopefully improve the throttling.
Excellent review, thank you!
excellent review. Thankyou for doing this.
This is an awesome laptop. I just grabbed one from the Dell outlet with Quadhd, 16gb and 256ssd for less than $1200 USD with 3years pro support. Very happy with the 16:10 display vs my 7410’s… 16:9… I wished the SSD was 2280… I’m having a hard time finding an affordable 512 ssd with the 2230 size…
Wow you got this laptop for an amazing price!! I would have like to see the 2280 format available for the SSD too but internal real estate don't think made it possible. I think the 9520 will have the internal real estate for the 2280 size SSD.
For executives whom this laptop targets, the "most" compute intensive task would be online meetings with a VIRTUAL background or background blur. This is CPU/GPU intensive, and is known to make some poorly designed laptops to throttle so badly it becomes unusable.
Absolutely my thoughts @Laurence Liew as yours. I think I need to make a new custom or look for a benchmarking for usability in video conferencing alone to assess future computers that I get my hands on.
Great review
@BsianTech, thanks for fantastic and thorough review of this Dell ultra-premium laptop. It is a premium, solid-built quality laptop targeted for executives. One small disappointment is 720p HD IR webcam. I think, the quality of this webcam is OK, video is a bit blurry and it does not reach the "premium" level. For some reason Dell did not include 1080 FHD IR webcam with this premium model. I am ordering a one level down business 7420 business laptop model from Dell in aluminum finish, and they could not include the 1080 FHD IR webcam with that 7420 aluminum body either. Dell advised that 1080p FHD IR webcam is only available only for 7420 in carbon fiber finish (which is not my preference)
Nice review!
Thanks @Bob Milleit
Great review. Thank you! Do you know when the 9420 was updated/released? Was it Jan 2021? I’m thinking about purchasing but not sure when an update might come out. Any insight? Thanks!
The Latitude 9420 was released in late Jan 2021 but rarely seen in stock by end of Feb to March.
@@BsianTech Thanks. Their small business team can build me a 9420 that ships in a month. I’m just curious if I should wait incase they update it
Unless you getting a good discount now I might advise to hold off till the refresh comes out with the 12th Gen Intel hopefully in it.
I like your review, very thorough, thanks for this. Do you think getting 3115MB/s for such a price tag , without hardware encryption is normal ?
Glad the review was useful for you @Cedrik B. The hard drive speed could be improve if you want to upgrade it using another brand hard drive as Dell doesn't offer outside of the Class 35 NVMe on the 9420. Also remember this is a Gen 3 PCIe NVMe. As far as speed goes there is room for improvement but this is pretty average for a Class 35 NVMe.
@@BsianTech indeed. In fact I have today the 9430 that I bought last week. Despite the fact that it's meant to be a gen 4, performances are still ~3000 mB/s which is pretty disappointing . And m2 2230 vs 2280 considerably reduces the choice for a different drive as only (kioxia/Toshiba) seem to be available in that format as of today
Excellent Review!
Does the USB-C port suffice for full resolution at 60hz on the Dell U4021Qw for example?
This is bizzare granted the review of the the Latitude 7420 you had done has the same processor but was steady around 2.5ghz. Any reason for this? Did dell end up getting back to you about this issue?
Very nice breakdown. Do you know anyone that can decrypt the bitlocker on this model?
Have you run the thermal test with the optimised mode rather than Ultra performance?
I have not @zaamuro, I will be adding this extra test data this year since I have a bit more time on my hands.
Do you have any view on 9430 model which is recently released?
Windows 11 update can be upgraded?
What's the color gamut range of the full hd variant display of this laptop?
If you have it can you do MSI Creator Z16 Hiroshi Fujiwara limited edition mini led review?
Also if it has FALD bloom ( checking by small tiny square cube and black background- can be found those test on RUclips) and how is 1000 nits ( if colours are washed etc )
I saw anywhere or some one did the review MSI creator z16 hiroshi fujiwara here on RUclips.
does the 5421 have better performance
The 5421 does have better performance since it runs the H series (performance) processor in that compare to the 9420.
@@BsianTech thanks for that, much appreciated 🙏
Terrible throttling. I am terrified of how such a machine can be sold as ultra-premium.
The throttling was a concern but in all the other departments where I think the target market placed importance on it was right up there to have the ultra-premium tag.
Hello nice guy
Hi, is the WLAN soldered to the board and is it possible to add it after purchase?
Hi @John Evans, the WLAN module isn't soldered to the board, its a slot so you can add it in later date.
@@BsianTech Of course the WLAN is soldered on the board - it is an Intel AX210. Only the WWAN isn't soldered, but you can't add it later, because when you order the Lat. 9420 without WWAN, it will have no WWAN antennas and also no SIM-tray. In this case, the internal WWAN port is useless. You can't install second ssd.
Could u do a review of the dell latitude 5521 and see if your fans also go pretty loud ?
Not sure I be able to get the Latitude 5521 but I will give it a go @Jean Duprez.
@@BsianTech thanks 😊
My piece is having some sort of screen privacy filter on. Can anyone tell how to switch such feature off
I believe the Dell screen privacy filter can't be switched off, if you could my guess would be pressing FN + F9 might be the button. Also look in the Dell Optimizer there is a new feature in configuring the privacy filter there too if you have that hardware in the screen.
If your motherboard gets burned, your ram, processor, and video card are gone too.
Is it possible to expand the memory of the laptop?
Unfortunately the memory is soldered on so it isn't possible to expand/upgrade the memory.
@@BsianTech I meant the M.2 SSD storage
Does the WWAN-slot supports a SSD?
There has been people putting a SSD in the WWAN slot, its not supported by Dell but has been done unofficially.
@@BsianTech I already know about such support for various Dell models. But I wan't to know it especially for 9420.
Too many numbers and acronyms and benchmarking! Not useful for non tech people.