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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic Laptop
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
I previously owned the Razer Blade 14 and was sad when I had to part with it at the time.
I'm definitely glad I went with the 17" this time. The screen real estate is really nice on-the-go, as this doubles as a work machine and gaming laptop for me. When I'm at home, I have an external monitor I use for more work space. No issues there.
Where it really shines is the cooling on this bad boy. I bought some simple, adhesive laptop legs to raise the back up so it can breathe better (Anybody whose got knowledge of gaming laptops knows this works just as well as a "cooling pad"). Even under maximum load, the GPU only runs at about 87C, and after 5 hours of intense AAA gaming, the hottest it ever got was 89C. Vapor chamber, raising the laptop, and the bigger foot print of this laptop overall really helps dissipate the heat.
The on-board sound isn't terrible either. Of course I did some tweaking on the mixer to dial it in but it can get pretty damn loud.
Speaking of noise, this thing runs impressively quiet. Especially when I'm not playing the most DEMANDING games, it's completely tolerable even without headphones. I owned an ASUS TUF laptop a couple years ago and that thing was like sticking your head inside a vaccum cleaner.
The 3070 Ti in this model being able to push 150W when needed really squeezes every bit of performance out of this card. Very happy I went with this, over the 4060. I understand the newer card draws less power for similar performance, and has access to DLSS 3.0, but running at 2k this is more than enough.
