What's not so great are the right and left buttons on the trackpad. The keys have just the right amount of travel and spring to them, making them as satisfying to use as they are to look at. Typing on it isn't quite as satisfying as typing on a mechanical keyboard, but as far as laptops go, it's top-shelf. Beyond that, pushing the function key dims all the keys except the top row of function keys, which is a really nice little touch that makes it easy to do things like adjust volume or brightness. If you want to set just your WASD keys to glow blue while the rest of the keys lighting pulses in and out, you can do it in the software. In addition to enabling certain lighting patterns you can go so far as to customize individual keys, which is awesome. It wouldn't be a Razer product if it didn't have customizable lighting, and naturally the Blade is Chroma-enabled so you can trick out the lighting scheme in all sorts of really cool ways using Razer's Synapse software. The only downside to its matte black finish is it does attract fingerprints. Even the power brick for the Blade is downright tiny, and is one of the smallest we've seen among comparably equipped laptops. The 4K model is the same thickness, but weighs slightly more, coming in it 4.3 pounds versus the base model's 4.1 pounds. When closed, the Razer measures just 0.70-inch tall, with an almost impossibly thin display. A matte black milled-aluminum chassis makes the accents on the laptop (the green USB ports and Razer logo on the lid) really pop, and it's impressively thin too, especially considering it has a GTX 1060 inside. There's no Ethernet port, which is a major bummer on a gaming laptop, but it does have Killer Wireless AC-1535 connectivity, as well as Bluetooth 4.1.įrom a design standpoint, the Razer Blade is simply beautiful. Beyond that, there's an HDMI 2.0 port and a combination headphone/microphone jack. It has a Thunderbolt 3 port, as well as three USB 3.0 ports, facilitating the quick transfer of data between devices. Many other comparable laptops have a storage hard drive and leave the SSD to the OS and programs that benefit from an SSD's speed.įortunately, all the ports on the Blade are high-speed, so external storage won't bring you down too much. Add your music, files, photos, and whatever else, and you hit the ceiling fast. We filled it up quickly loading up games and software for benchmarks. The base model's 256GB of storage is definitely a problem, especially for a gaming laptop. There's also a 4K version of the Blade, but it only offers 512GB and 1TB SSD configurations. That means the 1TB model is $600 more than the base model, coming in at $2499 USD. There are configurations with 512GB and a full 1TB SSDs, but the cost increase is about $200 per 256GB. Title=More%20Expert%20Tech%20Roundups&type=articles%2Cvideos&tags=tech-roundup&count=6&columnCount=6&theme=articleįor storage, the base model comes with a 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD, and there are no complementary storage options so you can't have an SSD and a hard drive, like in a lot of gaming laptops, but this is the price you pay for having such a thin notebook. It also comes with 16GB DDR4 RAM, which is pretty standard for a laptop in this class. Handling the graphical heavy lifting is an Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card with 6GB of video RAM. The 14" Razer Blade sports Intel's latest-generation i7 processor, the quad-core Kaby Lake i7 7700HQ running at 2.8GHz, and it can boost up to 3.8GHz. Ports: 3 x USB 3.0, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, combination headphone/microphone port.Display: 14-inch 1920x1080 IPS Matte Display.For everyone else, it's not the best option.īefore we get into the details, here are the specs of the Razer Blade sent me for review: Of course, its gorgeous build and svelte size comes with a heavy price tag, making it a gaming laptop only suited for well-heeled gamers or those who must have maximum portability. Build-quality is top-notch, and its super thin profile, understated design and personalization options are at a level far above comparably-equipped gaming laptops. Razer has built a reputation for producing high-quality gaming accessories and PCs, and the Razer Blade (See it on Amazon) / (See it on Amazon UK) gaming laptop is no exception. Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. Be sure to visit IGN Tech for all the latest comprehensive hands-on reviews and best-of roundups.
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