Razer Blade 15 Base Gaming Laptop 2020: Intel Core i7-10750H 6-Core, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 15.6" FHD 1080p 120Hz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, CNC Aluminum, Chroma RGB Lighting, Black,Windows 10 Home

I was hoping to get an advanced for a while, as I like the slimmer look, vapor chamber cooling, eight cores and ability to charge via USB-C. Only thing, they are much more pricey than the chunky base models. Amazon Warehouse had an "acceptable" condition one, which means there may have been some scratches etc. Other than the look, which I was fine with having ordered a skin regardless, the laptop works perfectly. Quiet and cool when casual use (like office and college work), yes it gets hot and audible when gaming or editing, but in an all metal body this slim, it really is to be expected. Battery life is nothing fantastic, but fine for a medium coffeeshop stay or a flight wait. This is not an Ultrabook after all, with a GPU and a big screen. The keyboard lighting is brighter on the advanced model too. Oh and upgrading the computer is super easy. To sum, give Amazon Warehouse deals ago, as you can get a great product, with 90 warranty / returns and save some cash. Best purchase I have made in 2021.

Update 08/20/2023 The battery eventually inflated and was causing crashing issues, I bought a nock off version from Amazon 6 months ago and its working like new. This thing is still kicking ass and taking names. I plan to continue buying razor laptops after this one kicks the bucket. Living on a sailboat I've had to give up desktop pc's for laptops. I've had many over the years, usually top of the line beefy monsters. They were cumbersome and I always looked like "that guy" at work. After an unfortunate motorcycle accident that destroyed my 17" Clevo (6 core I7 and full 2070) I started looking for something that could not only game, but was also portable and not so flashy at work (The unicorn). I was extremely nervous about the thermals, razer doesn't have a good reputation in that department. But to my surprise I haven't seen temps above 88c on the cpu. This is while playing games like Star Citizen, Arma 3, etc. Although its only been a few weeks of ownership, I couldn't be happier with this slim monster. The battery life is around 5 hours and gets me through a work day no problem (google sheets, scheduling and fleet tracking). PD charging is also extremely convenient if you're tight on space, but honestly the power brick is super small already. Only time will tell for longevity. The fingerprints are horrible, I'll be buying a debrand skin to not only protect from scratches but also my oily ass hands. My only real gripe is having only one storage drive slot, I really would have like 2x M.2's for raid 0 but that's just me being picky.

i love this laptop !!! right now, i could only afford to get a gaming laptop that works alongside school, or i could get a full on PC and not have a laptop for school. its a great machine ! im a streamer, and it consistently pumps out 60fps streams which is really nice. its not super loud so if i want to cool it down on stream i can max out the fans and not have it be super annoying to listen to. the thing about this laptop though is that its SUPER hot. i usually stream minecraft and have discord, streamlabs, spotify, and vtube studio all on at the same time, and it gets quite hot. like, if my food was that hot i’d probably have to blow on it before eating it. its super noticeable when you press down on the keys and you feel it on your fingertips, and its kind of uncomfortable. despite all that, i can get a solid 120fps on every game that i play with no issues. personally, upgrading from an actual potato to this was a legendary change. so to summarize ,, pros : gaming is very smooth ! i love the design and the razed synapse is easy to work around. the rgb on the keyboard is nice looking and pressing on the keys feels nice. the screen is nice and bright and i dont lag whenever i stream and play games at the same time. its easily my favorite laptop ! its light, really aesthetically pleasing, and works just the way i want it to cons: the speakers suck. its really funny to me because on my old potato the speakers are leaps and bounds better than these. not that i use them often, but whenever i want to take a break from my headphones these speakers are not it. the battery doesnt last too long when off the charger, but i havent ran that many tests so it could probably stay on longer if i changed around a few settings to take the computers focus off of performance. it gets REALLY hot. an ice cube could melt pretty fast on the surface of it if i were playing genshin impact on high settings, medium if im streaming and listening to music. overall, i like this laptop because its a lot better than my old one. if i were you, i’d probably sit tight and save up some more money to get the advanced model for that cooling system, or look for something else if you want a cooler laptop. honestly, i think it cools on pretty quickly if you close the game and wait for a minute with the fans maxed, but im pretty lenient when it comes to machines. anyways, i hope this helped !

Took a gamble and bought "Used - Very Good" and the condition was basically perfect. Been using for 4 months and so far only had a few "issues" that were resolved (by me). 1. Heard electric whine coming from laptop. Was concerned at first but noticed my other laptops also do it... seems normal for laptops. 2. Games were suddenly very sluggish with huge fps drops. I just had to update the GPU drivers and it was fixed. (I didnt think to do this right away). Mainly play csgo and easily run at 300fps. Sometimes play apex and have no issues except it cant run apex at 150fps+. 3. Speaking of Apex... the laptop gets VERY hot for intense games. I plug external monitor+mouse+keyboard so its not a big issue but it WILL heat up your room. The room temperature increase is noticeable. I dont think it's feasible to play on the laptop keyboard when playing something like Apex since the laptop gets too hot. My palms get sweaty and overall not a pleasant experience. The vapor cooling seems to work pretty well though... even when gaming for 10hours+ at high temps I dont get performance drops which is amazing imo. I considered getting a fan that sits under the laptop but it doesnt seem necessary. We'll see how it holds up over time. 4. One day, bluetooth stopped working entirely. It just disappeared... even from Device Manager. I googled the issue and a BIOS reset fixed it. PROS: Build quality feels great. Impressed by it. Almost at mbp level. Great performance. I've played csgo, apex, gtav, mordhau, and valorant all with no issues. Screen looks pretty good. Not mbp level but better than average laptop screen imo. I'd imagine the 4k 60hz looks even better. (higher refresh rates monitors almost always look worse than lower rate picture-focused monitors) Does not come with a bunch of bloatware. (i hate bloatware w a passion) CONS: The laptop keyboard is HORRIBLE. Travel distance is so low it's annoying to use. You must install their proprietary razer software to customize the keyboard lighting. Gets VERY hot. Brand doesnt seem to have a good reputation for longevity so I do worry that it will randomly die on me one day. Logo on the lid is very ugly in my opinion. Wish it had one more usb c port. Overall, it's an extremely difficult task to compete with Apple and I'm happy that Razer put effort into creating a high end product that feels fairly polished. Four months in and I'm pleased with my purchase. Some misc thoughts... I dont think it was necessary for the screen to go up to 300hz... 240 is good enough imo... Would be nice if, for future versions, they got rid of the huge charger and made it usb c charge. Would be nice if I could buy a version with no webcam and they got rid of the top bezel.

In terms of what I like... The quality feel, the performance, the fact this model includes Windows Hello facial recognition camera, and the lack of tons of junk pre-installed. This thing performs like a champ for what I'm using it to do. In terms of what I dislike... not much. Battery isn't as good as a less performant device, but that's obvious considering it's a high powered gaming laptop. No, what I dislike most is the custom power adapter connector instead of a more common connector like what Dell, HP, and others use. This isn't a problem for the one that comes with the laptop, but if you're like me and want to order extras or need to replace it, they're very expensive.

Overall great gaming laptop. Bought it as a mobile workstation with gaming potential (in that order). So far is blasting fast for everyday use and every game i've tried runs +30 FPS on the best settings. I've haven't been able to reach 300 FPS in any game so the 300Hz display is a bit of an overkill. The built quality is amazing, a bit sharp on the edges (I was used to a macbook) and feels sturdy. PROS: - It is a beast hiding on a very sober design. Besides the green logo on the back of the display, you wouldn't know its a gaming laptop, which is great if you plan using it on a formal workplace (which is my case). - The RGB keyboard is a great addition if you take the time to really configure the different lightning options for each app. CONS: - It gets HOT. I cannot use it on the bed/lap while playing any casual game (the temperature its ok/mildly unconfortable for browsing the internet though). - The proprietary charger port seems to be designed to be a tight fit which makes you feel you are scratching the aluminum (sometimes you are). - Speakers are bad, super bad. I didn't expect them to sound good, but they are not useful for anything else but conferencing. - Expensive, here you are paying for a simplistic gaming design, premium materials and awesome thermal performance on a thin laptop. Semi-CON: - The battery life is somewhere around 3 hours. Not bad for a gaming laptop, but for a mobile workstation means you will need to carry a charger wherever you go. I solved it by using a 100W USB C charger for moving around instead of the bulky 230W original charger, but you wont be able to achieve peak performance this way.

I really wanted to like this laptop, I am generally a fan of Razer and have used their products off and on for many years. I was asking for a lot when I decided to purchase this laptop but nothing that wasn’t promised in the Amazon advertising, I was looking for a sleek/quiet/yet powerful laptop that I can use for browsing/gaming. In an attempt to make sure the laptop would be able to handle my requests I even opted for the “advanced” model. This laptop LOOKS great from a physical standpoint and appears quite powerful when it comes to gaming. However, from the first day I tried this laptop I had doubts about whether my purchase was worth it. Even after removing all bloatware and ending all non-essential tasks this laptop IDLES at ~40% memory usage (6-6.5/ 16GB). The laptop is fairly quiet while idle but definitely not silent, and the second any program boots (game/discord/chrome) it will immediately kick in the fans at an obnoxious volume under default razer settings. There are options within razer synapse to manually reduce fan speed which makes the laptop quieter but at the cost of more heat. With the fans on auto (loud) this laptop still generates noticeable heat while idling and over 15-20 minutes reaches near skin-burning temperatures while playing minecraft on the lowest settings, keep in mind this laptop still retails for $2000-2500, that is unacceptable performance for this price point. Additionally, on my second day using this laptop (mind you this is still on default fan settings while playing minecraft on the lowest settings with native resolution) the GPU overheated and crashed the laptop/blackscreened until force shutdown and then needed to wait to cool down before being rebooted. I believe the actual specs of the laptop should be able to handle a heavy workload but the design of this laptop does not supply adequate cooling/heat reduction, especially not without making enough noise to drown out an entire room. Lastly, just a few extra annoyances, the webcam quality is real bad, it looks comparable to my 360p Logitech from the 2000’s. The built-in speakers are laughably awful but that wasn’t a big deal for me as I always use my laptop with headphones. The laptop requires you to not only keep and use the Razer bloatware to customize things like keyboard color/brightness (not super uncommon) but it also must remain running at all times in order to even do things as simple as lower the screen brightness using the function keys. In the end, I may give Razer a try again in the future but I will be taking another deserved break from trying their products after this one. Attached images of startup RAM usage and black screen from overheating. Video is fan sound during boot + idle.

Love that this is sturdy, light weight and aluminum metal covered and I don't think I'll have broken hinges in a year or two like my last two plastic gaming laptops. That was my biggest concern in looking for a gaming laptop I could use to game a little but mostly to quickly photo edit and use photo shop when on the road. It is extremely fast, out does my desktop and is now out of 4 pc's the one I use. It's so quick I can't handle waiting on the others. Last years graphics is fine for the saving I garnered. I'm a firm believer in I'd still be happy with my last years pc this year. I easily installed a 2 TB m2 hard drive in the extra slot (love it has an empty slot for that) and the 16 GB ram seems to run my photo editing with fine speed and my older games. This does not have thunderbolt to connect a display through the C port but has two type C ports that I use to connect all peripherals and then just use the hdmi to connect one monitor and use the laptop screen as a second so don't purchase a C type universal docking station to connect displays, display put through won't work on this 2020 model, i believe it has been updated by razer to work on the 2021 models. Very very happy with this purchase for my needs. Oh i thought I would miss the number bad, especially when photo editing but i've adapted to that quickly and do not miss it.