Can Razer Win Me Back? - Razer Blade 14 AMD

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    0:00 - Intro
    0:10 - Unboxing & Blade history lesson
    1:20 - Razer Blade overview & exterior impressions
    2:31 - Taking a look inside
    5:17 - dbrand paid us to throw things at Linus
    6:08 - Powering on the Razer Blade
    6:47 - Keyboard impressions
    7:30 - Display impressions
    8:20 - Gaming performance impressions
    8:42 - Daily driver comparison ASUS Flow
    9:20 - Closing thoughts
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  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike Před 2 lety +2035

    Dbrand literally throwing money at him in the sponsor spot, lol

    • @JaydevRaol
      @JaydevRaol Před 2 lety +1

      😂

    • @theAessaya
      @theAessaya Před 2 lety +23

      Plot twist: those airpods _are_ his payment :D

    • @cedricpomerleau5586
      @cedricpomerleau5586 Před 2 lety +8

      @@theAessaya wouldn’t be that surprising, especially considering that’s literally thousands of dollar in AirPods.

    • @Xfade81
      @Xfade81 Před 2 lety +6

      I don't think you know what literally means.

    • @tycho94
      @tycho94 Před 2 lety +3

      Stop using literally figuratively

  • @TheXhadeZ
    @TheXhadeZ Před 2 lety +3776

    Dbrand has gotta be the best sponsor ever.

    • @doomy_doomy2225
      @doomy_doomy2225 Před 2 lety +40

      Unless you're RTU and doesn't understand their advertising and people and their fans get mad qhen they're not being roasted.

    • @592Johno
      @592Johno Před 2 lety +8

      @@doomy_doomy2225 who's/what's RTU?

    • @doomy_doomy2225
      @doomy_doomy2225 Před 2 lety +11

      @@592Johno ReviewTechUSA

    • @kanto_red
      @kanto_red Před 2 lety +34

      I’ve always been happy with dbrand but they raised their free shipping from after $30 to after $50 due to a person complaining on Twitter that they always have their pricing at like 90 cents or 95 cents to make us buy more for free shipping

    • @Illindi
      @Illindi Před 2 lety +9

      It is to Linus what IFixit is to Jay 😉

  • @shiruki.fan.account
    @shiruki.fan.account Před 2 lety +1572

    "Up to"
    Marketing's way of making specs sound way better than they are without getting in legal trouble. 🙄

    • @sirflimflam
      @sirflimflam Před 2 lety +80

      I hate the whole "up to" bullshit. It's like, no speed at all is in that range so what the hell are you even saying really. Broadband got a lot better about it (at least in my area) but I still remember years and years back when they'd advertise "up to 20 megabit" and I'd be lucky if I saw 2 to 4...

    • @code96roblox
      @code96roblox Před 2 lety +94

      The best thing is when they say "Up to" in regards to specs and "Starting at" in regards to price. Basically "Look at this amazing laptop that can have up to [Amazing specs] that starts at just [low price]" and that low price is a config that give you like an i3 and 4gb of ram.

    • @hollymolly518
      @hollymolly518 Před 2 lety +11

      In the east "start at" with words so small you can't even see

    • @metallurgico
      @metallurgico Před 2 lety +6

      it's in the word "marketing".. don't be surprised of what companies do. they want to fuck you in every legal way possible

    • @Alex-zi1nb
      @Alex-zi1nb Před 2 lety +1

      well its also bc they would need to be constantly recalibrated

  • @LordRaxyn
    @LordRaxyn Před 2 lety +1826

    Does DBrand have a department dedicated to coming up with new things to mess with Linus?

    • @koustubhjain6789
      @koustubhjain6789 Před 2 lety +189

      Dbrand is a company dedicated to messing with Linus, their skins and other products are just a side gig

    • @BoomCat99
      @BoomCat99 Před 2 lety +29

      @@koustubhjain6789 That's how they fund it.

    • @psjack4027
      @psjack4027 Před 2 lety +2

      Nope, they just have skinned robots

    • @sufyanfarid5997
      @sufyanfarid5997 Před 2 lety +2

      @@koustubhjain6789 🤣🤣🤣

    • @apositivebrat
      @apositivebrat Před 2 lety +1

      God I hope so

  • @Zeph0
    @Zeph0 Před 2 lety +770

    "This cooling system is pretty cool"
    nice

    • @connerh1382
      @connerh1382 Před 2 lety +8

      "Noice"

    • @musicdefinesgravity
      @musicdefinesgravity Před 2 lety +4

      I was the 69th like pls no one like his comment

    • @agumon1605
      @agumon1605 Před 2 lety +1

      @@musicdefinesgravity 232 now :(

    • @jhuny
      @jhuny Před 2 lety +4

      @@musicdefinesgravity I just unliked his comment. Now we need another 178 people to unlike.

    • @musicdefinesgravity
      @musicdefinesgravity Před 2 lety +3

      @@jhuny we live in a society

  • @bobhanson1037
    @bobhanson1037 Před 2 lety +810

    Wish marketing wouldn't use "military grade". Most military gear blows.

    • @wiryantirta
      @wiryantirta Před 2 lety +94

      And aerospace grade for that matter. Its regular aluminium ffs and the standards already caught up.

    • @hellomark1
      @hellomark1 Před 2 lety +143

      "Made by the lowest bidder and *barely* meets required specs!" doesn't sound as catchy though

    • @mrgibbles09
      @mrgibbles09 Před 2 lety +16

      People in marketing are scum.

    • @poglifeactual7936
      @poglifeactual7936 Před 2 lety +10

      Anyone who has served knows that. LOL.

    • @savagemadman2054
      @savagemadman2054 Před 2 lety +49

      As someone who worked in procurement for a military, I see it as "domestically produced and painted green, but somehow significantly more expensive and lower quality than civilian grade".

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV Před 2 lety +149

    I bought a 6 month old used Blade 14 in 2015 (i7, 16Gb, GTX970M, 4k screen) for about half its retail price. Daily drove it and gamed on it happily for 5 years. It has gone on business trips with me across the world. I just built a custom rig for myself this year and can't complete it due to a lack of GPUs. So my Blade is still pulling its weight. It still looks as good as the model Linus has in the video. Best laptop purchase I ever made.

  • @thegavinjackson
    @thegavinjackson Před 2 lety +960

    Dbrand shows us how advertising should be done. They should be the golden standard

    • @livegolfismygt
      @livegolfismygt Před 2 lety +7

      Them and Sam Riegel have top notch sponsor spots

    • @freakenste
      @freakenste Před 2 lety +8

      Isn't dbrand a shady brand with lots of giveaways not completed , I still remember the one truckloads of iphones collab with unboxtherapy. ugh

    • @BenRajan
      @BenRajan Před 2 lety +8

      @@freakenste I don't recall dBrand being part of the truckload giveaway. From everything I've seen dBrand is pretty good with giveaways. Really organized and easy to keep track of. Sure their whole shtick is acting like a-holes but I haven't seen any shady behavior.

    • @freakenste
      @freakenste Před 2 lety

      @@BenRajan Just give it a Google search or search it up on CZcams, you'll stumble across a few 4-5 years ago iPhone giveaway shown in a truck bed which was never fully given away.

    • @DeerDesigner
      @DeerDesigner Před 2 lety +4

      @@freakenste it wasn’t a giveaway done with dbrand and also at no point in time Lew said he’d give out a truckload of iPhones, only a “few of them” (which he did) and it was super clear the truck was solely for clickbait purposes

  • @eichen97
    @eichen97 Před 2 lety +277

    Next Dbrand sponsorship: we hired a pro wrestler to beat the shit out of linus just to assert dominance, no talking points, we just don't like this guy.

    • @mysh24
      @mysh24 Před 2 lety +4

      Next Next Dbrand Sponsor: we blackmailed linus with his family until he begs for mercy.

  • @metallurgico
    @metallurgico Před 2 lety +600

    What if i'd pay Razer 'UP TO' the price they are asking?

    • @bipbop3121
      @bipbop3121 Před 2 lety +24

      Nice

    • @odinsplaygrounds
      @odinsplaygrounds Před 2 lety +67

      Should be the new rule. If their hardware can only deliver "up to" a certain spec, people should only pay "up to" a certain price.

    • @olotocolo
      @olotocolo Před 2 lety +27

      @@odinsplaygrounds I absolutely agree, this should be international law

    • @NikolaiGrancharov
      @NikolaiGrancharov Před 2 lety

      menace to society

    • @edwardkenworthy7013
      @edwardkenworthy7013 Před 2 lety +8

      They would deliver 'UP TO' one laptop.

  • @YouAreBreathing
    @YouAreBreathing Před 2 lety +182

    I'm glad that I didn't skip the Dbrand bit. I love it when Linus gets hurt.

  • @JeskidoYT
    @JeskidoYT Před 2 lety +370

    Man razer needs to start adding years to their product names

    • @michaelvigato3228
      @michaelvigato3228 Před 2 lety +23

      Luckily it's the first amd based one, so you can't go wrong

    • @wanky1123
      @wanky1123 Před 2 lety

      Yh they really need to do that

    • @nerd2544
      @nerd2544 Před 2 lety +7

      yea sure Razer Blade 14 21 sure doesn't sound confusing at all

    • @LuLeBe
      @LuLeBe Před rokem +4

      @@nerd2544 Blade 14 21 sounds confusing but 2021 Blade 14 would not.

  • @calebrasak6941
    @calebrasak6941 Před 2 lety +10

    We NEED a full review of this unit from you guys!

  • @autismosis69
    @autismosis69 Před 2 lety +50

    4:32 it was 3 years ago just after Christmas break. I'm on the bus with two of my friends who had received blade stealths for Christmas. One of them opens their laptop and gasps. The screen had spontaneously shattered. Neither of them had the blade stealth (in working condition) by the end of the school year.

    • @SimonBauer7
      @SimonBauer7 Před 2 lety +3

      yea that just shows how crappy these laptops are so why pay a lot of money for something that is going to break as soon as you look at it the wrong way

    • @asphyxia9927
      @asphyxia9927 Před 2 lety +3

      What? Screens can't shatter without touching them 😭

    • @hoennnoodle
      @hoennnoodle Před 2 lety +10

      @@SimonBauer7 idk man my razer blade has been going strong for over 3 years now and it hasn't had the easiest of lives.

    • @jonathanwu8674
      @jonathanwu8674 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hoennnoodle same, i run it very hot for a long time while gaming and it still works fine, albeit battery life has gone down after two years

    • @hershes
      @hershes Před 2 lety

      @@hoennnoodle my razer blade barely made it to 2 and a half years before it became impractical to move it from my desk. and within the first year the cable for the camera and mic broke. the blade would be my ideal laptop minus the fact that its too damn fragile. typing this on my mid-2012 macbook pro still going strong.

  • @Eleyanor
    @Eleyanor Před 2 lety +49

    Wan show on friday: "Somebody ran over my airpods in the parking lot"
    Dbrand: Throws airpods at Linus

  • @SunnyOst
    @SunnyOst Před 2 lety +25

    6:55 For me, microsoft already figured it out, by freezing my pc for a couple of seconds while loading that screen

  • @atthelord
    @atthelord Před 2 lety +373

    it’s not that Razer makes bad laptops, but their after sales service really scares me.

    • @warmcupsoftea
      @warmcupsoftea Před 2 lety +72

      and most of their products will be broken after the warranty expires

    • @lucaslugao
      @lucaslugao Před 2 lety +72

      Totally agree. They lied to me about the keyboard layout for the model sold in France before and after I placed my order. When I got it and asked for a replacement they told me they could not replace it by a QWERTY version so I asked for a full refund. Then a rep told me that they would cover the shipment, and later on another rep told I would be charged for the shipment. Their after sales sound like a bunch of random people / robots answering to emails with templates.

    • @atthelord
      @atthelord Před 2 lety +31

      @@warmcupsoftea issue is even if it breaks within the warranty period, getting a replacement is a nightmare. Just getting in touch with some one is hard, let alone actually getting your replacement.

    • @nguyentrananhnguyen7900
      @nguyentrananhnguyen7900 Před 2 lety +1

      at least they have one, not like LG's phone department

    • @bsdpowa
      @bsdpowa Před 2 lety +33

      This is the reason why I never bought a Razer laptop although I always wanted one. They look very nice but the quality is shit and customer service is nonexistent. The amount of horror stories and I’ve read and seen on CZcams tells me those aren’t isolated cases. It wouldn’t be a problem so much if the laptops didn’t cost so much. Sorry but for that kind of money I need to be sure I’ll be taken care of in case of any problems.

  • @corruptedricer4142
    @corruptedricer4142 Před 2 lety +15

    Would love to purchase one but I've seen far too many complaints about longevity from Razer laptops

  • @greglloyd1028
    @greglloyd1028 Před 2 lety +1

    Been watching you for years and still love your content. Love the fact you guys can give reviews i trust and a good chuckle. I am sure i'm not alone but when you dissasemble hardware gives me anxiety lol litarally biting my nails. Keep em comming mate!

  • @savagemadman2054
    @savagemadman2054 Před 2 lety +72

    Linus mentioned in WAN show that his Airpods were run over, I guess DBrand found out and sent him some new ones.

    • @bipbop3121
      @bipbop3121 Před 2 lety

      so he's not gonna use the sony's, as he suggested on short circuit?

    • @georgf9279
      @georgf9279 Před 2 lety +6

      @@bipbop3121 Nah. He said, the sony's get the touch activated when he moves in bed. Not a nice way to wake up: "ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING: MEDIUM!!!"

  • @ash36230
    @ash36230 Před 2 lety +118

    I love how Dbrands advertising strategy has just devolved into bullying Linus

  • @EthanSeville
    @EthanSeville Před 2 lety +4

    6:48 this is why MacOS user permission windows doesn't take full control and just opens but doesnt take your focuse away from what your doing.

  • @LuisFelipepg96
    @LuisFelipepg96 Před 2 lety +2

    Once I had a Razer Blade Stealth, it was awesome, I fell in love with it, than the charger stop working, and than when the new charger came! It work for a week and started show a lot off issues, than I trade ir on a Surface Book and stay in Microsoft family till now, and end of the hystory.

  • @sd.kfz.2224
    @sd.kfz.2224 Před 2 lety +4

    Darn, do a fulll review of this!

  • @destroyer6470
    @destroyer6470 Před 2 lety +35

    "This colling system is pretty cool." Yeah I certainly hope so.

  • @bohdeeee
    @bohdeeee Před rokem +4

    Like Modding, Dbrand skins available for a particular product are an extra selling point.

  • @blarbinski7034
    @blarbinski7034 Před 2 lety +2

    Honestly, I love how Linus is respectable and still a Meme. Its so refreshing to watch.

  • @primitivepatterns
    @primitivepatterns Před 2 lety +1

    bought my Razerblade 2016 model after seeing Linus give it rave reviews. Did not serve me well, had issues that exponentially grew until now where it doesn’t boot past the startup screen

  • @dfec1391
    @dfec1391 Před 2 lety +6

    I really like the interesting dbrand sponsors! I wish more companies could do things like this

  • @AlexandreG
    @AlexandreG Před 2 lety +4

    Love how everyone on the back is having fun looking at him.
    Usually CZcamsrs of this magnitude don't have employees that see them as funny people

  • @adiqn4972
    @adiqn4972 Před 2 lety

    Just finished watching a Linus documentary man ngl this may sound corny as you are just a tech youtuber but u have showed me doing what you love is the most important thing ever

  • @thephantom6692
    @thephantom6692 Před rokem +1

    One thing I like about the Razer too is if maintained properly would keep a lot of its value for resale being that the design and build has been consistent over the years and would probably remain consistent.

  • @m_ism
    @m_ism Před 2 lety +39

    I just want them to release a Blade 14 with a 16:10 screen. Please Razer, everything else is so good.

    • @azurelas1
      @azurelas1 Před 2 lety

      And 32GB (ideally 64GB) RAM.

    • @meal_team_six
      @meal_team_six Před rokem

      @@azurelas1 YESSSS!!!

    • @august6278
      @august6278 Před 4 měsíci

      they did this year 2023, and bigger nicer track pad

  • @loveableterror674
    @loveableterror674 Před 2 lety +1

    I am really excited to see this review. I recently purchased the ROG G14 3060 variant, still R9 with 16GB DDR4 and a 1TB NVME drive, super slim and fast, but I was eyeballing the razer hard. The Razer just didn't have that wow factor to command the extra price. The g14 at 1449 USD is just so killer. It runs Control (with DLSS) with all RT effects at a very nice 70FPS. The 144hz display is great for Overwatch and other competitive shooters, and the R9 is just so insanely fast, and does anything I could ever want it to do for my daily driver machine for college and work. I found the Razer KB lacking severely, it felt almost mushy compared to the very crisp and tactile keys that are on the G14, although the Razer does win for having an enter key that doesnt have a dead zone, an unfortunate issue I have noticed on the G14. All in all. Spot on review, definitely nice to see this segment or ultraportable gaming laptops have legit competition these days

  • @Topside08
    @Topside08 Před 2 lety

    It was when IIRC Asus crammed a crap load of super small fins into the same form factor fan and squeezed a bunch of ACTUAL additional cooling out of them

  • @tedubadu2536
    @tedubadu2536 Před 2 lety +68

    I kind of lost hope for Razer laptops after a few generations... I hope this is a turning point

  • @JustAGlitchFL
    @JustAGlitchFL Před 2 lety +56

    Razer could literally have a monochrome display and get in no false advertising legal trouble.

  • @kalmtraveler
    @kalmtraveler Před 2 lety

    I get that going AMD was the right move for now, but since I mainly use my 'old' 2019 Blade Pro at a desk the lack of Thunderbolt 3 is a no-go unless one of those USB-C ports connects directly to the graphics chip so GSYNC can still work over a USB-C to DP adapter. Current Blade Pro is driving a 3440 x 1440 100hz GSYNC monitor and GSYNC works via the TB3 port.

  • @Gunnumn
    @Gunnumn Před rokem

    I had a razer blade 15 loke 3/4 years ago and i gotta say that running games at high settings is a chore especially with bad air flow.
    But damn they're fresh. The minimalist, matte black metal design. reminds me of the old MacBooks from 2008.

  • @parkerhollingsed1192
    @parkerhollingsed1192 Před 2 lety +7

    I have the blade 14 with the 3070 and i can easily get around 10 hours of battery life not in windows power saving mode and with brightness around 5p percent. I can get even more when I turn that down and turn on power saving mode. It turns off the gpu when it's not needed and used the integrated graphics instead for some improved efficiency. Edit: The screen is amazing, colors are so vibrant and crisp and the 165 hertz is so great to have in games.

    • @themadakh3229
      @themadakh3229 Před 4 měsíci

      Have the same one and boy for me its the best laptop i ever had. Ive had some software synapse issues, their support is not great but its an enthusiasts laptop i think. And the screen is 😮

  • @GatoPaint
    @GatoPaint Před 2 lety +67

    is Linus daily Drivin an ROG Flow X13 ? neat!

  • @EdwardMillen
    @EdwardMillen Před 2 lety +1

    THANK YOU for mentioning the stupid little arrow keys! I'm on my second replacement Blade Stealth (yeah, issues, like you said)... I started with the late 2019 model with the full-size arrow keys which I loved the keyboard on, and these squished up arrow keys on the later models have been driving me mad ever since I sent that one back. Every other review I've seen/read etc says the keyboard is better since they changed it, but aaaargh, I use the arrow keys literally all the time for all sorts of things and it's horrible... whereas I never had any issue with the size or position of the right shift key in the old layout :/

  • @madmonkeybbq9974
    @madmonkeybbq9974 Před 2 lety

    I bought a Legion 5(non-pro) based on your video and whilst there were a few issues, I spent about 1500 GBP in total including the purchase and a couple of upgrades. It's excellent now with upgraded ram which is cheap and a secondary m2 drive.
    It's a Ryzen 5800H with a 3070. I couldn't have bought a laptop with this level of performance for under 2k in the UK.
    It's 1080p but it's fine, way more than fine for gaming away from home. I have my main rig for 1440p or 4k. 3900x 3080 etc. UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPARE EPYC!

  • @mac2pro99
    @mac2pro99 Před 2 lety +11

    I love how near the end of the video Linus sounds so defeated. He's just been through this so many times with Razer.

  • @BoSaGuy
    @BoSaGuy Před 2 lety +10

    Linus: This cooling system though, this is pretty cool.
    The cooling system: Yes, that’s why I’m here.

  • @iseptimus
    @iseptimus Před 2 lety

    Wish I could have held out for this over the 2021 15” Blade Advanced I ended up getting. Any laptop with AMD was impossible to get back in April/May when I needed one. The 16GB ram limit on this is a killer though

  • @Rowrin
    @Rowrin Před 2 lety

    My 2013 14" Razer Blade is still alive and kicking to this day. Had to track down a battery on alibambi or w/e (actually three times since the first two from different venders were defective), but yeah, still serves as a nice content consumption / light gaming machine. It's been handed down to my brother, my parents, my cousin's kid, and then back to me. Thing is a trooper.

  • @Shaihan
    @Shaihan Před 2 lety +21

    Linus opening up the laptop without turning it off is a norm nowadays

  • @iielysiumx5811
    @iielysiumx5811 Před 2 lety +29

    this laptop is genuinely so impressive, just wish i could afford one

    • @hewadsaad3014
      @hewadsaad3014 Před rokem +2

      buy second hand from facebook market, go visit and buy on sight, that way you wont pay tax.
      or buy in ebay and pay tax and never recieve it haahaha
      or buy it in amazon warehouse online and get something almost like new but only with 10-30% off.
      I found it from Facebook market, but traveled 10hours to get to the seller, only bought for 1300 Euros for a 2 month old 3070. you might find better catch you need to search and put some efford.

    • @GraysonAdams
      @GraysonAdams Před 9 měsíci

      @@hewadsaad3014 Do not ever buy a Razer from a used marketplace without buyer protection (i.e. cash)

  • @dimensional7915
    @dimensional7915 Před 2 lety

    I was looking for a new laptop and this one was on my radar, so it was nice to see this video come out

  • @amintjk7300
    @amintjk7300 Před 2 lety +10

    2:48
    But Linus, size doesn't matter right? 😃
    It doesn't right? 😕

  • @edpaul3515
    @edpaul3515 Před 2 lety +53

    DBrand should sponsor all LMG vides moving forward 😂

    • @yasha1928
      @yasha1928 Před 2 lety +2

      That moment got me so good 😂
      Linus sounded so, not excited for this ad segment 🤣

    • @thenuggernaut9084
      @thenuggernaut9084 Před 2 lety

      Why do these comments feel so fake..? like people don't talk like this, plus it's promoting something, plus no offense if you have flesh but Ed Paul sounds 100% like a fake account bot name

  • @maxsaldana2027
    @maxsaldana2027 Před 2 lety +1

    I got the 3060 model and its great. I did a quick bench mark with forza horizon 4 1080p cranked no motion blur and shadows on high. And hit like 104 average compared to my rig hitting 107 same exact settings with a 2070 super with a 9700k and 32gb of ram. The desktop was more consistent with performance in terms of stuttering and frame times but its nit picking. The results blew me away.

  • @MrJikser
    @MrJikser Před 15 dny

    This has helped me big time thanks for uploading this certain razer blade Gaming Laptop

  • @theSUBVERSIVE
    @theSUBVERSIVE Před 2 lety +4

    It would have been interesting to have it with all-AMD config to test the performance and efficiency of Smart Shift vs AMD+Nvidia combo.

    • @LuLeBe
      @LuLeBe Před 9 měsíci

      I went with this instead of the newer Asus G14 because Nvidia cards just beat out AMD in blender, plus DLSS is really nice for flight simulator. So I’m glad it has an rtx3070. Sadly amd is a bit behind with those things.

  • @Forfeit_The_Game
    @Forfeit_The_Game Před 2 lety +3

    5:16 This. This is how you get me to watch sponsor spots.

  • @bigbodge
    @bigbodge Před 2 lety +1

    If they finally fixed the cooling (my blades battery swelled to the point that I have to use it permanently plugged in) thats great, but I dont think I can ever trust a blade again, or possibly any other "high performance" laptop. At least not as a primary computer.
    Either desktops or old thinkpads for me from now on

  • @zinstone7286
    @zinstone7286 Před 2 lety

    I always loved how the msi ghost series looks

  • @tinncan
    @tinncan Před 2 lety +9

    How many of the ones you gave away a few years back are still functional?

  • @pleappleappleap
    @pleappleappleap Před 2 lety +3

    I'd be interested to see real-world gaming benchmarks between the three graphics options with respect to thermals. I wonder if you actually get much more performance flat-out.

    • @LuLeBe
      @LuLeBe Před rokem

      I guess VRAM is different and RTX cores so could make a difference for blender rendering on RTX cores for example. I don't see how it can differ much in gaming. Although we know that a 4-core CPU at 20W power can get more done than a single core at 20W power. So maybe more CUDA cores with lower clock is better than having fewer that boost higher. Especially since GPUs don't have the "single-thread-performance" problem xD

  • @erikleijonmalm8075
    @erikleijonmalm8075 Před 2 lety

    Would be nice with a follow up on daily drivers. Whats does the LTT staff daily drive 2021? Thx for the great videos over the channels!

  • @Xibyth
    @Xibyth Před 2 lety

    Soon as you can, please review the Lenovo x1 Carbon extreme 3080 version. Professional style and design with gaming specs.

  • @jandegrote1
    @jandegrote1 Před 2 lety +4

    All great and stuff let's see if it can last over a year without something breaking down on it.

  • @cale9892
    @cale9892 Před 2 lety +95

    I love how inside the box it says Razer is committed to sustainability yet basically everything is plastic wrapped 🤣

    • @cybercery5271
      @cybercery5271 Před 2 lety +8

      Could be a nice environment friendly plastic

    • @Harry830
      @Harry830 Před 2 lety +4

      and everything non upgradable

    • @MrProthall
      @MrProthall Před 2 lety +13

      Every company pretends to stand for something. It's always a lie.

    • @EdwardMillen
      @EdwardMillen Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah, the Blade Stealth late 2019 was packaged all in cardboard and it was actually quite fancy, a nice unboxing experience sort of thing... but I ended up having to send it back and got it replaced with a late 2020 one, and I was surprised to find things had seemingly gone backwards... all in plastic (same as in this video) which was nowhere near as nice to open and I would have thought less recyclable... they seem to think it's more recyclable somehow though? 🤷‍♂️

    • @AndrewB23
      @AndrewB23 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Harry830 only your ram is non upgradeable

  • @sudarshan1354
    @sudarshan1354 Před 2 lety +1

    Just talking about memory downgrading your performance and unboxing razer blade 14. Nice

  • @michaeltrujillojr.9127

    I just got the m16 and I am honestly thinking of replacing it for this

  • @myricalcampbell6156
    @myricalcampbell6156 Před 2 lety +6

    Hopefully getting one of these in the next week or so and giving my blade 15 to my little bro.

  • @kasakka
    @kasakka Před 2 lety +8

    Razer lost me as a customer due to their customer support. I got one of the Blades for my gf because it was at the time one of the few gaming laptops that did not look like something designed by a 12 year old. It has a lot to like about it, but it's also extremely disappointing in how noisy it gets unless you purposefully downgrade it.
    But what made me forget Razer for future purchase was the customer support. The battery started bulging to the point that the trackpad did not work. I took it out to be safe and contacted Razer about a replacement. They refused to send me just a new battery or have me send the battery to them to get a new one. No, instead I was supposed to backup and wipe the machine, send it with a defective battery halfway across the world so they can open it, replace the battery and send it back to me. With no guaranteed timeframe when this would actually happen. That was just a ridiculous thing to ask for when my gf needed this for school and the problem could have been solved by an easily user replaceable part, you can even see the battery and it's connection in this video.
    Provide replacement parts or provide a service that can get the machine repaired in a clear timeframe.

    • @odinsplaygrounds
      @odinsplaygrounds Před 2 lety +1

      I have heard tons of bad things about Razer and their poor support. They expect to charge Apple prices, yet doesn't deliver the Apple support.

    • @tams805
      @tams805 Před 2 lety

      Authorities should slap them with fines for that. What an absolute waste of resources and time on everyone's side.

    • @battlebuddy4517
      @battlebuddy4517 Před 2 lety

      @@tams805 companies have too much power chances of that happening is very rare and likely won't leave to much, but this is why you don't buy from razer or any company just buy it from egg or Microsoft store something like that they offer better return and replacement

    • @HelloMrTaylor
      @HelloMrTaylor Před 2 lety

      Go on the Razer forums and almost every blade owner has this problem. It is from overengineering (You put the fastest CPU and GPU on the market in a chassis made out of metal the size of a macbook, watch it heat up to over 90 degrees, and then wonder why the battery begins to fail?). It is an easy enough fix, but yeah, Razer is no Apple.
      Source: Owner of several Retina 15" MBP, and typing this on a 15" Blade that I replaced a budging battery on.

  • @skylerthewolfboy
    @skylerthewolfboy Před 2 lety

    nooooooooooooo dont hurt linus! ive been waiting for this laptop review for a month now, glad to see Linus somewhat enjoyed this one- i could tell razer was really trying to impress Linus with the ports.

  • @last_raven
    @last_raven Před 2 lety

    I daily drive a Razer Blade 15 advanced. 9th gen intel and rtx 2070. Beware the batteries and factory paste and pads. I am on battery #3 within 2yrs and razer wants you to ship those death traps around. I'll be keeping this until it tries or succeeds in killing me but it made going back to desktop a priority. Aside from battery fires, thermals and cheap parts from the mfg (ram, paste, pads, drives) it's a solid machine

  • @scottg7321
    @scottg7321 Před 2 lety +4

    Did you forget to mention if the ram was x8 or x16. In the previous LTT video ya’ll said you would always mention it!!

    • @shadowyking123
      @shadowyking123 Před 2 lety

      I don't think he can. Those details are usually given on a sticker on the RAM stick, but in this case there's no stick - the DRAM modules are all soldered into the board.

    • @tcbobb1613
      @tcbobb1613 Před 2 lety +2

      Maybe this was pre record before LTT is up. Or they are just doing it on their full reviews of laptops.

  • @tams805
    @tams805 Před 2 lety +27

    I'd love to see which he decides to use daily. The Blade 14 does look considerably bigger though.
    Life seems to be getting Linus down a bit, as he seems somewhat subdued recently. I guess he's seen manufacturers try to pull so much shit that it has just gotten very old.

    • @Later_Nerd
      @Later_Nerd Před rokem

      Framework came out of left field. So the answer is neither I guess lol.

  • @M.R.B.
    @M.R.B. Před 2 lety

    Top end hardware on these slim+small laptop chasis is definitely coming at the cost of durability. I have chonky laptops over 6yrs old still running like day 1 because they have the dimensions to handle the heat and keep temps down and thus ensure longevity of components. I am writing this on an ASUS Zephyrus Duo 15 and can confirm small form factors in hot and humid areas are a bad idea if you plan on using them for gaming as your main activity.

  • @tranderrick
    @tranderrick Před rokem

    been out of the laptop game for a while, mine is 5 years old, my lord the performance these days is crazy, my performance laptop had like 2 hours battery life originally. about 15 minutes now.

  • @carlylemakeup
    @carlylemakeup Před 2 lety +4

    I’m still waiting for an in-depth review on this🤣

  • @j.d.8593
    @j.d.8593 Před 2 lety +62

    😂😂😂😂 Dbrand is the coolest spoonsor EVER! Bunch of crazy bots! 😂

  • @Humanoid38
    @Humanoid38 Před 2 lety

    6:40 that switch from Glorious Model O Wireless to a Razer mouse

  • @vespermoirai975
    @vespermoirai975 Před 2 lety

    Still has a keyboard with the BLADE UI... It's 10 years old. And it don't function anymore on windows 10/11... now you can't use Explorer or Shockwave/Flash. I forget which one it used.

  • @Lance_Tonkin98
    @Lance_Tonkin98 Před 2 lety +7

    They should definitely review the new Legion 7. Apparently that machine is packing some serious performance

    • @Ervinnd
      @Ervinnd Před 2 lety +1

      That things a Christmas tree

    • @summushieremiasclarkson4700
      @summushieremiasclarkson4700 Před 2 lety

      @@Ervinnd I never got the appeal of any kind of RGB, especially in laptops. Doesn't that just fade away when you're using a computer? Maybe it's just me, I always buy silent, non-transparent cases, with a Noctua cooler of some kind. It looks really good and costs a lot less than RGB parts.

    • @Lance_Tonkin98
      @Lance_Tonkin98 Před 2 lety

      @@summushieremiasclarkson4700 Nahh I love RGB, and I can set the colors to my company colors so it matches our Logo and... Just feels cool when going to clients and it glows electric blue

    • @battlebuddy4517
      @battlebuddy4517 Před 2 lety

      @@Ervinnd I hate rgb on laptops, I mean key boards is fine otherwise nah

  • @hmorris
    @hmorris Před 2 lety +28

    I’m glad the body isn’t tapered and stays consistent.

  • @ascherone
    @ascherone Před 2 lety

    That Quality Control person though, kudos!

  • @KarnageKollectibles
    @KarnageKollectibles Před 2 lety

    I bought the 3 year Razercare Elite for this laptop and that's probably the first time I ever bought a warranty on a computer. Just because I've heard of the long term issues some of these laptops have and that will cover accidental damage too. It's weird to actually hope something goes wrong so I'm not flushing $400 down the drain.

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 Před 2 lety +18

    It’s so stupid that amd still hasn’t added usb4 to their products. If gigabyte and asrock can add tb3 surely they can all add usb4.

    • @JeskidoYT
      @JeskidoYT Před 2 lety

      What's USB 4?

    • @FastSloth87
      @FastSloth87 Před 2 lety

      @@JeskidoYT USB4 = Thunderbolt 3.

    • @joemarais7683
      @joemarais7683 Před 2 lety +1

      What makes it crazier is a ton of b550 and x570 boards have thunderbolt headers, which 99% of people will never use. So AMD isn't just saying no thunderbolt, AIBs are actively deciding to add it to products a minority wants them on, and keep them absent on products the majority wants them on. It's a weird situation

    • @mini9503
      @mini9503 Před 2 lety

      Intel is delaying it as much as legally possible. The controller may be royalty free, but AMD still needs Intel's input to make it work, just like Apple did with the M1 chip.
      We will possibly see it in late 2022, judging by AMD CPU roadmap.

  • @JHoff2012
    @JHoff2012 Před 2 lety +47

    It looks nice, I just wish the razer logo was more subdued. Probably more than I would be willing to pay for a machine like this.

    • @kaibeasley5965
      @kaibeasley5965 Před 2 lety +6

      You can turn off the green glow and then barely tell that it’s there

    • @sentryion3106
      @sentryion3106 Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe in the future they’ll add a white or hell even a pink addition

    • @medicgaming2705
      @medicgaming2705 Před 2 lety

      @@kaibeasley5965 can you? I'm pretty sure you can't. But then I own the blade 15 2020. The backlit logo is connected to the display itself and it's brightness corresponds with the display brightness. Maybe I'm wrong on this model.

    • @battlebuddy4517
      @battlebuddy4517 Před 2 lety +1

      @yeh nah it's 14 inch how much ram do you need in that size lmao 💀

    • @EdwardMillen
      @EdwardMillen Před 2 lety

      ​@@medicgaming2705 is your Blade 15 a base model? I think I've heard people say the advanced model has an option to turn it off but not the base one

  • @SibirLupus
    @SibirLupus Před 2 lety

    The ROG Flow X13 makes a bit more sense for the cost vs the Blade 14. And from what I'm seeing, the Flow X13 will be getting the RTX 3050 soon.

  • @dudeomfgstfux
    @dudeomfgstfux Před 2 lety

    My 2016 razor blade is still going strong. I was lucky with getting one from the good batch. 😃

  • @savagemadman2054
    @savagemadman2054 Před 2 lety +17

    The Q, W, E, A, S, and D keys on my Blade 14 melted when the system failed to go to sleep after the lid was closed. Razer had no interest in covering it and wouldn't sell me a new keyboard.

    • @Ghostsonplanets
      @Ghostsonplanets Před 2 lety +2

      That sucks. For what'd worth it, Razer subreddit has tons of defects and issues regarding their laptops. The n.1 issue is battery expansion.

    • @XenonG
      @XenonG Před 2 lety +3

      Great to see Razer's asshattery hasn't changed for more than 10 years now. QA defects, design flaws, not even honouring warranty that's included with purchase. And many many more...

    • @jamesarber904
      @jamesarber904 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Ghostsonplanets had this on my 2019 Blade 14.

    • @Aestheticnerdlife
      @Aestheticnerdlife Před 2 lety

      @@XenonG My Razer MOBA mouse would randomly stop tracking for a few seconds for no reason at all. I switched to a Corsair Scimitar and its been going strong for the last 4 years. The Razer one maybe made it a year.

    • @georgf9279
      @georgf9279 Před 2 lety +1

      @@XenonG Hearing this I feel so lucky that we have such strong customer protection laws in Germany. I just go to the store where I bought the device and they have to deal with the manufacturer. Only works If I bought through a 3rd party store though. If bought from the manufacturer directly they have the same obligation but more often choose to ignore you.

  • @hmorris
    @hmorris Před 2 lety +61

    Christmas party 2021 should include you giving all those AirPods to the lmg employees!

    • @wil7173
      @wil7173 Před 2 lety +1

      Throwing*

    • @locify_
      @locify_ Před 2 lety +4

      AirPods overrated

    • @Lynxyss
      @Lynxyss Před 2 lety +1

      I'd assume they were all borrowed from the office in following hours.

  • @TechGuyBeau
    @TechGuyBeau Před 2 lety

    I did a review of my flow X13 (not14, that doesnt exist)
    I just got this exact razer.
    They are in a different price bracket. For MOST people who want truly mobile laptop that is also quite gaming capable. Flow. If you want MAX gaming performance but also sleek AF, razer (which is more than twice the price)

  • @PitboyHarmony1
    @PitboyHarmony1 Před 2 lety +1

    You know what?
    Even though I have no prob with Linus's laptop reviews, he likes to go deep on the details of the gamery hardware ... which is great and all ... but as a viewer who watches this stuff, I have become 'well balanced' and 'in tuned' with Alex's laptop review expertise when it comes to pure ergonomics; keyboard quality switch choice, deck flex, and general 'feelings' about how it compares to others on the market.
    I can from the distance of my home here, gauge how a unit Alex covers stacks up to the competition, and I appreciate the minor differences between them all, based squarely on how he responds to attributes (or failures) for each one. I would be totally comfortable making a laptop decision, only on his recommendations. Because I know how he feels about others he has reviewed, I can appreciate his 'one over another' recommendations for a laptop as a daily driver.
    Although I have zero problem with Linus's review ... I just dont know how this review, stacks up against other gamer laptops, as his style focuses on the one unit, and I cant tell how it compares to another unit from watching his laptop reviews, I cant tell exactly how good the keyboard is, or other attributes it may have. In essence, I have been sucked into Alex's reviews, I get what he is saying and I get how he ranks them.
    I WOULD RESPECTABLY SUGGEST that in the future, within the same video, after Linus runs thru the hardware, gamery details and geeks out, over what he likes about it ... change places with (or is 'joined by') Alex and let him do the ergonomic, layout and keyboard comparison, the way he does. In other words, work these high end gaming laptop videos together.
    Then ... reviews like this would slot nicely into the vast plethora of other laptops (gaming and otherwise) on the market, because in the end ... people who would consider this laptop, will probably use it as a daily driver. Are ya following me here?
    All I got, daily LTT watcher.

  • @weystrom
    @weystrom Před 2 lety +6

    Can we just acknowledge that 118WPM by Linus @7:05 is actually insane? I can barely hit 90.

  • @Tech-vd7qs
    @Tech-vd7qs Před 2 lety +6

    Yea unfortunately lost me at "soldered ram". I really want to like this.

  • @kennis265
    @kennis265 Před 2 lety

    4:44 so true, I don’t even know what’s going on, but it’s beautiful!

  • @cem_kaya
    @cem_kaya Před 2 lety

    You can change the Yes No panel !
    it is in the reg editor

  • @sirflimflam
    @sirflimflam Před 2 lety +5

    The thing I hate about Razer is how easily everything breaks. I used to love their mice and keyboards, and was totally oblivious to this until a friend of mine was like "...how many mice have you gone through over the past few years?" On the surface, this thing looks slick as hell. I don't know why laptop manufactures think gaming laptops need to look like futuristic scifi spaceships. Just having the immense power of a gaming laptop inside a moderately benign case is definitely my preference. But I just don't know if I could drop down the kind of scratch needed for a laptop like this and trust I'd still be able to use it in 2 years.

  • @GeoffPritchett
    @GeoffPritchett Před 2 lety +5

    I'll never be able to move past my customer support experience with razer. I had a couple of their machines including a 2020 advanced model. In Feb 2021 I decided to purchase a 2021 model for my robotics programming business, where I needed something pretty powerful and low profile. When I received it it was DOA. By the time I got them to respond I was deep into a project and had to have it replaced asap. After I told them me sending it back for them to go through their validation process wasn't going to work because if my timeline, they finally conceded after an exchange of 6 emails that they would send a shopping label and after they confirmed it was picked up by FedEx they would ship me a unit they had already designated for my replacement. Well pickup cam and went and they never shipped. After a few more ignored emails they said they were going by their process of performing validation on the failure. I was so pissed at this point I said NVM just give me a refund I need something now. Well they never refunded but 2 weeks later (now about 4 weeks into the rma process) decided to ship me the replacement unit. I already purchased a new Alienware m15r3 so I didn't need it so they said I could return it for a refund. So that's what I did. They said once they received it they would refund the card it was purchased on. To make a longer story short they didn't refund the card until late April....from a February 8 mishap. Fuck razer. Never again.

  • @joeykeilholz925
    @joeykeilholz925 Před 2 lety +6

    Damn can't wait to use it with a 32 GB memory configuration.

    • @KarnageKollectibles
      @KarnageKollectibles Před 2 lety

      Honestly will probably feel just the same as the 16gb config. I don't remember a memory config feeling different since going up from 4-8.

  • @ssanyeux
    @ssanyeux Před 2 lety

    the bottom lid made it look like an omen 15. but wow those fan blades look insane. i wonder if by time they would get clogged. but by the looks of it im impressed by the internal cooling. just not the soldered ram lol

  • @dillonhicks3781
    @dillonhicks3781 Před 2 lety +1

    Bought a razer 14 and I have been loving it

  • @FalseDev
    @FalseDev Před 2 lety +13

    "This cooling system though, this is pretty cool"
    Ah yes, the floor here is made of floor

    • @AndrewB23
      @AndrewB23 Před 2 lety

      That's not how that joke works bud