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
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.
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...
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.
@@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.
@@BenRajan Just give it a Google search or search it up on TH-cam, you'll stumble across a few 4-5 years ago iPhone giveaway shown in a truck bed which was never fully given away.
@@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
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".
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.
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.
@@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.
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 TH-cam 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.
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.
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
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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 😮
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? 🤷♂️
@@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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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...
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Ok, companies need to start having a face off of who can make the best ad slot on LTT, because pelting Linus with _actual_ airpod cases has got to be the best ad I've seen in a very long time.
@@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.
@@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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
I have been told by Ex-military people that if a company uses "Military-grade" material... Run. Run as far as you can in the opposite direction because it means it's cheap.
In the actual military, “military grade” means “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least. Always keep in mind that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
And knowing Razer, they will take no accountability for any damage they've done. Their "support" is there to misdirect customers, and eventually tire them out to giving up.
As a school teacher, I wanted something powerful to bring to class. Got mine yesterday, installed everything and fired up a game while the students were writing an exam. Students were then complaining about the distracting fan noise. So all in all, yes, it is great and handles every title just fine. But the noise. The noise! Returning it soonish
In my experience the Blade Stealth is much more quiet, provided you are okay with a GTX 1650. But I agree, doing any sort of audio recording near the Blade 14 or 15 is similarly impossible.
I'll never purchase a Razer Product ever with how bad their Customer Service and Products are post-purchase. It's such a shame considering how good they look too.
I liked Razer, had a Razer Copperhead from release and it lasted about 8 years of serious FPS abuse. Decided to go for the Razer Deathadder as its replacement, two of them didn't even last 2 years combined. One of these mice weren't made in China, can you guess which one? 🤔
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.
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.
That's a rule for those who don't know what they are doing. Just taking off the cooler while the laptop is off doesn't do shit to the battery. If you plan to swap electronic components like the SSD it's a different story. That said: I wouldn't count on every battery being easy to disconnect. :-(
Hey Linus they shipped the laptop with that charger by default because it draws more than 100watts under load. USB-C isn't (yet) able to provide more than 100 (or with some proprietary solutions 120-130) watts. You might be only used to thin&light laptops but gaming machines simply can not be run under load via usb C yet and this should have been pretty obvious to you. You could have also just checked the wattage on the charger to be sure about it as it's a 230w one. That won't even be possible to sustain with the next generation of power delivery USB-C which will only support up to 200w. Well anyway a nice video like always though that comment could have been thought about a little more even in a "first reaction/unboxing" video.
I think he's fighting his feeling of loving the blade laptops but knowing maybe something will go wrong with it eventually. It's like that ex that wants to get back together and you have great sex and all that's good but you know in the back of your head shits gonna happen sooner or later.
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.
Dbrand has gotta be the best sponsor ever.
Unless you're RTU and doesn't understand their advertising and people and their fans get mad qhen they're not being roasted.
@@doomy_doomy2225 who's/what's RTU?
@@592Johno ReviewTechUSA
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
It is to Linus what IFixit is to Jay 😉
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.
Cool
razer was the most impressive laptop ive seen, but ofc ive never had zephyrus and alike
Dbrand literally throwing money at him in the sponsor spot, lol
😂
Plot twist: those airpods _are_ his payment :D
@@theAessaya wouldn’t be that surprising, especially considering that’s literally thousands of dollar in AirPods.
I don't think you know what literally means.
Stop using literally figuratively
"Up to"
Marketing's way of making specs sound way better than they are without getting in legal trouble. 🙄
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...
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.
In the east "start at" with words so small you can't even see
it's in the word "marketing".. don't be surprised of what companies do. they want to fuck you in every legal way possible
well its also bc they would need to be constantly recalibrated
Dbrand shows us how advertising should be done. They should be the golden standard
Them and Sam Riegel have top notch sponsor spots
Isn't dbrand a shady brand with lots of giveaways not completed , I still remember the one truckloads of iphones collab with unboxtherapy. ugh
@@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.
@@BenRajan Just give it a Google search or search it up on TH-cam, you'll stumble across a few 4-5 years ago iPhone giveaway shown in a truck bed which was never fully given away.
@@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
Wish marketing wouldn't use "military grade". Most military gear blows.
And aerospace grade for that matter. Its regular aluminium ffs and the standards already caught up.
"Made by the lowest bidder and *barely* meets required specs!" doesn't sound as catchy though
People in marketing are scum.
Anyone who has served knows that. LOL.
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".
"This cooling system is pretty cool"
nice
"Noice"
I was the 69th like pls no one like his comment
@@musicdefinesgravity 232 now :(
@@musicdefinesgravity I just unliked his comment. Now we need another 178 people to unlike.
@@jhuny we live in a society
Does DBrand have a department dedicated to coming up with new things to mess with Linus?
Dbrand is a company dedicated to messing with Linus, their skins and other products are just a side gig
@@koustubhjain6789 That's how they fund it.
Nope, they just have skinned robots
@@koustubhjain6789 🤣🤣🤣
God I hope so
I'm glad that I didn't skip the Dbrand bit. I love it when Linus gets hurt.
Alright then.
huh
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.
Next Next Dbrand Sponsor: we blackmailed linus with his family until he begs for mercy.
What if i'd pay Razer 'UP TO' the price they are asking?
Nice
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.
@@odinsplaygrounds I absolutely agree, this should be international law
menace to society
They would deliver 'UP TO' one laptop.
Man razer needs to start adding years to their product names
Luckily it's the first amd based one, so you can't go wrong
Yh they really need to do that
yea sure Razer Blade 14 21 sure doesn't sound confusing at all
@@nerd2544 Blade 14 21 sounds confusing but 2021 Blade 14 would not.
Wan show on friday: "Somebody ran over my airpods in the parking lot"
Dbrand: Throws airpods at Linus
6:55 For me, microsoft already figured it out, by freezing my pc for a couple of seconds while loading that screen
I just want them to release a Blade 14 with a 16:10 screen. Please Razer, everything else is so good.
And 32GB (ideally 64GB) RAM.
@@azurelas1 YESSSS!!!
they did this year 2023, and bigger nicer track pad
Linus opening up the laptop without turning it off is a norm nowadays
"This colling system is pretty cool." Yeah I certainly hope so.
Linus mentioned in WAN show that his Airpods were run over, I guess DBrand found out and sent him some new ones.
so he's not gonna use the sony's, as he suggested on short circuit?
@@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!!!"
I love how Dbrands advertising strategy has just devolved into bullying Linus
Gotta get that bread
*evolved
@@aaryankhanna8419 *susvolved
anogus
I kind of lost hope for Razer laptops after a few generations... I hope this is a turning point
@Ladioz true wealth
Razer could literally have a monochrome display and get in no false advertising legal trouble.
it’s not that Razer makes bad laptops, but their after sales service really scares me.
and most of their products will be broken after the warranty expires
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.
@@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.
at least they have one, not like LG's phone department
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 TH-cam 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.
We NEED a full review of this unit from you guys!
this laptop is genuinely so impressive, just wish i could afford one
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.
@@hewadsaad3014 Do not ever buy a Razer from a used marketplace without buyer protection (i.e. cash)
DBrand should sponsor all LMG vides moving forward 😂
That moment got me so good 😂
Linus sounded so, not excited for this ad segment 🤣
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
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.
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.
Authorities should slap them with fines for that. What an absolute waste of resources and time on everyone's side.
@@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
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.
Would love to purchase one but I've seen far too many complaints about longevity from Razer laptops
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.
I’m glad the body isn’t tapered and stays consistent.
is Linus daily Drivin an ROG Flow X13 ? neat!
huh
@@somerandostuff. i do need a portable gaming unit, but ofc if its convenience itll ignored instantly
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.
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 😮
I love how inside the box it says Razer is committed to sustainability yet basically everything is plastic wrapped 🤣
Could be a nice environment friendly plastic
and everything non upgradable
Every company pretends to stand for something. It's always a lie.
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? 🤷♂️
@@Harry830 only your ram is non upgradeable
I have 3080 model and it is freezing under 70C almost all the time even in most demanding games in max settings.
By freezing do you mean “cold” or like, “the computer no longer responds and it is time to hold the power button down for 10 seconds”?
did you do anything special setting wise to achieve that? My numbers are a little hotter than that
What's the ambient temperature?
@@mjHushpuppy I have it set to boost cpu and high cpu profile settings in razer synapse gpu is freezeing under 70C, opnly cpu can get hot to 90C
@@neondemon5137 I am doing gaming bechmarks of this laptops. Check them out
Linus: This cooling system though, this is pretty cool.
The cooling system: Yes, that’s why I’m here.
5:16 This. This is how you get me to watch sponsor spots.
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.
You can turn off the green glow and then barely tell that it’s there
Maybe in the future they’ll add a white or hell even a pink addition
@@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.
@yeh nah it's 14 inch how much ram do you need in that size lmao 💀
@@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
Honestly, I love how Linus is respectable and still a Meme. Its so refreshing to watch.
😂😂😂😂 Dbrand is the coolest spoonsor EVER! Bunch of crazy bots! 😂
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.
What's USB 4?
@@JeskidoYT USB4 = Thunderbolt 3.
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
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.
Love how everyone on the back is having fun looking at him.
Usually TH-camrs of this magnitude don't have employees that see them as funny people
I love how near the end of the video Linus sounds so defeated. He's just been through this so many times with Razer.
Yea unfortunately lost me at "soldered ram". I really want to like this.
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
Christmas party 2021 should include you giving all those AirPods to the lmg employees!
Throwing*
AirPods overrated
I'd assume they were all borrowed from the office in following hours.
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.
How many of the ones you gave away a few years back are still functional?
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.
Framework came out of left field. So the answer is neither I guess lol.
"This cooling system though, this is pretty cool"
Ah yes, the floor here is made of floor
That's not how that joke works bud
2:48
But Linus, size doesn't matter right? 😃
It doesn't right? 😕
I had a terrible experience with the flow. The shit never worked - always overheated/shut off randomly
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.
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.
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...
@@Ghostsonplanets had this on my 2019 Blade 14.
@@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.
@@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.
Hopefully getting one of these in the next week or so and giving my blade 15 to my little bro.
congrats
I really like the interesting dbrand sponsors! I wish more companies could do things like this
That dbrand ad was top notch
Darn, do a fulll review of this!
I love how most of the comments are about Dbrand rather than the product being reviewed
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!!
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.
Maybe this was pre record before LTT is up. Or they are just doing it on their full reviews of laptops.
Ok, companies need to start having a face off of who can make the best ad slot on LTT, because pelting Linus with _actual_ airpod cases has got to be the best ad I've seen in a very long time.
They should definitely review the new Legion 7. Apparently that machine is packing some serious performance
That things a Christmas tree
@@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.
@@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
@@Ervinnd I hate rgb on laptops, I mean key boards is fine otherwise nah
Razon does the I/O better than any other brand. Even many 15" models from other brands don't have so many and so versatile I/O.
Damn can't wait to use it with a 32 GB memory configuration.
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.
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
I’m still waiting for an in-depth review on this🤣
I love how dbrand can boss around LTT staff more then Linus
Linus sounds like he’s running on 30% power
5:44 y'all came for this
Can we just acknowledge that 118WPM by Linus @7:05 is actually insane? I can barely hit 90.
i thought i was fast at 80
They can't charge it with a 100w usbc and game with full performance (100w gpu+45w cpu). The proprietary charger isn't a cost saving measure
Personally need a 32gb RAM option
Same here, I'd even be willing to pay a premium. Its the fact that it isn't even offered that frustrates me.
Yes, sooo frustrating. They almost created the perfect laptop for content creation on the go, and then promptly ruined it with that.
4:44 so true, I don’t even know what’s going on, but it’s beautiful!
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.
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.
EU pricing is absolutely ridiculous with the 3060 model at 2000euro (2390 usd) and the 3080 model at 3000euro (3580 usd)...
How well does it support Linux? I really wish this was an aspect in any laptop review
I wish there was a windows pc that was silent like a apple computer
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.
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
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.
All great and stuff let's see if it can last over a year without something breaking down on it.
the proprietary charger is probably used to deliver more than the limited 100w usb power, how do you not know this
I have been told by Ex-military people that if a company uses "Military-grade" material...
Run.
Run as far as you can in the opposite direction because it means it's cheap.
Razer is known for having very bad build quality and constantly breaking from the slightest hit.
In the actual military, “military grade” means “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least. Always keep in mind that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
Military grade is cheap because the military gives the job to the contractor that has the lowest price.
@@asnaeb2 bad build quality idk about that and man how rough are you with your laptop my dude you shouldn't take your anger out on that poor thing
One thing I love more than Linus' segways to his sponsors, when the sponsor is dbrand.
I thought the Razer Blade 14 would be a Razer Blade Stealth with an aspect ratio of 16:10.
Not a gaming aspect ratio tbh
That Quality Control person though, kudos!
Knowing Razer, the laptop will break down in a year or two as usual.
six months
Have you own any razer product.
@@592Johno i have and they all broke in a year
And knowing Razer, they will take no accountability for any damage they've done. Their "support" is there to misdirect customers, and eventually tire them out to giving up.
@@592Johno have you? Razer is trash. Cheapest tiniest plastic connectors everything breaks within a year. Never buying Razer trash again.
As a school teacher, I wanted something powerful to bring to class. Got mine yesterday, installed everything and fired up a game while the students were writing an exam. Students were then complaining about the distracting fan noise.
So all in all, yes, it is great and handles every title just fine. But the noise. The noise!
Returning it soonish
In my experience the Blade Stealth is much more quiet, provided you are okay with a GTX 1650. But I agree, doing any sort of audio recording near the Blade 14 or 15 is similarly impossible.
I'll never purchase a Razer Product ever with how bad their Customer Service and Products are post-purchase. It's such a shame considering how good they look too.
I think they improved a lot compared to back then when they had virtually no support.
well when i bought my laptop two years ago, they were very helpful and even gave me a discount for my shipping issues
They are much better now I'd say. I have a mouse, controller, and headset by razer and they've held up great
It's not just razer, this happens with every company time to time
I liked Razer, had a Razer Copperhead from release and it lasted about 8 years of serious FPS abuse. Decided to go for the Razer Deathadder as its replacement, two of them didn't even last 2 years combined. One of these mice weren't made in China, can you guess which one? 🤔
Dbrand throwing stuff on Linus takes me back to the good old days of Fractal Design on Techquickie
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.
i really like dbrand, i mean they are too expensive FOR ME, but when i have the money, ill buy a lot of its products.
you fell for the ad bro
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.
Is it super hot when working?
You should ALWAYS unplug the battery when messing with a laptop internals.
That's a rule for those who don't know what they are doing. Just taking off the cooler while the laptop is off doesn't do shit to the battery. If you plan to swap electronic components like the SSD it's a different story. That said: I wouldn't count on every battery being easy to disconnect. :-(
Just talking about memory downgrading your performance and unboxing razer blade 14. Nice
"do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?
steam client service"
selected: no
Hey Linus they shipped the laptop with that charger by default because it draws more than 100watts under load. USB-C isn't (yet) able to provide more than 100 (or with some proprietary solutions 120-130) watts. You might be only used to thin&light laptops but gaming machines simply can not be run under load via usb C yet and this should have been pretty obvious to you. You could have also just checked the wattage on the charger to be sure about it as it's a 230w one. That won't even be possible to sustain with the next generation of power delivery USB-C which will only support up to 200w.
Well anyway a nice video like always though that comment could have been thought about a little more even in a "first reaction/unboxing" video.
"This cooling system though. This is pretty cool" #PunAccepted
8:18 Linus's Canadian is showing. :-)
Linus got like, really moody at the end.
Everything good bro??
Probably considering hard whether to be back to blade 14 as daily driver or not. He's been a fanboy of it.
He just seems tired throughout the video.
I think he's fighting his feeling of loving the blade laptops but knowing maybe something will go wrong with it eventually. It's like that ex that wants to get back together and you have great sex and all that's good but you know in the back of your head shits gonna happen sooner or later.
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.
At this point im assuming Dbrand only sponsor videos to mess with Linus, as apart of some sick joke.
2:19 Excuse me,4K at 240Hz?Did I hear that correctly?
The lack of Thunderbolt just kills AMD notebooks for me, it's a complete non-starter.
Yet there are quite a few AMD motherboards that do have thunderbolt.
Eh. Thunderbolt is nice and all, but really, how many people actually use it to the extent that they need it over USB 3?