Razer Blade 15 Base Model Review - $1600 Luxury Gaming Laptop!
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- Infinity Labs review of the Razer Blade 15 Base Model with the GTX 1660Ti, a thin and light luxury gaming laptop starting at $1600!
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Keyboard wack, but otherwise really nice. Especially manual fan control, this should become standard on all laptops. MFW sitting in class and the S740's fans ramp up to 100% while typing text
Please review the eluktronics max 17 laptop.
Eluktronics MAX 17 AND 15 next please! I really think it blows the Razer out of the water in all areas except for battery life. It’s significantly lighter (1.6 vs 2kg) and cheaper!
@@jmsmn exactly my dude. The max 15 with rtx 2060 max p actually performance equal to the rtx 2070 max p and destroyed the rtx 2080 max q.
I’ve gotten a fair number of comments for that so it’s definitely something I’ll review and prioritize if I get access to one. Might try emailing them for a review unit.
Pleaso do so, would highly appreciate it! seems like great value, especially the upgrade in RAM and PCI ssd storage seems cheap, plus they claim better cooling. sounds too good
you can loosen the screw underneath the trackpad to make the click softer. Just don’t overdo it because it will probably make strange noise when the screw is too loose.
Base model is honestly enough lmao
Is it? Im really asking cuz ive been contemplating getting one
@@adamszucs7277 it is
Well.. i saw it only has 256gb ssd storage.. how is it possible il 2020 and at 1600$
@@coliverse You can get it with a 512GB SSD along with an RTX 2060/2070 Max-Q for around $1780 or $1999 on Amazon.
Is the base model enough for animation/3D modeling?
Hey bud, I just picked up the 2019 advanced model with a 2060, $1300 on Craigslist. Love it.
I’ve had great luck with Craigslist, you can often find high end products for the same price as mid range stuff, just used. Make sure to test it before buying and gg. Except I didn’t test my Embody chair and turns out the arm rest’s height adjustment broke. Good news is it’s still in warranty so I’ve got brand new arms coming in. Called up a retailer and they’re driving to me to repair it, what a save and excellent display of customer service. Makes me think even as a student that the $1500 price tag is reasonable. Love their chairs
2060 is base model 2070 max q and up is advanced .
@@michaelraney9812 that's not true. The base model has a physical hard drive and smaller watt hour battery
Jordan Truppner that’s not what I’m saying if you go on Razer and click 2060 you’ll see it drops it to base top left in the specs if you click 2070 it becomes advanced. There is no configuration that allows the advanced to have a 2060 or that allows the advanced to have an extra drive .
@@michaelraney9812 same
Hi! Thank you for the great review. Did you notice any overheating on the keyboard or palm rests, particularly during load? I am considering buying one, and I've seen some reviews that say that the laptop gets unbearably hot.
Above the keyboard and on the bottom panel of the laptop yes. Those can get painfully hot if you run the laptop at 100% for a while. The keyboard itself and palm rest area get very warm but I wouldn’t call them “hot”, especially not unbearable. I believe I showed a thermal camera in the video with temperatures of the surface
Could you please review eluktronics mag-15 laptop? Its a relatively unknown brand but i've heard quite good things about it
Don't get it :)
what do people reckon? for the same price this or the mag 15 with the 1660ti ?
How do you get products to review? Own money and resale? Loans? I'm asking because I like a lot your reviews and I've always wonder how do you get so many expensive machines. Envy. Great review as always. Cheers from Chile!
It’s a mix. You can ask classmates or coworkers to loan theirs to you or do an exchange for a week. Works well in cities like Toronto where everyone is wealthy. I know Joshua Valour also uses this method to review tons of $2000+ headphones with a similar channel size. I use other methods as well, some which are questionable but I guess if it’s in the name of being able to comfortably shit on a product if it’s truly embarrassing (like the Zephyrus G) then it’s fine within reason.
Nice gonna be grabbing one with a core x chroma 2080 super for a egup setup. :)
it does have an gtx 1660 ti so it should be good enough for most games
Hello I found this model on amazon for £1100 should I get it?
Hey i really liked this review!! Ive watched it when it came out but it was very expensive compared to some other laptops. Now this laptop is priced at 1400$ . I need this laptop for architecture, because im a first year student. I am not going to do 3D Rendering or anything but just simple sketches and creating 2D plans. Would you think this laptop is good for me considering the price and does it have good enough performance that it might get me through 3D rendering in the future (when i start doing 3D rendering in school) or should i look at another laptop?
I would really appreciate if you helped me out here😁. Thank you for your time!!
Oh yeah it'll handle something like Blender comfortably. I don't see you needing more performance than this for a student. If you do, you'd have to build a desktop to get something significantly faster. Also keep in mind schools have to make sure students are actually able to do the assignments and labs, they won't require you to handle a project that only $4000 desktops can run lol
Did you end up getting it??!
@@darwin5117 no i got the msi leopard gl75
How much is a rtx 3060 or above model cost?
Can you compare it to the asus zephyrus m??!.. please
Hi, what display panel was used in this review
How many frames would this get on Fortnite?
144hz panels standard since 2018? Kind of a stretch right there? Just the high end versions of high end laptops in 2018
2020 and even 600$ laptop have 144hz
I have this 144hz 1660ti razer blade 15 2019 and EVERYTHING about it is AMAZING. If you can get around the pretty bad battery life this laptop is perfect.
same battery life sucks but elsewise it's amazing
I got the same thing but for 1500bucks from Amazon
i have the 15'' 2018 model and I hear about people complain about the battery life... I went into power management and lower the max power of the CPU to 98% in battery, plus using intel XTU to undervolt the CPU and Graphics. This does disables the turbo boost on the CPU, but for me it does not affects me at all. When I need to use it on battery mode, I will be doing my History papers, watching some TH-cam videos and general browsing. I went from around 4-5 hours max of battery life to around 6-8 hours without any major slowdowns. I do recommend trying this out if you want to take the laptop to campus without needed to bring the power brick.
@@zerowanted1 yea thats what i meant by getting around it. It's pretty simple and it helps. Plus if you darkmode everything it saves plenty of battery
Keep in mind undervolting Intel CPUs is a hardware vulnerability which you can learn more by Googling “Plundervolt”. I believe Intel removed that ability from the latest version of Intel XTU.
Would you Pleas Do a review on hp pavilion 15 bc504nf
i bought one and hate the dull screen. but i love everything else about it.
Got this laptop with the 1660Ti, early January, and has loved using it since even tested it out with gaming on the HTC Vive no problem, in both iRacing and BeatSaber. and doesn't get too loud under use. Mine was though with the 1080p 144hz screen and the 6c/12t i7-9750h CPU. I did swap the 256GB SSD to a 1TB NVME and the HDD for a 500GB SSD I had laying around. And before swapping the SSD I got confirmation and a reference number that I was allowed to swap it without losing my warranty. the battery gets me for my use of light codding and youtube around 4-6 hours and if I really try I can get it to 7-8 hours and always set the screen to 60hz while not gaming to save battery.
EDIT: Forgot to say that I did get a D-brand skin for it since it gets fingerprint pretty easily, D-Brand doesn't have a listing for the 2019 Base Model, but the 2018 Base Model will work only a small cut to extend the hole around the ethernet jack in the bottom cover.
If someone got some questions, feel free to ask about it.
Thanks this is super useful to me I emailed dbrand and they didn't really answer if the 2018 skin would fit
@@badboyjm Glad to hear that, just follow their video guide while applying and take your time alining it. Took me about 15 min in total to do the top and bottom.
Thanks, i have the base model with RTX 2060. My only problem with this laptop is the left wrist area is kinda warm and it gets uncomfortable for long hours of gaming (about 5 to 8 hours). Do you think putting Dbrand skin on it will help?
@@accarl Not sure but it might, still waiting for my palm rest skin, got the wrong one in the first package but they send a new one right away no questions asked just a photo of what was in my package.
@@accarl brother..please dont game using laptop keyboard...get one external...u wont regret.
Can you do a differences between the base and advanced models and which one to pick because you can get either for $1900
I don’t do comparison videos because the amount of different combinations is impossible. If you do a 1v1 comparison, the number of combinations from 1 year of laptops (1 per week, 52 weeks in a year) would be 2^52 = 4.3 quadrillion 1v1 comparisons. There’s only 3 billion seconds in 100 years.
Anyway, get the base model if you NEED Ethernet and a 2.5” SATA slot. That is about the only reason. The advance model has better battery life, a better feeling keyboard, I assume they both have 144hz screens and an RTX 2060 because $1900. Advance model is the way to go, particularly the keyboard. I really dislike the weight of the switches on the base model. They’re very close laptops (practically speaking), and I’m ignoring very minor stuff like the slightly improved but still mediocre speakers, slightly thinner on the advance model, per key RGB backlighting vs single color, slightly better thermals to accommodate the higher RTX 2080 model on the advance model.
i wanna add a second internal ssd is there a slot for it?
*I wish I would be that guy who makes $1000 per 5 minutes in the nearest future...*
5 mins is what you see. It takes days or weeks for a review. And it's not about the money it's about the passion. The subscribers come over time.
There's a lot going on behind the scenes that isn't mentioned and as much as it's cliche to like what you're doing, it's going to show in your review.
@@haarisrahman8937 Bruh this guy isn't even attacking the reviewer, they're referencing the video lmao
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Watching this on my brand new Blade 15 :D
1660ti? how is it?
@@junelablaca5053 basically what was said in the video. however, i got it for $1400, but the sale ended now and it isnt worth it anymore
still though, ill tell you what it is like: the "thinness" is a tiny bit deceptive and it actually feels pretty heavy at first though youll get used to it. the 60 hz panel is decent quality, and honestly, works great for me even though yes, 144 hz would be better. ive done several things on it as of late, including fps games, video editing and general web browsing and it works perfectly for each of the aforementioned tasks with its balanced, gaming and creator modes respectively. they keyboard feels weird at first but i got used to it, and the software in which you customize it is nice. i upgraded it from the very slow 5400 rpm hdd inside to a 1 tb sata ssd and everything is very fast and works like a charm. as said in the video, for me the rtx 2060 option wasnt worth it since idrc about rtx, and in laptops a 1660ti is basically like a rtx 2060 minus the RT cores. overall I really like and enjoy this laptop and it feels very premium, though since the -$200 sale ended I cant really recommend it for price-to-spec ratio.
Wt now
Just bought one as well going to get it Monday
Hey, just wanted to know hows the laptop running after a year
Got the previous 8th gen version (1060, 256 GB + 2 TB) for $1199. Absolutely loving it so far :)
Husnain Ijaz can u link me
@@1AGXNY Link what? I bought it from Harvey Norman Australia on Black Friday.
How’s the laptop now?
@@shanemichael4886 Everything working smooth as butter. It does overheat a little under heavy load but you can crank up the fans to 7200rpm to stable it. Overheating also depends on your room temp.
Hold up. What 4tb SATA SSD's are cheaper than which m.2 drives? Sabrent's got their Rocket gen3 and gen4 series 1TB m.2's for roughly $140 for the Gen 3 and $180 for the Gen 4. 4TB SATA SSD's are hovering around $400.
4TB 2.5" SATA to 4TB m.2. It's much cheaper $/TB
@@InfinityLabsTech well alrighty then. I have yet to find anyone who has a 4tb ssd in their laptop.
GS65 Stealth's body ACTUALLY feels like aluminum...
it is
no page up page down??
Sorry if I missed it, but do you notice any screen flickering?
Mike C that’s the camera making it look like that
Just picked the Razer Blade 15 base with an i7 9th Gen and GTX 1660ti for $1099. Is pretty amazing
How is it so far? I managed to find the same deal and I also only paid 1100$ for it, waiting for it to arrive.
@@deus978 how good is it?
@@deus978 that's a ridiculously cheap price
Does anyone know whether this model has the windows hello?
What’s the best configuration I can get under 2.5k
found one?
@@icarlyles8360 Right now you can get I7-16GB-512GB SSD-RTX 2070 MaxQ under 2.5k
Now it's €1200. Good!
How long do razers last? I read that they don't last long and that their customer service is terrible
I’m hearing that about literally every laptop company, got me shook
I havnt been able to find this answer for some reason... can I upgrade the base models memory (16gb) to 32gb ? Google just answers that the advanced model comes with 32gb which is not what I’m asking.
Yes. Pretty much all modern laptops can be upgraded to 64GB if you buy 2x32GB kits but they're more expensive because of that higher density. The CPU supports a maximum of 128GB but I'm not sure if 64GB sticks exist. Either that or you'll have to find that super rare laptop with four RAM slots for 4x 32GB.
Infinity Labs why was that answer so hard to find.. thank you so much!!!!!
There’s a deal on amazon for like 1300
$1099 rn is it worth that?
@@mrarmaan999 I haven’t been looking at a lot of gaming laptops lately but that sounds like a great deal
@@eldermonkeee3822 is this laptop good for animation/3d design?
@@compajuan014 I’m not sure
I think that I would rather get a Mag-15.
They are pretty much the same.
I'm pretty surprised at how good the build quality of Eluktronics laptops. They're superior to these known brands.
Hi i am not very good at English son I ask you directly: you recommend this laptop or not? Because don’t know what to choose between the asus rog hero strix II and this... please answer me THANKS 🙏
Yes, I personally like it a lot. If you understand all the weaknesses that I talked about and are okay with them, you’ll like it.
Between this and the ROG, I pick this. The Blade 15 is fast enough for all games at 1080p but it’s got better speakers, better trackpad, better build. I don’t really want to show up to college with my ROG gaming laptop, i want something minimal like the Blade. If you don’t need crazy performance and you can afford it, get the Blade.
Infinity Labs okay and i also see on a video that the oled display is not good for gaming, what do you think about this and also thanks for answer me because i comment a lot of things but they never answer me... and it’s can play games like fortnite overwatch or rocket league like on the other laptop there is an rtx2060 and i think (if did understand) that is better? And 1080p is good?
I would rather use a 4K IPS display rather than a 4K OLED because OLED is inconsistent with brightness, has burn in issues after extended use (talking after a year or two), and is harder to calibrate for color accuracy. A high end IPS will look much better than a high end OLED, which these Samsung panels are.
As for the RTX 2060, no. The games you listed are medium intensity. You’ll probably be getting 100+ FPS on all of those games at 1080p high graphics on the 1660 Ti. Does going from 100 to 130 FPS matter to you? And if a demanding game comes out in 3 years and you want to play it, do you mind turning the graphics down to high or medium to maintain 60fps? The RTX 2060 will help in 3 years, but by then you’ll have even thinner and lighter gaming laptops that look better, have better battery life, 1440p 120hz screens. It’s not just about performance, I’d rather have 7/10 performance with a great screen, trackpad and battery life than an ugly laptop with 10/10 performance but 4 hour battery that can’t even last through school.
Infinity Labs ok thanks a lot for answering my questions, it’s very useful for my choice and I have a last question : is 60fps comfortable to play with? And you just got +1 suscriber 😉 lol and do you have a link for buy it?
144hz is mainly beneficial to fast games like CSGO where everything happens really quickly and you're super focused. For more relaxed games like rocket league, and especially games like Tomb Raider, no it doesn't really matter. In fact, even for fast shooter games, I'm too focused on aiming and winning the game to notice any difference in frame rate. I can tell when it's 60hz vs 144hz, but I'm too focused on playing the game to care.
Check out Microsoft Store, they have this and you get 10% off if you're a student or $100 off for everyone else. www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/razer-blade-15-gaming-laptop/8wbbk21hm6mt Their extended warranty is also pretty neat, it covers accidental damage twice if that matters to you.
Brother After watching the whole review (I don't know if anyone asked this question before me or not) I want to let you inform something:
There r so many TH-camrs out there said that this base model has some real issue. Those are
1. The trackpad doesn't respond or (right or left click) not working.
2. Windows crash for heavy using thought, this laptop is built to use heavy.
3. Some display problems.
4. NVIDIA Graphics problem. (Not working while gaming and end up with crushing windows)
5. Some other stuff with the motherboard which is not common for all.
My question is, do you have anything to say about my info? I mean, all of my info is not my opinion, all I have written is by watching reviews from different TH-camrs. I'm really interested in this particular model. That's why I just wanted to hear from you.
Have a nice day stay safe and sound.
I didn't experience any of those things on my particular unit. However, I always update Windows and the NVIDIA drivers before testing laptops because in the past, some games would crash and refuse to load because my drivers were out of date.
I also ran Battlefield V for an hour to heat up the laptop to record the surface temperatures and I didn't see any issues. Most likely software issues. If a reinstall doesn't solve it, I would get it replaced. This is usually why buying from a retailer is better than buying from the manufacturer. The return and replacement process is much simpler. Especially if you buy it from Microsoft.
@@InfinityLabsTech Ok then. The last thing is, as you are using and experiencing do you recommend this base model to your subscribers, who don't want the best but want the better considering the price?
Here's the thing. When you have a laptop that's cheap and powerful, it has to sacrifice build quality, keyboard, trackpad, battery capacity, thermals, speakers, and everything else. You say "I want an RTX 2060 and a Core i7, now let's make everything else as cheap as possible so we can maximize performance per dollar". If you want a minimal looking premium build (anodized aluminum), this is the cheapest gaming laptop that has that. Overall, I would tell you to check out the Lenovo Y740 and see which one you prefer. That's one of my favorite gaming laptops in the upper-mid range ($1400 on sale for an RTX 2060 I think) but it does have some sacrifices. 4 hour battery was one, but it also has excellent upgradability and pretty good thermals. Overall, I'd buy the Y740. That's my personal preference.
Actually, I just checked Lenovo's website and it's not on sale right now. They're on sale very often though so it might be worth waiting for it if you're not in a hurry to get a laptop right now. The 500-nit 144hz panel is surprising because almost every 1080p 144hz panel I've reviewed is around 280 nits (nits = brightness). Might be completely new tech. Good luck!
@@InfinityLabsTech ohh brother thanks for the suggestion. Yes you r right I'm not in hurry. I'll wait till it's available again. And I'm actually also looking for the blade 15. As many thing of blade 15 attract me. Maybe it's funny to hear but I like the logo and the light up feature. Whatever but yeah thanks for the information. Stay safe.
Do you think £1650 is a good price for the rtx 2060 base model version? It's 20% off on Amazon in the UK and I feel like that price makes it a better deal
Go for it
Meh the acer triton 500 2019 seems like a way better deal. It will keep cool also
@@lordoftherims436 Flipped motherboard...
@@bomj-valera yeah. Im aware. I have one. Its not that big of a deal. Only takes 20 mins to remove the battery and get it out
@@lordoftherims436 Then, I don't know what to say cause the prices in UK and Europe are different from the ones in US and I can't really tell if it is good or high.
Is this good for running Black ops 2 and gta v
Yes it is
Does it have window hello on this laptop?
No, it does not. I have this model myself so I would know :(
Yes it does.
Base or not. Razer laptop is a great laptop
This vs the Zephyrus g 14?
Have not tried the new Zephyrus G but I hope to soon.
Pretty sure the g14 is gonna be more expensive than this one,
What model is it, sir?
He says what it is in the video like 20 times and it's even in the title dumbass
Dumbass nigga
This Lptob is 4k ❤
its not
The base model 2020 has a 2060
Pogchamp. I'll probably make a video on it soon ish. Like idk 6 weeks if I had to guess.
Luxury gaming you say?
Dell 7591 has 357 nits & is cheaper.
This is $500 off on Amazon right now.
Legit?
@@andreigalsim1428 it was, I paid 1099 a few weeks ago. I think it's back up to 1200 or so but still below retail of 1599
I'd like to take 2 please. One for me and one for my crush!
Flexing on Anna I see
@@paradiselosing oh yeahhh 🤣🤣
u
What a nice laptop for millionaires 🤣
DELL G7 7590 I7 RTX 2070 ROCKS!!!! SCREW RAZER!!! WAY OVERPRICED!!!!
im so glad i quit tf2
Why are you glad?
@@bengeary4740 cancerous community, bots, tryhards, the fact that b4nny exists
only psychopats use right shift while typing
Psh watch him use his pointer finger for space
"I can reach my 95-100 words/minute" LOL you literally filmed yourself typing like a grandma
Calm down there champ, not everyone is in the top 1% 121+ wpm like you.
@@InfinityLabsTech lol good review tho, subscribed