Razer - Blade 14- 14" Gaming Laptop- QHD 165Hz- AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti- 16GB RAM- 1TB SSD - Black
Model: RZ09-0427NEA3-R3U1
SKU: 6499098
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Customers are satisfied with the Blade 14's build quality, performance, and portability. Many appreciate its high-resolution screen and powerful GPU, which enables excellent gaming experiences. However, some users point to battery life and heat as areas for potential improvement. The soldered RAM is also a recurring concern among customers.
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Build Quality is amazing, but the metal picks up fingerprints so carry a cloth with you. Speed and Startup Time is fantastic as long as you restart it every once in a while and regularly check for updates for your device(s) and drivers, The Razer Software can be a little ganky but it works reliably once you set everything up the way you want. I recommend learning the keybinds to make quick changes like chaining the refresh rate as they work quickly and don't require you to look for options in the software. The Heat and Noise of this laptop are some of it's best features as the heating system inside is ingenious. When you are gaming, you will barely notice the heat as the fans go THROUGH the keyboard hitting your fingers and palm keeping you and the area of the device you will be interacting with really cool. However, this experience doesn't transfer well to sitting it on your lap as you will feel the heat as your legs will be touching the rest of the chassis which WILL be hot and your pants could block the airflow through the keyboard. The Battery Life can be great if you need it to be great, however it can also be dramatically reduced to basically only 10% of how long the battery life should last very easily. The main ways battery life can be destroyed are not having the device configured properly, repeatedly opening and closing the laptop causing it to have to restart each process multiple times, or running games with the performance options turned on. I recommend doing some research on how to optimize the battery life to fit your needs. If I am doing basic web surfing, running simple applications like word, or other similar tasks than I can get a battery life of up to 11 hours but more realistically I can get it to last 7-8 hours with regular use. If you're going to be running games that are either graphically challenging or that need a high refresh rate, then you should bring your razer charger with you as not only will the battery life only last an hour if you're lucky, but some performance options like cpu boost are only available while plugged in. FYI, you can't use performance options while charging using USB C as it cannot effectively power the graphics card meaning you'll only get an increased battery life but no increased performance while using USB C. Portability for this laptop is great. The body of the laptop is extremally durable. The weight might be a little hefty but for me it's fine to carry and move around one handed. If you are smaller, this laptop might be a little heavy but anyone with two hands should be able to comfortably move this device around. PS I recommend getting a skin for this laptop, preferably dBrand as their cases seem the best. While the metal body of this laptop is extremally durable, it isn't scratch resistant so a skin would protect against that. Also, you'd get rid of the annoying fingerprints everywhere if you get one of dBrands skins as they are fingerprint resistant.
Posted by SamL
The Razer Blade 14” is an amazing Gaming Laptop. A lot of folks mention it needs more ram or upgrade capability. While that would be nice, it performs great as it is. It starts fast and will play Witcher 3 at Ultra settings by just enabling max settings in the Synapse software, but when you do switch, it takes it to a different level. The 3070Ti is a beast. The screen is perfect. There is no bleed on edges, color is spot on and gaming is great. Video quality while streaming is amazing and Movies are just as good. The photos I provided do not do justice to what you actually see. It is also a very capable workhorse when needed for the office environment. I set mine to balanced performance and easily get 5+ hours on the battery watching videos, working or just surfing. Setup is easy but takes a bit to understand. Once you have it, you can make the keyboard colors match your game along with the mouse. I bought a Razer Basilisk V3 X Mouse and it was easy to setup for my game profiles and will switch when you open the game along with keyboard per key colors you have configured. I run it Bluetooth and handles everything without issue. You get what you pay for with the Blade 14 and when on sale, it is an exceptional value. The quality construction is obvious the moment you take it out of the very protective packaging within their box.
Posted by 08SHBY
i’m satisfied with this gaming laptop because it’s fast and what i do is when i’m home i plug my laptop to a monitor and when i’m on the road i can use it like a laptop for gaming
Posted by JaredA