Customer Ratings & Reviews

I am a student and a gamer and this laptop perfectly suits my needs. I often code and do data analysis for work, which requires a lot of processing power. I have been able to analyze data very quickly with this laptop. Gaming performance is superb as well. I currently do not have any issues or complaints. The keyboard takes a bit of time to get use to. I love that I can change the settings for the CPU and GPU through the synapse app depending on whether I am working (prolonging the battery life) or I am gaming (needing maximum power). The fan noise is definitely there when gaming but it is not loud or annoying. Tips: 1. Update your NVIDIA driver and make sure to dedicate the graphic settings to the 3070. Do not select “auto select”. This will greatly enhances your gaming performance. I didn’t know this at first and most of my games were laggy until I made this change. 2. Get a skin for your computer. I got one from dbrand and it makes it look more sleek. I added a sticker to hide the Razer logo. 3. Get a gaming laptop cooler. I got the 1stplayer C6 and it works great. I no longer have to touch the hot surface and keyboard while gaming. It definitely makes the whole case cooler.

TL;DR: The RTX 3070 Razer Blade 15 2021 Advanced Model is pricey, but you get what you pay for in both performance and package. If you can afford it and you need a high-powered mobile computer, this is well worth the splurge. This review covers both my general opinions of the laptop, and a few notes on its improvements over last year's RTX 2070 Super-equipped Blade 15 2020 Advanced Model. An acknowledgement to start: this is indeed a very expensive laptop. Could you get comparable performance in a self-built desktop for much less? Most definitely (provided that you can find an RTX 30-series card for anywhere close to MSRP - I'm looking at you, eBay scalpers). In my opinion, though, you're paying for the portability, not just the performance, when buying a gaming laptop. Out of the box the reason for this high price tag is quickly evident; all those expensive, high-performance components touted by Razer are enclosed in a sleek single-block, precision-milled aluminum chassis, cool to the touch and providing a premium feel definitely not matched by the plastic often found on lower-grade Windows laptops (it compares favorably to family and friends' MacBooks, I've found). The one downside to the black anodized-aluminum finish in previous years has been its status as an absolute fingerprint and smudge magnet; I found myself using the included microfiber cloth to wipe down my laptop after almost every use with last year's model. Razer quietly advertised this year's finish as improving this flaw, and to my pleasant surprise they've followed through - fingerprints appear much less frequently with this new, visually-identical finish. The touch pad is large and satisfyingly responsive, though I prefer using a mouse. The keyboard is nice and clicky; I've heard complaints about the travel depth of the Blade's keyboard but I personally find it a welcome change to the last Dell I used. The beautiful RGB Chroma for the per-key lighting, enabled in the onboard Razer Synapse 3 software, looks gorgeous, and offers more customization options than I'll ever be able to figure out. The slim size of the laptop is lovely; my old laptops, despite having the same screen real estate, look like veritable bricks compared to the Blade, with its slim bezels and small footprint. You're spoiled for choice with ports: three zippy USB 3.2 Gen-2 Type-A ports with great transfer speeds, one latest-gen UHS-III SD card reader, an HDMI 2.1 port, two USB-C 3.2 Gen-2 ports (both now Thunderbolt 4-capable) able to power the laptop, a DisplayPort (via USB-C) and a 3.5mm audio jack. (For those comparing to previous models, the changes from last year port-wise were HDMI 2.0b to 2.1, and both UCB-C ports becoming Thunderbolt-capable, conforming to the Thunderbolt 4 standard and not Thunderbolt 3 like previously.) Even the charging cord speaks to the quality of the product, with a thick, wear-and-tear-resistant woven braid cord providing the power this machine needs (side note: battery life is highly dependent on your settings; to maximize it requires a lot of customization). The speakers are good for a laptop, now incorporating THX Spatial Audio for simulated surround sound. They get louder than I'll ever set them to, and the audio is clear, with decently punchy bass and distinct mid and high ranges. If you're gaming, though, you'll probably prefer a pair of headphones when the fans kick in (they're not airplane-takeoff level like some gaming laptops, but certainly audible). I love the 360Hz screen; its blistering refresh rate makes games buttery-smooth and leaves absolutely no screen tearing. I personally prefer this 1080p, high-refresh screen to the lower-refresh, 4K OLED models for gaming, but for the creators out there those options are available (consider, too, the middle ground 240Hz QHD screen options, sadly out of stock at the time I write this). Color accuracy is quite pleasant, with the screen covering 100% of the SRGB standard. The onboard video camera is better than last year's, thankfully. 720p was sad in 2020, but was also rather-disappointingly par for the course with most Windows laptops on the market. This year Razer finally made the jump to 1080p - here's hoping other laptop manufacturers follow suit. The infrared camera works brilliantly for Windows Hello; between the facial recognition and speedy M.2 SSD boot drive, I'm still surprised by how fast I'm logged in. If you'll be doing serious teleconferencing, I recommend a headset with a mic or a dedicated mic over the built-in set, but if you're only talking with friends on Zoom, the newly-improved stock 4-mic array should suffice. The performance of the laptop once you dive in is quite satisfying. The Intel 11th-Gen i7 processor is great. While Intel's 11th-Gen desktop processors delivered a lackluster performance increase, their mobile chips gained a marked improvement in single core scores when tested, a larger generational improvement than the last several years. The NVIDIA RTX 3070 graphics card provides just about all the frames I could want. Games run great at high graphics settings; at ultra settings with ray tracing on, Shadow of the Tomb Raider averaged 118 FPS over more than four hours of continuous gameplay last night. This mobile RTX 3070 delivers all the much-hyped performance increases between the 20 and 30-series cards as seen in the desktop variants. The 16GB of dual-channel DDR4 3200MHz RAM is more than enough for my needs, and for memory-heavy games you can download Razer's Cortex software, which optimizes your RAM and diverts it to the game you're playing at the moment by pausing unnecessary background processes. Connectivity is delivered through a new Intel Wi-Fi 6E chip, capable of much higher speeds than AT&T seems to feel like giving me through my modem. Booting on the SSD is incredibly fast, with programs opening quite responsively, and this tier of Advanced model now comes with 1TB out of the box. I added in the 1TB I'd bought to replace the stock 512GB SSD in last year's model, and am now happily sitting on 2TB of storage (Razer makes it easy to upgrade both RAM and storage if you so desire; you can look up tutorials on YouTube). I couldn't ask for much better performance than the Blade provides; you can look up professional reviewers for better benchmarks on speed and other performance factors (I'm just a college student here happy with a product).

Definitely not the most affordable laptop out there, but this is definitely worth it! I love the look, the finger smudges aren’t as bad as previous years.. this beast ram everything I threw at it at max settings, flawlessly. The fan, while loud, isn’t as loud as some of the other laptops I’ve used, but this should be expected with this much power in a small profile. If you have the means to get this laptop, I highly recommend it.

Really great build quality but not worth the price. You can purchase other laptops with same power as this laptop for way less and for me in my opinion you are just paying for the name and other laptops are available and affordable that provide same performance.

It’s a very good computer, I havnt had a problem with speed yet. It does get a little hot when gaming but that’s to be expected. The delivery was quite short.

Performed great. Battery life was 2-3 hours, which wasn’t enough for my needs. The screen uniformity was also pretty poor for the price of this laptop.

Purchased for my daughter going to college majoring in Game design. It has been working very well for her, and she can still play her games when she has time.

Amazing performance. Don't be fool by the sleek design, this machine is a powerhouse. It runs triple A titles without a hiccup.

dGPU is only attached to the HDMI 2.1 port. So no Gsync unless get a hard to find HDMI 2.1 external display. No support for USB-C Alt DP with dGPU. Nice looking and fast but crap if you want to use an external monitor. Why they did not put at least a mini DP attached to the dGPU on this machine is beyond me.

GREAT laptop. Does not overheat (unlike other 15.6" gaming laptops I own). Perfect amount of performance. The only thing I would make different (which I have buy purchasing upgrades) are more storage and ram.

Super pumped to have this in my hands. Build quality is amazing, super powerful and if tweaked correctly, can achieve great temps

I think this would be a good laptop for gaming! I think this would be a good laptop for gaming!

Massive system in a compact laptop! Son will be set for college now

Note this review is about the product and nothing to do with Best Buy, where I purchased it. 11 months after purchasing, I’ve had the motherboard due twice. The first time, Razer replaced it with little hassle, the second time was a nightmare, taking 3.5 ti get to the actual repair department due to extremely slow and unresponsive customer service - a contender for the worst I’ve ever experienced. At this point they’ve told me that they don’t have another motherboard or the same laptop in stock so can online send me another 15 with slightly different specs (lower refresh rate, higher resolution) and a 3 month warranty. These machines run HOT and I’m guessing that it’s doing a lot of internal damage. I play an MMO a few hours a day and have never had these problems on another machine. I will never buy or recommend Razer after this terrible experience. I chose this laptop because it made the top of the list of gaming laptops for the last couple years.

Fans will ramp up randomly when on battery, and the chassis tends to get hot when doing anything intensive, but the high power limit on the 3070 makes some killer graphic ability