Razer Blade 14" QHD+ Touchscreen Gaming Laptop 256GB with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics-Free Windows 10 Upgrade

I am very, very happy with this Razer Blade laptop. Quite pleased, indeed! I'm no "techie", nor a computer connoisseur; just an average internet surfer and video gaming enthusiast. My old computers (a 2009 high-end laptop and a mid-grade 2011 desktop) had begun to frustrate me with their outdated performance, and I began to look for something that would replace both of them. There were several features I kept in mind as I began to browse online for new computers: - Portability, as I travel at least 200 miles each week - Plenty of RAM, to help ensure better performance and a longer lifespan - A good graphics card, one that wouldn't likely be listed in the "minimum requirements" of game releases for years - Solid construction, because I like to avoid using super glue and duct tape on things I own - A touchscreen, so I can perhaps "draw" directly on the screen without using a USB pen + tablet combo for art ...And I think that was all. I didn't think I was asking for very much, but maybe I was: poking around on the internet didn't yield quite as many results as I'd initially expected. I picked the Razer Blade from a rather narrow field of candidates, keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that the price tag was worth it. My expectations were met, and greatly surpassed. This thing is a total beast. It's very fast, the display is gorgeous, and it has a great feel to it. As I stated at the start of this review: I am very, very happy with this Razer Blade laptop. Quite pleased, indeed! Yes, it can get rather hot when it's pushed to its limits. Its limits are pretty far out there, though; it's not going to burn a hole in your pants just because you opened Notepad while watching some Nickelback video on YouTube. If you play recent triple-A games with the graphical settings maxed out super-duper-ultra style, yes -- it'll heat up. So you probably don't want to douse yourself with lighter fluid and play The Witcher 3 with NVIDIA HairWorks on. DON'T. Yes, the cooling fans can get a bit loud -- but once again, this means you're putting a rather heavy load on the Razer Blade. You're running AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Far Cry 4 on ultra settings all at the same time -- with Notepad open, too. ...Yes, I am exaggerating -- but still, you aren't likely to hear anything but a whisper from the fans unless you're giving the Blade a strong push. No bloatware to bolster your pushes, either; thanks, Razer!! I do wish the trackpad buttons were a bit bigger, but that's a minor complaint. They are at least responsive, as is everything else on the computer. So, to summarize: Five stars. Worth every penny. C'est magnifique! Don't soak your clothes in paint thinner before playing games on this. (If you do, don't wear them.) And just to clarify: I've had this computer for about 5 weeks, and have used it every day. Also, have not had any of the WiFi problems someone else had mentioned in another review.

It is the most beautiful gaming laptop I have ever seen, and it's extremely thin and powerful. But razer didn't do well on the quality, there's always a tricky noise under the keyboard which is high pitched and makes me really annoyed. Hope Razer can do better in the future.

My background: I wanted this machine primarily as a working machine and not a gaming laptop since it is incredible powerful and the 14” display make it big enough to work on it (programming) and small enough for travel (I wish there were more 14” laptops!). Overall this looks like a very good alternative to a Macbook Pro 15” or a Dell Precision 3800 (both with dedicated GPU) or a Dell XPS 15. Before buying I read a bunch of reviews and many people were complaining about stuff like the battery life, the trackpad keys or the glossy display (touchscreen version). Anyway, I wanted to paint my own picture since my use case may be different than the ones of many reviewers. My current machine is a 5 year old Toshiba Satelite R630 which is about to breath it’s last breath very soon. So an update came very handy and I did not mind a high price tag if quality and all my requirements are fulfilled. Review of: New Razer Blade 14" QHD+ Touchscreen 256GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics Price: 2399$ Pro: + Build quality: is outstanding, it feels like a raw piece of metal (heavy but also like it would never, ever break) + Display: Gorgeous, everything looks super sharp on the QHD+ display, adjusting the display with one finger is super easy and it stays exactly where you put it! I noticed reflections on the screen but not more than on any other glossy display. I did not work with it outside in the sun though. + Keyboard: I have never had a better typing experience. It feels better than the Macbook Air my wife is using (and 1000x better the one on my current machine :)) + Trackpad: I really, really enjoyed the trackpad! It is very smooth and you don’t feel any friction. The buttons below the trackpad make a very pleasant noise (many people complained about it, but I liked it!). I compared it to the Macbook Pro 13” trackpad (the one with force click) and Apple is still ahead of their competition (although I also enjoyed the trackpad of the XPS 15). But if you don’t compare it, then you’ll be very happy with this trackpad. It is very good! + Gaming: as I sad above, I did not buy this for gaming but I you have a machine that powerful standing on your desk…I just could not resist. So I installed Hitman Absolution and played a little bit on the highest setting. Everything looks wonderful and amazing and the Blade did not choke even a little bit! + (Shipment/Return: I received the machine after 2 days and was able to return it without any issues. I got my money back 7 days.) Neutral: +- Noise: the machine is quiet in normal use. The fans will kick off when playing games, but hey, that’s what they are supposed to do and usually you’ll wear headphones anyway. And even with fans kicked on, the fans sound good (high quality) and were not really bothering me +- Heat: I did not experience any issues with heat. The part above the keyboard got warm while playing Hitman, but that wasn’t really bad. Con: - Wide bezel: Although the display is super nice, on thing that caught my attention right after booting the machine was the thick, wide bezel around the display. I told myself that I will forget about that soon, but every time I looked at my old machine (which has a fairly thin bezel) the thought came back. Also, when looking at other machine (e.g. Dell XPS 13 2015), the future seems to be no bezel and I find that much more pretty. - Touchscreen: I bought the touchscreen version because of the higher resolution (and also because I was a little tricked by all the ads that tell us “touchscreens are necessary in Windows laptops nowadays”). The truth is, I played with it for 5 minutes and used it never again. It seems complete useless to me and I would rather buy the version with a lower resolution without touch (that should also boost the battery life a little bit). - Performance: To be honest, I did not run an actual benchmark or stress test but these are my observations: -- When switching between windows/app using the touchscreen I noticed a short glitch every time (maybe an OS issue?). -- I used chrome to browse on Facebook and when typing a message the message would appear 3-4 seconds after I typed it. I tried Internet Explorer and IE Metro and both showed the same issue although not as bad (maybe 0.5 second delay). I don’t know why that happened considering the stats of this beast it seems impossible. My internet connection should not have been a problem because I was able to browse Facebook on my old machine without any issues and no download was active in the network. - Battery life: I unplugged the machine, set the brightness to the lowest setting and disabled sleep mode etc. Occasionally I would look some stuff up on the internet but 80% of the time it would just sit on the table with some programs and apps open (Internet Explorer, Chrome, bing news, ...). Result: 5:30 hours of battery life. Not really good. And it did not meet my expectations at all. - (Ubuntu compatibility: When my old Laptop (Toshiba Satellite R630 – 5 years old) starting lagging, I put Ubuntu on it (for the first time in my life and I was a pretty hard windows advocate). I really fell in love with that OS and do not want to miss it anymore! So my plan was to use Razers powerful hardware and incredible build quality to get an ultra-portable Ubuntu workstation. I did not too much research for that so when I got it I discovered that many people experienced many issues and the battery life drops to 1.5 hours (https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/linux-on-a-new-blade.4115/). Really disappointing for me, but actually not Razers fault because they never advertised the Blade to work with Linux. For me it was a bummer nevertheless but it does not affect my final score since I could have known about these issues and the machine is not made for Ubuntu!) General experience: Overall I had a nice experience with this laptop. Although I have to admit that I did not feel a big difference when I was only working on stuff. Browsing, writing documents and so on is something I can still do on my old machine and the nice keyboard and track is only nice if you have in mind where you come from and what ‘bad’ feels like. But overall I did not have the ‘Wow’ effect while using the Razer Blade. Everything felt very, very nice, but it did not feel like it is worth the 2400$. This is only my perspective and people who use this machine mostly plugged in AND they like Windows 8 AND they actually use the touchscreen AND they do not mind a shorter battery life AND they actually use it for gaming will probably have a way better experience than me. I will give this machine 3.5 stars (rounded up to 4) since it does a very good job at everything it advertised. My use case is different and I had just hoped I could have used it for that. Unfortunately not so I sent it back.

I have purchased this sweety for threereason: - extreme power: it's definetly a beast - compactness: it's not light as a feather though - design: basically it is a black version of a macbook pro, with the same design and the same feel - rock hard / unbendable For who is scared by: - the "it produces noise as much as a starship", that's true ONLY under stressful situation (30+ mins of an graphic intensive game) and, imho, it's completely bearable - the "it can melt your lap if you forget to remove it in time", it's true for what concerning only the bottom and the central region of the keyboard; the other parts stay "quite" cool (it will not burn you for sure ;) - the "the fans will be always on creating a small tornado in my room": this is never happening. Fans kick in ONLY during gameplay sessions The display is gorgeous, though you may have some issue with old applications (which do not scale, thus they stay confined in the subatomic world). The keyboard is the best I have ever tried on a laptop: Mac could learn from it (yes, it's really that good) The touchpad is one of the best, but so far, I've yet to see something which can compete with the Mac's version) and its position is awkward (I pressed it by mistake while typing) The touchscreen is precise, fast: simply natural... none has stressed this point in the reviews I've read, but it's terrifc

As a long time fanboy and consumer of Razer products (having bought several $100+ peripherals from them), I am extremely disappointed with their execution on this product. I purchased this machine because of the amazing reviews it has received both here and on Newegg. After comparing it to other options (notably the Asus G501) and despite the extra 1000$ I would pay over the competition, I decided that this laptop would be worth it because previous Razer products have been so awesome. The machine I received is incredible. It's light weight, fast, and comfortable to use. The laptop has great track pad, beautiful display, great graphics abilities, etc. From a technical and use standpoint, it's awesome. After having the machine a couple weeks, I started to notice that the machine fans were a bit over-zealous. While not doing anything, the fans would suddenly fire up to max speed and run for several minutes before calming down. When I say "not doing anything," I mean the laptop was sitting idle (i.e. not even internet browsing) while I was watching TV or playing games on my PS4. When I fired up a game, the fans would kick into high gear instantaneously. The fans were even blasting at full speed when I'd watch YouTube videos at 480. And yes, I was using the machine on a reasonable surface (e.g. sitting on a desk with nothing underneath or blocking the fans). I started to get concerned so I downloaded HWMonitor. After firing up a game (pretty much any game) on lowest settings, the CPU (not GPU) temperature would jump to 90+ C. That is way too high for a CPU. I further tested this by leaving HWMonitor on while the computer was idle (I turned off any and all applications, so it was only running Windows). Apparently being idle was enough to set the CPU temperatures soaring up to 90+ C. Clearly I received a defective machine. At this point the laptop was over the 30 day return policy, so I contacted Razer over the matter. They happily said they would issue an RMA and repair the machine. The whole process was fairly easy, and they said they fixed it by replacing the motherboard. The problem is they didn't fix anything. The machine was in the exact same state as it was when I sent it down to them. At this point, I'm shocked and appalled with Razer. How on Earth this machine left their facilities in the first place is baffling to me. I'm astonished they managed to not even fix the issue after I told them what was wrong. How do you "repair" a 2700$ machine and not even check if the issue has actually been fixed? If this were a 50$ mouse, I'd be annoyed, but that's it. Instead, this is an incredibly expensive machine that I've been researching and debating over buying for several months. I'm absolutely furious over Razer's complete failure in this situation. I'm sad, disappointed, and furious about the situation. I've contacted them again over this, but any result will still leave a bitter taste in my mouth. I've been a loyal fanboy for the last 8 years having hardly paid attention to peripherals from their biggest competition, and it'll be rather sad parting. Alas, I suppose 8 years is longer than most celebrity weddings, so at least there's that... (Edit) An update: After contacting Razer about the still-broken machine, they more-or-less told me, "Too bad," and proceeded to write a long advertisement to me about the machine. A snippet: "...Here is what out CEO has said about the thermal design: One of the questions I've been getting is: The Blade has the same performance/power as other systems which are twice the thickness/weight - how have we managed to design in so much power without the system overheating? Well, we've got pretty much some of the most talented thermals engineers in the world here at Razer and it's really based on 2 really incredible major innovations..." Yes, that is straight from the email they sent me. Consider this a review as a warning. If you purchase this product, be sure to put it through it's paces in the first few days to uncover any failures. If there are any issues, return it immediately for a new one as Razer will refuse to fix it.

Best built Windows laptop around. unfortunately after about 4 weeks of use the unit started to overheat horribly under light usage load. Requested refund. Debating to go to the darkside and go Mac.

We had it for a few years and got a lot of good usage out of it. I routinely clean it and maintain it (since it's one of the most expensive things I've ever owned!). A few months ago, it completely died. No POST/BIOS, nothing on external monitors, nothing. I tried other computer shops and they won't touch it because Razer's parts are proprietary. I finally gave in and sent it to Razer. The bill for the repair is over half of the cost of the laptop itself ($1543.64). The motherboard and screen are both broken. They're only charging labor for $130 (no duh, it's not hard to swap). We're going to opt to not repair it, pay $130 to get it back (diagnostic fee if not repaired), and sell it as is. Maybe someone with 2 broken machines can make it work. Never again will we own a Razer machine. Peripherals, sure. But machine? NO way.

Amazing gaming notebook super portable and amazing performance! I just installed GTA V on it and I get around 50-60 fps sometimes 30 but I have no tweaked any of the settings yet im sure it can get better. It has scaling issues in some games but to fix that you set the native resolution to 1080p and run the game in windowed border less. The fans are audible when gaming but its nothing unbearable I prefer this sound over most gaming notebook fans. There is not many reviews out there for this notebook so I will be doing my own in depth review of it and I will be adding the info to this review if anyone wants to see the review . After fully testing it for over a week I will update this amazon review!

I bought this computer a few weeks ago and it is amazing! It shipped and arrived at my residence in Canada within a week. I read a lot of reviews an did a lot of research before making this purchase and I was not disappointed. - Track pad: smooth, responsive, and fairly accurate, which you would expect at this price point. I would still say it is above average though. - Keyboard: satisfying amount of click and key travel when you type, but is not excessively loud. - Screen: performance and graphics are great, as you would expect with all that power under the hood. The display is beautiful! Games, photos, and any other content look bright, clear, with vivid coloring. Keep in mind; however, it does have a glossy finish so there is a bit of glare/reflection sometimes. It has not bothered me much though. - Price: point is a little high, but you are paying for a powerful gaming lap top that is attractive and VERY compact. Yes you can find a decently capable machine for less money, but will it look cool, be able to handle GTA V in HD, and be as light/thin? No, probably not. I would personally never pays this much or more for a mac book pro, for example, given that they have less impressive parts under the hood... The only two negative points I can think of are that the mat black surface shows finger prints, which do wipe away easily, and that it gets quite hot when you are gaming. However, that is expected when you have all of those components housed in a compact brushed aluminum. That being said, the fans aren't overly loud at least. My Xbox 360 is much louder... To summarize my rant, this is a great buy for the performance and portability you get!

An incredible product and worth every penny.

I am giving this a 2 star because of the misleading advert for this product. In the product page is says: 256 GB 7200 rpm 256 GB solid-state drive This suggests that there are 2 storage disks, one 256GB non-SSD disk and one 256GB SSD disk. This would give a total of 512GB storage. However this system only comes with a SSD of 256GB size. I was disappointed as I was expecting two separate 256GB disks.

Bought for an employee, they like it a lot.

This laptop is absolutely stunning from a design and execution standpoint. The only laptop I have ever seen that can match the apparent quality of Apple products. Same for the performance, which is stellar for a machine this svelte. I was getting 100+ fps in games, although with rather loud fan noise, which would be impossible to suppress given the size of the laptop. As soon as the stress is removed on the GPU, however, all noise stops and you can work in absolute silence on any non-game/business application. The only weakness this machine has is ... Windows. Although Windows 10 is a significant step forward, it still retains some of the invasive nuisances of its predecessors and lacks in the richness of the Apple ecosystem. But for someone who is looking for portable gaming, and style while doing this, this product has no equal in my opinion.