Razer Blade 14 Inch Gaming Laptop

I got my almost one year already and I've been using it every day basically. READ ALL REVIEW ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S. Pros: - Great overall performance for both gaming and video editing. I played games that did not require high graphics, but it ran Sony Vegas pretty smooth. Video processing in HD was much faster than my old notebooks. A 10min Full HD video was rendered under 30 minutes, which is quite good. - It’s very light compared to others gaming notebooks, which makes it quite portable. Plus the power supply is also pretty slim, which is also a great portability factor. - Loved the keyboard feeling. Keys are “soft” to press which is good for any typing activity. Cons: - The fan was sometimes a bit loud and the notebook did get hot sometimes. - It has only 3 USB ports and one of mine worked for only a couple of months. I had to buy a USB hub to replace it. - For some reason, whenever I was using a double screen with a Monitor or TV, I had to adjust the scale of my secondary screen (usually a monitor) plugged through HDMI. And also the sound sometimes were awkward when using a LED TV as my secondary monitor and I had to unplug and plug the HDMI cable again to fix. Maybe that’s a Windows issue, but it only happened with this notebook (got two other notebooks). - I had an accident with my microphone stand and it damaged the notebook screen. Since I’m from Brazil I sent an e-mail to Razer Support. They told me that they could fix everything but they would charge me around 600 dollars for new components and labor hours. Plus I had to send it to U.S. and pay all shipping fees, even though my notebook had less than a year (still on warranty). That’s when they told me that ANY WARRANTY IS CANCELLED if you take your notebook outside the U.S. That’s very disappointing since I would have to pay a total of a thousand dollars including international shipping fees and taxes. Just as a comparison stand point: I used Logitech support and they’ve sent me a new mouse for free even though I was in Brazil.

I highly recommend this notebook to anyone who wants great gaming performance and great portability. Gaming laptops have always been a compromise between battery life and gaming performance, plus size. There are no throttling issues on the Razer Blade which can affect a notebooks CPU and GPU performance. Its irritating when you have a nice CPU/GPU and they don't run at max speed when you need them. It can cause FPS spikes and dips and really hurts the experience. I would take this system over a slightly better CPU/GPU because of the fact it doesn't throttle like many other laptops do. In all my searches, I couldn't find a better notebook. If they were faster they were also larger or had worse battery life or both). If they had better screen or battery life then they were slower or larger. This system was the perfect mix for me. Pros: -super thin -fast full voltage mobile i7 quad core with hyperthreading -very respectable GPU for a 14" and a 1600x900 screen -quiet -lightweight -plays games great -better battery life that ANY gaming laptop I've had, including the larger ones that have huge batteries -you can even game on battery because it doesn't "gimp" the GPU by making it throttle/run lower clocks when on battery -the power plug and adapter is not propietary, so you can get replacement chargers easier & cheaper. I have a couple sitting around that worked fine, I think they are from an m14x but I'm not sure. They had the same voltage, power rating, and plug size/style. Cons: -Screen is just "ok" and not great. I would have paid extra to get a higher quality screen if they had the option -Cost, if the cost scares you then its not the notebook for you. I needed and was willing to pay for the higher portability, the form factor/looks and performance of this niche notebook.

Amazing looks, quality, performance, and even battery life (considering the components used). Absolutely horrible screen. Which makes it utterly useless for its intended purpose.

This laptop is one of the best I have seen in its class, yes it is expensive however the notion that you get what you pay for comes to mind. I was very surprised how actually thin and light it was when I first opened it considering that it packs a 4th gen I7 and a GTX 765M. It runs fairly quite as well, the one thing I will say is that the top area above the keyboard gets pretty warm to the touch when running in high demand, but I generally dont notice to often. I think that it is definatly worth the money to upgrade to the 256Gb or the 512Gb SSD's I coudnt imagine using the 128Gb (with a ~40Gb windows install that only leaves room for 2 or 3 games before your running low). Good product, defiantly worth considering if your in the market for a gaming system.

Great laptop. Fast, thin and light. The only problem is that it heats up a lot . Not sure about the side effects of that in the long term so you should research a little. Horrible horrible customer service. Had one of the keys on the keyboard fall off. "The $100 is a diagnostic fee, this would need a new keyboard $50.13, and labor is $130.00. " Key fell off because it was faulty not because of what I did. $280.13 to fix my delete key? Really? Great laptop, horrible customer service.

The computer is really nice. Thin as f and run games perfectly. 2000$ is worth only if you want a computer that looks good