Razer Blade Review: a colorful, ultraportable gaming beast

Razer Blade Review: a colorful, ultraportable gaming beast
Razer has launched a trio of gaming laptops, first among them being the Razer Blade. The laptop is dark, adorned with colorful lights, sporting a design that makes it identifiable as not just any ole laptop, but a gaming laptop. Relative to other models, I wouldn’t hesitate to call the Razer Blade an ultraportable offering, but what compromises were made to get this level of portability?
 Not many, it turns out. The Razer Blade, not to be mistaken for the Razer Blade Pro or Razer Blade Stealth, is billed as a laptop that is, “Powerful, Portable, Perfect.” That claim is pretty spot-on, all things considered. The latest version of the Razer Blade packs a 7th-generation Intel Core i7-770HQ quad-core processor alongside a memory boost to 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz dual-channel RAM, an optional 4K Ultra HD touchscreen display, plus the VR-ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB VRAM graphics card.

This updated model boasts speeds up to 3.8GHz thanks to the new processor with Turbo Boost. First things first, though, is the laptop’s incredibly slim size. According to Razer, its Blade is the slimmest 14-inch gaming laptop on the market at 0.70-inches thin. Compared to this, the Alienware 15 is an inch thick, the MSI GS43VR Phantom is 0.87″, and the Aorus x3 Plus v6 is 0.90″. The Razer Blade weighs 4.1lbs.
The design, its iconic look aside for a moment, feels both durable and high-end thanks in part to its CNC-milled aluminum chassis. According to Razer, the use of aircraft-grade aluminum and the overall construction results in a machine that eliminates unwanted flex by offering a very strong exterior shell. Indeed, the laptop feels very robust.

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