Review of Razer Blade 15 2020
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Welcome to Tech Beyond. Today we are
going to take the review, comparison of base and advanced model of Razer blade
15. All right so let's talk about the 2020 razer blades these are some of the
most expensive gaming laptops on the market they are like the top tier premium
stuff.
They are very expensive like way more than a
lot of competitors that have like similar performance so because they're so
expensive i wanted to do a just a different kind of review not just a you know
an overview of the products but i want to talk about the differences between
the different models this year but i also want to talk about the why like why
are they so expensive if there's a reason or a good reason at all.
- Advanced and Base Model comparison:
Let's get in all right the base model starts at 1600 bucks but then it jumps up quite quickly to like 2600 bucks when you go up to the advanced model and there's hardware configurations and components that only exist in one or the other so.
- Body:
Let's talk about the things that are in
common between the two they both have that unibody construction to them and i
think it's a feature that makes these devices more expensive than a lot of the
competitors right off the rip like to manufacture this just costs more you have
to mill out that whole block of aluminium to fit the internals in there and it
just makes the device look nicer it's got this nice design aesthetic to it but
it inherently costs more.
- External and Weight:
The base
model and the advanced model have the exact same shape like they have the same
footprint but the advanced model is a little bit thinner it's like two millimetres
thinner than the base model it's noticeable like if you pick it up and you're
feeling for it you'll notice it right away it is pretty obvious but it's not
something that i think makes a big difference at least not to me the other
thing you have to keep in mind is that the advanced model is actually a little
bit heavier the cooling system in this one is a little bit more robust we'll
get into it later but because of the more complex thermal solution the advanced
model is about 100 grams heavier now this year they still have the black and
white or silver models but you can no longer get this color.
- Keyboard:
The two
devices this year both the base and advanced model is their newly updated
keyboard it's the same keyboard as last year but the layout of the right shift
key is finally proper. A razer blade keyboard the spacing is very grid-like and
the keys themselves are completely flat there's no dish so it does take some
time to get used.
- Light:
The lighting
on this keyboard is phenomenal. I think razer does it if not the best like top
three of all laptop manufacturers when it comes to RGB lighting on the
keyboards the advanced model is individually lit like you can change the colors
of each key individually to your heart's content the base model has just one
color you can switch up all the colors but every key has to be the same color
and it's also not as bright or as vibrant as the advanced model.
- Speakers:
Now to the
left and right are the speakers they sound okay i just feel like if razer is
charging this kind of money i would have liked to have seen better speakers
like the advanced and bass models have the same sounding speakers at least to
me.
- Screens:
All right
let's talk about the screens these are different. They've been upgraded this
year so now we're moving on to stuff that is no longer in common between these
two the advanced model has a 300Hz fast refresh IPS panel it is very nice super-fast
for games good brightness and great color accuracy and i think this is one of
the biggest advantages that razer has in terms of their displays they are able
to maintain great color accuracy despite having high refresh screens. The thing
is even their base model also has great color accuracy on their high refresh
screen but it's capped at 144 Hz instead of the 300 Hz panel on the advanced
model so that's really the biggest difference between the screen and like kind
of the gaming experience they both have 720p webcams. The advanced model has an
infrared component to it so we can log in with face biometrics in windows hello
whereas the base model cannot do that.
- Processor:
All right
let's talk about performance these machines have obviously very different
performance because they are very different in pricing this machine the base
model does not have access to the best of the best if you want like an 8 core
CPU you have to go with advanced models if you want RTX super GPUs you have to
go with the advanced models and i think the reason why they did that is because
the cooling system in this one the advanced model is better it has a vapourchamber so it can remove heat more efficiently and that's why razer puts the 8
core CPU in this model and only a 6 Core CPU in the unit without the vapour
chamber.
- Perormance:
All right
now performance between the two is good but not like amazing there are devices
out there that perform better both in terms of CPU and GPU performance than
both of these but what razer does that is quite unique to their whole line-up
is they balance that whole like noise level to performance to thinness of
device well i think they do it better than most devices out there they are able
to make a relatively high performance machine in you know 18 or 19 millimetre
package but their fan noise isn't crazy like it's loud but it's not super loud.
- Cooling System:
There are devices that will hit 60 decibels in
the same kind of form factor the disadvantage to having a quieter system like
this is that you don't get the max performance on the chip it's good but it's
not the best performer now i do like the fact that razer doesn't run their
system super-hot they take a notch down in performance but it's a little bit
quieter it's a little bit cooler running than a lot of their competitors.
- Ports:
Ports
they're similar on both models they have 3 USB-a, 1 USB-c and then another
thunderbolt 3 USB-c the base model has an Ethernet jack the advanced model does
not but it does have an SD card slot.
- Charging:
Now in terms
of charging so they both have a 230 watt ac adapter they have a custom ac
adapter like 90 of the laptops review just use these generic ac adapters like
from chiconi or delta these have their own like razer branded ac adapter that
uses a proprietary plug but it's a braided cable and it's very fancy and i
think that is one of the things that bumps up the cost of these products now
the advanced model also supports this year USB-c charging and it's a little bit
complex you need a USB-c charger that can pump out 20 volts which isn't super
common like a lot of the laptop adapters can do it but the most i could feed
into this system was around 60 watts which isn't a lot like this system
normally uses a 230 watt adapter so 60 is it's not enough to power the system
fully so you cannot use a USB-c adapter to power this system.
- Internals:
Let's take a
look at the internals the advanced model has a vapour chamber that takes up a
big portion of the inside and you also have access to your RAM and Wi-Fi that
are both replaceable same thing with the base model RAM Wi-Fi replaceable. The
base model however has two nvme drives whereas the advanced model only has one
which is a little strange like if you think about the people that are buying
the 8 core CPU and the more powerful GPUs they could probably use more storage
but i think they just ran out of space so 1 SSD in here 2 in the base model.
- Battery:
Now in terms
of battery size this is an 80 watt hour battery so this will get you 5.5 hours.
I've ran my test a couple times same battery life 3 years in a row 5 and a half
hours year on year on year this is a 4 hour battery slightly more than four but
the 56 watt hour battery it's a little short but that's what you get.
My opinion:
I think it
should be pretty clear at this point razer's devices are they're just made
differently they're not for everyone a little bit more expensive and a lot of
times you're paying for stuff you don't really need like a fancy ac adapter but
you are getting device that is not just a plastic device that just has a razer
logo on it right. This is a solid device it's just a little bit expensive and
as for whether or not this is like a good purchase for you i can't answer that
you know your budgets and your needs and what you want to do with your machine
way more than i do. I do think though that for the money it's fair especially
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