Switching to AMD would mean ditching the Thunderbolt support. It's a big compromise when a good chunk of Razer's demographic are content creators, that port is super useful! I'm convinced that's why they keep using Intel to this day, only time will tell if they decide to switch...
One thing I really appreciate about Dave is the thumbnails of his videos are very clean and minimalism. Not like those cringy thumbnails out there. 🙏💪👏
I've used Macs.for 35 (!) years... Unix and macOS. Windows developer since 1993... Super happy with my MacBook Pro M1. I just installed a developer release of Windows 11 in a virtual machine on the.Mac, and it is really moving in a great direction. This Razer 14 looks fantastic. wow! We all need 32 GB or RAM!
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 do some searching before you correct anyone. the skin on the laptop is Dbrand's limited "Damascus" collection influenced from COD MW 2019's final mastery skin for your guns.
I've been waiting for this review. My first Blade ever and I got the 3070 model and I'm in love. What's even better is I was looking at those Damascus skins and I couldn't find any videos of them on laptops and I finally click this review and see you got it and it looks great. I'll have to pull the trigger on that skin as well. How can you not go green when it's a Razer?
As a current blade owner and somebody that switched out of necessity (I lost my job and home due to the lockdowns and had to sell my desktop and other stuff and managed to have enough left over to buy this as I needed an okay computer for the field I am in). If you get a Blade 14/15 whatever immediately buy a replacement/third party battery and re-pad and re-paste it. My pads were cooked into brownie brittle after 6mo and the battery bloated out at 9mo
Great video as always. I was seriously considering this laptop and the only reason I decided against it was the RAM limitation. Hope in the future they offer more RAM in such a great device.
@@shadowkillz9606 only if it didn't blow hot air onto the screen and make it reach 50 degrees. I was so close to getting that but opted for the blade 14 instead
@@Ashar1coolboy as Matthew Moniz said, it isn't a big deal. The screen won't be damaged over time. Even direct flame kills the screen for a temporary period and it returns to normal. You're just too afraid
@@mini9503 Great on you👍 How's the Intel CPU holding up, though? Any overheating so far? Since Intel run at a higher clock speed and higher tdp, it's bound to create more heat
i've owned mine since it released and i love it. i got the 3060 one and the only complaint i have is when it warms up a bit but you lift it a little bit to let the vents do the work they need to and it will definitely cool down significantly
Also, cell phone case coolers work wonders by putting it over the charging brick if that over heats. I’ve been doing that on my Razer 3070 14” and a nice small cooling stand for the laptop itself and my temps are great.
Man I thought that skin was the screen; 360 opened in tablet mode edge to edge display, I was excited. I saw the future perfect laptop for a sec there.
The power efficiency of the Ryzen CPU is what has me very, very excited for this computer. My current gaming laptop is a 2019 Blade Pro 17 with 2080. The GPU is very impressively powerful. The intel i7 makes it feel as though the computer is trying to operate with one hand tied behind its back. The Ryzen CPU should really change that and actually make gaming laptops genuinely useful for very demanding games.
Can you talk about the battery bloating issue that seemed prominent on a lot of Razer devices? I don’t see any Tech reviewers ever talk about it, but so many Razer Blade owners ran into this issue. The Blade 15 advanced model (2019) is my first ever gaming laptop, but I’ve had a number of laptops in the past that I did some heavy gaming on. NONE of them ever had bloated batteries. I thought it was because the Razer is a gaming laptop, so this is “normal”, but on my friends 2 years old MSI and ROG, both had the original batteries in them without any bloating…
Did you bring your kid in for the hands-typing-on-keyboard shot? I loved that "touch" - pun intended :-) thank you for all your great videos and the new studio is awesome!
I'm in the same boat as you, need more RAM. I've got another couple of months before I have to make a decision on laptops, hopefully Razor will roll out a higher spec'ed RAM version by then.
Hey Dave, I know you mentioned that you think Razer might put an AMD in their 15" model soon but what do you think of the new 11th gen intel 15" in comparison to an AMD chip? Haven't seen many reviews since they did an incremental update with the 11th gen. Thank you! Love your reviews man.
I really can't wait for laptop manufacturers to start building Ryzen based systems with Thunderbolt. I use the thunderbolt ecosystem and I love it. One cable to swap between my gaming desktop and my work laptop. Same screen, keyboard, mouse, DAC/Amp, headphones, microphone, webcam, ethernet port... the lot! My gaming desktop is a 5950X so why can't my work laptop be a 5900HX?
8:35 I have to argue that it’s developers and businesses that should implement this stuff on ARM 64. For example, NVIDIA creating their own ARM based chips and developers optimizing and also creating games for ARM. This is an absolute win
Razer pro 17 battery can be EXTREMELY dangerous. Definitely keep it in mind, and do your research. I realize that this is all about a 14" Razer, but... their approach to overdrawing from the battery is very likely to be systemic. I've run into TONS of problems from my Razer 17, and it's only ONE year old. Ugh. 😓 Caveat Emptor.
the issues with razer is the quality. The aluminum is very thin and is prone to breaking, after 4 years of use mine is pretty much beat to hell. I have older macbooks with no issues in the frame. So the only thing I came down to is that its super thin
I have the Intel 10th Gen Razer Blade and yea with how heat those things produce during gaming it does get a tad concerning when I’m pushing high frames. But the AMD stuff I’m looking forward to 🙂
Dave, can you please do a comparative overview of some (let it be Blade 14) notebook with DIFFERENT CARDS inside? For instance, 2060 vs 2080 - how different is the speed _in reality_? And mainly how do *battery life and fan noise* differ? Please like my comment so Dave see it. I think it's vastly underestimated topic!
They probably will eventually, but panel manufacturers have to make the specific panel. It's not the computer manufacturers' fault that there aren't any 16:10 displays with high refresh rates that can fit in a 14 inch chassis. There's only 3 gaming laptops in this category to begin with, so it'll take some time to get there.
Also worse for gaming usually because if its 16:10 it would stretch vertically. Which is like, only good for osu or sm. And playing with black bars is hella cringe
Can't wait for the 17 version of this.... Upgradable RAM, Better temps, a nice big 1440p screen..... The perfect laptop... I hope Razer makes it. Ill pass on this one , soldered ram and limited to 16gb..... Not for me
Hey Dave, sorry to be that guy but at 2:04 you wrote down "1.76g" as the weight instead of presumably "1.76 Kg". Excellent video and great thoughts on the tech space as a whole :)
"I was told not to run benchmark but I ran this stuff anyway" - The most Dave thing ever.
Well he didn't share it
@@coryowen4922 I think you can run benchmarks in offline mode to keep it off the records
@@kayineo201 I had no idea. I was thinking he messed up 😅
Of course you can, just don't show the number
The most shill comment ever
"...then Intel has their balls in a vice." LMAO. Love the honesty here.
Switching to AMD would mean ditching the Thunderbolt support.
It's a big compromise when a good chunk of Razer's demographic are content creators, that port is super useful!
I'm convinced that's why they keep using Intel to this day, only time will tell if they decide to switch...
I want to see videos of some balls in a vice.
@@pierreleroy6662 Intel's Tiger Lake-H chips also support PCIe 4. Unfortunately, they're less efficient, and that plays a major role in laptops.
3:45 your outa luck bro
Reminds me of a quote from The Expanse haha. Wouldn't be surprised if Dave was into that.
"I need more RAM...for UA-cam"
Proceeds to shoot in 6K for people watching in 480p
You guys are watching in 480p? I'm on 240
@@aarrondias9950 Me on 144p: (* ￣︿￣)
How tf do you not have at least 720 bro that’s on you
oi i watch in 720p
Here 360p ,, Not cause I can't afford 4K but for economic purposes 🙃 😂
I love how he put his a son's hand while showing keyboard
was it his sons tho
@@babs_III Yeah Munish. You gotta tells us if that was his sons tho bro
This comment is confusing
I'm so confused
Kira!?
One thing I really appreciate about Dave is the thumbnails of his videos are very clean and minimalism. Not like those cringy thumbnails out there. 🙏💪👏
"I need more RAM for UA-cam" sounds hilarious without context
Chrome: Was this for me? *Cough cough*
@@ashyouknow7420 what else you watching UA-cam on
@@sman492 opera
@@ahsan.v8 are you his brother
I watch on brave
That hand scared the hell out of me!
The one thing about this laptop that we really need to talk about: *The price.*
What price?
My wallet is broke. I'm gonna add it to my infinite Wish list!
Just get a loan from a bank…
*And then buy the bank*
Razer premium
@@-Chicken_ No security bruh, my credit score don't exist
@@justsomeguyonyoutube6508 2000 for the 3060
DAVE: We've got to talk about this laptop
ME: I thought it was an etch-a-sketch.
Alt title, We Gotta Talk About This Etch-a-sketch
6:17 when you just wanna drink water from the fountain with one hand, and didn’t realize it was the fountain of youth.
That intro 🥵
Stop taking over the top comments verified creators
It was fire
but its not 3d 😒
I loved it. What's wrong with it?
@@mustafabassim2083 😲 can't be...
The damacus skin fits razer laptop so well that you can’t recognize their logo anwhere. LOL
I think it covers it up.
lmao, it looks like somebody put seaweed at the top of the laptop 💀
I have Damascus in CODm
To me it looks awful but each to their own. I am pretty sure that Dave also hates it but gotta do it for the sponsors :)
@@kokoteofilov9486 true, it didn't look like a thing he wud like 😂
Haha, his child’s hand tripped me up. Had to double take!! 6:17
Ngl that kinda creeped me out
I triple took.
Came to the comment section for this.
I didn't notice it the first time lol
😂 OMG, yes. I thought I mis-saw it, but no. They're two hands from two different bodies.
"We gotta talk". Because you see, son, it's serious.
What game is he playing?
6:19 love to see Dave2D.2 hands in a review... Comedy gold
I love that you brought the varied intro from old times.
6:20 Dave got weird pair of hands!
Yea I noticed that lol
Dave weird edits at its finest.
Itwas his sons or someone else
@@thenonrelaxingend9983 no sh*t sherlock
@@AAAAAA-gj2di lol he was replying to the person above calling it weird dave edits not explaining to the original commenter
Is it just me who notice "teal" colored fishes in the aquarium - for the first time?
The fish was orange then it changes color out of respect and gratitude to Dave.
@@MinorVoices HE must have spray painted it like the cable
I noticed them in his previous video, but it might be that they were there for a while now :) I keep my focus on Dave :D
I was so thrown off by Dave’s kids arm.
I've used Macs.for 35 (!) years... Unix and macOS. Windows developer since 1993... Super happy with my MacBook Pro M1. I just installed a developer release of Windows 11 in a virtual machine on the.Mac, and it is really moving in a great direction. This Razer 14 looks fantastic. wow! We all need 32 GB or RAM!
what a coincidence, was just playing minecraft and I thought I left it open 😂 intros keep getting better dave!
did you actually think minecraft was left open? lol🤨😜but yeah the intros are cool!
@@bhavibro1025 It's none of your business if he left the game open or not
@@binharoon_1 🤡🤡🤡
@@binharoon_1 It's none of your business what I ask him. Can't even take a joke.
Next Logo Animation should be of Dangerous Dave!
2:04 Damn this is also the lightest laptop to ever exist 😳
lol i didn't notice that at first
Lol 😆
He forgot the K😂
Literally a 'gram' laptop
😂😂😂😂
These intros alone make Dave the best Tech UA-camr hands down
"intel has their balls in a vice" - Dave Lee
I was looking for this
Hurts just reading that sentence !
@@MrBizaaro lol
Ive been scarred by that image for life.... Intel Inside..Balls In the vice...
Wow the dbrand skin instantly got me. Went and ordered that skin immediately upon seeing you pull the laptop out
"You're outta luck bro", that was so funny
6:20, timing is perfect
The Damascus skin is so dope 🔥🔥🔥
That’s not Damascus, it’s normal pattern weld steel like you’d find out of Japan or Nordic countries.
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 its called Damascus on the dbrand website 😅.
This particular colour is Holo Green
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 do some searching before you correct anyone. the skin on the laptop is Dbrand's limited "Damascus" collection influenced from COD MW 2019's final mastery skin for your guns.
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 thats what is the skin is called 🤰🏻
@@JustChebbie That's great. It just means Dbrand named their skin wrong.
I've been waiting for this review. My first Blade ever and I got the 3070 model and I'm in love. What's even better is I was looking at those Damascus skins and I couldn't find any videos of them on laptops and I finally click this review and see you got it and it looks great. I'll have to pull the trigger on that skin as well. How can you not go green when it's a Razer?
How's the experience so far? Did you have any issues?
@@zahitemremetin606 no issues. I love it and use it everyday
Hey man, can you play VR games with it? What about Ray Tracing?
I'm so tired of waiting for the MBP, and miss bootcamp. I may pick one of these up in August. Thanks for the awesome video!
U are literally the first UA-cam to show that dbrand skin in good camera quality
I ordered one and I will send you preview as soon as I get it
@@mohammedalkaderi3711 i ordered the holo red skin for my tablet. Comes in like a week
Clean Aesthetic and To the point is what I like about the reviews of Dave!!
Thanks, Harold
His daughter hand got me to rewatch that scene 3 time 6:20
Lol that was funny 👌🏻😆
yea I was like wtf dave has one tiny hand lol
I was looking tor this comment
I'm drunk. I only noticed that his left hand pointer finger wasn't on the J key. really annoyed me at first, until i read your comment lmao
right
That animation at the beginning was 🔥🔥
As a current blade owner and somebody that switched out of necessity (I lost my job and home due to the lockdowns and had to sell my desktop and other stuff and managed to have enough left over to buy this as I needed an okay computer for the field I am in). If you get a Blade 14/15 whatever immediately buy a replacement/third party battery and re-pad and re-paste it. My pads were cooked into brownie brittle after 6mo and the battery bloated out at 9mo
Before: “Can it run crysis?”
Now: “Can it run Windows 11?”
😅
Bro switch can run crisis....it runs like shit too
Dude Microsoft made Windows 11 just for Dave here. He digs the centered taskbar look. :D
Ehh windows 11 is trash so crysis is more important
@@killertigergaming6762 windows 11 is not trash (change my mind)
I'm so happy that these third person/narrative style comments are quickly going away on UA-cam.
Great video as always. I was seriously considering this laptop and the only reason I decided against it was the RAM limitation. Hope in the future they offer more RAM in such a great device.
This laptop would have been my dream device with a 16:10 screen (over 83% screen to body ratio), bigger battery and better speakers. So close!!!
That's sounds like Asus ROG M16
@@shadowkillz9606 only if it didn't blow hot air onto the screen and make it reach 50 degrees. I was so close to getting that but opted for the blade 14 instead
@@Ashar1coolboy as Matthew Moniz said, it isn't a big deal. The screen won't be damaged over time. Even direct flame kills the screen for a temporary period and it returns to normal. You're just too afraid
@@mini9503 good choice dude
@@mini9503 Great on you👍 How's the Intel CPU holding up, though? Any overheating so far? Since Intel run at a higher clock speed and higher tdp, it's bound to create more heat
i've owned mine since it released and i love it. i got the 3060 one and the only complaint i have is when it warms up a bit but you lift it a little bit to let the vents do the work they need to and it will definitely cool down significantly
yeah you could get one of those laptop stands with airflow holes under for pretty cheap now
Iv heard about the 15 having issues of it getting way to hot to touch. I was thinking of going with the 17 for 100 more.
Also, cell phone case coolers work wonders by putting it over the charging brick if that over heats. I’ve been doing that on my Razer 3070 14” and a nice small cooling stand for the laptop itself and my temps are great.
How does it fare with newer titles? I'm moving from a pretty old unit, and I've been looking at the 3060 unit.
Man I thought that skin was the screen; 360 opened in tablet mode edge to edge display, I was excited. I saw the future perfect laptop for a sec there.
It's somehow weird to hear Dave say "Bro" and "balls" in a video
I like how razer is embracing the oil spills going on
DBrand has managed to made a Razor product even more swaggy than a Razor product.
P.S. It should be 'Razer'. Thanks for the person who pointed it out.
It's Razer man, auto-correct got you good
@@oni7729 Everyone including you understood what I meant so it's fine.
Razor sells their own skins for the Razer Blade
Hi, love your videos and presentation for Asus Laptops
Out of topic but, lovely aquascape back there.
I want to make him a Dave skin instead of that Steve in the intro
I believe he's smiling because of that intro ❤️
The power efficiency of the Ryzen CPU is what has me very, very excited for this computer. My current gaming laptop is a 2019 Blade Pro 17 with 2080. The GPU is very impressively powerful. The intel i7 makes it feel as though the computer is trying to operate with one hand tied behind its back. The Ryzen CPU should really change that and actually make gaming laptops genuinely useful for very demanding games.
Can you talk about the battery bloating issue that seemed prominent on a lot of Razer devices? I don’t see any Tech reviewers ever talk about it, but so many Razer Blade owners ran into this issue.
The Blade 15 advanced model (2019) is my first ever gaming laptop, but I’ve had a number of laptops in the past that I did some heavy gaming on. NONE of them ever had bloated batteries. I thought it was because the Razer is a gaming laptop, so this is “normal”, but on my friends 2 years old MSI and ROG, both had the original batteries in them without any bloating…
6:19 now we know with which hand he trains/drains.
Me watching Dave's high-end laptop reviews as if I could ever buy one 🥲
You can fry sausages on my laptop after leaving it on for thirty minutes straight!
Love the metaphor ..
Can not afford anything from his videos but just love to watch Dave's videos ❤️
Yu ae poor
So am I 🥲
Did you bring your kid in for the hands-typing-on-keyboard shot? I loved that "touch" - pun intended :-) thank you for all your great videos and the new studio is awesome!
the design. I want to see it everywhere. Honestly.
I'm in the same boat as you, need more RAM. I've got another couple of months before I have to make a decision on laptops, hopefully Razor will roll out a higher spec'ed RAM version by then.
Go for the base model
@@SiriusLeeMusic That makes absolutely no sense, 16GB is 16GB.
@@WhiskyCardinalWes u can upgrade them on the base model 🤦🏾♂️
@@SiriusLeeMusic no, they're baked
Hey Dave, I know you mentioned that you think Razer might put an AMD in their 15" model soon but what do you think of the new 11th gen intel 15" in comparison to an AMD chip? Haven't seen many reviews since they did an incremental update with the 11th gen. Thank you! Love your reviews man.
Im always excited to see Dave talk about devices that I will never be able to afford 😅
Hahahahaha.
Same here
Impressive!
Referring to the laptop and that intro ;)
I really can't wait for laptop manufacturers to start building Ryzen based systems with Thunderbolt. I use the thunderbolt ecosystem and I love it. One cable to swap between my gaming desktop and my work laptop. Same screen, keyboard, mouse, DAC/Amp, headphones, microphone, webcam, ethernet port... the lot! My gaming desktop is a 5950X so why can't my work laptop be a 5900HX?
8:35 I have to argue that it’s developers and businesses that should implement this stuff on ARM 64. For example, NVIDIA creating their own ARM based chips and developers optimizing and also creating games for ARM. This is an absolute win
How's that working for Android tablet apps?
@@thanhclips that has nothing to do with arm/x86
@@kylebelle246 it has everything to do w developers. Developers go where the market share is at.
I feel like u would do a good job as a therapist with that voice! So freaking calming
Most beautiful laptop i have even seen, and you nailed the intro
Razer pro 17 battery can be EXTREMELY dangerous. Definitely keep it in mind, and do your research.
I realize that this is all about a 14" Razer, but... their approach to overdrawing from the battery is very likely to be systemic.
I've run into TONS of problems from my Razer 17, and it's only ONE year old. Ugh. 😓
Caveat Emptor.
These intros are the best and they keep getting better.
It looks good but man, the battery swelling issues with razer
This. Dave, please talk about this. It's an absolute product killer.
im literally typing from a razer blade stealth with the battery expanding
Got mine replaced after 1 year, it’s been 6 months and my second battery is swollen, nvr gonna get a blade again until they fix this
“out of luck bro” - dave 2021
"it's good. Anyway, let's talk about skins bruh"
i haven't watch any dave2d videos for a while now my boy finally getting 1M views damn 👏👏
the issues with razer is the quality. The aluminum is very thin and is prone to breaking, after 4 years of use mine is pretty much beat to hell. I have older macbooks with no issues in the frame. So the only thing I came down to is that its super thin
I have the Intel 10th Gen Razer Blade and yea with how heat those things produce during gaming it does get a tad concerning when I’m pushing high frames. But the AMD stuff I’m looking forward to 🙂
2:06 That laptop is literally lighter then my pack of snack lmao
Dave, can you please do a comparative overview of some (let it be Blade 14) notebook with DIFFERENT CARDS inside? For instance, 2060 vs 2080 - how different is the speed _in reality_? And mainly how do *battery life and fan noise* differ?
Please like my comment so Dave see it. I think it's vastly underestimated topic!
That skin or back of the display is sick! That would also look pretty sick in just a metallic look. Kinda like Damascus steel
I was stoked looking at the top of that laptop, until I realised its the Damascus skin from d-brand.
He's got fish in the tank! Love it!!!
Are those neons in there?
I play csgo on my dell Inspiron 15 5559, removed the CD drive and put an SSD there , its fast af
Hey…..I have the same laptop but I haven’t installed an SSD
@@sauravchhabra840 you shoul man , it will fast
Akshat Sharma i would advice you to use ssd in the main hdd port and hse the hdd in cd drive.. it will lbe even better
@@glitchy_star_classes6276 yes yesterday I did that !
big brain move
That skin is so impressive 😍
I love the iwagumi in the background.
This is the best video I've seen of this Laptop on UA-cam great work.👍
Love that crazy looking thumbnail and the minecraft intro amazing man
Dave needing colors on the laptop skin
Dbrand: what colors do you need for the skin
Dave2D: Yes
6:18 I noticed Dave's baby's hands....those cute little hands movin over the keyboard😍
Did no one notice those baby hands alongside Dave's hands? at 6:18
Don't mind me, I'm just here for the aquascape since Dave moved into this new studio. Finally some cardinal tetras!
whoever is making these intros, definitely needs a well deserved raise!
He makes it himself
that's Dave
Man Dave has to eat his words about the new MacBooks
The mac books still have slower gpus , I'll take the blade all day. Cant really game on top of getting work done with the mac book
Why don’t more companies go with 16:10 like Dell? Looks very convenient.
They probably will eventually, but panel manufacturers have to make the specific panel. It's not the computer manufacturers' fault that there aren't any 16:10 displays with high refresh rates that can fit in a 14 inch chassis. There's only 3 gaming laptops in this category to begin with, so it'll take some time to get there.
Also worse for gaming usually because if its 16:10 it would stretch vertically. Which is like, only good for osu or sm. And playing with black bars is hella cringe
Lol
At first, I thought it was an epic sized tablet. Awesome skin.
I love that you always show Overwatch for testing.
can i get a 15.6" version of this with 32gb ram and bigger battery? that'd be pretty much perfect
Can't wait for the 17 version of this.... Upgradable RAM, Better temps, a nice big 1440p screen..... The perfect laptop... I hope Razer makes it. Ill pass on this one , soldered ram and limited to 16gb..... Not for me
Why did you cripple the RAM Razer:(
THERMALS! Watching this on Edge, one tab, my Razer Blade w/ 2060 is 60C, GPU & CPU each. Fucking hot
Yo that Volt spray transfer was kinda nice tho
Love to see OEMs putting AMD stuff in their laptops now.
Most “powerful” heater and fan noise
🤣🤣
Dave: I NEED MORE RAM
Me: Yep, we all use Google Chrome :-(
Since Google Chrome uses so much ram this is the reason I switched to Brave Browser !
use opera gx man, they got a ram limiter
Use Firefox
It doesn't hog ram
I guess we all should use brave browser it uses less ram and plus has privacy taken good care of and block all kinds of ads
You should give Microsoft Edge a try.
That shot with kid's hand, that is sooooo sweet 😍
Hey Dave, sorry to be that guy but at 2:04 you wrote down "1.76g" as the weight instead of presumably "1.76 Kg". Excellent video and great thoughts on the tech space as a whole :)