Which Size Gaming Laptop? Razer Blade 14 vs 15 vs 17
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Great review. 100% agreed re immersion while gaming. 14inch isnt as immersive. Plus max 16g ram isn't great for an expensive high powered gaming laptop. I would also get the 15
Thanks!
I'm 15 and currently saving up for my own laptop but with the prices here in ph it's super super hard but nonetheless :), I just can't pick one. I'll just keep working part times till I think of one.
Asus ROG zephyrus G14 seems to be the best all around gaming laptop of 2022 so far
@@MK-jq8bn Currently live in the philippines so it's quite hard to save up for one but I was thinking of getting an hp omen 16 or legion either way:)
Great attitude, having owned blades I'd say you better not have reliability issues because customer service is very limited after purchase. If you're willing to have that risk I'd check a fully customized clevo. Depending on where you live it's often a great option for a value packed gaming laptop with killer specs.
Razors aren't to great in our market. Mostly from grey market and not officially here. Legion and zephyrus is on my shortlist
@@markdavid7899 Legion is pretty good. If you want cheaper, their second hand laptops are usually sold at good prices and good condition. Lenovo is usually trustable in SEA. I'm your neighbor.
I sold a 2021 Blade 15 in favor of the 2022 14 and haven't looked back. Lower weight and essentially double the battery life yet still powerful enough to play all the games I want with excellent performance.
the only caveat is that it comes with AMD ryzen, so you cant connect the laptop to an external GPU.
watched your reviews for these- and bought the RB14, absolutely love it! The screen is incredible though idk if i’d want to game on it as a main gaming rig. For a single player game, 14 is fine, but for FPS games trying to see people at a distance with a smaller magnification sight can be difficult. I still think the 14 is perfect for me, the size and weight is perfect for work usage and casual gaming
Wanna see some apex on that cutie
Imagine you got one clipped by Kandyrew on 14" screen
I'd go for 17" 1440p 240Hz display. But I use laptop as a desktop replacement. To each his own I suppose.
The 240 hz screen has Advanced Optimus and G-Sync though; none of the other screen options do. (They have MUX switches, but have to reboot to switch.)
@@cameronbosch1213 oh I was just stating my laptop preference in general. This Razer blade 17 has 1440p with 240Hz and G-sync is a must. Its better than my own minimum requirements.
All of a sudden people complain of size. The 17 inch laptops of today are the same size of 15" a few years ago. They're really not that big.
We went to school with heavy backpacks as kids, but now we can't carry a laptop?
@@am33x I have a 17" laptop (Legion 5) and it fits into my bag made for 15" laptops. The real issue is trying to fit the massive 300W charging brick in smh
Doing the same with a Strix 17 2022 1440p 240hz, but if I was to travel with it I 100% doubt there would be any problems especially over a 15in laptop.
It's quite funny how the Ryzen CPU in the smallest laptop seems to negate nearly all the disadvantages of a smaller body against the bigger models with Intel.
Imagine what would happen if we got a AMD Ryzen 6900HX 15"/17" Razer Blade
I have chosen the 17th because of the following reasons : 1/ the largest screen, 2/ best performance, 3/ best upgradeability, 4/ most ports, and 5/ best audio. I gave preference to these while "living" with the larger body. I simply wanted to get a Windows laptop with clean "Macbook" design and top configuration, most power to the graphic card, 64GB of RAM and 8TB SSD space. I was also thinking about the 15th model, but the more information I was getting about it, the more I inclined to the 17th. Overall the 17th was simply the best choice for me (I only have to travel with bigger bag); having small portable laptop with only 16 gigs of RAM or bigger 15 inch laptop with limited SSD upgradeability and not very good audio, and also limited graphic performance, while paying almost the same price as for the 17 inch laptop, it simply made my choice ...
Honestly seeing how close the 14" is in performance to the 15" makes me feel like selling my current gaming laptop and side grading the Blade 14. While I do love having the highest performance possible I always think I want something smaller when I go to move it around. And the battery life on that 6900HX is very impressive for just general purpose use. So you know. . .you can actually use it away from the wall. XD
you still can't use it away from the wall unless you completely and absolutely gimp it lol its a waste of time. You want that grab a MacBook Air M2 they are amazing in daily tasks and only $999 that's what I did and I use it around the house and out unless I want to game or actually travel I use the windows there and at my desk. Yolo
I enjoy my 15, would’ve gotten the 14 but I wanted 32gb of ram. The 17 is quite the beast but as someone who travels I couldn’t justify needing an entirely new carrying case and backpack for a 10-20 fps difference.
I would definitely pick the blade 14" for its amazing battery life. No point having a thin and light laptop with average battery life, otherwise, might as well buy a thick gaming laptop.
I was looking for this type of video for so long.
I ended buying a used 2021 Blade 14 to replace my 2019 Blade 15.
The 15 had a clicker keyboard, and better speakers.
was it a better decision in the end
16'' 16:10 - best combination of portability and viewing comfort!
That should replace both Blade 15 and 17 with 16 inch, one size fits all!
You mean 19"
@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 absolutely not, 16 inch sits right in size for most.
@@jimmyjiang3413 i wish i had zoom eyes like you do. I'd like a 20 inch laptop like the old 2009 ones but modern
@@jimmyjiang3413 no, some people need the portability, some people need the size
Here's my opinion on laptops: A really cheap 1080p laptop screen is just fine with me because for all my serious work or gaming I always use a hi-end external monitor. I've been playing modern games at 1440p with settings at max quality, and getting buttery-smooth play with over 100 FPS using my all-AMD laptop hooked up to a big gaming monitor. And as a bonus I'm getting a flawless UPS (uninterruptible power supply).
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Thank you for this very interested in the thermals and the 17 is not too large imo the 15 strains you eyes when gaming I find it to be just a little too small for gaming where as the 17 is acceptable
but 17" is not suitable for taking out of home i guess
@@hoven-lh8wq sounds like a limitation people put on themselves for no reason an extra 2 inch ain't gonna make your arms or legs snap carrying it, the posatives outweigh the negatives here imo
@@HarleyN93 it is not about weight but size
@@hoven-lh8wq still think the pros outweigh the cons it's only 2 inch
Depends on the need to take out of home. I never play games outside of home. Not going to play at Walmart, or in a parked car. Maybe the internet I'll just use my tablet.
The bigger the better.. as a 15.6inch user I can definitely say that big screens are so much better than this size.. so now I just use an external 24 inch monitor.. even though only 1080p but I have so much fun gaming on it instead of on my laptop screen.
I prefer 17'' laptops.
But I also think that a 4K screen is wasted even at that size, when the difference vs a 1440p screen is barely noticeable for me personally.
...BTW, I know: there are other people who are much more picky than I am, when sensitivity to screen resolution is involved. And that's perfectly fine, as I'm just giving my example as the one single example it is, for those who're interested.
Thanks for your videos!
Please for the love of God do not ever even consider buying a Razer laptop. In my 50 years, I have never experienced worse support from any type of company for any type of product, let alone a 4 grand laptop (on sale at that, was normally over 5K AUD)!
I am documenting every bit of my story, how they ignore everything you say in an email and go on robotic tangents, how they seem sweet but NEVER ever fix the issue.
In a nutshell, 2 months so far, 20 or so emails back and forth, it was sent off for repair after taking six weeks just to get an RMA number to do so, it came back with a ruined box, dirty laptop, only one of the two MAJOR faults repaired, and a basic windows 10 install with razer as admin - for a laptop that shipped with windows 11 which I will now need to buy a fresh USB drive to make an installer from and hope a manual install works, since they don't provide drivers for their latest models to download. it came worse than when I sent it. Zero respect. I wouldn't even touch the filthy keyboard till I cleaned with alcohol, seriously. We are in a pandemic.
This isn't even covering one percent of how bad it has been. If this problem had not happened, as the machine was great for the first seven months, I'd have no idea and would have bought one again. I thought they were a great, premium brand. And Jarrod is a top reviewer who will always be looked after, but I guarantee you any customer with a serious hardware faulty will likely experience the pain I have. Pain. I am putting together my story, I can't see any way out but small claims court at this stage, as it keeps getting escalated but I keep getting non humans not dealing with the issue.
I will give you an example. The latest email I just got from them said
"are you having performance problems with your returned razer product".
That's it. They ignored every single word and marked points I made explaining everything in detail. But I need all this as my proof anyway that I keep talking to them in clear detail and they never do anything.
You have to understand that for two entire months I have tried to be polite and courteous and thorough. I have literally snapped as I can not take it anymore. Imagine something so ridiculous that you feel like you will have a stroke. This is what has been happening to me. So you might think I am being nasty, but once I start my new reddit post with all the history you will see how desperately hard I have tried and that all they do is break a person.
This is the email that was the response to. This is an example why I think they are trolling me, as I try get help and they do zero. The correct answer would have been to start a plan of action to sort this out. I mean it's just too hard to believe almost, like they are stepford wives or something.
My email on the returned laptop that was supposedly repaired:
"To whom it may concern,
I actually think RAZER are trolling me. This MUST be personal. After receiving feedback from Razer executives on Reddit that the way I have been treated is unacceptable, and they promised to improve it and it only gets worse and worse, this is a personal attack. It has to be. No one is this incompetent. No one.
If you don't read every word of this it is pointless as we will never get anywhere as nothing will ever be fixed. The only way is to read and understand EVERYTHING.
I physically can't bring myself to be nice anymore. There will be profanity and anger so if you can't cope with it, send it to somebody who can.
TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS since I reported the issue and it's still not fixed. The amount of disdain and disrespect you and your repair department has for the customer is breathtaking. Read each point below carefully. I don't know what to do from here, I am a sick person with multiple illnesses who just wants to enjoy his laptop which is his only source of entertainment. Why I put my funds and trust in Razer I have no idea, but it's a nightmare.
If you are unable to fix the laptop to be the same as when I bought it, then you have to authorise a refund or replace it with a newer model.
I am PHYSICALLY DRAINED from this. I should not have to be typing this letter, yet again (and believe me I have saved everything from day one). I can't see any other solution than going to small claims. Can you?
1) The box. I wrapped the box with a layer of bubble wrap, so all labels and tape could be on the wrap and not damage the box in any way, which, when I sent it, was LIKE BRAND NEW.
I received back a laptop box with a few dents, no bubble wrap and severe amounts of thick tape all over it. As soon as I peel those the box is over.
Which means my PLANS of selling this piece of garbage the second I got it back fixed, in "as new" condition are now thwarted. I made a fuk***g point of putting the wrap on there and making sure no tape was touching the box. Now you have it in about 5 major spots and many inches of tape. The box is finished. It's over. Disgraceful! At the MINIMUM send me a brand new razer box. I have pictures proving this. The box is ruined.
2) The laptop is filthy, full of little dot spit marks and fingerprints. Are your team incapable of giving something a wipe before sending it back? Especially in a time of a friggin pandemic?
3) This laptop is a Windows 11 model. I explained MULTIPLE TIMES that creating a recovery USB was not working as per your site instructions. Of course, with my Lenovo, it just worked. But Razer's instructions are missing a step and it literally can not be done as there is NO step to provide the source of the recovery disk to the USB destination drive, which is the huge 18GB download I did. It just draws it from the OS instead and never references that 18GB recovery file, so the disc is made without proper drivers, Razer Synapse and such. Read your instructions and see for yourself. It can not be done with your current web instructions. I don't know how I can make this any clearer.
Well what have you team done? Instead of giving me a laptop back that I turn on, that has been restored to its original state, that I then set up with my account etc, they have given me a laptop back that has RAZER as administrator and is using WINDOWS 10. YES, WINDOWS 10. Nothing installed. NOTHING.
Just the basics. I have to do drivers and everything.
And Windows 11.
Is this a joke? I want to restore the laptop as it came so I can sell the complete POS but even if I wanted to keep it, this is bey beyond unacceptable.
4) The graphics corruption seems to be fixed, I will investigate further to make sure. Hooray! One out of two fixed.
5) I have received the laptop back with the exact same locked 11800H cpu I sent it in with. Literally the entire reason I started the support request (the GPU corruption came a month later as a nasty surprise ) and you've sent the laptop back to me as is. SO EVERYONE with this laptop model can enjoy an unlocked CPU, but not me!
Cause that would have involved work and actually changing the motherboard and CPU. The entire reason for the initial repair and support. Nothing done.
I had an unlocked CPU for 7 months. It doesn't just lock after a reboot and never unlock again unless there is a fault. I do not buy laptops without unlocked CPU's, as it's the only way to control thermals and performance in such a thermally constrained system such as this, especially since I have told you 100 times, one can not control the fan speed in the high performance mode to cool things down. The fan speed can only be controlled in the lowest performance mode, balanced, which doesn't get hot anyway so it's pointless. Every single youtube professional reviewer has pointed this out and you just keep ignoring them, and me.
So the unlocked CPU is a way to lower multipliers to come to a compromise. I DO NOT WANT ANY LAPTOP WITH A LOCKED CPU AND I WOULD HAVE RETURNED IT THE NEXT DAY IF IT WAS THAT WAY and this nightmare would have never happened. My goodness I wish I returned it in December.
You people are INSANE. It's like you are dragging this torture out and will make sure it goes over the warranty period without ever fixing it.
Why haven't you provide me, after 2 months, with a way to force restore the bios to see if that fixes the CPU lock issue? I keep asking to no avail.
I am in shock as I thought after 2 months you might actually fix it and give me my laptop back working as it was.
Disgrace does not even cover it.
So is this where we are at? Court? Or can you offer another solution?
I am almost certain I will win a small claim but that takes time and effort and I am sick, but if it comes to that, I will not let my principles be trampled on by an incompetent, selfish, disgusting excuse of a joke of a so called tech company.
This whole thing is a nightmare of YOUR making
How can you not be ashamed of yourselves?
Pissed Customer"
My latest reply to "Drew" who gave me "is there something affecting the performance of your laptop" and ignored every word I said above :
"Drew, are you trolling me again now? I literally sent a detailed reply before this email, with all points that are wrong with the machine's return, numbered and presented, as well as the outrageous long history trying to get it fixed. By the time it is fixed if ever, it will be out of warranty and I won't be able to sell it for a decent amount. I want to rid myself of your company for MY LIFETIME. There is nothing I want more.
Once again Razer did not bother to read the email and you've sent me a generic response.
So once again in short form, in case that helps your unbelievable inept team understand better, I will make it as simple as possible.
I was promised the machine would be factory reset as it was not working here, I explained why in full. Instead, I got a machine back with the wrong OS, windows 10 instead of the windows 11 it shipped with, and a basic install with a RAZER administrator I can not change.
Not even basic drivers are installed. You literally downgraded my entire friggin OS.
The pristine box that the machine shipped in, that I kept in brand new condition and which I sent bubble wrapped with all sticky tape on the wrap and not the box, has come back without the wrap and instead labels and thick strong sticky tape all over it. It is RUINED. How dare they instead send it back with bubble wrap like I sent it to you?
The machine came back filthy. Very nice in a pandemic. NOT. I have had to thoroughly clean it with isopropyl alcohol. I wouldn't even dream of touching that keyboard with the spit and fingermarks all over it.
The biggest thing of all, the machine has not had the main problem fixed that was started as a support case TWO MONTHS AGO. I made it clear it had to be fixed or do not send it back. Incredible. I mean you can NOT make this stuff up.
Are you trying to push me to that point of no return, just keep trolling me, driving me insane and pretending not to read what I say and just go on a tangent, until I just lose my proverbial s**t and uncontrollably swear so you can have an excuse to put all the blame on ME and call me an unreasonable customer or something? As that is what it seems like.. I can't understand it, how I keep giving you detailed human explanations and I never get a proper reply.
Of course the performance is affected, the unlocked cpu has locked itself so the temperatures are insane where as before I had it a cool 80 degrees, now it regularly hits 100 degrees in high performance mode. I was able to lower the multiplier to 37 instead of 42 and that solved problems whilst still giving me great performance that was way better than balanced mode which drops to base clock under load and is useless for any serious tasks, and now I can't cause the bios or CPU is corrupted. After 7 months of perfect performance the machine screwed up out of nowhere, and you DID NOT FIX IT. This was the entire basis of the support query.
You made it worse as at least I had all my apps and the correct OS installed and a box in perfect condition before I sent it! Now it has come back more broken than when I sent it. This is just stuff out of a Stephen King novel. This can't be real and Razer can't be this bad.
I can't take this anymore! I FEEL like I am going to have a stroke. I have been seeing red every reply I get for two months as it's almost always 100% nonsense. Put me on to someone who has ANY modicum of competence, PLEASE. Surely, ONE such person must exist.
Just stop the nonsense!"
I mean I want to have it fixed and sell it.. I tell you guys what, if the day comes, when the survival of the universe depended on my buying a Razer product again, I would let the Universe burn, cause that's how badly razer have burnt ME!
They have replied, escalating again and telling me a new person has taken over. She asked me to provide pics to her of the dents on the laptop (WOW) which proves they just don't read what you say, and she finished with, "what is a locked CPU"?
I am not kidding. "CPU suddenly locked after 7 months" is the title of the support query, and she doesn't even know what it is.
My final reply,. I can't take it anymore, I am going to court if they don't act. I have had it. And I will make sure to have it publicised if I win, somehow, as people need to know.
"Where did I say the unit had dents.
WHERE DID I SAY THAT?
ALL I WANT IS FOR YOU TO READ WHAT I ACTUALLY WRITE.
This is unbelievable.
Come on, show me where I said that? Support keeps getting escalated and everyone is as bad as the one before.
I said the laptop arrived dirty with spit and fingermarks which I thought was unhygienic during Covid.
I said the BOX, which I bubble wrapped so no sticky tape would go on the actual box, when I SENT it to repair, came back without the bubble wrap, with tape all over the box that has completely ruined it so I can no longer sell the laptop in "like new condition", and the BOX also has crush dents now because of lack of bubble wrap. Of that I do have a video. At minimum apart from changing either the motherboard and CPU or whatever is required, you owe me a brand new box.
I said they gave it back to me without the proper operating system installed, they installed windows 10 with a razer admin account, I am supposed to turn on the computer and be able to create my account and as it came, with windows 11. What this means is they left it in the repair OS state and never reset it for me to consumer state with the OS the laptop came with when I bought it. I told them my laptop restore was not working it kept giving an error and they PROMISED they would fix this. How is this not a HUGE issue? What, I am expected to manually make a windows 11 installer, install it fresh, and somehow find all the right drivers? Razer doesn't even offer driver download on your site for this model!
And a locked CPU is one where the multipliers can not be changed and the CPU can not be undervolted ( I didn't undervolt anyway, but I need multiplier access to create various performance modes). The laptop arrived with all multipliers able to be controlled and even undervolting unlocked.
i.e. the 11800H CPU, which is unlocked in all brands of all laptops, and was in my razer too (and the same CPU is unlocked in my Lenovo 7i)
has a multiplier of 42 when all 8 cores are in use. The bus is 100mhz so 42x100 is 4200 MHZ. That is far too much for the pathetic cooling system in the Razer to handle, cause the fans spin up way too slow, so it hits 100 degrees which is ridiculous, even on a cooling pad. I set my multipliers to 37 for 3.7ghz, which gave me very good performance still and no thermal throttling. Should I be working at Razer? It sounds like I understand tech much better than anyone there. I have explained that this could be alleviated if Razer allowed the fan to manually be set at full speed when in high performance mode but razer only allows auto fan control in this mode which is VERY slow. Yet, Razer allows manual fan control in the LOW performance mode called "balanced", which never gets hot ANYWAY as it has a very low power limit. Every darn reviewer of laptops on UA-cam has pointed this out as a huge flaw, as well as myself, ten times now, and it keeps being ignored. Your fan control mode is BACKWARDS. it should be enabled for the performance mode. Watch any Razer Jarrod's Tech review for a visual explanation with video. He is the best laptop reviewer online and has mentioned it time and time again.
In the absence of fan control, lowering multipliers so the CPU hits a lower top speed, alleviates all performance and heat issues. One day my laptop stopped allowing me to do that at the hardware level which means a motherboard or CPU fault, or a bios corruption which may have happened when I had a blue screen problem one time. Maybe, as I have also said over 10 times now, forcing the very latest bios to fresh re-install could fix it, but I can't find a way to do that. If that doesn't fix it, it's a hardware fault. Everyone else on planet earth using this laptop has an unlocked CPU, all my friends do, and I did too.
How many times do I have to explain this? Have you gotten this now? Or do I need to simplify it further a fourth time? I don't think I can.
Do you know HOW MUCH time I have spent on emails and conversation for two months now? I can't do it anymore. I can't. I can not. I have chronic fatigue and a severe back injury. I can't do this. Fix it once and for all and have the laptop come back to me, AS I bought it, whatever it takes, whatever parts you need, or refund me, or do something, or I am going to small claims. I have had it. It's as simple as that.
I actually can't take it anymore"
And yep, I can't take it anymore. I am over it. We will see what happens
The Razer 14 is my pick and my next labtop. Portability and battery life is a must when using it for more than just gaming. I’m not looking for a desktop replacement. I need something good enough and great battery life. I do like two M.2 slots because I use one ssd for Linux but I don’t want an Intel labtop. I need Better battery life. If the Razer 15 was AMD, I would go for that one.
Need an updated video for this. Most people want to see the differece 16 17.3 and 18.
I mean you want the portability of the 15 over 17 but if you wanted more screen you would connect a monitor, that doesn't make sense at all from a portability perspective.
With that said this is still a great, useful video.
To be bonest I want a laptop to be small and portable and relatively powerful. If I need a bigger screen I connect it to an external monitor. So even something like a Zephyrus G14 will be good for me. The Blade is too expensive IMO.
As a casual, I don't actually need the latest and greatest so going PC is completely redundant since my lifestyle doesn't translate to a better experience overall. That said I'd definitely like the 17 inch as desktop replacement since it's still portable and has big screen. But I do like to try a PC again someday. I just feel content with a laptop for now.
I think you should also mention which display option are used during battery life comparison. That is very important for idle power draw.
This Is the best video I have been waiting for! Thanks for helping people buy they laptop, even though this are expensive laptops you want to know the benefits from it or it’s weaknesses. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT JOB LOVE YOR VIDEOS
First timer here! Stuck between which to choose, need advice!
All are QHD 240hz, 16 GB DDR5, 1 TB Pcle
14” with Ryzen 9 & RTX 4060 ($2000)
15” with i9 & 3070 ti ($2100) OLED ver
17” with i9 & 3070 ti ($1800)
The 17” is the cheapest option rn (discount) and its crazy tempting but its too big, 15” being the second cheap and 14” at last.
Also, these pricing are from Amazon, the official razer site have them expensive which is even more crazy and confusing.
I am in a dilemma, never owned a razer product, let alone a gaming laptop… i used to game on pc’s and consoles before so need help! Thank you!
I have the legion 7i slim with a 16" screen and it strikes a great balance between being portable (2.25kg) and giving you decent screen real estate.
I'm currently looking at a 16" laptop, too. Are you gaming on yours? How is it? I'm afraid the screen won't be good for me, coming from a 17.3"
@@antalpoti it's pretty good for gaming. Getting 80-90 fps at QHD+ with FSR quality in Far Cry 6. Does get a bit hot though cos it's a slim laptop, but I game with a controller.
Im looking at this laptop too. Im tired of carrying lenovo 5 w the brick and i want something thats 16 that i could game w ucb c charger. 16:10 and 1440p. Im afraid this doesnt exist yer
@@antalpoti i went from 17 to 15.6. Its a bit worse but not horrible. I gamed on 14 and that kind of sucks
Amazing comparison video Jared as always!!! The best reviews on the internet! Btw you mentioned you can change the wifi card on the Blade 14, can you please recommend us what wifi card you'd recommend? Cheers!
Personnally I think 16" is the sweet spot. Barely bigger than 15" laptops but I feel reading on it is way more pleasant.
On an other subject, the youtube battery test is quite a shame for intel :/
I’m 15 right now (next year I’m 16). I have been saving up from my part time job and right there is a massive sale for nearly 2000 off the blade 17. I was planning for a 15 but for someone reason its on a less discount and is more expensive than the 17 and it the same specs as the 17 (i7 3070ti). I am getting for a really good price here in Australia (less than 1900 USD) I am super stoked for it to arrive
Could u share any links?
I've been playing on a 14' for some time, it is really small. I have to get closer to the screen than on a 16' and it gets quickly uncomfortable. Last below 16' I buy, except if purely for working.
While I still like my Blade, I do wish they'd fix the battery bloat issue. It's inexcusable to basically be able to plan on sending laptop in for battery replacement at a year.
Jarrod answering the age old question: Does size matter?
I have an Omen 17 and Lenovo Legion 7. Both are 3080 laptops and almost the same specs. I prefer the Omen 17 when I go out of own because of the screen size , to me the difference is huge. I don't really care about the weight and it does not bother me because I like to workout. LOL. I love both though.
Jarrod, a question for you if you have to pick a razer 17 inch with a 3060 with 115 watts vs a 3070 15 inch with 95 watts which one performs better ?
3060
For me 16 inch is even small, I would go for 17 and if i worked with the laptop in different places i would've went for 15 minimum.
i love this video i gone be soon buying the razer blade 14 with a 3070ti good enough for me
I went ahead and went with the 15" because it's my preferred display size. Plus, it was $1000 off when I got it
Hey Jarrod,
Can you please explain is better buy laptop with 3070 Ti 8gb vram or 3080m 16gb vram? Im planning to buy laptop and use it in next 5 years. Which one is better for gameing in next 5 years?
If you CAN afford it, then 3080 gonna carry you a long, long, long time as long as its the full boosted 165W TDP version. Laptops like that are usually on the thicker side. Always check the TDP for the laptop you're interested in buying.
He literally mentioned the video comparing a 3070 ti with 3080.
Of course rtx 3080 ti 16gb because most triple a developer dont care about optimization expecially gpu . Dont forget about stupid uncompressed 16k texture that do nothing but wasting your vram and become stutter mess .
I would also like to see current Blade keyboards would be replaced by an ultra low profile mechanical or optical switches similar to Cherry MX ULP switches as well. Why not Razer newer keyboards ditch current green and yellow switches in favor of using newer genuine German Cherry MX RGB Red, Speed Silver, and Brown switches with 100 million keystrokes?
I wanted 17.3 for my next laptop but I would be a idiot to not get STRIX AE at 1300 that to the QHD version... Imma just buy a external display if i really need it.
where i live i can get the razer 17 12800h 3070ti 16gb 1tb for 1700usd, and the macbook pro 16inch m1 pro 16gb 1tb for 2200usd. i want to do video editing only. tough decision. whats your opinion? price isn't a problem.
Hey Jarrod could you do a review of the Lenovo legion 5 with ryzen 7 5800h and rtx 3050ti? Ive looked to see if you have reviewed this but all i can find is the gtx 1660 and the rtx 3060
For the same price would you go for the 14" 2021 3080 or the 14" 2022 3070ti?
I buy laptops with price/performance in mind and usually 15.6ich laptops offers the best deals
Why Lenovo legion 7i's webcam and microphone is so much better than other laptops?
When will the Legion 7i Gen 7 review come out? I cant buy one without ur seal of approval or without ur testings done. I trust ur reviews. Flow 16 also..........
Still waiting to receive one.
15.6” is the sweet spot for me, not too big not too small.
Just about time , I thinking to pick up 15 or 17 in spec 3070 ti.
Me too
Are you doing the fino al review and game testing on the Lenovo 7i 7th gen and comparison between 3070 ti and 3080ti
They are both up for sale finally
Waiting for your review to buy one or the other !
I'm surprised the blade 17 doesn't have a bigger battery due to it being bigger especially paired with a 4K screen. Also the GPU TDP is bigger too but then again everyone will be plugged in while gaming anyways.
Blade prices are just too high... I wish they were only a little more expensive than the competitors..and not by thousands ..
I own razer blade 17 QHD 240hz 12 800 with rtx 3070 ti, so far I don’t experience any problems!
Wasn’t the 240hz screen uses oled panel? Heard it from dave2d
I have heard about a Bios update that added 10 watts to the GPU. Have you heard about this? Has this changed the performance at all?
id say the best choice for a laptop is :
15.6 inch display 60hz-120hz or higher than that requires a lot of gpu power ( for games ) which needs a powerful gpu and that is not ideal for most people cuz those laptops are very expensive.
most ppl cant even go above 1500USD. 60HZ is good for work and school plus some casual gaming but 120HZ ( or higher ) would at least need a 3060 or a 3070 to get the best out of the monitor. laptops with 3060 or 3070 could be as expensive as 2000 USD
also finding a bag or backpack for a 17 inch laptop is a drag. you can find amazing products for 15.6 laptops
EDIT :
i would also say that 1080p is the best resolution for laptops. higher is better of course but youd have to have a high end gpu to use a high res monitor. also they would eat your battery which is a bad point for portability. who says a 15.6 display isnt enough or isnt beautiful if its 1080p ?
Which one from Lenovo legion 3070 5 pro and 12 th gen TUF F15 3060 would be a better bang for the buck? By the way, awesome awesome video. So much Informative and educational. Incidentally, I am from Nepal.
Man your are amazing, every question I have you are the first to pop up on recommended.
17 is my choice. screen real estate is everything
Finally got awesome answer on my question, thank you👍
No problem 👍
Where's the fan decibel test! Dude that's one of the most important comparisons with gaming laptops, I don't want any turbine going off when it's idling
You can find it in the full reviews of each device.
Seeing all three side by side and having the same bottom bezel level, makes the chin of the rb14 relatively large...they could always put a 16:10 screen in that one.
If I didn't plan on stopping on gaming, I would've gotten the rb14, but having the mbp14 now and I don't think I can go back to windows laptop (due to the fan noise, bluetooth handling, and battery life) at least not yet..seeing how intel struggles to use the smaller size transistors in their chip, windows laptops' hope now lies on amd.
Do you plan on reviewing Corsair's new laptop?
I've been waiting for an AMD Blade 15 for 3 years now
Has anyone heard of Phoenix and Dragon Range Zen 4 chips or packages? I would like to see future Phoenix chips using integrated RDNA3 GPU on Blade 14 only, and Dragon Range MCM SiP on future Blade 15 or 17, or its replacement, potential Blade 16. Both Blade 14 AND 16 should have All-AMD hardware to be qualified for AMD Advantage certification
Wish there was a comparison to the 16!
Jarrod quick question. Is a monitor refresh rate directly linked to the amount of FPS? I currently have a 144hz QHD monitor and I am wondering if I will get more FPS if i upgrade to a 240hz monitor?
No you will not get more FPS just because you switched monitors. The refresh rate is the Maximum the screen can do. It depends on the game, settings and computer components if you can actually reach 240 FPS. If you are only getting 60 fps on one screen, u will only get 60 on the next. Does that make sense?
@@fugginrambo thanks for the info. I think I understand it a little. So I am currently using a desktop with 12th gen i9 and 3080 with a 144hz qhd monitor primarily playing COD and I get anywhere from 120-180fps. If I upgrade to a 240hz monitor, I should easily get at least get close to the 240fps at qhd settings, yeah?
@@Karmil_Orlando You will get the same 120-180 fps with the exact same graphic settings. When you upgrade to the 240hz monitor, your new maximum limit will be 240fps. If you lower a couple settings in COD you will be very close to the 240. I hope that helps and I don't mind one bit, I'm fairly new to PC gaming myself and needed help at first too. With the GPU and CPU that u have, you will absolutely be able to go past the 144 limit on the old monitor. I recommend the 240 for sure!
@@Karmil_Orlando Do you understand the purpose using V-Synch?
the way i look at it is that the system basically throws as many frames at the monitor as it is able to do. the monitor's refresh rate is how quickly it can deal with each frame. if it receives 180 frames per second but the refresh rate is 144hz it will throw out 36 of the 180 frames every second since it does not have the speed to show all of the 180 frames. with a 240hz monitor it will easily handle 180 frames per second, and will even spend time not doing anything as it is just waiting for the next frame to arrive.
I feel like I'm one of the gamers that seriously don't care at all how big or small a laptop is 6 pounds isn't going Kill me to move around neither will the size there's bigger bags for a reason and laptops are reasonably flat so it's pretty easy to take them anywhere even the big 21inch laptops aren't to bad at 10 pounds
Why Choose? Carry all 3!
even when im not shopping for a laptop I watch these videos, because he does such a good job.
Wish that the 17 inch had space for a 2.5" HDD. Want to keep the drive from my older laptop. On that note, is there ANY 12th gen laptop that has the space for a 2.5" HDD?
Your Blade videos are always a cut above the rest
Its worthy to buy now or should I wait the new gen with 13th intel chips?
Really depends on whether you need it now or not. I can't imagine the 2023 models getting cheap any time soon, but their release may make the 2022 models cheaper.
would love a video comparing the acer predator triton 300 se and acer predator triton 500 se based on cpu performance, portability, ect.
What's your thoughts on the Asus Tuf A17(2022)
Portability Gaming: 13 inch, Full Power Gaming: 15 Inch
I would like to see both Blade 15 and 17 replaced with one size fit most: 16 inch 16:10 10-bit mini LED FALD HDR1000 or OLED HDR500 true black screen with both THX audio and Dolby Atmos+Vision, with typical brightness of about 600nits on LED or 350nits for OLED. Also I would like to see both Intel and AMD versions on Blade series, where GPU should have both GeForce and Radeon options on both models, and Intel Arc once available and better drivers launched. Intel version would have evo certified once paired with Arc when Battlemage and Meteor Lake comes, and AMD version would have AMD Advantage édition available when Zen 4 and RDNA 3 come out. The screen would have WUXGA, 1440p+, and 4K+ WQUXGA available, at refresh rate of 360, 240, and 120Hz respectively, all come with MUX switch and adaptive-sync with Advanced Optimus as standard, if AMD Advantage then FreeSync Premium Pro as standard with SmartAccess Graphics. All will come with USB4 and miniDP, HDMI 2.1, liquid metal fused silica thermal paste in addition to vapor chamber, and 99.999Wh battery. Thermal would have a redesign with dual intake and quad exhaust design as well. That’s my suggestion of next gen for Blade series
Razer hire this man!
0:13 , Jarrod spitting facts.
I have laptop lenovo legion 5i with 2 thunderbolt 4 and 11800h. Can it be connected with EGPU by the two thunderbolt4 so I can benefit the 8 PCIE LANES ?
17 always wins. But in Europe you can't find Razer easily and their laptops are super expensive
We cannot cheat the physics. The smaller the laptop, the harder it is to accommodate powerful gpu.
I go with 17.3 inch🤗
I don’t know if you’re gonna read this but : between a Legio 5: ryzen 7 5800 w 3050ti VS a Legion 5 :intel I5 11400H with 3060 both with 16Gb ram and 512Gb SSD which one to pick?
Anyone is free to help. Thanks
17" is the best for gaming of course. Come on Jarrod, you only have to carry 701 grams more to go from the 15 inch version to the 17 inch.
is that all?
@@JarrodsTech No, I forgot to add a smiley to show that I'm friendly and like your reviews :) But as far as I can see, the weight difference is 701 grams, including the charger.
Does the bigger screen laptop get more hot than the smaller ones ?
What is the difference from the razer blade 15 vs 16 the screen is the same size so I don't know what is up with these two models
Bezelless 17" is compact as older 15'6
Could you compare the Blade 25 vs the Zephyrus G15 from 2022
Man Jarrod explaining the relation between laptop size and screensize is like explaining why 3 is greater than 2 LOL😂🤣🤣🤣
when will u upload the asus flow x16 gaming benchmark vid?
I haven't received one for testing yet, so I don't know.
Jarrod when is ideapad gaming 3 2022 review coming out ?
Im interested on getting a legion 7 gen 7 amd advantage. Could you make a review on it and compare against legion 7i
15'' is the sweet spot for me!
You have to pay the Razer tariff but they have a great resale value compared to other gaming laptops, that's that ...
What is the difference between 15 and 16 because I got confused 15 is 2022 and 16 2023?
yes. 16" is also 16:10, 15: is 16:9
Is Battery Bloat still an issue with the Blades ?
The most haunting thing about Razer is even if it's possible that laptops could go smaller than 14" it'll still be more expensive than any other high-end laptops as big as 17" from other brands.
Smaller laptops tend to be more expensive than larger laptops anyway (assuming similar specs) because they have to pack more in a smaller place
I can't believe people still think like you.
You do know that your not just buying computers for the cost of the materials used? Right?
I'm not sure why but his voice kills me I can't take it.
15 and 17 are way big for me. So I'm going for either Blade 14 or Stealth 13
Can you make this Comparison but on Lenovo legion 5
R5/i5 11400h
Rtx 3060
Ram 8
14.5 would be the sweet spot 😎
What are your thoughts about the best option for gaming laptop to use with external monitor most of the time ?
I suppose if you're connected to an external monitor anyway you could have the smallest laptop available and take advantage of its size when moving around. But if you really won't be moving around then the bigger sizes would be probably more powerful.