I wanna know which genius decided to remove secondary function backlit in a pricier device. Asus has a better deal IMO. Strix G18 i9-13980HX, RTX 4080 for $2500 MSRP
@@MashITTech I am from SEA. Laptops are pricier in here than in the US but less expensive than in the UK. I guess UK tax electronic goods too much. But in this case I just don't understand why Razer decided to remove it in a particular region. They are blind or something
Thanks mate, it’s almost finished! Think you will be more than happy with the 4090 and mini led! The 4080 is already blowing me away and the 4090 is a good chunk faster!
Yeah that would be handy but they always give you so little when you trade in, you are probably better off selling locally or on eBay and getting the new model, this is what I usually do once I finish with review units so I can afford the next models
Utterly mindblowing that the UK/Europe versions receive a keyboard without secondary functions properly lit. I've had to order my blades from the US for two years running just to circumvent this inexplicable flaw. What's worse, is that it's never officially addressed no matter how many people complain.
@@MashITTech That's a great idea. Note that they always use the US keyboard layouts in all their promotional shots which is misleading. Glad that this issue is being brought to light through videos like yours. 🙏🏻
Will definitely be eagerly awaiting further videos on this, especially about undervolting, battery life, speakers, and the 4090 version with that 1000 nits miniLED display. Can you reach out to Razer about if using the overclocking feature voids the warranty? I noticed it mentioned a risk of causing damage to the device, but curiously didn’t explicitly say that use voids the warranty. Definitely important information to know. Also, could you check if you can disable individual cores on the CPU, either in Bios or wherever? There were a few scenarios where last years 12900hk beat out the 12900hx, and that’s all the difference between the two. Would be nice to have be able to have your cake and eat it too, being able to turn the extra cores off when it’s a benefit, and turn them back on for multithreaded loads like Blender or 7Zip.
Been searching for weeks now and I'm thinking this is the one I'm going to splurge on. Nice to hear the fans and temps weren't that bad. Also hoping there's no coil whine
I had no coil whine at all and I am very sensitive to it. Fans can be quite loud in maxed out performance mode but on balanced (which still performs amazingly) it’s really pleasant. I will cover this more in the main review coming early next week
I know it is challenging keeping the fan noise low in a gaming laptop with all these performances, but it is annoying after a long day. But I think they all have to invest and good tech and fix that.
That is so true but at least with the blade you can switch to a different profile for slightly less performance and much quieter gaming! I am going to cover this more in an upcoming video
Yeah don't worry about that, Airjet by Frore system already designed and invented a small and thin and very good replacement for today's cooling fan standard for future laptops
Really looking forward to your full review of this one, & even more so - the 4k mini led one! Would you mind checking to see if Razer have implemented battery charge limiting in this machine? Jarrod recently reviewed the 18 inch one & Razer have FINALLY provided this option, but I don't know if it's just for the 18 inch or other new models. That option is a gamechanger for me.
Thank you so much for doing this video, I'm looking at the 16 with the 4090, and this has helped a ton, as I was worried that they still hadn't figured out the thermals, as my 2020 15" blade gets super toasty.
The extra thickness really seems to make a difference! Really impressed so far and will be doing a video soon on undervolting and overclocking the CPU as it is unlocked!
I am on the fence about buying a Blade 18 or an ASUS Rog Scar 18. I usually use a computer for at least 4-5 years and while I am ok shelling out more for it, I need it to be reliable for a long time. I heard about quality control issues with Razer, e.g. parts failing in a year or two. Does anyone have experience with newer Razers vs. Asus? What is your opinion when choosing between the two?
Hi Dave, I just don't get why they punish EU Razer users with lack of secondary lighting. Even in AU we get it. It's definitely improved but it's still underperforming on CPU side vs other brands, by about 15 to 20% in Cinebench R23 as they are getting 31 and even over 32K in an Asus run. However, the Razer seems to be the only one that in AU at least, has a 500 nit HDR screen, secondary key lighting, Windows Hello cam or fingerprint sensor, and advanced optimus/G-sync. Those four things are non negotiable for me and believe it or not it's a nightmare to find this year. Asus misses out on secondary lighting on Strix range in all markets or is otherwise decent, Alienware has only 300 nit screens this year (ridiculous) or is otherwise decent, MSI is the ONLY brand not offering advanced optimus and g-sync this year (whereas it used to be common, now they have all come to the table and offered it, even Aorus), so that's a HARD pass. Their screen offer adaptive sync but you need to go through the Intel driver, it only works with direct X games and all they have to do is pay the bloody license fee to Nvidia to unlock the G-Sync front end for it (G-Sync laptop uses Vesa VRR spec but is way better as it works in windowed mode and with all Graphics API and also works in direct gpu mode). Acer Helios is an option but only goes to a 4080 and I REALLY want the 4090 as it has been proven to be neck and neck with a desktop 3090ti, but even better because of DLSS3 and frame generation. A 3090 desktop in a laptop is INSANE, I don't care what anyone says and all these complaints it's not as powerful as desktop 4090. Who cares? Anyway you of all people well know how I feel about Razer as a brand, I hate their service more than any other, but they really might be the only option this year (the 18 inch). If not I will stick with my 2021 Legion 7 for another year. By the way, Lenovo have removed windows hello in this year's Legion 7 and have gone from glass touch pad to plastic, ,as well as removed all but the front RGB strip. They have heavily cut costs everywhere so they are out of the running too. The Tongfeng based brands are improving this year, adding g-sync but only 300 nit panels also, so they are out. I am not going to go from a 2021 laptop and gaming in HDR and G-Sync and then go backwards to not using those features.
Hey mate, god yes I remember the fun you have with the blade 14! I haven't even looked at Legions range last year, I am a bit annoyed at them ATM as they promised to send me review units then just went silent! I am now refusing to buy any more of their products in protest 😂
How is 4K gaming with these new 4000 series laptops? On Warzone I get about 100 fps on my Alienware X17 R2 with a 4K 120hz panel and 3080ti so I am curious what kind of performance gains to that do the 4000 series graphics bring?
so far I am so impressed with it I almost forgot the impending credit card bill coming with this £3599 on it 🤣 if you can get over the price it really is an amazing machine.
@@MashITTech I am just over how gaming computers misplace the psu because its "fancier" the psu air draw is suppose to help cool the cpu. At least on pcs from the 90s. And I just want integrated graphics without having to make any sacrifices.
I would still prefer a full hd native 4090 RTX laptop myself. Sure you can always drop down to 1920x1200 aka FHD+ but it will never look as good as native.
Great to see those upgrades but aesthetically, it's no longer different from thick gaming laptops that are quite easy to find in the market, which is a shame.
I’m pretty sure it’s still a fair bit thinner and lighter than some of the others. Not to mention, there’s not really anyone else with a CNC aluminum chassis and speakers in place of numpad. I do see your point though. It’s less stand-out with the thicker chassis.
the 12800HX is still a beast of a CPU and the legion 7i is a great buy. I would be happy with that choice especially as it will be a lot cheaper than the new models
I will be covering all about the cpu undervolting and overclocking in the deep dive coming soon and will be sure to let you know the 55w performance stock and undervolt
Nice job Dave!! Your reviews are always fun, insightful and very immaculate as usual!! I don't know if you remember me but I'm that asked about the "alienware area 51m r2" and if I should still get it. Right now, I wanted to save for the razer blade 2023 but the keyboard looks cramped as I have big hands and no numpad. So I just wanted to know if I should get one with an i9-10900k and rtx 2080 super will be good for gaming and if it can handle rtx from time to time. Thanks for your response and big love all the way from Nigeria. ❤
Haha no, that’s fine 😀 sorry a full review with testing takes us time but we hope to have it out Friday 12:00gmt. We are just getting through the last of the editing
Loved the video! Two things that saddens me about this laptop, they've made it a lot thicker and heavier. Yes you get better performance out of it because of it, but their previous models have been in a class of their own. Somewhere perfect between a full fledged gaming laptop and dell XPS 15-17/Lenovo Thinkpad x1 extreme, now its a lot closer to just being a gaming laptop. the other thing is that they have made it thicker but haven't put in a ethernet port... before i could understand, but now when it is as thick as a non-advanced blade 15 theres no excuse. A 2,5 or 10gbe would have been amazing, especially for a content creator who might have all their data on a NAS.
Totally agree about the lack of ethernet! I was just moaning about that with another viewer! they have the ethernet in the thicker 17 and 18 so no reason why not the 16 :(
They did it recently to the 14 so I wonder if they will do a mid year refresh with mercury! If they bring one out now I would cry as there is no way I could afford another blade 16 atm and I would love the mercury too
@@MashITTech I was going to pre-order the Blade 16 or pick it up at microcenter but man I can't do the black color, the fingerprints would drive me crazy! I was hoping for a Studio Refresh with the RTX 6000 Ada GPU but that probably won't happen either. I also wish they still offered the glass panel (4K OLED), I just can't stand the plastic bezels but that's something I'm going to have to get used to. I'm just glad they finally increased the thickness, only thing holding back the Blade Series was the limited TDP+TGP, this time we get the best of both worlds. Speaking of which, the Dual Mini-LED panel is insane. 4K@120Hz with 1000 brightness AND 1080P@240Hz! If it has strobing, this could easily replace my desktop. Performance wise the 4090 should absolutely decimate the 3080TI Desktop I have currently. BTW, the video quality on your vid is absolutely amazing. I can't get over how detailed it is. Great overview and I simply can't wait for the full review!
Thank you, that is very kind of you to say. Working on the full review at the moment and that should be out early next week, I do also plan on creating a video looking at the undervolting and overclocking as I think this is a feature that needs a video on its own! And have you considered getting a skin for it? Its a great way for stopping fingerprints whilst giving the laptop a unique look, I am putting one on mine soon
CPU is completely unlocked for undervolting and overclocking! I haven't yet had time to start tweaking with it yet or trying to improve battery but all that will be covered in my deep dive video I will start work on next week once I have finished the full review :)
@@MashITTech Thanks! It's interesting, if there is the point where you can choke down the CPU a little bit without sacrificing performance. As always, nice video and waiting for the next one!
Excellent review as always. 'Razer Tax', that's funny lol! You sneak little witticisms in effortlessly. A nice laptop except when the Asus ROG Flow X16 2023 with 16" Mini LED arrives, it will be a no-contest. The 2022 model was impressive enough as it was!
haha thanks mate. I am also looking forward to checking out the Alienware X16 if they ever release it in the UK and wish Dell would add mini LED to its line up
so clean for only 29k subscribers... Can u speak about egpu ? possibility to buy a desktop gpu to connect with an older laptop pc to convert this older laptop pc to a real gamer laptop ?
Thank you mate. Is the EGPU for an older laptop you have? I have spent a lot of time playing with EGPUs over the years and you loose a lot of performance over the thunderbolt bus. I find it fine for causal gaming but I wouldn't advise it for competitive gaming due to the inability to get constant high FPS regardless of the GPU you use.
@@MashITTech Hello thank you for your feedback. I have an Alienxare m17 r4 with an rtx 3080 16g at 150w and 32gb of ram. And an older 10th Gen Intel I7 processor. It is true that the graphics card is very powerful (score 13400 on 3d mark time spy) but the processor picks up. I don't know where the problem comes from but in video games the performances are not incredible; take the example of a simple game like league of legend, in 1080p it runs at 130 fps on average with a use of 10 to 20% of the graphics card, and impossible to use all the power of the graphics card to have better FPS, yet my screen is at 360 hertz, and League of Legends settings are unlimited FPS. And this problem is recurring for many games. Maybe the problem comes from the optimization of the Nvidia settings, but I saw several explanation videos and normally I configured everything well.
I sat waiting on the uk store with the blade 16 and 18 pages open. As soon as they were released the 4090 of each both went straight to OOS! That's why I settled for the 4080 model!
@@MashITTech you were lucky at least you managed to reach the store :) I was able to see the items after 10 minutes of release, leaving me the odds there.
Great looking machine and love to see undervolting back in form. I'm actually a little disappointed Razer decided to go thick. Their thin form factor was always a consideration of why I bought their laptops in the first place. I hope they figure out ways to go thinner while maintaining power limits and temperatures.
doubt that will happen. Even when they made their 'slim' laptops, the throttling was extreme. Cant' escape physics, I suppose. It was always a matter of what compromise razer was willing to make.
I also doubt it, intel is using more and more power to push it speed. Personally I don't mind a little extra thickness so it doesn't throttle like crazy and have a hot keyboard like the previous 15 suffered from
I think the blade 16 is the better buy depending on the price difference. The blade 16 is much much more powerful on cpu and gpu, has better speakers, overclocking and undervolting ability and much better thermals but it is a lot more chunky
I am desperately waiting to actually order one! Dell have only released it to the USA market! In the U.K. they haven’t released the m16, m18 or the x16 😢
@Mash IT Thanks for your reply man! I use the ethernet port daily for work, so for this reason I will go with the 18". I lost count how many dongles I lost.
Yes, my current daily driver is the 17" Razer Blade 4k and I love the fact it has the ethernet port. I should be getting the Blade 18 soon and I can see it replacing my 17"
So far it seems good but I have only games for hour long sessions. It got a little warm in the middle of the keyboard but not hot like the 15. Let me do a couple of marathon sessions and update you, I will use my laser reader to get accurate temps
Love the concept and design languge of razer laptops but I can't get over all the horrible stories you hear about longevity and QA issues that plague the brand and I actually had a Razer 14 myself only to have it crap out within a year with a bloated battery and keyboard issues., so shame I can't fully invest in the brand at this point
Thank you mate, that is appreciated 👍 and sorry to hear about your 14, I have heard a few similar horror stories lately and I am worried about my 2021 14 which is so far still going strong (and I have spent the last month using it hooked up to my monitor for all my home gaming as I needed my other blades in the office for videos
They should stop calling these "blades" because they are now thick as F. I know that they had thermal issues on 2022, but this thickness is horrible, it went from classy looking never aging industrial look, to a 2000's looking laptop. I will check Asus Rog alternatives this year.
Razer Customer service and warranty after sales is non existent if the £3500 lappy fails you'll be months getting it sorted - been there never again at least with Alienware if it goes wrong it gets fixed at my house within a few days. great looking device otherwise just piss poor customer service.
That is very true Jim, I do normally buy from Amazon for this very reason but this is the first time I have ordered direct from Amazon so I guess I have to pray I get no issues with the machine!
I didn't like the whole "thank you for selling your kidney" thing, like if you can not afford a device like this, do not buy it, simple and easy. At least be professional about it.
Thanks for selling a kidney, omg, so finny, i could laugh all day 😂
😂 I need the other one so I guess I can’t afford any more razer laptops 😢
It’s the truth lmao
I wanna know which genius decided to remove secondary function backlit in a pricier device.
Asus has a better deal IMO. Strix G18
i9-13980HX, RTX 4080 for $2500 MSRP
If you are in USA you still get backlit secondary functions. It is only is Europeans that get stiffed 😢
@@MashITTech I am from SEA. Laptops are pricier in here than in the US but less expensive than in the UK. I guess UK tax electronic goods too much. But in this case I just don't understand why Razer decided to remove it in a particular region. They are blind or something
New office looks great! Micro fibre cloth is a nice touch. I’m holding out for x16 4090, looks like we have to wait till march.
Thanks mate, it’s almost finished! Think you will be more than happy with the 4090 and mini led! The 4080 is already blowing me away and the 4090 is a good chunk faster!
Been waiting for this video. I wish Razer had a trade in program bc I just got a Razer Blade 14 last year these 40 series laptops are amazing!
Yeah that would be handy but they always give you so little when you trade in, you are probably better off selling locally or on eBay and getting the new model, this is what I usually do once I finish with review units so I can afford the next models
Utterly mindblowing that the UK/Europe versions receive a keyboard without secondary functions properly lit. I've had to order my blades from the US for two years running just to circumvent this inexplicable flaw. What's worse, is that it's never officially addressed no matter how many people complain.
It drives me crazy, and we pay more for the privilege!! I am going to call razer out on Twitter and see if I can get some official response
@@MashITTech That's a great idea. Note that they always use the US keyboard layouts in all their promotional shots which is misleading. Glad that this issue is being brought to light through videos like yours. 🙏🏻
I just bought my new Hoodie last week. And is just as good as what you wear on that video
Will definitely be eagerly awaiting further videos on this, especially about undervolting, battery life, speakers, and the 4090 version with that 1000 nits miniLED display.
Can you reach out to Razer about if using the overclocking feature voids the warranty? I noticed it mentioned a risk of causing damage to the device, but curiously didn’t explicitly say that use voids the warranty. Definitely important information to know.
Also, could you check if you can disable individual cores on the CPU, either in Bios or wherever? There were a few scenarios where last years 12900hk beat out the 12900hx, and that’s all the difference between the two. Would be nice to have be able to have your cake and eat it too, being able to turn the extra cores off when it’s a benefit, and turn them back on for multithreaded loads like Blender or 7Zip.
I sure can but if they include it in synapse as a feature I am 99.9% sure they will have to still honour warranty
The battery life will be horrible, to nobody's surprise.
95c cpu on forza. ouch. i got the alienware x16 and hopefully the quadfans will make the temps better. currently have a m15r5 and cpu temps are awful.
use UXTU to limit cpu tdp to 25W ,and undervolt AMD ryzen 9 5900hx cpu ..yes one can now undervolt amd. I have the m15 r5 as well
I haven't started tweaking or undervolting the CPU yet, hopefully I can get these temps down pretty easily
Been searching for weeks now and I'm thinking this is the one I'm going to splurge on. Nice to hear the fans and temps weren't that bad. Also hoping there's no coil whine
I had no coil whine at all and I am very sensitive to it. Fans can be quite loud in maxed out performance mode but on balanced (which still performs amazingly) it’s really pleasant. I will cover this more in the main review coming early next week
I know it is challenging keeping the fan noise low in a gaming laptop with all these performances, but it is annoying after a long day. But I think they all have to invest and good tech and fix that.
That is so true but at least with the blade you can switch to a different profile for slightly less performance and much quieter gaming! I am going to cover this more in an upcoming video
Yeah don't worry about that, Airjet by Frore system already designed and invented a small and thin and very good replacement for today's cooling fan standard for future laptops
Bro please give me 1 laptop
Got the blade 18 4090 and just ordered the blade 16 4090 to travel with!
wow I am jealous 😄 I couldn't even get a single 4090! hope they come back into stock in the UK soon
Really looking forward to your full review of this one, & even more so - the 4k mini led one! Would you mind checking to see if Razer have implemented battery charge limiting in this machine? Jarrod recently reviewed the 18 inch one & Razer have FINALLY provided this option, but I don't know if it's just for the 18 inch or other new models. That option is a gamechanger for me.
sorry mate, I missed this question! Yes the 16 also has the battery charge limiting (from 60-80%). As I am mostly on mains I have mine set to 70%
@@MashITTech ah cheers for that. This makes it a contender! Great vid btw, which I rudely forgot to mention. Prob bc your vids are always excellent!
Amazing first Impressions, tbh i would like see the Razer 18 because i'm looking for it..Thank you mate❤❤
I hope to get the 18 soon too :)
I have it, its absolutely perfect so far
Glad you are enjoining it, did you get the 4080 or 4090 version?
@@MashITTech got the 4090. Also bought the GT77 4090 but returning it, wasn’t pleased with it.
Finally they received the 16:10 display memo.
Yeah and what a difference it makes 16:10 and 500nit! Razer may actually be listening
Thank you so much for doing this video, I'm looking at the 16 with the 4090, and this has helped a ton, as I was worried that they still hadn't figured out the thermals, as my 2020 15" blade gets super toasty.
The extra thickness really seems to make a difference! Really impressed so far and will be doing a video soon on undervolting and overclocking the CPU as it is unlocked!
I am on the fence about buying a Blade 18 or an ASUS Rog Scar 18. I usually use a computer for at least 4-5 years and while I am ok shelling out more for it, I need it to be reliable for a long time. I heard about quality control issues with Razer, e.g. parts failing in a year or two. Does anyone have experience with newer Razers vs. Asus? What is your opinion when choosing between the two?
16:10 removes one exclusion criterion but the other, small arrow keys, remains.
That is true, the keyboard feel and layout has always been one of the weaker points on a blade
Great video! I'm waiting for this!
Thank you mate
The Razerblade is a great laptop 😁😀
The legend is back with a new great vid!
Haha I don’t know about legend but I am certainly back! New studio pretty much finished and rearing to go 😂
Hi Dave, I just don't get why they punish EU Razer users with lack of secondary lighting. Even in AU we get it.
It's definitely improved but it's still underperforming on CPU side vs other brands, by about 15 to 20% in Cinebench R23 as they are getting 31 and even over 32K in an Asus run.
However, the Razer seems to be the only one that in AU at least, has a 500 nit HDR screen, secondary key lighting, Windows Hello cam or fingerprint sensor, and advanced optimus/G-sync. Those four things are non negotiable for me and believe it or not it's a nightmare to find this year. Asus misses out on secondary lighting on Strix range in all markets or is otherwise decent, Alienware has only 300 nit screens this year (ridiculous) or is otherwise decent, MSI is the ONLY brand not offering advanced optimus and g-sync this year (whereas it used to be common, now they have all come to the table and offered it, even Aorus), so that's a HARD pass. Their screen offer adaptive sync but you need to go through the Intel driver, it only works with direct X games and all they have to do is pay the bloody license fee to Nvidia to unlock the G-Sync front end for it (G-Sync laptop uses Vesa VRR spec but is way better as it works in windowed mode and with all Graphics API and also works in direct gpu mode).
Acer Helios is an option but only goes to a 4080 and I REALLY want the 4090 as it has been proven to be neck and neck with a desktop 3090ti, but even better because of DLSS3 and frame generation. A 3090 desktop in a laptop is INSANE, I don't care what anyone says and all these complaints it's not as powerful as desktop 4090. Who cares?
Anyway you of all people well know how I feel about Razer as a brand, I hate their service more than any other, but they really might be the only option this year (the 18 inch).
If not I will stick with my 2021 Legion 7 for another year.
By the way, Lenovo have removed windows hello in this year's Legion 7 and have gone from glass touch pad to plastic, ,as well as removed all but the front RGB strip. They have heavily cut costs everywhere so they are out of the running too.
The Tongfeng based brands are improving this year, adding g-sync but only 300 nit panels also, so they are out.
I am not going to go from a 2021 laptop and gaming in HDR and G-Sync and then go backwards to not using those features.
Hey mate, god yes I remember the fun you have with the blade 14! I haven't even looked at Legions range last year, I am a bit annoyed at them ATM as they promised to send me review units then just went silent! I am now refusing to buy any more of their products in protest 😂
16:10 glossy Oled is a must.
I've been waiting for the Mash IT 2023 laptop videos to start dropping!
Thanks mate, the new office is totally up and running so it will be regular content as usual :)
This could have been the one to purchase imo if it included a ryzen 9 instead of i9.
How is 4K gaming with these new 4000 series laptops? On Warzone I get about 100 fps on my Alienware X17 R2 with a 4K 120hz panel and 3080ti so I am curious what kind of performance gains to that do the 4000 series graphics bring?
Can you add me on insta and screenshot your settings? I can then replicate exactly so we can see the difference
totally considering a laptop for my next build.
so far I am so impressed with it I almost forgot the impending credit card bill coming with this £3599 on it 🤣 if you can get over the price it really is an amazing machine.
@@MashITTech I am just over how gaming computers misplace the psu because its "fancier" the psu air draw is suppose to help cool the cpu. At least on pcs from the 90s. And I just want integrated graphics without having to make any sacrifices.
it's thank you for selling a kidney that got me xD
🤣
I would still prefer a full hd native 4090 RTX laptop myself. Sure you can always drop down to 1920x1200 aka FHD+ but it will never look as good as native.
What inches is it? Really cool btw. Thanks for the introduction as well❤.
Great to see those upgrades but aesthetically, it's no longer different from thick gaming laptops that are quite easy to find in the market, which is a shame.
I’m pretty sure it’s still a fair bit thinner and lighter than some of the others. Not to mention, there’s not really anyone else with a CNC aluminum chassis and speakers in place of numpad.
I do see your point though. It’s less stand-out with the thicker chassis.
I'd like to see how long the battery will last. I'm debating whether to get M2 Macbook or new Razer 16 for Davinci/Gaming on the go.
What do yoi think if i buy legion 7i 12800HX 3070TI becauae 2023 legion 7 will arive in late 2024 in my country so is the legion 7i 12800HX POWERFUL .
the 12800HX is still a beast of a CPU and the legion 7i is a great buy. I would be happy with that choice especially as it will be a lot cheaper than the new models
Excellent video sir.
I mean i wann see how cpu will perform in 55 watt power limit with or without undervolting on same power limit.
I will be covering all about the cpu undervolting and overclocking in the deep dive coming soon and will be sure to let you know the 55w performance stock and undervolt
@@MashITTech thanks thanks thanks sir. Waiting.
Nice job Dave!! Your reviews are always fun, insightful and very immaculate as usual!! I don't know if you remember me but I'm that asked about the "alienware area 51m r2" and if I should still get it. Right now, I wanted to save for the razer blade 2023 but the keyboard looks cramped as I have big hands and no numpad. So I just wanted to know if I should get one with an i9-10900k and rtx 2080 super will be good for gaming and if it can handle rtx from time to time.
Thanks for your response and big love all the way from Nigeria.
❤
Where is your full review. Been checking twice a day
Thank you for your content. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful 😅
Haha no, that’s fine 😀 sorry a full review with testing takes us time but we hope to have it out Friday 12:00gmt. We are just getting through the last of the editing
Loved the video!
Two things that saddens me about this laptop, they've made it a lot thicker and heavier. Yes you get better performance out of it because of it, but their previous models have been in a class of their own. Somewhere perfect between a full fledged gaming laptop and dell XPS 15-17/Lenovo Thinkpad x1 extreme, now its a lot closer to just being a gaming laptop.
the other thing is that they have made it thicker but haven't put in a ethernet port... before i could understand, but now when it is as thick as a non-advanced blade 15 theres no excuse. A 2,5 or 10gbe would have been amazing, especially for a content creator who might have all their data on a NAS.
Totally agree about the lack of ethernet! I was just moaning about that with another viewer! they have the ethernet in the thicker 17 and 18 so no reason why not the 16 :(
Nice
Best laptop on the market but man when is Razer bringing in the Mercury White version?!?
They did it recently to the 14 so I wonder if they will do a mid year refresh with mercury! If they bring one out now I would cry as there is no way I could afford another blade 16 atm and I would love the mercury too
@@MashITTech I was going to pre-order the Blade 16 or pick it up at microcenter but man I can't do the black color, the fingerprints would drive me crazy! I was hoping for a Studio Refresh with the RTX 6000 Ada GPU but that probably won't happen either. I also wish they still offered the glass panel (4K OLED), I just can't stand the plastic bezels but that's something I'm going to have to get used to. I'm just glad they finally increased the thickness, only thing holding back the Blade Series was the limited TDP+TGP, this time we get the best of both worlds. Speaking of which, the Dual Mini-LED panel is insane. 4K@120Hz with 1000 brightness AND 1080P@240Hz! If it has strobing, this could easily replace my desktop. Performance wise the 4090 should absolutely decimate the 3080TI Desktop I have currently.
BTW, the video quality on your vid is absolutely amazing. I can't get over how detailed it is. Great overview and I simply can't wait for the full review!
Thank you, that is very kind of you to say. Working on the full review at the moment and that should be out early next week, I do also plan on creating a video looking at the undervolting and overclocking as I think this is a feature that needs a video on its own! And have you considered getting a skin for it? Its a great way for stopping fingerprints whilst giving the laptop a unique look, I am putting one on mine soon
Portable and powerful laptop.
I wish the screen on this model was also mini led, I would buy without thinking twice :(
the 4090 model is too much for me 😂
They do a 4070 with mini LED that is about 3.3k if you can live with a little less graphics power?
Hey, Dave! Is undervolting applicable on this machine? And if so, any battery or thermals improvement of it?
CPU is completely unlocked for undervolting and overclocking! I haven't yet had time to start tweaking with it yet or trying to improve battery but all that will be covered in my deep dive video I will start work on next week once I have finished the full review :)
@@MashITTech Thanks! It's interesting, if there is the point where you can choke down the CPU a little bit without sacrificing performance. As always, nice video and waiting for the next one!
Thank you mate, I will be testing the machine all week and hope to have the next video out early next week
Excellent review as always. 'Razer Tax', that's funny lol! You sneak little witticisms in effortlessly. A nice laptop except when the Asus ROG Flow X16 2023 with 16" Mini LED arrives, it will be a no-contest. The 2022 model was impressive enough as it was!
haha thanks mate. I am also looking forward to checking out the Alienware X16 if they ever release it in the UK and wish Dell would add mini LED to its line up
Has anyone seen really bad over temperature on the palm rest?
not on mine, are you getting a hot palm rest?
When can we see alienware x16 unboxing eagerly waiting
They still aren’t even selling it in the U.K. yet so I can’t get hold of one, not sure what is going on with dell atm
My dream laptop :(
so clean for only 29k subscribers... Can u speak about egpu ? possibility to buy a desktop gpu to connect with an older laptop pc to convert this older laptop pc to a real gamer laptop ?
Thank you mate. Is the EGPU for an older laptop you have? I have spent a lot of time playing with EGPUs over the years and you loose a lot of performance over the thunderbolt bus. I find it fine for causal gaming but I wouldn't advise it for competitive gaming due to the inability to get constant high FPS regardless of the GPU you use.
@@MashITTech Hello thank you for your feedback. I have an Alienxare m17 r4 with an rtx 3080 16g at 150w and 32gb of ram. And an older 10th Gen Intel I7 processor. It is true that the graphics card is very powerful (score 13400 on 3d mark time spy) but the processor picks up. I don't know where the problem comes from but in video games the performances are not incredible; take the example of a simple game like league of legend, in 1080p it runs at 130 fps on average with a use of 10 to 20% of the graphics card, and impossible to use all the power of the graphics card to have better FPS, yet my screen is at 360 hertz, and League of Legends settings are unlimited FPS. And this problem is recurring for many games. Maybe the problem comes from the optimization of the Nvidia settings, but I saw several explanation videos and normally I configured everything well.
Which 1 best for watching movies blade 18 or 16 and can I hook this yo oled tv and get 4k 120hz
I would say 16 for comfort and 18 for the larger screen if its not on your lap. and yes, it has HDMI 2.1 so can do 4k 120hz no problem
Hey thanks for all u do! Do you know of any upcoming sales on gaming computers? Any retailer is fine. Thanks again!
what region are you in?
@@MashITTech USA. Eastern
Hi Dave. When will your full review will come?
Hoping for early next week! I have spent a week really putting the laptop through its paces so that I can give a good account of the laptop.
Anyother laptop with same specification in HP DELL LENOVO
yes but they all use the same components! doesn't make them the same. Build quality on the blade is light years ahead of an HP 🤣
Yours came with fancy Razer logo on the box. My box was just plain black. 😥
Oh sorry to here that, I thought they all came in a fancy box like that! It’s an ordinary retail unit direct from razer
UK store lacked the stock right after a couple of hours of the release. It's a shame I had to order RTX 4080 version of Blade 18 instead of RTX 4090.
I sat waiting on the uk store with the blade 16 and 18 pages open. As soon as they were released the 4090 of each both went straight to OOS! That's why I settled for the 4080 model!
@@MashITTech you were lucky at least you managed to reach the store :) I was able to see the items after 10 minutes of release, leaving me the odds there.
@@MashITTech thanks for the great review, by the way. Keep up the good work, subbed today!
Thank you mate, and I have stocked up with snacks and coffee to plough through the testing so I can get the full review done ASAP 😂
Is that how people hold scissors in the UK?
No, my momma just told me I was speshul
thank you for selling a kidney 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have a spare 😂
Great looking machine and love to see undervolting back in form. I'm actually a little disappointed Razer decided to go thick. Their thin form factor was always a consideration of why I bought their laptops in the first place. I hope they figure out ways to go thinner while maintaining power limits and temperatures.
doubt that will happen. Even when they made their 'slim' laptops, the throttling was extreme. Cant' escape physics, I suppose. It was always a matter of what compromise razer was willing to make.
I also doubt it, intel is using more and more power to push it speed. Personally I don't mind a little extra thickness so it doesn't throttle like crazy and have a hot keyboard like the previous 15 suffered from
I have a guestion is it got a Wi-Fi port? Beacuse in my room i have a worst Wi-Fi so iam just asking
Do you mean Ethernet/rj45 port? If so no, only the blade 17 and 18 get that port
Do you recommend getting this or the razer blade 15 3080ti for $2,499? Need help deciding.
I think the blade 16 is the better buy depending on the price difference. The blade 16 is much much more powerful on cpu and gpu, has better speakers, overclocking and undervolting ability and much better thermals but it is a lot more chunky
What about Battery Life???
I haven’t had it long enough to test battery life properly, that will be in my full review early next week
Wating for your Alienware x16 video
I am desperately waiting to actually order one! Dell have only released it to the USA market! In the U.K. they haven’t released the m16, m18 or the x16 😢
Are you gonna review the asus tuf a16?
I will take a look, not seen them for sale here yet
@@MashITTech sweet thanks! If you cant find that one how about the new msi stealths? I think they have a 14, 15 and a 16 this year.
why no ethernet port on the 16...
I thought the same, the made it thicker so there is no excuses!
@Mash IT Thanks for your reply man! I use the ethernet port daily for work, so for this reason I will go with the 18". I lost count how many dongles I lost.
Yes, my current daily driver is the 17" Razer Blade 4k and I love the fact it has the ethernet port. I should be getting the Blade 18 soon and I can see it replacing my 17"
I would give my kidney for the 4090 edition.
😂
The eos r5 for my other kidney. Permanent dialysis so worth it😂.
I already sold Gary's for our Razer Blade 16, so we are running out of options :)
How is the wrist rest and keyboard heat? Has that problem been fixed?
So far it seems good but I have only games for hour long sessions. It got a little warm in the middle of the keyboard but not hot like the 15. Let me do a couple of marathon sessions and update you, I will use my laser reader to get accurate temps
@@MashITTech awesome, thank you!
You dont need your kidneys
Well Gary only has 1 left so I can’t afford many more expensive laptops!
the green coloured rams appears to be very basic and non advanced
Love the concept and design languge of razer laptops but I can't get over all the horrible stories you hear about longevity and QA issues that plague the brand and I actually had a Razer 14 myself only to have it crap out within a year with a bloated battery and keyboard issues., so shame I can't fully invest in the brand at this point
Also, amazing review! Always love your content. Miles ahead of other content on RUclips. Keep up the good work!
Thank you mate, that is appreciated 👍 and sorry to hear about your 14, I have heard a few similar horror stories lately and I am worried about my 2021 14 which is so far still going strong (and I have spent the last month using it hooked up to my monitor for all my home gaming as I needed my other blades in the office for videos
thanks for selling a kidney
It was Gary’s pleasure 😂
They should stop calling these "blades" because they are now thick as F. I know that they had thermal issues on 2022, but this thickness is horrible, it went from classy looking never aging industrial look, to a 2000's looking laptop. I will check Asus Rog alternatives this year.
Razer Customer service and warranty after sales is non existent if the £3500 lappy fails you'll be months getting it sorted - been there never again at least with Alienware if it goes wrong it gets fixed at my house within a few days. great looking device otherwise just piss poor customer service.
That is very true Jim, I do normally buy from Amazon for this very reason but this is the first time I have ordered direct from Amazon so I guess I have to pray I get no issues with the machine!
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I didn't like the whole "thank you for selling your kidney" thing, like if you can not afford a device like this, do not buy it, simple and easy.
At least be professional about it.
haha it was just a joke!