Why does Linus rave about the Razer blade 14" and do you Agree with him?

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said:

Five systems in a row and all five SSDs have died. This year in fact. Two of which I didn't directly build but took my advice based on advice from others of which SSD to get. Now said people don't really trust me about PC parts anymore. As I said, my own experiences come first. I'm steering clear of the 850 Evo.

Did you configure the OS to NOT defragment them?

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said:

Five systems in a row and all five SSDs have died. This year in fact. Two of which I didn't directly build but took my advice based on advice from others of which SSD to get. Now said people don't really trust me about PC parts anymore. As I said, my own experiences come first. I'm steering clear of the 850 Evo.

there are two options here 

1. You did something wrong 

2. That place you bought them from got a really bad batch

[Imglidinhere]

Just now, Pendragon said:

Ur retailer probably had a bad batch. RIP you. 

Amazon and Newegg huh? Yeah the two biggest online sellers had bad batches. Huh, go figure. Sure that's legit.

 

It's not like I decided to buy from some thrift shop or TigerDirect...

[Pendragon]

Just now, Imglidinhere said:

Amazon and Newegg huh? Yeah the two biggest online sellers had bad batches. Huh, go figure. Sure that's legit.

You've had more failures than everyone I know combined, and some of those guys push that thing to the limit. Hundreds of GBs everyday. 

[Imglidinhere]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

You've had more failures than everyone I know combined, and some of those guys push that thing to the limit. Hundreds of GBs everyday. 

I'm not saying you guys are wrong, but I'm not going to recommend a product that's failed five times in a row. Same 250GB model @Dackzy is using. Probably a bad batch, but I'm not chancing it.

[Pendragon]

Just now, Imglidinhere said:

Same 250GB model @Dackzy is using.

Interesting. I know that the 1tb msata and m2 have had issues at release, like serious fucking issue. I still don't know if they're fixed now LOL, been refusing to try the 1tb 850 evos. 

[Dackzy]

Just now, Imglidinhere said:

I'm not saying you guys are wrong, but I'm not going to recommend a product that's failed five times in a row. Same 250GB model @Dackzy is using. Probably a bad batch, but I'm not chancing it.

I only use Pro in my desktop because I transfer 1tb some days from those disks to other disks, it is much faster to do that then install that program on the laptop or desktop I am working with.

I use evo in my laptops and in client builds.

[Imglidinhere]

6 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

I only use Pro in my desktop because I transfer 1tb some days from those disks to other disks, it is much faster to do that then install that program on the laptop or desktop I am working with.

I use evo in my laptops and in client builds.

Oops, got the names mixed up. <~> Was @don_svetlio that I was referring to for the 250GB model. Oops. o~O

 

IN ANY CASE, Razer sucks.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Imglidinhere said:

Oops, got the names mixed up. <~> Was @don_svetlio that I was referring to for the 250GB model. Oops. o~O

 

IN ANY CASE, Razer sucks.

Well I build desktop with 250gb evo and my laptops has a evo ssd.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Imglidinhere said:

Oops, got the names mixed up. <~> Was @don_svetlio that I was referring to for the 250GB model. Oops. o~O

 

IN ANY CASE, Razer sucks.

9 months - 0 issues

[D2ultima]

12 hours ago, Pendragon said:

1tb 850 evo was broken for the longest time. 

I never heard of the 1TB 850 EVO being broken. I have a friend with one and he sees no issues, however, so it might no longer be a big deal whatever it is.

 

I know the 840 EVO drives were the ones who had issues with losing performance after a while (and it is why I never recommended them).

[Pendragon]

16 minutes ago, D2ultima said:

I never heard of the 1TB 850 EVO being broken.

At launch the 850 evo 1tb msata had broken to hell software. Systems running it would lag for dozens of seconds. I think Anandtech did a full investigation into it. 

[D2ultima]

1 minute ago, Pendragon said:

At launch the 850 evo 1tb msata had broken to hell software. Systems running it would lag for dozens of seconds. I think Anandtech did a full investigation into it. 

Ah... mSATA. That explains why the SATA cards didn't trigger any warning flags. The 850 EVO indeed is a mSATA drive, but most machines had switched to M.2 well before it launched. So it'd be a pretty rare chip. M.2 versions on the other hand I'd expect would've made more of a stink.

[Eason85]

On 9/12/2016 at 3:06 AM, xuan said:

Hi guys,

 

Basically I wanted to address why Linus raves so much about the Razerblade 14". He loves it so much that he even gave it his coveted editors choice award. Upon researching more about it on the internet though I found that it has received a lot of criticism. Do you agree with linus? or do you think the Razerblade 14" is a pile of garbage? If you are with one or the other I would like to hear your opinions on the laptop and as to why you think it is good or bad.

Thanks!!

He doesn't pay for them, they cherry-pick one for him that isn't broken, and he doesn't use it for gaming.